Tickets: Slippery when wet

would ever see a concfrt in such a large arena.

I waited by the days, looking every so often on ticketmaster.com, to find out when the tickets would go on sale. Just a few days before, I found out that they went on sale, this past Saturday, Oct. 7 at 10:00 a.m.

I've always been a fan of music, but my concert experience has been quite limited. So for the first time in a long time, I heard of a concert that I was extremely excited about. I heard a few weeks ago that Bon Jovi was coming to Philly for their first concert tour in several years.

Do you know how long I've been a fan of Bon Jovi? Probably since about 2nd grade during the "Livin' on a Prayer" days, over 15 years. That's 4/5 of my life. Pretty long to wait to see someone play live.

So when I heard this, naturally I was excited and I started wondering what it was going to be like to see the band at the First Union Center. The first time I

So since I don't have my own credit card, I got my parents' number and planned on using it. I got up early on Saturday morning and at 10:00 picked up the phone to call and order my tickets. Unbeknownst to me, this was not the way to go. The line was busy all morning. I tried an alternate number, and it was also busy. I was starting to get a little worried.

I figured it was just a minor setback. so I figured no problem, I'll just go online to order them. While I did get through to how many tickets I wanted and how to order them, it just simply said they could not process my request. At this point, I was starting to get a little mad.

I could not get through on the phone all morning in any way, so since someone had told me earlier how they had ordered tickets at a Ticketmaster location at Tower Records, I decided to get in my car and drive over there. At 2:00 p.m., I got over there and there was no line at all. So I'm thinking great, I' 11just get the tickets this way. As I ask the guy at the counter for tickets, he says, "Sorry, there already sold out." Out the door went my wish of seeing Bon Jovi.

Now, instead of being at a concert on November 10, I'll probably be babysitting or watching TV. But I guess I've learned my lesson. H you want concert tickets, get there early! But since I am over this and don't want to complain anymore, if anyone knows where I can get some extra Bon Jovi tickets, let me know!

Linsey Heiser is the news editor for the Loquitur. When she's in a good mood, you can hear her humming "You Give Love a Bad Name."

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-The member of the band "Love Syndicate" is Robert Wolfer not Robert Walter.

-The photo of Dave Wiley was taken by Matt Holmes. We apologize

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