This is my actual ticket but for a different Rush.
It should have dawned on me by the set and the exuberance of the fans that this was to be beyond my reasonable expectations. The place was filled to capacity, right up to the rafters. The ‘floor’ tickets that Bob got for us placed us right up front near center in row F (6 rows from the stage) Rush Limbaugh never did show up!
Now I knew from the Toby Keith concert in July that this could get loud. I inserted my trusty Kleenex in my ears and sat back to enjoy the show. Just as the performers entered the stage, everyone in the crowd stood up, never to sit down again until intermission an hour and a half later. Why do they bother with seats? A cacophony of sound at 115 decibels pounded my body and resonated my lung cavity to the point I feared my Kleenex ear plugs might catch fire the way a microwave oven heats popcorn to the bursting point.
Now I knew from the Toby Keith concert in July that this could get loud. I inserted my trusty Kleenex in my ears and sat back to enjoy the show. Just as the performers entered the stage, everyone in the crowd stood up, never to sit down again until intermission an hour and a half later. Why do they bother with seats? A cacophony of sound at 115 decibels pounded my body and resonated my lung cavity to the point I feared my Kleenex ear plugs might catch fire the way a microwave oven heats popcorn to the bursting point.
We were very close to the actionThe show was super-charged with energy. These guys are nearly as old as me but they were also obviously in far better condition as they drummed and strutted and sang in falsetto like teenagers. Strobe lights, lasers, great balls of 1200 degree flames fueled and stirred the mêlée to a fever pitch.
Bob got tickets for Sheila Harrison and her husband who sat next to us.The crowd was very well behaved but Wendy found out what “Mosh Pit” means when fans started to fall and tumble into her after lead singer/bass guitarist/keyboarder Geddy Lee started to lop gifts into the crowd as a show-ending thank you gesture. She was nearly knocked to the ground but I caught her.
My only regret is, because we were over at Wendy’s mom’s house cleaning up junk in the afternoon, we missed Bob’s call to come over to the JL Centre early, to watch the set-up and tour the set of Rush.
Bob, Howard and Wendy
After the show we met Howard Ungerleider who directs and choreographs the lighting and effects. An amazing feat of magic indeed.
Well, that’s two concerts in one year so far. Considering I’ve gone 58 years and never been to one before; that’s quite a record.
Didn't I say in my previous comment you'd be in the mosh pit next :)
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