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14. I was at a Grateful Dead concert in Canada.

Reply to electric_blue68 (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 08:39 AM

Mar 28

We were in the nosebleed seats...up high and very steep.

When the band came out on stage and were just tuning up, I was already dancing.

Someone had spilled a beer and I slipped.

I went flying through the air like a dove. My arms were outstretched and I could not get them out in front of me in time.

I landed three rows down. My mouth hit the back of a chair and I knocked out two front teeth and turned my bottom lip into hamburger helper.

Edit: My mistake. It was Philadelphia, not Canada.

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Any funny/strange memories re: getting tixs for, getting to, or incidents before a *concert* started? [View all] electric_blue68 Mar 27 OP

MAY of 1978, I was standing in a long line at the Ticketron... Tikki Mar 28 #1

Ty. Hmmm, not sure...perhaps once I was on line when TM announced so and so tixs were not going on sale... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #2

Yes, The Elvis Costello and all show was grand. Tikki Mar 28 #3

Sounds like a great time! Ty. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #6

JEALOUS!!! I have Urgh! A Music War on VHS and DVD Coventina Mar 28 #22

Is that the Hollywood High show that was released a few years ago? AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #36

WOW...yes, they released it and apparently the release has all the live songs from that.. Tikki Mar 28 #54

I think I had a deluxe CD of Armed Forces that had a few tracks on it AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #55

I have a tale... 2naSalit Mar 28 #4

Oh, boy! I look forward too it! 👍 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #7

As a teaser... 2naSalit Mar 28 #9

Hmmmm. 🤔 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #10

In the late 70s The J Geils Band was coming to San Francisco Mr.Bill Mar 28 #5

Oh, what a story! Talk about a bit of serendipitous compensation! Glad you got the car back!! And ty. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #8

Maybe early 80's. St. Paul, Minnesota winter. chowmama Mar 28 #11

Ty. Wow! Brrrrr ... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #12

Waited hours at the box office on the evening of a Joni Mitchell concert EverHopeful Mar 28 #13

Ty. Nice! Sweet of her. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #20

I was at a Grateful Dead concert in Canada. LuckyCharms Mar 28 #14

😮 Yikes, LC!!! Could have been worse, but yikes how terrifying, still! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #21

Hmm... too many to start here... okay how about this one... OldBaldy1701E Mar 28 #15

Ty. You mean the dope that smells like skunk? Vs "the sweet smell of excess" if I have the phrase... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #24

This stuff smelled like a Christmas tree. OldBaldy1701E Mar 29 #73

A Christmas Tree?! Ha, never experienced that! And hopefully you made a good impression on those teens, too. electric_blue68 Mar 29 #79

My girlfriend and I were in line for Elvin Bishop calikid Mar 28 #16

Scary, and ewwww! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #25

ZZ Top, 1976, McNichols Arena, Denver, Colorado. Harker Mar 28 #17

Dude! Leavening *your* ticket home, having to spend twice more! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #26

That's probably what made it more memorable. Harker Mar 28 #28

Heh electric_blue68 Mar 28 #35

Yes. In college The Police were performing at the Carrier Dome when I went to Syracuse U. I can't remember the beaglelover Mar 28 #18

Aw, geeebz, no fun! How disappointing! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #27

A second fond memory was sleeping out to buy Prince tickets in the dead of winter OUTSIDE. beaglelover Mar 28 #19

Oh, dear! Brrrrrr! Prince? how cool! Ty ... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #30

The first time INXS came to the Phoenix area was back in the old days of lines Coventina Mar 28 #23

Oh, no! Thank goodness you got that corrected! "Inks"?! 😄 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #31

Haha! Yeah. I did some googling to refresh my memories.... Coventina Mar 28 #34

I was at that AC/DC show! AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #38

Haha! Well, I briefly had 4th row tickets!!! Coventina Mar 28 #39

So many great show at Compton AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #42

Are you the one that left during the same song I did? Coventina Mar 28 #43

I think I stuck around a little longer AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #44

I confess to not really being a JA fan at all, really.... Coventina Mar 28 #46

I like their heavy, atmospheric stuff AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #48

Same!! That's what I meant by the "rocking" Ocean Size is probably my fav. Coventina Mar 28 #49

Siouxsie & The Banshees is a band I regret not catching a show of theirs electric_blue68 Mar 28 #60

Oh, that's mean! 😮😔 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #59

I scalped a couple Police Synchronicity tour tickets outside the Tacoma Dome. I was paranoid and so was the guy brewens Mar 28 #29

Oh, boy... Nice second act, too. (And The Police 👍 ) electric_blue68 Mar 28 #33

A couple AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #32

Behind home plate? Nice!! As for the girl... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #37

Dee Dee Ramone and Richard Hell penned "Chinese Rocks" but Coventina Mar 28 #40

Another Lollapalooza memory AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #45

Ty for correcting me. Been a while! 😄 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #61

Mid-seventies, I think I was about 15... Laffy Kat Mar 28 #41

Glad you got there safely! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #62

Back In The Late 90s, The Fixx Came To Chicago ProfessorGAC Mar 28 #47

TY. After your initial "shock" (What??! TONIGHT?!!!) and dashing off in your car...things got better, and better! ... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #63

A couple. In 1994 Leo Kottke came to Des Moines for what was billed as a Guitar Summit. rsdsharp Mar 28 #50

First row! 😄 I hope you explained to your friends later! Niiiice on the Club Seats! 👍 electric_blue68 Mar 28 #64

This is a friend's story - but I love it so much AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #51

Oh, no! Hope he finally got in. electric_blue68 Mar 28 #65

Me and a buddy went to see J.Geils Band sobenji Mar 28 #52

That's quite a contrasting line up! Oh, I hope you didn't pay too much for that "ghost" LSD blotter. Boo on that guy! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #66

Kiss with Motley Crue in, like 82-ish Bristlecone Mar 28 #53

When did Bobby play Anderson's? AZSkiffyGeek Mar 28 #58

Had to be the early/mid 90s for Bob Weir? Bristlecone Mar 28 #70

Not too many at Legend City AZSkiffyGeek Mar 29 #71

Motley Crue... 2naSalit Mar 29 #75

Back in the early 80s, kozar Mar 28 #56

Sometimes the good luck happens! Cool! electric_blue68 Mar 28 #67

We knew a pasture in Miami Lakes where psilocybin mushrooms grew out of the cow pies after it rained. NBachers Mar 28 #57

Oh, Nixon and his anti drug operation .... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #68

TY to everyone who's replied! Wasn't sure I'd get many answers. Here's a another one from me... electric_blue68 Mar 28 #69

Cool scalper story AZSkiffyGeek Mar 29 #72

Okay, here it is. 2naSalit Mar 29 #74

Went to Steve Martin's concert at Alpine MOMFUDSKI Mar 29 #76

A friend saw Dennis Miller in Aspen back before he went right-wing, & he had an oxygen tank on stage with him. CrispyQ Mar 29 #77

Don't know if this counts..... Bayard Mar 29 #78