Tickets for the Presto concert went on sale on March 17th. Phil and I had done some thinking on the best Ticketmaster outlet. We decided that Riverside Theater box office was good, since most people don't think of the box office for a different venue as a place to buy tickets. I think we made a good choice. We only had someteen people in front of us in line. We went down about nine o'clock the night before. It was still winter, though there was no snow left, so we had our winter coats and hats and sleeping bags. Phil and I stopped on the way down to pick up a CD for my new boom box. A friend, Pam, joined us down there. Karen came down to hang with us in the morning. I always enjoyed the camping thing, even though there were some boring times, and it was usually cold. We got to hang out with other Rush fanatics, and listen to Rush all night. At one camping experience, someone brought their Rush trivia game.

The concert is here.


Phil, on the left, and my stereo pointed at the sky, blaring Rush. The blurry guy is a guy we saw at a lot of campouts. He always bought as many tickets as he could, kept a pair for himself, and sold the rest at profit.




I don't know who this guy was, but I got a kick out of his leather jacket, yogi bear sleeping bag, and eating Chinese with chopsticks.


that's Pam on the left.
Glass Spider Tour. The first time I ever "camped out" for tickets. My friends dropped me off at the Marcus Amphitheater, down by the lakefront, one Saturday night after Rocky Horror. I wasn't really prepared. It was just me and a light jacket. The temp dipped below 60°. Others around me had lawn chairs, hot chocolate, and even tents. I just stood around all night. Not even a book to read. After all that, I only got tickets in the yellow section. This was the second of two shows. Row 22. About seven of us went.

I wasn't excited about the show. He wasn't really doing his hits, and concentrated on his latest stuff, which was not my style. It was impressive, visually, though.

To make matters worse, Marillion was playing that night, somewhere else. I wanted to see them, but I already had these tickets. In hindsight, I really would rather have seen Marillion.

Toni Basil joined the tour on vocals, and Peter Frampton played guitar.

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