Ke$ha Concert at The Great Saltair
(This picture must have been at its peak, because it doesn't look quite this fresh anymore)
Let's just say it has been a little while since we have gone to a concert. We had been talking for a couple months about going to the Ke$ha Concert. It was originally going to be held at "In the Venue", which is where we went to the NFG concert twice. I knew that it would be packed and crazy there, but I was happy to find out that they moved it to The Great Saltair because it was selling out too quickly. So I got the tickets for Trav for Valentine's Day because he couldn't stop talking about it.
The Day of the Event
The doors opened at 7 PM and the concert started at 8 PM. I ride TRAX to work everyday, so Trav came and picked me up from work at 5 PM and we headed down to the concert. I hadn't eaten dinner yet, so I just said that I had read they have food inside, and so I'll just grab something there. So we got there at about 5:30 PM. There were a couple of spots left to park outside the actual parking lot where they wanted you to pay $5 so we hurried and parked our car. As we were getting everything gathered and leaving what we needed to in the car, a parking guy comes running up and tells us we have to pay the $5, even though we are just on the side street...so we were like whatever we'll just pay. We asked him if where we were parked was okay because there was a gate close by that they apparantly open at the end of the concert. He said that we were fine, so we headed to get in line.
When we got to the line, I told Trav I'd go grab our tickets at will-call. Well it turns out that between everything I had left it in the car. I headed back to the car to go get it. While I'm up there a different parking dude comes up to me and I said "We've already paid" and he said okay, but I'm going to need you to move your car because we need enough room for a firetruck to turn around here. So just go into the parking lot and tell them that you already paid. I was a little hesitant to do that because I thought I might have a hard time getting the parking people to believe me, but I had to move the car.
I drove towards the entrance of the parking lot quite annoyed that 1. They make you pay money to park on the side of the road 2. The first guy told us we were fine, and the second guy said we had to move. I was relieved when I saw the guy we had paid the $5 to was the one that I would have to talk to get it and I knew he knew we paid. I pulled up and rolled down my window and said, "Hi, we were parked up there on the road and I am moving because we were too close to the gate, but we already paid." He looked at me and said, "No you didn't". I said "Yeah we did, we were right over there. We paid you." and he was like, "No you didn't, and for saying that now you have to pay $10." I said, "You've got to be kidding me!! We paid already." by this point I was so DANG frustrated I couldn't even stand it and he was acting completely serious. As I sat there, with I am sure the most angry face in the world he finally says, "I'm just kidding." and I don't know if he heard, but I drove off saying that you are a complete jerk. It is so frustrating when you are telling the truth and you feel like the person you are telling doens't believe you. By the time I parked and got back in line with Trav, I wasn't the most happy camper. He told me to forget about it and to just have fun with him and he completely cheered me up even though deep inside I was still bugged.
We sat in line from 5:30 until 7. We did have jackets, but it was getting cold. We knew it was getting close to when the doors would open, so I ran our coats to the car and tried to stay warm for a few more minutes. Then I ran back coatless and so was Trav because we knew it would be blistering hot inside. Finally they opened the doors and we got in. We started out roughly 15 feet from the stage, which was really close because we had been waiting in line forever. I hurry and ran to the restroom that was in the back of the concert hall because I knew if I went any later, I would never be able to find Trav in the crowd. The hour long wait began. It was full of people pushing and cramming into the building which was quite large. It was basically a scary mosh pit for an entire hour. I almost fell down several times, the only thing keeping me up was the fact that we were body to body with everyone around us. Short girls weren't getting enough air and so they had to body surf to the front by the stage. A girl by us even fainted and everyone kept pushing and they were trampling her. Trav and a few around held out there arms and pushed people away saying that there was a girl on the ground. Finally, her guy friend picked her up, but she was complete passed out, mostly likely because of the intense heat and not getting enough oxygen. Finally, the opener came out at 8 and that helped calm the pushing somewhat, but it did continue throughout the entire concert, just not as bad. The opener was horrible. I could barely even stand to listen to him and I was really starting to wonder if this whole thing was worth it.
Ke$ha Comes on Stage
We were all so grateful when Ke$ha finally appeared. We rocked to her music, sang to her music, jumped to her music, and enjoyed the huge show that she, her band, and dancers put on!!! It was absolutely insane and so awesome! By the end, even with all the parking drama, being claustrophobic, having my feet and legs so tired from trying to stand up in that crazy crowd, and having now ate. It was worth it. It was so fun to have Trav by me and us just jamming out!! It was like we were teenagers again!
I know this is a really long story and I'll be suprised if you actually read it all, but because I consider this my journal, I want to remember the details because I know eventually I'll forget.
You have to realize that when I went to the concert these shoes were really white and the shoelaces were really pink. This just shows how many times my feet got stepped on. I haven't even dared clean them yet because it is so dirty!
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