By the time the 21st has been and gone I would have seen at least half of the main shows at the O2. The thing is, I'm not entirely sure how this happened. Initially we had after show tickets for the first and last nights, with 3 sets of main show tickets scattered throughout the 21 nights, one of which we had with aftershow.

We got to the O2 very early for the first night because we were going to check in to the hotel and go shopping. While there, we went to the box office and discovered the amazing joy of last minute seats. Somewhere along the way, 3 shows have turned into 8 with at least 3 more to come and I've been to 4 aftershows with at least 2 more to go.

I can't quite believe how this many shows have crept up on me, especially as I was more than happy with the tickets I had initially. Has anyone else been afflicted with this mysterious disease that leaves you too weak to resist?

Yes, I have been infected too!

TheEnglishGent said:

Yep - im gonna have hit the 10 point by the end of it all.. The seats are just too good to pass up at these prices at the last minute... and im not complaining one bit

Yep I've got it really bad, doc said no hope until 22 Sept but even then I may have a few off days before I start to be on the mend again

I've always loved Prince but originally all I was going to was 2 gigs and 1 aftershow and now it will be 5 gigs and 3+ a'shows, hes got my bank balance to answer for!

I was planning around four, I've now been to seven main shows with another few on the radar. (If only I'd logged on to the Org 20 mins earlier today, I'd be going on the 21st... damn!)

Living in London with the best seats coming up late on Ticketmaster hasn't helped.

Yep - I've got a terminal case...

originally i was simply happy to go to the 24th show, up in the 4th tier, that turned into mayhem, no fourth tier and 5 shows and 3 aftershows later, plus 13th, 16th, 20th and hopefully the 21st to follow, missed flights, rebooked flights, missed the 28th aftershow, missed the 9th as well and the 6th, what is happenning to me

TheEnglishGent said:

*sigh* I know it now becomes very embarrassing, I flew to L.V in March and went to 2 main shows after show and I am going back on the 21st.
The 22nd will be a sad day I will miss him!

unfortunately, i have only just contracted it! I first saw symptoms on the 28th but resisted the ailments and have felt green ever since. Altho last thursday and sunday have (almost) made it a terminal case... now what's happening wednesday, thursday sunday etc...?!

*rasies hand*

I'm just hoping I can find a ticket for Thursday now.. hopefully not too last-minute, as I'll have to travel up there at some point, hahaha.

I knew it wasn't just me, these last few weeks have been amazing. It's going to be so weird when he's gone.

I think my missus will be pleased to return to normality though.

Heehee I have, and I'm liking it but my relationship might be in need of some !

Only planned for 3 shows originally, then saw 9 before I even knew it! Took a week and a half off, just from burnout I guess and its done the world of good! Got me soo hyped and eager for the final week of shows.

Im desperate to go sunday..but my bank balance and marriage are suffering!My hubby just doesnt get it! Im sure his friends are starting to think Im a bit strange and Im turning into someone "formally known as Stus wife!"!!
But then after reading sad story of Anita Roddick this morning..was thinking..you just never know..it important to cram as much in your life as possible..and that includes amazing Prince concerts.So i expect Ill book ticks for sunday and worry about consequences after..Am I bad? was only supposed to go to 2!

TheEnglishGent said:

Yep my family will be and some of my friends but a few friends share the love of Prince too which is good

sexymfdeb said:

Exactly best to do what you can when you can in life, sometimes you think 'Am I being crazy?' but then think if I hadn't of gone I would have missed out on alot of amazing shows!

I was a Prince concert virgin on the 1st August, by the 21st Sept it will be my 5th show, Summer 2007 has been the best for me and my bank manager!!!!!

I was going to four. Max.


....eleven shows later...

TheEnglishGent said:

My husband too! Non Prince fan & just doesn't understand my need to go to seven shows plus two aftershows! Would have done alot more given the chance but he is not keen on me coming home at 4am with strange men! I have been taking my 9yr old daughter which softens the blow for him as I say it is for her benefit, not mine

lalalailoveu said:

SOOO jealous. I would LOVE to have taken my girls (8 yr twinz) but just can't afford All of us to go - and getting them there etc. would worry me - and would pretty much rule out aftershows - even I struggle staying up to 4am! I started saying I'd go to 2, then managed to 'justify' a third show, then managed to convince my manager to arrange 'training' in London on 10th so I could 'sneak in' a fourth on 9th - would be mad to be in London and NOT go wouldn't it??? I've now of course, snuck in 2 aftershows - my husband just despairs really - esp. when I come home and look at bank balance and tell him we have to be more careful with our money and no - the kids can't go horseriding as that is expensive (how much have you spent on Prince is the obvious next question...) At least on 22nd I can perhaps start paying my husband some attention again! Mind you - if I lived closer to London I would have gone to LOT more! Then again, if I was single - I think I'd have done the whole lot as no-one to answer to!

iceblue07 said:

Hahaha, I actually think it's probably a good thing I'm single at the moment.

Given that I work night shifts, and have spent almost all of my nights off this summer making trips to London, I'd have surely been dumped by now!

Hmmm... unless she was a Prince fan.. though that could be dangerous... in other ways...

Easter said:

My daughter is totally converted now! Thankfully we only live 30 mins away so it's not a prob re lates nights & school etc! If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have gone to half as many as my husband would have filed for divorce.....but maybe that would be a good thing Oh to be single also or married to a Prince fan

I am lucky that the missus hasn't stopped me trying to go. She's been to see Prince a few times with me over the years, so she at least understands the habbit. By the end of this run she would have seen 5 main shows with aftershows at the O2, so it's not like she's been deprived.

But you do start to get a sense that it might be getting a bit much when your 2 year old says to your partner, "Mummy, is Daddy going to see Prince again tonight?"

TheEnglishGent said:

Oops! Over dinner other night... daughter asked "mum, why didn't you just marry Prince instead of daddy?" - couldn't really answer that one as I could have done, as husband seated next to me at the time. Have tried time and again to explain, that I simply appreciate Prince's musical talent and that I love their daddy and that I would always choose to be with daddy rather than Prince. Only slightly fibbing I think is ok isn't it??? It's really only in the most outlandish dreams that I'm actually MARRIED to Prince!

Easter said:

Fortunately that's not a question I'm likely to have to answer.

I'm sure certain white lies are ok!

STUPID org deleting my post! argh i cant be bothered to write it again, ill do it later.

My original 2 mainshows and aftershows has turned into 11 mainshows and 16 (OMG... I hadn't counted it until now *blush*) aftershows!

Oops... I do feel a bit obsessed right now!

My reason (excuse!) for this is that I remember how sad/low/tearful I've felt in the past reading about fantastic Prince aftershows that I've missed on some of his previous tours. I decided this year that wouldn't happen again.... and it hasn't!!

A weird thing happened the other night - I was feeling a little 'tired & emotional', reading reviews of some of the LV shows with that 'OMG I missed another Prince aftershow' tear in my eye..... THEN I remembered that the reason I was feeling 'tired & emotional' was because I'd been to 9 aftershows in the previous 5 weeks (and had to work most days too). I actually laughed out loud!



Can't understand why my bf thinks I'm weird!!

TheEnglishGent said:

ahhhh
its not a disease its the power of prince .....and don't u just love 2 submit 2 it!
HE is the only one 2 submit 2.!