The tickets said that the doors opened at 5:30, so we get there at 5:20. and there is a freaking ginormous queue! I was like "what the!?". But the funky part was that the "arena" where the concert is being held, its actually an empty field with freaking zinc paneling cordoning off the area. I was like, "you have got to be freaking kidding me!?". It was SO ghetto.
Around 6 o'clock, they move a piece of paneling and start letting people in. Yey! And we enter this empty area divided in two, the back half apparently being for the cheap tickets (not so cheap at Rs. 2650/USD 60.87/GBP 31.07/CAD 70.23). So yes, being in the front half (at Rs. 3650/USD 83.85/GBP 42.79/CAD 96.73 put you closer to the stage. But it also put you closer to crazy, shrieking, totally out of place fanatics.
Honestly there were people there, that not only did NOT look like Cha-KEE-raw (as they were mutilating her name) fans, but did not seem like concert goers period. PLUS, you had to stand. The whole time. For hours. In the heat. Without water. Cuz if you went to get water you would loose your spot and would NEVER get allowed back into it.
So we stood. And we waited. For 2 freaking hours! She didn't start till 8 o'clock!! Which yes to me is a normal time for a concert, but not when you are standing for hours, practically moshing with people with varying degrees of hygiene, odors, and concepts of personal space. I was not a happy camper.
But then FINALLY, Shakira/Cha-KEE-raw, came on. And she was awesome. She sang, she danced, she glowed. Shakira is gorgeous and talented, period!
She actually did way more Spanish-language songs than I expected and she would totally loose the crowd when she did :-P There actually were a handful of spics there with me also, so at least I wasn't alone singing in Spanish. And she did some of her old stuff too, like from "Donde Estan Los Ladrones" which is my favorite album of hers.
In all, honestly, it was a totally fabulous concert. Yes the venue and the heat and the waiting (she didn't even have an opening act) sucked. But SO totally worth it.
I didn't take a camera (I was afraid of it getting confiscated or something) but did take some crappy pics with the phone, they don't show anything but you can pretend they do.
A very tired Andy at the end of the night. I actually ended up being sick this whole week (which is why it took me so long to post this). I wasn't feeling well the day before and this experience def pushed me over the edge. Sometimes I wonder if illness is my natural state of being, and I just get well in random spurts
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Glad it was worth it in the end ;-)
Getting sick for Shakira is SO totally worth it!
Sorry you're feeling bad sweetie. Hopefully when your back you'll near to the germs you body knows and can deal with.
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