Iggy and the Stooges tix

I admit it: I haven't been so determined to get tickets at an on sale since having my sister move us up to the front of the queue when she was working at the Michigan Union ticket office for our 'N Sync tickets in the summer of 2000 (chuckle and mock all you want kids, but it was probably the most fun I've ever had at a concert. I might attribute that to the fact that we were the only few people there who could buy and consume alcoholic beverages...). But there I was staring at the clock in the lower right corner of my computer screen Friday morning hitting refresh on the ticketmaster website every 15 seconds until the links went active. Success was mine (lemme tell ya though, those little timer things on each page while you're filling out fields on the ticketmaster website are a little stressful).

I have my Iggy and the Stooges tix. Actually, strike that, I have my receipt that I paid for my Iggy and the Stooges tix. Now I'll be stalking my mailman awaiting their arrival in the mail. The concert will be April 19th at the Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor and is a benefit for the Ron Asheton foundation. There's a great note from Iggy on the Michigan Theatre's website:

"The Stooges and I wanted to do a concert in memory of Ron and his music. We've chosen to do this in Ann Arbor where our group, our attitudes and our ideals were forged. It really was the birth of a movement. We're planning to involve musicians across the spectrum from classical to youth groups and have a fucking big blast in memory of Ron. Teenage musicians from the Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor's teen center will open performing early Stooges songs. I may join them on vocals if they don't have somebody who can kick my ass. Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman who was Ron's closest friend in music outside the group is going to join me for a couple of Ron's best numbers. Henry Rollins who articulates so many things about music so well has volunteered to MC and try yet again to defeat me in a musical duel. He may think he's got a better chance now that I'm 64, and he's only 50, we shall see. Henry was given his pick of Stooges songs to perform and he chose a great one.

The full and present Iggy and the Stooges line up will then perform a full set, songs from The Stooges, Funhouse, Raw Power/- James Williamson - guitar, Scott Asheton - drums, Iggy Pop – vocals, Mike Watt and Steve Mackay, Bass and Sax respectively."

-Iggy Pop

See you there bitches!