Not too many have a real story. The one I will bore you with is...
Part 1)
I was on a travel vacation and I was staying over in in Las Vegas October 2012, mostly to see Elton John at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace. I'm a long-time fan, and once saw him, from the back of the grass section, at Dodger stadium.
So, I spent $500 for a 5th row seat sort of middle right. The ticket website said, not surprisingly, absolutely no photography. So I was stuck in traffic on the Strip, where it takes 3 rotations to get through a traffic signal. I thought I would go in the "side entrance", of which there is none. Had to go up and back down the freeway to get back in line. Miraculously got a parking spot right up front next to the door. Purposely left my cell phone et al in the car and hurried through the building. The usher guided a couple of us (separately) to our seats and said..."photography is fine, just no flash or video". I could have strangled someone.
I probably could have made it back to my car, gotten the cellphone (an old 3GS) and made it back in time, but I did not want to risk it. To make it worse, as I was looking over the other way at the 2 cellos or something during a lull near the end, everyone in the expensive section (except old slow SpecialK) whooshed onto the stage and surrounded the piano. I sort of thought, "gee, what's going on?" - but it was too late. I eventually walked to the left front and watched from about 10 feet way - at least I could see his hands from this vantage spot. It was Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting. After that everyone got back to their seats, and Circle Of Life was the finale.
Part 2)
Did a southern Arizona vacation in 2014, which culminated in another another $500 EJ concert at the Coliseum. This time I was 3rd row left side, essentially 20 feet from the piano. I had visions that the stage would be laid out differently, but all was well. I was prepared with my Canon P&S and 4 batteries (it eats them). I even was ready to storm the stage.
So, it worked out - the second time.
Here is one from my seat. The security guy's bald head is up front.
Here is an on-stage shot.
Technically video was not allowed, so while while I was in fact doing that for the rest of the song, at first I was a bit nervous. When no one yanked me off stage, I relaxed
I have a compressed video (and it starts a bit late as I fumbled with the camera) of Saturday Night, here. He gets going pretty good.
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Thanks for reading :-)
Last edited by SpecialK; 09-08-2015 at 09:40 PM.