Saturday The Flamings Lips played a show at Brown University, in Providence Rhode Island. Unlike some universities, Brown opened up tickets to the public, which is good if you got one. I didn't. My girlfriend had been in contact with the university for the last couple of weeks in an attempt to get us tickets, and we thought we would succeed. What we were told, was that more tickets would go on sale the morning of the show, and that we should get there early to purchase said tickets. What they didn't know was what time tickets would go on sale, and instructed us to contact them on Friday. Which we did, and they were already selling tickets. Apparently they decided to sell tickets a day early. They sold out Friday, a day I couldn't make it to Providence.
At this point my girlfriend and I were quite angry at being deceived out of tickets. But, being the go-getters we are, we decided to make our way to Brown on Saturday anyway, we were going to find a way into the concert. Which we did, go to Brown that is, we didn't get into the show. I didn't see anyone selling extra tickets, and security was tight enough to scare us off.
No Lips for us, but we did kick around Providence for a few hours. Up until Saturday I've never seen more of Providence than the highway to and from, and the inside of Lupo's. It's a nice city, I look forward to returning there June 6th for a Deftones concert. It's a Wednesday, but maybe I'll find a way to make a day of it.
In conclusion. Brown University sucks at keeping its word. Providence is a nice city. The Flamings Lips still rock.
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uggh that sucks you went all that way. I wanted to go to that show too but the ticket hassle scared me off..and we ended up have a late easter dinner (due to me being sick). Providence is a decent city for sure..we are only 20 min from there and recently have started to do more "exploring"
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