Last weekend, I went to see Kelly Clarkson in concert at Smirnoff in Dallas. It totally rocked and she has an amazing voice and show...I didn't bring my camera in because I didn't know if I could and I left my phone in the car to make it stress-free inside. Sarah and I mosied to our seats and I think mine were some of the worst in the whole place. We were in seats, but out of the cool overhang that shields the sun and fans you. We were spitting distance from the lawn seats (which were like 20 dollars cheaper I might add) and on the very dead center aisle so that all the camera men and women blocked my view. We had to stand the whole time anyway because the lawn peeps kept standing in the aisle, so as you can tell, I had some of the worst seats. I was thankful that I didn't drag in my camera for this crap seat, let me tell ya.
Well, the show was incredible and she sang "Walk Away" as her final song before disappearing behind the curtain. Let me back up...by this time, the camera men had moved back some and set up barricades to COMPLETELY block my view of the stage, but I just listened to her sing without watching the show. So, as we are waiting for the encore song, people started leaving from my section and a few were moving in some. Sarah and I moved closer and boom! Up pops Kelly on a platform 3 feet from me. She said she wanted to give the crappy seat people a chance to be on front row (or something like that--I was still in shock). She sang "Breakaway" to us (or rather, the guy in front of me sang it to her...he actually distracted her by his loud voice and camera in her face) and then the concert was over. It was amazing! If I had my camera (I learned my lesson), this is the picture I would've taken...for now I'll just borrow someone else's picture who actually thought ahead.
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Man I really hate going to Smirnoff because it is so crappy, old and expensive! Pauline and I saw Weezer, Foo Fighters and 311 last fall there but it was cool because we saw Weezer/Foo Fighters the same day after my knee surgery so we sat in the handicap section!! Rivers stood in our section about 6 feet away and sang it was so awesome! So my suggestion is that you need to somehow confine your self to a wheelchair that night and you will have perfect seats. I also went to High School with Kelly Clarkson.
Yeah, I told my peeps to keep an eye out and when they called 3/4ths of the way through the concert I was livid! But K-C, as I like to call her, owed me one, so when I quickly briefed her on the situation she was excited to come through. What a great gal!
ha, ha...for real - I don't know whether to feel really bad or really happy to be the one responsible for where your seats were.
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