BlueStarryHat
South Philly Girl
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2013
Waiting in line 13 hours for the General Admission line for U2. We had tickets. We were in line for a good position in the standing room area
I camped out for U2 Tickets for their September 1987 Philly show at the old JFK Stadium (where LiveAid USA was held). I got crap seats...JFK was huuuuuuuuge...so I decided to try for standing room. I was so close to the stage I could have seen up Bono's nose. However, it was not to be. Everyone was pushing and shoving to get closer to the stage and I was pressed up against a barricade and couldn't get a deep breath. So, well, I fainted. I was pulled out of the crowd and taken to first aid. I wound up staying for the show and went to my crap seat. Fabulous concert, though-Bruce Springsteen came out and played a song with the band during the encore. AND, on my way out of my crappy seating area I found a thick gold chain on the ground and sold it the next day to a jeweler for a hundred bucks. So, the concert wound up being free and then some.