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What Was the First Thing You Bought Tickets For?

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What was the first thing you ever bought tickets for? We posed this question to attendees at the open house for our new offices last Thursday and got some great responses. Here’s an easier to read, summary of what people wrote:

Huey Lewis and the News – 1984
Jethro Tull – 1978
N/Sync (I paid with a Furby!)
Sunny Day Real Estate
Treepeople at the OK Hotel
Robbie Williams – 2003
Weezer opening for Flaming Lips
Bill Cosby – 1987
U-Men – 1987
GWAR!
Seal!
The Who at Maple Leaf Gardens
Bumbershoot – 2000
Sha-Na-Na at Madison Square Garden – Summer 1974
Tiffany at the Tacoma Dome
Beastie Boys – 1987
Van Halen “Diver Down!”
Elvis – 1976
Bryan Adams
Depeche Mode – 1991
Steppenwolf – 1968
Deftones at DV8 – 1995
Bone Thugs N’ Harmony – 1997
Scorpions – 1982
Carole King at The Paramount – 1977
Less Than Jake – 2002
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult – 1995
Berlin
Escape Club – 1989
The Police at the Tacoma Dome – 1982
Janet Jackson
Crosby Stills & Nash in Salt Lake City – 1968
Van Halen at Rosemont Horizon – 1984
George Michael Faith Tour
Bryan Adams
Nine Inch Nails
Weather Report at the Orpheum in Boston – 1976
Deck the Hall Ball – 1997
Robbie Williams – 2003
Osmond Brothers
Harry Connick Junior
Sufjan Stevens
Boston “Don’t Look Back” tour – 1978
Prince opening up for the Rolling Stones – 1980
Dr. Dre – 2001
Prom
Weezer at DV8 – 1994
Creation – 1999
Nutcracker
Lollapalooza with Hole & Cypress Hill
Ludacris, Chingy, David Banner and Kanye West – 2004
“Sip & Stroll” Wine Tasting Event Vancouver, WA
Poe at Rckandy
Skagit County Fair
Meadowlands Racetrack to gamble when I was 13
Sunny Day Real Estate at DV8 – 1994
Cheb Khaled
My 13th Birthday – “My mom gave me tix to “Mame” at the Schubert in Chicago…front row center seats! I absolutely fell in love with Theater Musicals!”
Season 1 “American Idol” tour
Brian Joo & DJ Yup
Vendi – 1872(?!)
Meany Ski Lodge
Harry and the Potters & JuJubee!

What was the first show that you bought tickets to? Leave a comment and let us know.