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deborah:
this one time
in sioux falls
neurosis came to play.
and they were so not my thing i spent most of the show outside smoking cigarettes until i frostbit the small toes on my left foot.  so i went inside to run them under lukewarm water, and spent the rest of the show sitting at the closed bar.  that weasely dude in the cage from gwar kept giving me the eye, but i didn't know it was the guy from gwar, so i just got really creeped out.

i know it's not really about to or from, but it's peripheral to the actual show, and i started the thread, so i say it counts.

Johnny C:
I went to a James Brown concert last year with a friend of mine who'd wrangled a pair of free tickets, and the following things happened:

1) We were seated right next to the entrance to the floor, so we wound up being scrutinized by the old lady named Mildred or something who apparently thought we spent the majority of the concert stoned or something. We laughed.

2) Mildred refused to let the opening act, Kyle Riabko, onto the floor, stating that his VIP pass was good for "backstage only." Riabko got pissed and took his girlfriend to the next floor entrance, where the guard stepped aside instantly. Mildred glared daggers at him.

3) James Brown was pouring champagne into glasses and handing said glasses to the audience members who were right in front of the stage, and paused to get ID from one.

4) He brought up some nervous university kid who'd had a VIP pass or something and informed us that the kid was "gonna get back to his studies" and that we should all stick to our studies, "don't wanna end up like [trails off]." Then he launched into "Sex Machine."

5) The song "America" included the city we were in, Saskatoon, which is in CANADA, during the part where James Brown rattles off American city names. My friend and I weren't sure whether we were supposed to be honoured or a little afraid.

6) At the end of the show, James Brown went offstage, ran into this blonde woman who was waiting for him on the side of the stage and clapping, took her hand, went back onstage, introduced the woman as "Morgan Fairchild" and began to dance with her. She grabbed the mic and declared that he was the greatest singer ever. I found out later that, although I had just thought James Brown was ranting, the woman he had brought to the front was, in fact, Ms. Fairchild herself, and that the event had made news in Regina.


Ridiculous enough for you?

Fragmentsofme:
Met my soon to be wife at a local show.  I also watched as the guitarist from Seether stagger around drunk and tell my friend Matt that he'd drink his balls.  Fun stuff.

Inlander:
This wasn't a stupid thing, but rather an awesome thing that happened to me.  A little while ago I went to see Darren Hanlon performing here in Melbourne - I'd already gone to see him the night before, and had such a good time that I decided to go to his second show as well.  I didn't have a ticket for that show, so I had to queue up - but when I arrived at the venue, literally about two seconds before me a girl arrives who's there to review the show for one of Melbourne's street mags.  They had her name on the door - "Plus One".  Her housemate had cancelled on her, so because I was next in the queue I got the spare ticket!  So not only did I get into a show by one of my favourite performers for free, I also got to meet a really cool girl and get her 'phone number.  We've gone to a couple of other shows since, and she's turning out to be an awesome gig-buddy.  Sweet!

Carrion:
Partied with the polyphonic spree a few years back, the crazy drugged up monkeys.  An avid clarinetist, or I was.. 5 years ago.. I tried to convince Tim Delaughter they needed me in the band. He let me down gently. One of them burned off part of his scarf for me with his lighter, but it got lost. And I stole a wee kiss from an anglophile with bushy hair.. I don't know what his role was. Was he even in the band or just a guy sporting a robe? Hmm. Was home for 6.45am and behind my checkout ready for a full day's work at 8.

Rock.

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