I couldn’t make it out to Ed Sheeran’s Tampa show tonight.
Tickets on TicketMaster went fast (and I mean, like, within an hour of the tickets going on sale) and I just don’t trust resale sites at all. Based on a little seat mishap that happened when I went to a Tom Petty concert in May, I couldn’t take a chance and allow what happened there to actually happen in reality. Nonetheless, I still wanted to try my luck, and show up to the venue’s box office to try and get a ticket, even a nosebleed, at the last second.
Here’s why I decided not to.
- It’s a waste of gas. I live about 45 minutes away from the venue, so just to drive out there, withholding the chance of not getting a ticket, and then driving another 45 minutes all the way back home, is pretty redundant if you ask me.
- Ed Sheeran is only 26 years old, and it seems like he’s always on tour. It’s not like this is Paul McCartney or The Who, when every time, there’s a chance that it could be your last chance to experience them live.
- It’s very likely that in another three years, he’ll release something along the lines of “-” pronounced “subtract” or “subtraction.” So my next chance to see him will probably be a tour promoting new material, like all of his before.
Usually, he does two US legs on one of his tours, and he’s currently on the first one. Unfortunately, it looks like he’s getting Florida out of the way this leg, with upcoming shows in Orlando and Miami as well. However, if in the event he returns to the US on this tour, and he decides to play Florida again, (hopefully on a weekend) I will be there with bells on. If you’re seeing him later this tour, or are seeing him in Tampa as I type this to you, I hope you have a fantastic time. He is a bucketlister for me, and it would be a real heartbreaker if I never had another chance to see him live.
But his fans are in the love with the shape of him, and based on Teddy’s wins the other night, they’re not going anywhere.
– Josh Dezern, 8/29/2017
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