so, who else has ever won tickets to a show (or many shows)?

[sweetcell]

time to fess up

me and my buddy won tickets to this show and about 25 other concerts that summer

whoa, more deets please

Yeah, mostly Cap Centre and MPP shows. It got ridiculous at some point. We just called DC 101 and won. I *think* you were supposed to be limited to one win per month, but we kept winning and they kept giving us tickets.

I had a year where I probably won radio station giveaways 18+ times. It was insane. They knew me by sight when I showed up to pick up my winnings.

as far as i can remember, i have won tickets to 2 shows:

- waaaaaay back in the day, like 1991'ish, i won a draw at the local guitar store (Steve's Music) for a made-in-mexico Stratocaster and a pair of second-row tix for Aerosmith.  the night before the show, i played with my friend's band in a bar (arguably the peak of my on-stage career, using said Strat) then partied all night like the rock star i was inside my head, so i was wasted the next day and ended up selling the tickets outside the venue for face.  i gave up the opportunity to experience "love in an elevator" live in exchange for a pizza, a 6-pack and putting some gas in my girlfriend's car.

- i won tickets to see NIN at the Lube in 2006, by being caller number X on some radio station (WJFK?).  the tickets were in the 200's, and at that point i was a full-fledge seat snob and scoffed at the quality of those seats.  i was really happy i went anyways as trent & co had an amazing light show that couldn't be appreciated from up close (including a fence they dropped between the band and the crowd that had cool illumination/animation).  almost made me reevaluate my seat snobbishness.  almost.  (TAN: that show was the first one i took the missus to, one of our first dates.  i had just come off a painful breakup that she knew i was still very raw about.  on the drive out to bristow we got to talking about NIN, which she knew nothing about.  i told her about the nihilism and pain of trent's lyrics. she asked me how long i'd been into the band, and i responded "since the downward spiral".  she was quiet for a few moments, then tentatively offered "it's ok if you want to talk about her..." - she thought "the downward spiral" was the aftermath of my recent breakup  )

[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that exact story from Sweets, . . . well, I’d have like $6 but blah blah that’s still a lot and yadda yadda yadda we get your meet cute already!

[sweetcell]

If I had a dollar for every time I heard that exact story from Sweets, . . . well, I’d have like $6 but blah blah that’s still a lot and yadda yadda yadda we get your meet cute already!

lol, not sure whose memory is worse... mine for forgetting i posted this story 2 years ago; or you for inflating the actual number from two to six.  ok, fine, it's mine.

back on topic: jules, can you remember your 18-in-a-a-year run?

[Space Freely]

When I lived in Albany, NY I always won tickets to shows from the college radio station that apparently I was the only one listening to, including but not limited to:

Neil Young/Sonic Youth/Social Distortion

RHCP/Smashing Pumpkins/Pearl Jam

Public Enemy/Anthrax/Primus

Iggy Pop/Manu Negra

Ramones

Big Audio Dynamite

A few years later, I lived in Chapel Hill and won radio start tickets to a bunch of shows, mostly at the Cats Cradle.

[hutch]

Not even $5!

That Neil Young bill/show was one for the ages

I would have liked to see Mano Negra!!

[Space Freely]

I think I did pay $5 to see Fugazi, at the metal club where I also saw the last three shows on that list. They mostly had metal, but sometimes veered into non-metal.

Yes, Manu Negra was a lot of fun. Random side note: Steve Jones was the guitar player for Iggy on that tour.

[Yada]

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[Julian, Hyperpop SLUTFUCK]

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I def won a limo ride and free food at a Morton’s steakhouse as part of my year of radio station victories.

[kosmo vinyl]

I once came in second in a Sex Pistols look like alike contest at a record store, only two of us showed up... i came dressed as Glen Matlock with a home made Beatles t-shirt.

[grateful tagle zuppi pizzaboli]

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I won free hot dogs for a year from Dog Haus a few years ago. Then I had my cholesterol checked…

[Cock Van Der Palm]

Growing up I always won albums off the radio.  Two examples, I won the Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town picture disc (still have it) and the Springsteen Live 75-85 box when it came out.  Won some Beatles reissues as well.

[Space Freely]

My first ever radio win was guessing the correct number of turkey gobbles on a radio contest called Goofy Gobbler. I won a Thanksgiving turkey.

My first ever concert tickets won was for Charley Daniels Band. It would have been my first show, but he cancelled. Instead and not long after, my first show was Ozzy, for whom I paid to see. Probably not much more than $5.

[hutch]

Bunch of winners around here!