HEAVY MTL, 08

June 21st, 2008. Iron Maiden. Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal. Of course, that was going to be one of the biggest highlights of my life. Just turned 18 in May, I could legally buy drinks at a show (hey, I did it anyway when I was younger... it just felt better to actually be allowed lol). So me and Steph basically crossed our fingers that we could get last minute tickets. And we did. We shelled out $85 for those motherfuckin' brits and guess what? She lost her ticket 5 minutes later. So we're basically there, these two tiny girls in a sea of buff biker men, almost crawling around in parc Jean-Drapeau searching for her ticket, no luck. We went back to the box office to see if a couple tears and a sob story about being robbed by a giant metalhead would work to getting her a ticket... and it did. So we were in. We met these pretty chill guys somehow, sitting in the woodsy area with all the trees. We kind of neglected all 9 opening acts, stayed near the trees and smoked doobies with the guys. Then Dethklok came on and we were all for it, since Maiden was next. So we pushed our way into the crowd. And that's when all hell literally broke loose. When Maiden came on, they opened with "Aces High" and everyone went nuts. Suddenly, a lot more people were rushing into the crowd, and Steph and I got trampled, crowd sufed and brought to the ambulance tent because I'm kind of claustrophobic and I couldn't breathe properly. It was kind of funny because the ambulance dude was kind of freaking out, trying to help me breathe. But the minute they started playing "The Number of the Beast", me and Steph grabbed each other and ran back to the show and managed to get to first row. We enjoyed "The Trooper", "Powerslave", "Run to the Hills", "Revelations", "Hallowed Be Thy Name", "The Clairvoyant" (WITH EDDIE), and of course the much anticipated (for me at least) "Fear of the Dark". Check it out.

love

Montreal

i hate you and love you all at once
i take you in and my eyes grow tired
busy rushing masses, rude teenagers
retarded bikers and reckless drivers

what is this, New York?