Last night Ryan and I went to the Matt Nathanson, Little Big Town and SUGARLAND concert at the AllState Arena here in Chicago. This was the first concert that we've gone to as a couple- and Ryan's first country music concert. He was a little hesitant on going since he didn't really know too many of the songs by any of the bands- but we both agreed that a night out at a concert was something fun and rare of us to do; so we decided to go.
A week ago I was having a melt-down because the tickets were SOLD-OUT on ticketmaster and the only way to buy them was through EBay (DANGEROUS) or through StubHub ($$$$).... I was mad because I had waited and waited for a month to buy tickets- thinking the seats available would get better but eventually, the tickets just ran out!... I was having a hard time buying the tickets on EBay because I was concerned about their authenticity and because face-value of the tickets was $35 EACH and with taxes and shipping we ended up paying $70 for EACH... Ryan convinced me that it was only money- and we should bite the bullet and go!... SO we did!
The tickets were FINE! We got right in, found our seats (way up high in section 213) and enjoyed the first two opening acts.
Ryan's- Uncle Pete and Aunt Jane were at the concert in the 2nd row. We had made a joke earlier that we should switch seats with them 1/2 through the concert if they decided they didn't want to sit so close... (haha) We were settling into our seats and getting ready for the main act- I was talking to Ryan and told him, "Someday, I'll sit in the front row at a concert- that's another bucket-list item of mine". Literally 2 minutes later, the phone rang and it was Uncle Pete telling us that he had tickets AND seats for us up in the FRONT ROW!!!! We grabbed our things and ran downstairs to find him!
Sure enough, there were two empty seats right up in the first row! We sat down, in shock, "did this really just happen?!" and got ready for the concert to start....
What a rockin' show! Sugarland knows how to put on a concert and get their fans up dancing and having a goooood time! We had such a great night!
When the night was over, Ryan admitted that he had a great time and he even said that country concerts were fun and Sugarland knew how to do a concert! (YAY!!!)
We're looking into buying some Sugarland tickets for the Milwaukee Summerfest show in Wisconsin this summer! I can't wait!
I know that NO other concert is EVER going to beat this one! This was by far the best concert I've been to and the seats made all the difference!!!
Thanks to Uncle Pete for getting us up there by them! It was an awesome night!
