Today, I got tickets for the JUANES concert in Orlando next October. I am beyond exited to see Juanes in concert again. Juanes is a Colombian singer that has been called the "Latin American Bono" for his involvement with political causes and rock music. I love his music and he is the best good-looking Colombian!!!! Trust me, Colombian men do not look like Juanes! He is really our best export "product" after coffee and Shakira of course.
Juanes
Buying those tickets made me think of Bono and the upcoming U2 concert in Miami that I am NOT going. I'm still not over this subject even though it has been over 3 months that I got a refund from ticket master. For the 2009 U2's 360° tour, the only concert in Florida was in Tampa. I was lucky to live here and know the stadium and know that even if we had seat in the 3rd level we were going to have a good view. Two friends traveled from Colombia just for the concert. It was a great weekend. I love to plan trips with concert excuses. The concert was SPECTACULAR! The stage, sold out the stadium, and the lights were unbelievable. I had been to a U2 concert in 2005 and it was amazing but 360° concert was just too good, even for U2! The seats for the 2005 concert were incredible! We were only 10 rows away from Bono. We could even see what kind of shoes Bono was wearing. I will be eternally grateful to my friend to take me to this concert with her. She had this tickets given to her as a gift. Here are some pics from the 2005 show:
View from our seats! Row 10 from the stage!!!!
"where the streets have no name"
Sold out show
with our U2 shirts on! ;)
When U2 announced a second tour in 2010, I joined the official fan club to have access to the pre-sale code for the tickets. This time the concert was going to be in Miami. Great excuse for a weekend away in Miami with one of my closest friends... After paying $50 membership to www.u2.com and getting good seats for the Miami concert, Bono had surgery and the tour was postponed. I waited to see the new dates. The new date was a year later AND it was on a Wednesday night. With my heart broken, I asked for a refund to tickemaster. I have to say that I've always complained about ticket master and the monopoly that they have over event tickets but now I have real reason not to like them and no choice to get tickets somewhere else. It took me about 5 months to receive a refund from them when I was supposed to get it in 7 to 10 days. The concert will be June 29th and I need to have a plan for that night because I will be telling this story to someone who has probably heard it 10 times. My heart is still broken but I do not have a lot of vacation days to spend 3 of those precious days in Miami which I've been to many times. I am a true U2 fan but sadly I'm not going to see them. I have lots of videos to share from that night but I'm sure nobody cares to hear me and my friends "sing". I found this HD video, from the official 360° tour DVD, of "Walk On". The video is long but it has a moving peace message. Enjoy!
These are some of the pictures from the 2009 concert
ready to go in
first look of the "space ship"
View from our seats. Not as good as the 2005 seats but those were marketing tickets :(
360° stage
The stage transforming for "The City of blinding Lights"
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