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In the winter of 1998 my friend Wayne and I went down to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles to try and hear LIVE perform on their Throwing Copper tour. I remember we went down there with no hopes of getting in whatsoever. The experience that I had at the U2 show years before was in my mind a single experience that could not be a regular occurrence.

We arrived down at the Greek Theater about 1 hour before LIVE came on and watched as people filed into the venue. I remember at one point looking to Wayne and telling him that I needed to poo. Sorry, this is where it get’s a little bizarre. I looked at Wayne and told him that I needed to go now, but there was no public bathroom within miles. The closest one was at the Griffith Park Observatory, where James Dean shot his famous Rebel Without A Cause movie.

So, in a state of desperation and not wanting to miss hearing a second of the show I ran behind the theater to take care of business. I am not sure at what point I realized that I had no paper with me but I didn’t. I quickly went back to my tree planting day’s of working in the bush and minutes later I emerged from behind the theater without any sleeves on my t-shirt. Wayne just stared in disbelief and confusion. OK, let’s get back to the show.

As we were walking to the front doors I remember one of us looked to the ground and found a ticket. We picked it up, saw that it was authentic and stood in a state of excitement and wonder of which one of us would get to see the show. A minute later we saw a couple of guy’s who looked like they worked a radio station talking about their tickets. We asked if they would trade our one ticket for two of theirs.They looked at us and without hesitation traded  with us. Funny enough, the tickets they gave us were better seats than the one ticket we gave to them. So off we went into the Greek Theater to see LIVE. After sitting for about 10 minutes they came on and performed an amazing set, and not just because it was free.

To this day Wayne swears that LIVE played with Rage Against The Machine that night in 1998, but I can’t remember nor can I find it anywhere on the net. If you know where to look for that I would love to find out. On that note, have a great night and I’ll see you back here next week.