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On Sunday I got to see Sting and Peter Gabriel play, together. It was awesome.
Last week, I saw on Facebook that my friend Liz was considering getting tickets. She had tickets for other shows three nights in a row, and was thinking about adding a fourth, because Sting, how could you not? Everyone else was commenting urging her to go for it; I commented to say I'd go with her. And she scored tickets for $85 somehow, and they weren't even lawn seats but pretty decent seats!
In exchange for allowing me to escape at bedtime, I traded F childcare earlier in the day, and took f to a kid birthday party and then to Tyler Arboretum to see goats and a puppet festival (we're members of the arboretum, so it was even free). We had a great day. Then Liz picked me up around 6. We had to trek out to Roxborough to pick up a friend of hers who was coming with us; it was the completely opposite direction, but whatev, I was going to see Sting and someone else was driving. Then because of traffic we had to park about as far as one could possibly park from the venue and not be in the river, but again, whatev, I can walk for Sting.
We had just enough time when we arrived to wait in line for beer (I also got a pretzel) and get to our seats before the show started. Right as we got to our seats around 8:05, I received a text from F that ms. f was already asleep, as we'd skipped her nap and I'd worn her out sufficiently earlier in the day. Now I was ready to rock guilt-free!
Facebook updates, posted during the show:
8:39pm: I'm at the Camden Waterfront seeing Sting and Peter Gabriel. Any bets on what song I can't f-ing WAIT to hear?
8:46pm (Liz's update): 4th concert in a row and 3rd night in Camden. Worth it to see Sting and Peter Gabriel. Plus, we are the youngest ones here! (we were, at least in our section)
8:52pm: You guys, Sting is singing Shock the Monkey. Also, he's still really hot.
9:32pm: Red Rain and Message in a Bottle were awesome. But the mic-mounted camera is showing me way more of Peter Gabriel's nose than is really necessary.
10:29pm (with a video): You guys, you guys, my life is complete: I have confirmed that Sting sings it better than every single one of y'all.
The whole setlist is online here. Things I remember:
The unsurprising high point of the show was when Sting played Roxanne. After having this song spouted off in my direction for pretty much my entire life, it was amazing to hear it sung by Sting, the way it's supposed to be done. He also went a little bluesy in the middle, segued into Ain't No Sunshine (when she, presumably ME, is gone), before transitioning back to rock the ending of Roxanne. Seriously, guys, life-changing moment. $85 for the ticket was worth it for this song. Desert Rose, In Your Eyes, Every Breath You Take, and Sledgehammer were all fantastic, just icing on the cake that was Sting singing my name.
Last week, I saw on Facebook that my friend Liz was considering getting tickets. She had tickets for other shows three nights in a row, and was thinking about adding a fourth, because Sting, how could you not? Everyone else was commenting urging her to go for it; I commented to say I'd go with her. And she scored tickets for $85 somehow, and they weren't even lawn seats but pretty decent seats!
In exchange for allowing me to escape at bedtime, I traded F childcare earlier in the day, and took f to a kid birthday party and then to Tyler Arboretum to see goats and a puppet festival (we're members of the arboretum, so it was even free). We had a great day. Then Liz picked me up around 6. We had to trek out to Roxborough to pick up a friend of hers who was coming with us; it was the completely opposite direction, but whatev, I was going to see Sting and someone else was driving. Then because of traffic we had to park about as far as one could possibly park from the venue and not be in the river, but again, whatev, I can walk for Sting.
We had just enough time when we arrived to wait in line for beer (I also got a pretzel) and get to our seats before the show started. Right as we got to our seats around 8:05, I received a text from F that ms. f was already asleep, as we'd skipped her nap and I'd worn her out sufficiently earlier in the day. Now I was ready to rock guilt-free!
Facebook updates, posted during the show:
8:39pm: I'm at the Camden Waterfront seeing Sting and Peter Gabriel. Any bets on what song I can't f-ing WAIT to hear?
8:46pm (Liz's update): 4th concert in a row and 3rd night in Camden. Worth it to see Sting and Peter Gabriel. Plus, we are the youngest ones here! (we were, at least in our section)
8:52pm: You guys, Sting is singing Shock the Monkey. Also, he's still really hot.
9:32pm: Red Rain and Message in a Bottle were awesome. But the mic-mounted camera is showing me way more of Peter Gabriel's nose than is really necessary.
10:29pm (with a video): You guys, you guys, my life is complete: I have confirmed that Sting sings it better than every single one of y'all.
The whole setlist is online here. Things I remember:
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You: really good
- Invisible Sun: they showed a montage of photogenic underprivileged children from various international locales; presumably Sting and/or Peter donate to causes supporting such children? I don't know, it was pretty, if a bit cheesy
- Shock the Monkey: Sting sang this. Awesome.
- Red Rain: so good!
- Englishman in New York: actually felt a bit poignant, perhaps due to the whole Brexit thing, which seems like something Sting would vote against? I could be reading too much into it.
- Solesbury Hill: awesome (it was around here that I finished my second beer); from here to the end it was consistently excellent
The unsurprising high point of the show was when Sting played Roxanne. After having this song spouted off in my direction for pretty much my entire life, it was amazing to hear it sung by Sting, the way it's supposed to be done. He also went a little bluesy in the middle, segued into Ain't No Sunshine (when she, presumably ME, is gone), before transitioning back to rock the ending of Roxanne. Seriously, guys, life-changing moment. $85 for the ticket was worth it for this song. Desert Rose, In Your Eyes, Every Breath You Take, and Sledgehammer were all fantastic, just icing on the cake that was Sting singing my name.
