Song #2: No Concerts? No bueno.

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Song #2: No concerts? No bueno. 🤘🏼
Verse #1:

I grew up in a small town in the heart of America ❤️called Smithville, Missouri. Or as we liked to refer to as Smutville, Misery. When I was growing up, there were only about 3,000 residents (and I know this because the population sign was the same through nearly my entire life). When I was little I was know around town as kind of a tomboy. I played with the boys, rode bikes and ran through the creeks. And I of course listened to rock music. 🎸
As I got older, I became the model student and head cheerleader. Yes….I wasn’t A cheerleader, I was THE cheerleader! Seems very strange to everyone that knows me now. While I was living under my parents roof there were rules. Now don’t get me wrong, my parents weren’t strict by any means….but still. The biggest thing is that they wouldn’t allow me to attend any concerts unsupervised. (I think mostly because they were either going or wanted to go.) I HATED this rule!!! 😤 But it all came to a head the year Guns N Roses 🌹 toured with Metallica. I’m almost positive it was my junior year in high school, so that was 1995. Not only was it BOTH original bands members….the show was taking place at the one and only Aarrowhead Stadium!! The home of the Kansas City Chiefs 🏈 and bragging rights as the loudest stadium in the NFL. I was literally dying to go to this show. My parents damn near FORBID me to go. I have NEVER been so mad at them both and will never forgive them for making me miss what I considered as the show of a lifetime!!

Come to find out, the whole time my parents were planning on going to this show. And THEY DID!
Shortly after was when Guns N Roses completely had a meltdown and Slash refused to ever be on stage with Axl Rose again. I was devastated. I thought I would never have the chance to see the original Guns N Roses on stage. But finally, in 2016 they decided to tour together again. This small town girl would finally get her dream show. Tickets went on sale and I got mine within minutes. I purchased one ticket for me, myself and I! I was in the nose bleed and the ticket was still like $385. I’ve NEVER spent that much on a show ticket in my life. And I didn’t even care!!!

Verse #2:

I was hoping and praying 🙏🏻 that Axl would have his shit together and show up—and maybe even be on time.
You’ve got to be kidding me right??? While performing an intimate show at The Troubadour hours before kicking their reunion tour…Axl Rose broke his foot and underwent emergency surgery.
“This is what can happen when you do something you haven’t done in nearly 23 years.”

Axl Rose
Needless to say everyone was completely freaked out. But I was heartbroken. 💔 Would the shows be cancelled?? Would I EVER see Guns N Roses?? Rumors were swirling on the internet—they were claiming that Axl would be in a cast and we should expect him to be SITTING the entire show?!?! Axl sitting???? $385??? And not be able to see him do his signature shimmy across the stage? No. No. This can’t be happening. But, on the bright side of things at least the slow wasn’t cancelled. Yet. The show would still go on.
Verse #3:

The day of the show had finally arrived. I was attending the Saturday show, which was actually the 2nd Las Vegas show at T-Mobile Area. (The new Las Vegas T-Mobile Area had just recently opened. It was my first time attending a show there…and boy was I lost.) It was April 9, 2016. I went by myself…planning on meeting a few people here and there. But my friend, Kevin, who is the biggest Guns N Roses fab that I know was flying in special for the show.

I got in the venue…grabbed a shot of Jameson…or two and a beer and headed to check out my seat. Oh hell no!!! Alice In Chains was the opening band, and one of my all time favorites. But my damn seat was so scary high up and the band looked like stick figures. This will NOT work! I met Kevin at the bar and we devised a fool proof plan to get down to his seat which wasn’t completely on the floor, but pretty damn close. And of course it worked!!! And then it started…of course my phone died right then fml. But it was actually great because my friend and I were vibing on the pure music so hard. Singing every word to EVERY song and loving life. Seeing Slash on stage was pure magic. And yes, Axl sat in a throne apparently borrowed from Dave Grohl. It didn’t even matter that he was sitting. And his voice was so on point and almost better than ever!!! Song after amazing song…it was pure perfection. I was moved to tears of joy during several songs….Patience, Sweet Child, November Rain…. We were in heaven!!!! This was exactly what I had envisioned seeing the original Guns would be like and more. To top it all off, Sebastian Bach of Skid Row even came on stage and rocked out My Michelle with the band!!! Soooooooo awesome!