ReflectedLight Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 upgraded at a Rush show? Maybe a security guard you new, or winning a contest on the radio etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfanNlv Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I've never had my seat upgraded but it's been felt up a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostGirl Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 QUOTE (rushfanNlv @ May 18 2007, 01:59 PM) I've never had my seat upgraded but it's been felt up a few times. I got to squeeeeeeze into 3rd row center last tour in Nashville, courtesy of RR. It was great until somebody started complaining that I was crowding them. Party-pooper! That's the closest I've come to being upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbomb106 Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Not at a Rush show. I got to hang out backstage for Roger Waters back in 2000 because my friend's cousin was in the band. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone related to anyone in Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted May 18, 2007 Author Share Posted May 18, 2007 I always thought that if I walked in with a huge Rush banner with cool stuff on it, that someone with the band would see me and invite me up front and backstage to meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I didn't get my seats upgraded, but during R30, my cousin and I were in the 4th row at the Indy show, and the ushers let the first 3 rows go up to the stage. My cousin walked over to the usher and talked to him for a second and then grabbed me and said, "The usher said it was ok to go up to the stage too." I don't know if you slipped him a $20 or what, but we were right at the front of the stage for the whole show. What an incredible experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvgeddy05 Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I know I've told this story on the board before, but it's good for another round: R30, SPAC. I had lawn seats because I didn't know if I would be able to go (was spending a summer out of state at the time and...well, long story that's so not important right now). Plus, I didn't have a lot of money being a college student, so yes, lawn seats it was. Of course I wanted to be right up at the edge of the pavillion for the show, so I got to the parking lot super early, like 1pm or something like that, and I was the first and only one there. So I parked myself at the gate with a good book, some snacks and just waited around until the gates were to open at 6 or so (I can't remember if that was the time but again...not important right now!). Eventually other people started coming to the gate to stake their place as well, including two former druggies (sober over a year when I met them, haha!) and this other man being very quiet. Being the Rush gal that I am, I started talking about Rush as if it were my job, upstaging most people around me about the knowledge I had. Hours later, the gates open and I'm first in line with ex-druggies and quiet man (who did speak some, but...again, wasn't as animated as I was). I ran into SPAC to get right up front and almost as soon as I get to the pavillion's edge, quiet guy catches up to me and says "Here, you want this?" I asked him what it was it was a single seat inside the ampitheatre, right near the sound board. I thought he was joking but he told me he tried to sell the extra ticket because he got an upgrade right by the stage, and no one wanted to buy it so it was pretty much useless to him -- plus, he heard all my yapping about the band. He knew I was a huge fan, so he gave me the ticket! Meanwhile ex-druggies are near us and were like "Hey, no fair!" but I was alone, and he didn't want to give one of the ex-druggies a ticket while one was left behind. Plus, their extent of Rush knowlege didn't go much past Tom Sawyer. So, for about $40, I got to see Rush right smack in the middle of the lowerlevel of SPAC! It was pretty awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-D-RocK- Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I've only ever had my seats upgraded on a commercial flight. Business Class is the only way to fly brothers and sisters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djtess Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I've seen Rush 13 times over the years and never had "that great a seat". I purchased pre show tickets this year for the Tweeter Center (at 10am when they first went on sale), and ended up with an OK seat in section 5. Two days later I won a local radio station's contest for being the 25th caller for 2 Rush tickets. I haven't yet received the tickets from the contest, but I'm hoping after 25 years of being a devoted fan, that the tickets I receive are first rate! Just once, I would love to seem them play their incredible music up close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telegraphcreeklocal Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Moving Pictures Tour I walked down as far as I could from the side. Stage right about ten rows up looking down on Lifeson and I really remember the spinning green circles around him on the floor. No usher in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Emotions Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Not an upgrade since it happened before the tickets went on sale, but I won 6th Row seats for the Presto tour at Alpine Valley, WI (2nd night). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nim2 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Never had them upgraded but I did trade 2 lawn tics plus $100 for 3rd row pit one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcaressed Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I told this story in another thread. It's too long to type again, so I posted the link. And the answer is I have had my seat upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tool/rush/mars Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Yeah me and hellobidies and some friends were in the back of the lawn blatantly smoking weed out of a glass pipe. Then a guy with a rush shirt and some ID tag around his neck comes up to us and we were all frantic trying to hide the stuff and he just says "do you guys want tickets close to the stage." he hands all four of us third row tickets, it was pretty ridiculous. This was for the R30 show in Indiana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleasant Faced Man Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 my mate got a last minute ticket for Wembley R30 think it was something like back row of third block. When he got there the row didnt exist so he was moved to second row from the front ten rows in front of me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 sadly.........no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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