Tuesday, 30 October 2018
the horror of fan club ticket sales
Well... it all kicked off, didn't it? And I don't think I have been able to take a proper breathe since last morning when at exactly 9am every single dates was announced by the local promotor. And it all went downhill from there. Within minutes we found ourselves in a whirlwind of chaos, frustration, happiness, desperation and a lot of questionmarks. Knowing we should be making plans because the presale would open in under 24 hrs but at the same time unable to find, let alone understand, venue maps, circles with the names of metal and gemstones and ticket prices in every single currency known to mankind. It's official: Bon Jovi is coming back to Europe.
And ever since the announcement I have passed several states of happiness, tranquility, desperation and straight out panic. At one point I even told myself that maybe I shouldn't even buy a single ticket. That I didn't want to plan ahead until next summer and that I would decide later if and when I would go. All when at the same time making hotel reservations in every single city that was on the list. Spoiler: I did end up buying tickets to shows and I am not done yet. However, I am done for now and also probably 16 years older than I was when I got out of bed this morning.
I had to use my mother's creditcard to buy these tickets and it was honestly such a mess. Because not only was I at work, her phone was also on the verge of dying. I spoke to both my parents on the phone 396 times, had Karen on messenger and everything kept going wrong all the time. We also completely forgot about time zones and miscalculated when Bucharest went on sale so looking back at it now it's a miracle I even ended up with tickets at all.
I ended up going for Tallinn because they have never played there before and it seems like the perfect opportunity to visit Estonia. Then we surprisingly also managed to get Bucharest even though we were half an hour late. Which is somewhere I have been wanting to go since they played there in 2011. The location looked wonderful and I have never been. Then lastly I completely panic bought Düsseldorf tickets when I found out they offered Early Entry for actual front of stage and I couldn't get Wembley due to another bank failure.
So that's where we're at right now and will be for the next couple of months. I will definitely be doing Wembley one way or another and I can see myself adding one or two more at some point but for that I don't actually have made any plans yet. I am very happy with what I got and most importantly, I cannot wait to see Def Leppard live ;)
Talk soon!
update 2/11: This is where it all starts to go wrong: Wembley was just officially added. I have the cutest father who just texted me saying that I should buy myself a Wembley ticket and that my parents would pay for it. So that makes four, I guess!
Thursday, 27 September 2018
hello again, it's you and me
So it's been five years since the Because We Can tour. Five years since that nine-show run I did and eight years since they've been to my country. And here we are, starting all over again as Jon would say. On the verge of a European tour announcement that will include a Dutch show. I feel like it's about three years late and way too early at the same time.
I like to believe that it's going to be a little less dramatic this time around. The posts, the emotions, the amount shows I will be doing... And a little less cringe, too. I left the previous posts up for nostalgic reasons but I highly recommend not scrolling down too far. I look like a twelve year old on those pictures and I had a fringe to go with it. Not to mention the reviews, straight from the heart but incredibly awkward all the same. A lot has changed in my personal life as well. I got a girlfriend, we moved to a different city together, I am a dog mom now.
But even though many things changed in the past five years but I am also still that girl. The girl who even at the mention of a potential European tour suffered three heart-attacks and was instantly willing to sell everything she owns. So I'm gonna do it again. Shows, travel, this blog, all of it. And I will once again keep you up to date on my adventures. Life as a Bon Jovi fan in Europe through my eyes for anyone who is interested in reading about it.
I can't for the life of me say what my tour is going to look like yet. It completely depends on where they will go and when and most importantly on how expensive the tickets will be. Maybe I will end up just doing two shows after all, realistically, it will be more. I've always said I wanna do a Scandinavian one, I definitely don't want to skip Italy or the last show of the tour and everything that is drivable (the Netherlands, Belgium, part of Germany) is a must. But whatever happens, I want to document it. Because it only took these announcement teasers for me to realise that there is still nothing like a Jovi tour. Nothing that can get me this excited, hyped and willing to spent a whole lot of money. I honestly didn't think I would be this stressed anymore but I find myself thinking about nothing else since that first post bij LiveNation Spain popped up on my feed.
I instantly got all excited. And by that I mean I got old-school, worrying excited. Even though I remember saying that the Because We Can tour was going to be my last die-hard 'no sleep, in-what- country-are-we-even-today' tour. I guess I lied, up to a certain point anyway. I guess nobody even believed it.
I think part of me just gave up on the idea all together but instead it looks like it's going to be a massive tour. And I think it is time to admit that I am ready to do it all over again. I don't know what that will look like this time around but I'm ready to go.
Seriously, bring it on.
picture by me, taken in Zeebrugge 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
