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May 22, 2012

The Moz is playing on my stereo...

OK. Not really right now, but we will get to see him tomorrow night. Yes, Morrissey is coming to Tucson! We didn't find out until last Saturday night. I couldn't believe it. Husband was reading the newspaper and said "Holy cow! Morrissey is coming here on Wednesday!" How come we didn't know about this? By then, it was probably too late to get tickets, but I thought I'd look anyway. I didn't see anything that said the show was sold out. We had to try to get tickets! We figured this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, since Morrissey is somewhat reclusive and doesn't tour very often. Husband looked it up and there are only 6 US tour dates this year and Tucson is one of them! Tickets were only sold at the venue box office or Ticketmaster. I refuse to buy anything from Ticketmaster (sorry Ticketmaster people - too many extra charges) so I had to wait until yesterday morning to head over to the box office.

The venue is located in downtown Tucson. I don't go downtown very often. Like just about never. But I wanted Morrissey tickets. It's amazing what you will do if you want something really bad! I consulted Google maps to make sure I knew where I was going. I forgot though, that there is major construction going on to install a new "modern streetcar" downtown. I don't know why they call it a modern streetcar - I don't think they'd install an ancient, outdated streetcar. Anyway, I had to take a bit of a detour and got a little lost on the way to the box office. I managed to find it though after a little extra driving around.

The box office opened at 10:30. There were 4 people in line ahead of me. They took FOREVER!!! And it was HOT! Yesterday the high temperature was 104. There were all sorts of heat warnings on TV saying don't go outside, drink lots of water, etc. And where is the line for the box office? Outside. And not much shade. I was seriously worried that I might pass out before I got my tickets.

Finally it was my turn. I knew what I wanted, how much I wanted to spend, and was done in about 2 minutes. I was actually able to get fairly good seats for what we were willing to pay. I figured we'd end up in the back of the very top balcony or something, but we are actually on the main floor about 2/3 back. Not bad. Although this venue is mostly used for ballets and symphonies, and sit-down-and-watch sorts of things, so if people stand up in front of us, we won't be able to see very well. But at least we will be there! And I will definitely try to take pictures. I will post them here, so check back in a few days!

On a side note: I realised the other night that I have a little something I can brag about. I can honestly say that I have performed on the same stage as Morrissey (well, after tomorrow night anyway.) When I was little, I took ballet, and we had to do recitals which were terrifying, but the recitals were at the same venue that the concert will be at. :)

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