Posts made by BeatleBarb

I have May 8 soundcheck tickets and as of May 2 haven't received an email.

Yes, I got tickets for May 8th. Happy Mother's Day to me!

Been quite awhile for me too. Hello, everyone!

Got hot sound package and after purchase 3rd row came up!

paulmccartneyfan1:

~lady*madonna~:

paulmccartneyfan1:

Thank you very much!! Sure! Well it was definitely the most magical moments of my life! My family and myself were waiting for Paul to finish "Yesterday" before we actually went onstage. We were standing with a crew member and the cameraman who was filming us before we were led onstage to meet Paul. We did not meet Paul until the moment we went onstage that you may see in any YouTube videos. But while we were waiting, Rusty came up to me and shook my hand, and then after, he hugged my younger sister. After we met Paul, we went off stage and we went back to our seats as requested. As we were walking back to our seats, but still backstage, Mary McCartney approached us and said a few kind word to us. It was unbelievable.

Aha! So that was your younger SISTER!! I was in 4th row, and I thought to myself, "that lady doesn't look old enough for all those people to be her kids". Now I know! That was really awesome to watch. Your poor son....Paul teased him when he said "My name is Jude and I was named after Julian Lennon". I think Paul said "but I thought you said your name was Jude". Who was Jessica with the nickname of "Jet"? And who said they wanted to name their baby "Penny Lane"? So happy for all of you!

Hah the lady in the pink is my mom! you are so kind! It was myself, Jude, Jules, Julian (whatever anybody would like to call me since I go by all three haha), my older sister Jessica (Jet), and my younger sister Amanda said she wanted to name her daughter Penny Lane! lol yes Paul did tease me haha. I was tripping out because at that moment I was thinking "wow you wrote Hey Jude and while you were writing it you thinking about calling it Hey Jules, then changed it to Hey Jude For Julian Lennon who I was named after" and all that was flashing through my mind!

I can feel your joy! I was there but missed this as I had to leave early. Good for you all! Paul has such a profound affect on us all. Long live your memories.

audi:

BeatleBarb:

...I had a very unfortunate ... experience ... a security person who watched me like a hawk. Guess I looked sketchy to them....lol. I enjoyed the opener and Love Me Do and have never ever left a McCartney concert early, but I was being harassed so badly, I left early. ...

Been there. Sorry that happened to you. Gotta' admit, I'm surprised bnecause you don't fit any particular "profile." The cure for me when I had a not-so-great time at the '09 concert I'd attended was by seeing him again the following year and having an outstanding night.

The only real bad experience I've ever had so there you go. Lots of curmudgeons around me and a security chick with a with thing against me. Exchanged peace sign flashes with the man, so it's all good and I trust there will be a next time.

Limo greeting was very cool as well was seeing old friends and making new ones. Paul actually sounded pretty darn good but I saw the concert from a strange and new vantage point for me - no one in front of me but I was on the side of the stage, right by Paul's piano. There did seem to be some echo, but that might have been due to my locale. Lots of good butt shots, saw Abe drinking red wine,slipped and fell at one point....ouch. Not inferring it was due to the wine, but oh, the things you see at that level! I had a very unfortunate fan experience because of a horrible woman in back of me, yelling at me to sit down during normal applause and a security person who watched me like a hawk. Guess I looked sketchy to them....lol. I enjoyed the opener and Love Me Do and have never ever left a McCartney concert early, but I was being harassed so badly, I left early. Just say NO to FresNO. Hope the rest of the shows continue to kick butt.

~lady*madonna~:

berol:

Tickets are up again, $165 only.

I saw FLOOR tickets available yesterday! Why I was checking, I have no idea. I am absolutely gobsmacked that in less than 48 hours from now, I will be seeing PAULLLLLLLL. I need Xanax.

got one of these last minute tickets.....on the side of the stage, rather than way back floor.....I'll wave to you as I'll probably be behind Paul!!! Talk about last minute!!

~lady*madonna~:

5 days to go!!!!!!!!!! Insomnia has set in....I have mild case of OCD, so the details are getting in the way of my sleep. What to bring, what to wear, what time to leave...blah blah blah. Having huge life events like this is a blessing and a curse. I am so happy that I will be fulfilling my bucket list after 52 years of being a Paul fan to do soundcheck and up close seats, but yet fills me with anxiety. Looking forward to meeting my fellow boardies. Think of me when he sings "Lady Madonna".

pm for you darlin' ps.....does your face still hurt from smiling?. You had the biggest permanent looking grin the other day I saw you.

Bag o' Nails:

BeatleBarb:

Bag o' Nails:

I somehow missed the fan pre sale so this morning at 10am sharp, I was ready to try for the general sale. It's now 5 pm and NOT ONCE did it offer me a lousy two tickets anywhere in this place! I'm SO frustrated!!!!!!!!! If anyone has two extra tickets, I'm interested in buying! Please keep me in mind

Hi friend! Long time. I too couldn't even get one ticket either at presale or today. Will keep trying now and then but guess it's not meant to be. Good luck to you!!

