Annnnnnnd... Bruce Springsteen

So one day I was at work and an email came through from D.

Bruce Springsteen tickets go on sale at 9 am.

I told him I don't even LIKE the music and I definitely don't want to go.

You know what happened next, right?

Another email came through... "Dear Marcia... here is your confirmation of the Bruce Springsteen tickets"

I went AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH and got on the phone with D.

He said he went ahead anyway because once I come around to it, I'll enjoy it and this is a "once in a lifetime" opportunity (D has seen The Boss in concert before, in Zimbabwe when he was 18, 25 years ago.... ).

And guess what?

I didn't come around to it.

Up until the day of, I was still not wanting to go. I personally don't mind wasting the R750 but since he paid, I knew he'd feel bad if I didn't go.

So I went.

The only part that was smooth was driving there. Then a 30-minute walk to the actual stadium, queues, queues and more queues.......... sitting and having people up and down a million times for BEER is not my idea of fun. Neither is waiting an hour between the opening act and the main event.



No jokes - I thought I knew 2 songs (can you guess which?) and at the concert, it turned out I knew 4. Woohoo.

Then he started and it was magnificent to see him and the band so very clearly expressing their passion (I LOVE THIS!) and enjoying themselves. He is such a great performer and engaged with the crowd beautifully.

How he ran up and down on that stage for 3 solid hours I will never know!!!

That said, at the end of one hour, I'd heard one song I didn't know I knew (Hungry Heart), and then the rains came about 1.5 hours into the concert.

So the rest of the concert was spent under cover, amidst SMOKERS (please don't take offence if you smoke but I can't stand the smell  and people blowing smoke wherever they feel like it).

Bottom line, I enjoyed my 4 songs and 2 Irish-sounding ones (I couldn't tell you the names if I tried), and at the end they did Shout and Who'll stop the rain (Creedence) which was great.

I do know for sure the big concert thing is not for me, thank you very much. Give me The Dome or Carnival City anytime :)

(I hope Billy Joel's listening........ please come to South Africa! because I'm starting to think otherwise I may have to go to where he IS having concerts....he has a concert at Madison Square Garden the day after I turn 40...... could it be a sign? :))

I was a good sport though, no complaining except right at the end at about 11.40 because my legs were KILLING me from all the standing around.

We got home at 1 am so we were knackered today.


I have such a lot of things to talk about - work stuff, goals, reading, school, weight, etc. and no real time to do so.

And I'm only at 18th Jan with my photo editing - I took on average of 412 photos daily while on holiday...... so being on day 3 means I have a LOT left to do.

But what was your weekend like?