We walked over to the box office to see if they had our tickets yet, and ran into Jeremy, Dan, and Jared, and met Yankomaniac who were all hanging out by the showroom doors. Heading in we quickly said hello to Jon 'Bermuda' Schwartz who going up the escalator as we were going down the other one. There was no traffic and only one minor rain shower, so we arrived at 4:30. This concert wasn't originally in our plans, but seeing as how Jackie couldn't attend the shows in New Brunswick, Glenside, and Englewood with me as she was in San Diego at the time for her other hobby, we added this one kind of last minute when an amazing offer we couldn't refuse came along. I met many life-long close personal friends and I met many people who enthusiastically shared the concert experience with me only to disappear and never to be heard from again.īut one thing remains constant - 'Weird Al' Yankovic puts on one hell of a show. I matured from a fan of the band to a friend of the guys in the band. I met my wonderful wife while tour chasing. It is through tour chasing that I visited places I might never have gone, and met people I never would have met. I didn't expect reaching 100 shows to be emotional, but reflecting back over the last 19 years, I couldn't help think how much it changed and sculpted my life. Prior to that phone call, I had no idea that Weird Al even did concerts. Of course I said yes, and fast forward almost 19 years, and I am watching Al and his talented band perform for the 100th time. Way back in early July 1992, my friend James called me from the mall and told me that he was just at the ticket place and saw that 'Weird Al' Yankovic was doing a concert in New York City at The Ritz in a few days, and asked if I wanted to go.

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