Saturday, October 20, 2007

Ozzy – Rob Zombie Concert
I picked up John and Doug and drove downtown to get the party started around 4:30PM. Show started at 7:30 so we had lots of time. I brought a cooler with ice cold MGD so I filled my pockets with a bunch of beers after I parked in a dodgy party of town. It was free though. Powered back some brew and we all went to the fabulous nightspot called the Cambie in Gastown. This bar consists of lousy service, big wooden picnic tables and draft beer we buy by the pitcher. I didn’t have tickets for the show so I left around 6:30 to go find Ozzy tix from a scalper. The other 4 boys stayed behind drinking. I couldn’t believe how many people were outside GM Place. The place was almost sold out and there were no good cheap singles available. This never happens at an Ozzy show. This was probably my 10th show and I’ve never seen so many. Maybe it was Rob Zombie that was the draw as well.


I struggled trying to find tickets and then met the guy I met at Godsmack who said he could get me in for free. Well I followed him through his secret way and he got in !! I tried the same thing and before I knew it I was in but had a security guard picking me up and throwing me back out. This guy was huge – remember the big black guy from The Green Mile – this was him. We never spoke words, I knew I was busted and went back to the scalpers. The show was getting close to starting and the line up to get in was huge – 30 minute wait and I started to panic so I bought a Row 14 for $100 and then proceeded to bud in line to get in. When I got to the front where my ticket was scanned, the lady there said, sorry this ticket is no good and it has been reported stolen in the mail Crap, was I just scammed ?? I found the scalper and he said, no biggie, here’s another. I budded back in line and just got to the floor as Rob Zombie had started. So my lesson is get there earlier and deal with only reputable scalpers (if there is such a thing). While I was trying to find a ticket, I dropped my cel phone and lots of little pieces fell on the ground and I tried to put it back together. I left the SIM card on the ground before going in. Between Rob and Ozzy I tried to make a call and the phone message said I didn’t have SIM card – I knew it was outside but where and how do I get out. I found an awesome security guy who escorted me around the area with a flashlight and we found it !! I was so relieved to find this little 1cm square card 2 hours later.

The show was great, Rob is so good to see live. I didn’t like the seating and being on the floor – row 14 is just too far away for me – I like to be no further back than row 4. Rob did all his hits and had a great stage and lots of pyrotechnics. He just has so much energy and really gets into bouncing around the stage and standing on speakers. Ozzy and Zakk kicked ass and Ozzy’s voice was great. He didn’t move around a lot but he was still the great Ozzy. He did some tunes from his current Black Rain CD all the way back to 3 songs from Blizzard of Ozz. Suicide Solution, Crazy Train, I Don’t Know. I loved it. The only Sabbath song he played was closing with Paranoid. John missed Ozzy’s show. He spent his time being sick and sitting outside in the hallway. Seems us brothers have a history of missing Ozzy shows. At least John didn’t need St. Johns Ambulance.

We hit another great place after the show. Not. Doug wanted more beer so we went to Dennys for beer and food. The problem was that they stopped selling beer at 11PM. We ate food and drank shakes and I drove everyone home. It was a great night out with the boys and to see 2 classic bands.






































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