Links of the Day: Paul McCartney

See You in July

             An early birthday present was bestowed upon me this morning in my search for Paul McCartney tickets. As many of you may already know Paul is coming to Citi Field (The Mets new ballpark) to perform the first concert at the stadium. He will be celebrating the new structure and honoring the 44th anniversary of The Beatles historic Shea Stadium (Mets old ballpark) show. Tickets went on sale today at 10:00 a.m. I was on my computer ready to go at 9:55. Here is the story.

          100 dollars a ticket was the target price. My brother, my father, and I were the three tickets. Immediately, as the clock struck 10:00 a.m, I was on the site (507tixx.com) and clicking best avaliable for the July 17th date. Paul is coming the 17th and the 18th (my birthday, this is why it is an early birthday gift). The best avaliable tickets took me towards 175 dollar tickets and because for anybody (unless there was a Pink Floyd reunion with Richard Wright rising from the grave) this price is absurd I dropped the tickets and looked for the target 100 dollar price. Epic fail. They all sold out and slipped through my fingers like sand. My oppurtunity to see Paul for the first time in the greatest venue was shot down. We decided we would look on stubhub, but, there is a fantastic chance worse tickets will be going for 175 dollars. So, we simply gave up. But, here is when things get interesting.

                 I decided to go on five minutes later just for the heck of it. Then, like a light at the end of a long, musicless tunnel I saw it. July 21’st added to the once two shows. I flew on like a man on a mission and clicked my way to 100 dollar tickets. On the 21’st of July we shall be sitting in section 121, row 13 and I am, like I was for Clapton and Winwood, quite psyched. So, to honor the good luck I thought I would provide you guys with an awesome link of Paul and various other musicians like Elton John, Sting, Phil Collins and Eric Clapton performing “Hey Jude” in support of the people of Montserrat. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCwQiIqWpRY