Patty and I watched the Swing Out Sister concert last night with Ton and Mylene Mapa. The concert itself was great and a lot of fun.
What I couldn't take was the long wait we were made to endure for the show to start!
Patty and I decided to go to Cubao early. So that we could get good parking and have more than enough time to have a leisurely dinner.
So we left the house at 6:45 pm and got to Araneta Center at five to seven. Unfortunately, the Gateway parking facility was already full. And so after spending more than 10 minutes and probably a couple of liters of gasoline, we finally ended up in the open parking lot across Farmer's Market.
It was already 7:15. Too late to walk all the way to Gateway to have dinner. Besides, Patty is five months pregnant and had not been feeling too well the past few days. Getting her seated comfortably was now my priority. The leisurely dinner could wait until after the concert.
So off we went to the Dome. We got burgers, hotdogs and popcorn and settled down in our seats at 7:45.
And then the long wait began.
I've been to enough concerts and weddings to know that when the ticket or the invite says 8, what they really mean is 9. Filipino Time is what it's called, as if it was something we should be proud of.
And to make things worse, the ticket said that the show would start on time.
And so we waited. At 8 the stadium was still empty. At 8:45 the obligatory OPM front act finally began.
Poor girl. She was jeered endlessly by a now restless and probably hungry crowd.
At 9:15, after about six songs, her agony finally ended, to the cheers of the thousands in Araneta.
Then the TVCs began running on the giant screen. One after the other. Of the sponsors of the concert. On and on. For close to 15 minutes. Like the commercial breaks in a Pacquiao fight.
By the time SOS finally came out, it was already 9:45. Two hours after we arrived.
Unbelievable.
This Thursday Patty and I will be back in Araneta for the Duran Duran concert. What time do you think we should go?
1 comment:
That's really sad.
I saw Prince's concert in Las Vegas but the ticket didn't say the show would start on time. Prince is known to come out even 2 hours later but everyone is required to be at the arena at a certain time.
My boyfriend and I got to the arena at 9:30 and he didn't come out until close to midnight. However, I have to admit, he played for 3 hours straight, and even in between costume changes, he would have his mic backstage and still singing!
It was an incredible concert and to put it in Pinoy terms, Prince is a Concert King.
But see, that's Prince and you're only talking about SOS!
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