Lauren, the pics came out nice!!!
ROB!!! well done! ;D
Here is my TRUE STING STORY!...for you all to enjoy...
I met STING STING STING STING STING STING STING STING STING STING...on saturday night....
I have been a STING fan since I was 12...I could almost say I discovered music with him and The Police 'course. I was (yes) pretty much obsessed with him...(youth crush!!!) as I got older I wanted to buy a bass and play like him...
I can pretty much say he is the reason why I became a bass player...
And I always dreamed of meeting him...
Well...on friday with my sister we drove to Long Island, New York to see STING for the very first time!
It was kinda cold (I'm soo sick now!)...and it was outdoors but no one cared.
When STING came out I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Finally I was there...watching him sing and play that bass like no other....
He played for 2 hours!...great, amazing show. I was there and he was singing live, his voice....LIVE!!!
I was soooo overwhelmed...
After many many many years (wtf it took me soo long so see him live...damn!)Driving back we got lost twice, (why in the hell NY has sooo many "parkways"...lol) but we didn't care!
On saturday he was having a ONE NIGHT ONLY WITH STING show @ a small place (compare to where he usually plays) Irving Plaza in NYC. It was a private shows for a few fans, friends and family.
I woke up sat. and I was like...I have to make it to that show...(I knew tickets were going to bee imposible to get! because a small number went on sale only for fanclub ppl on april 16 and they were gone in 2 hours) but I was like...if I dont a least try...I could not forgive myself.
It was his very last show of this tour...I was willing to pay a lot...(a mean a lot) of money for one ticket...but I left my house not prepare at all (10$ in my pocket!)
I got to the place and I pretty much hated everyone that had a vip pass or a ticket...after standing for more than an hour waiting for someone to sell me a ticket I was ready to give up...and listen to a few songs from outside..and then leave...
WHEN...WHEN...GOD, actually a STING personal security guy, came up to me and said "are you going to absorb the show from the outside?" and I was like...I don't have a ticket...I saw him last night...I can't complain but I don't want to miss this event...
He looked and me and pulled a ticket from his pocket and said "GO AND ENJOY THAT SHOW" (omg..the only true story!!!)
I took that ticket (after thanking him forever!) and ran inside!!!
YES YES YES for 2 nights on a row...I saw STING...this show was more intimate..his wife and one of his sons were there as well as David Bowie and other celebrities that I didn't get to see. STING production taped the show (and I read that they are making a dvd with footage from that show) and I was singing eeeevery song with my THE POLICE shirt! (thanks to E-bay!)
I think I was THE luckiest person in NYC that night...I went for it...and got it!
After the show a few fans a myself waited to see him...after 45 min...STING, his wife and one of his sons came out.
I HAD STING IN FRONT OF ME!...
I was in such shock..you can't believe!
He signed my ticket but in pen (I was not ready, I always have a sharpie when I got to shows!...lol) so it looks weak but it was HIM who autographed my FREE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TICKET!
I'll post or email some of the pix that I took...
I could almost say I can die now...
BUT...BUT...it was soo crazy and everything happened soo fast (why do good things go sooo fast!?...grrrrr!)I didn't have a chance to say how much of an inspiration he is to me, he is the reason why I started playing bass in 1995 (when I was able to finally afford one)and that I want to sing with him...
But you know what dear Melons...on my name Fernanda Mezzina I promise I WILL SING WITH STING!...
Then I can die in peace
Btw if you read on the papers that a fan got on stage with him..well this time...this time only..it was not me...it was some girl who didn't even know the song...(big time bitch!)
I'm sorry if I made this long...but..
IS MY STING TRUE STORY!
I don't think I can come back from heaven...nope...I can't!
Fer :-*STING!
One of my dreams came true...