Live Events and the Thrill of the Chase

I have always been a person who looks forward to things. From my earliest memories I have enjoyed the prospect of what was ahead. Once I was at the event or the moment it would not have the same effect. I am working on that and getting better at enjoying the present, but that’s another post! So what was the last prospect that made me feel like this?

So, as we all know, buying tickets for events has been a fight to the digital death for a good few years. The way that big concerts, and now even big musicals, require patience and a huge amount of luck to get a ticket for is becoming insane! However, in the last few years I have got tickets for Taylor Swift, Iron Maiden and, just last week, My Chemical Romance for their big stadium concerts. I say I, but it’s really through my daughters that I have secured these last two sets of tickets. The elation and excitement when I realise that we are going to be there is a massive adrenaline rush. When my older daughter got tickets for MCR I literally punched the air in celebration. Outside of concerts I take charge of ticket buying and I was lucky enough to get in on the ground floor for Evita and I got 5 tickets right at the back of the London Palladium for one of the most incredible shows I have ever seen. A few years before that I got 8 tickets to Hamilton for my birthday. When I look back I have actually got a very good strike rate on these things. Every time I secure tickets the same familiar wave of excitement hits me. There’s really nothing like it for me.

As I said earlier I am getting far better at enjoying the present because I am less prone to building things up in my mind to levels they can’t possibly match, although the last few years have been peppered with concerts and plays that have surpassed my expectations anyway. One thing will never change though, the thrill of the chase and that moment when you secure those golden tickets. Actually, there was one more moment where the reality was even more exciting than the prospect was the moment I finally met my childhood crush Julie Dawn Cole! For excitement that was truly off the scale. 😍😍