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The Gorillaz are tops on my bucketlist of bands I wanted to see because they don’t tour much and had never been to the NW. So when I heard they were coming close ie: Seattle, I had to go, MUST SEE. I bought my tickets as soon as they went on sale and thought floor seats would be a good idea not thinking it would be filled with seats. As I was walking into Key Arena last night I noticed row after row after row of seats. Looked down at my ticket and noticed row AA seat 10. My eyes got big and I knew what that ment. FRONT ROW! I had sat front row before and I have had floor tickets before and they are not the same. FRONT ROW means no little people standing in front of you screaming I LOVE YOU DAMON! I do feel bad because after I got done shooting my 3 songs with the photo pass I had to kick out a handicap girl from my seat. Not really, I didn’t kick her out, I stood behind her enjoying the show then an usher noticed something was up and kicked them to there seat 3 feet away. All things good for the Handicap girl if you ask, she got back up out of her wheelchair and stood next to me and was the only person to high 5 Damon Albarn. So it had a happy ending. Doesn’t beat the kid that was to my left who rocked out more then I had seen anyone rock out before at a concert. I’m sure he was thinking just like I was, BEST SHOW EVER. One of the Gorillaz stage guys walked over to him and hand delivered drum sticks to him. Pretty dope for the kid, I didn’t think he could have got any happier.
Yes, it was the best I could of expected from the show, BUT it didn’t come without problems. Theguy at Gate 4 at Key Arena had a power trip and said NO, your not on the list. He asked who my contact was I told him and he said no idea who that is, most people have the right contact name and that isn’t it, so get a hold of your contact and figure it out. SO, I DID. Got my friend Promo Joe who is amazing and my contact and we walked up to the guy and he say’s, Oh hey Joe, what’s up.. REALLY. Short story long, we got the photo pass figured out late of course and I missed getting shots of N*E*R*D*. After they played I ran back to my car a few miles away got my camera and ran back to the venue with 10 minutes to spare, I thought I was going to die. But it would have been worth it because it was GORILLAZ
Tags: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Key Arena, Seattle
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