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!
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