#339. After seeing 3 shows in Los Angeles on the Licks Tour (Angel Stadium, Staples Center and the coveted Wiltern Show), and one show in San Jose, you would think I'd have enough Stones to last a while. But the idea of seeing a FREE STONES SHOW, especially after the most memorable free Stones show ended up a textbook entry in the category of category, was too much.
Tickets for the free Staples show were to be distributed in a lottery, and I gamely entered this drawing hoping for the best. But no luck. I was only slightly disappointed, since the Halloween Staples show a few months earlier was my least favorite Stones show in this run, and I really despise that venue.
However, on the day of the show KLOS announced they were going to release tickets at Ticketmaster outlets. At this point, the online ticketing system had pretty much taken over lining up at record stores, so Paul Serchia and I ran to the nearest Ticketmaster outlet we were aware of (Ritmo Latino on Santa Monica).Of course we weren't the only one with this information, so we cued up behind other hopefuls, willing to take even the worst seat in a venue that only seems to have bad seats.
Sadly, it seemed luck wasn't on our side as they guy in front of us got what appeared to be the last pair of tickets. Undefeated we hung around, and the clerk did something I don't think I ever saw a Ticketmaster clerk do before. He kept trying and trying and trying. I don't think he was a Stones fan, but he knew how much it meant to the people in line to score a ticket. This guy tried for over 10 minutes, and suddenly more tickets were released! We got our tickets, thanked him profusely, and walked out of Ritmo with a skip in our steps. Heck, I even thought about sending the clerk flowers in thanks.
I enjoyed this show more than the Halloween show the past October. The sound was better where I sat, and this show had Bill Clinton introduce the band. The set didn't have any real surprises, although we did get Bitch, Wild Horses and All Down The Line and fortunately did not get their misguided cover of Love Train.
All in all, another special evening with The Rolling Stones.
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