Hi Barb!! So nice to see you again! Did you get to Candlestick? I thought that would be my last time seeing him....and here he comes to Fresno (of ALL places lol)!

Yep, saw the last pick at The Stick from the 3rd row with a whole lot of fun people!!

Bag o' Nails:

I somehow missed the fan pre sale so this morning at 10am sharp, I was ready to try for the general sale. It's now 5 pm and NOT ONCE did it offer me a lousy two tickets anywhere in this place! I'm SO frustrated!!!!!!!!! If anyone has two extra tickets, I'm interested in buying! Please keep me in mind

Hi friend! Long time. I too couldn't even get one ticket either at presale or today. Will keep trying now and then but guess it's not meant to be. Good luck to you!!

My signs were made for mostly my own amusement and were only flashed briefly when others flashed theirs and for a few minutes in soundcheck and I was off to the side by myself. Probably wouldn't do/brings signs again - getting a little overdone, but I have to admit, that we had this 3rd row thing going which was a lot of fun and I hope it didn't interfere with any one else's experience.

~lady*madonna~:

RMartinez:

~lady*madonna~:

A good article about the traffic/parking boondoggle: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Why-drive-to-McCartney-at-Candlestick-was-a-long-5692133.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&t=da43a2da4b1210a92f

Wow. The arrogance. "If you missed the show, it was your fault." Whaaaaaaaattt??? Yeah, leaving four hours early isn't enough time in San Francisco. :

Totally agree with you. Why is it that a stadium that can hold 70,000 during football season, has never had this problem when the 49'ers played there? Something went horribly wrong.

A 49er season ticket holder since the 70s and have never heard of such a fiasco getting in or out of the stick even for play off games, etc. My hotel was 5 miles away and I didn't get there till almost 2 am. So sorry for those who missed it completely. Can hardly believe it!

audrey:

so sorry to hear about all who did not get in the show. I enjoyed the show but am sorry i did not get to see some old friends that were there. BeatleBarb, hope you had fun!!

Audrey!! Yes, I had the time of my life with a 3rd row seat and soundcheck and stayed a few extra days in the city. Missed you though! Am confident you had a great time as well. See ya next time!

forget 64:

thenightfish:

oobu24:

Did they pass out the guitar pics?

Nope. No picks at Phoenix either. Paul was amazingly early for Candlestick soundcheck. Check-in was early anyway, from 2:45 to 3:15, and I think at 3:30 we were suddenly told that we had to head down NOW. people had to put down their drinks and grab their stuff and hustle. we had a long way down to the field and we still did have to wait a bit for Paul, but he was done just before 5 which is when the gates were supposed to open, altho I heard they did open later than that. It is a lucky thing that they did get Paul there early...imagine if HE had been stuck in the traffic gridlock!

About how many people were at sound check in SF? That has to be the earliest sound check I ever heard about. Glad you made it on time!

I think I remember someone saying there were 230 or so people in sound check and this seems about right. Am so so sorry for those who missed the show. I know I didnt get back to my hotel (5 miles away) till almost 2......but I did see the show.

See ya at the Stick!!!!!

ughhh....should be at work right now.....lol

Really excited about this gig. Been a 49er season ticket holder since the 70s so it will be cool to have one last event there and what an event! Some of my best memories have been in that awful, windy, cold, wonderful park! I'll miss my section 30, row 16, seats 3 & 4!

aakiboh:

Hi everybody!!! I was there last night on the rail and it was a BLAST! My dear friend Livia Edwords was the first girl signed!!! I took a video!

Getting in line at 6:00 am: http://instagram.com/p/cy3wnbQx0Z/ Her sign! http://instagram.com/p/cy52ypwx3R/ Us in the front row after a mad dash from the gates: http://instagram.com/p/czUnN5t-Pq/ Livia in Paul's arms on stage! http://instagram.com/p/c1iD8hwx3I/ The signature: http://instagram.com/p/c1jJDhN-EX/ Aaaand her fresh tattoo! http://instagram.com/p/c2EFpfN-Ak/ Our matching tattoos! http://instagram.com/p/c2VExgt-B6/

Great shots! Your friend and the other girl were priceless!

kitty55d:

You can't judge the crowd based on what you see from the videos posted by the person from the MMT post above. As I mentioned, they are far back, and far to the right, basically outside of the main viewing area by the concessions. Most of the people you see are going to/from the restroom or getting another beer, etc. Unbelieveable of course, but many do it at all Paul concerts that I have been to. Overall the crowd was very young, and obviously heavy smokers, but they were singing Hey Jude walking out of the festival through the tunnel

Yep - was walking through the tunnel at that point!