Neil Young @ Madison Square Gardent 12/16/2008

Neil Young Program Cover

I was able to attend Neil Young's last show of the 2008 tour on Tuesday, December 16th 2008. Above is a scan of the program cover.

To start off, I did not have a ticket so I headed down to "the Garden" to buy one out front. It was raining and I am staying about 20 blocks away. So I get there and there are tons of "people" offering tickets to the show. Long story short I bought a bogus ticket. It looked good =) but it was raining so my judgment may have been compromised. See the scan of the ticket so you can decide.

Fake Neil Young Ticket

Besides the COUNTERFEIT stamp it looks pretty good right? When I took it to the counter they told me it was bogus and stamped it.  So I went out to find the guy I bought it from and try to get my money back (like that is really going to happen, LOL ). So I am out there talking to a few people who are looking for tickets and show them my bogus ticket so they know what to look for. One older gentleman got angry that I was ripped off and started fighting with the scalpers. It started to get heated, so I got out of there. Luckily I found a real ticket from an awesome scalper who gave me a good deal. This one looks much better...

Real Neil Young Ticket

Now that you see this one, you can totally tell the other one is crap. So now I have spent almost 150 bucks to go see Neil Young... was it worth it? YES!

This was an amazing show. I was basically front row! I was in the GA pit and the nice thing about going to shows by yourself is you can easily wiggle your way to the very front! I only had my iPhone which is known for a crappy camera, but you can see how close I was!

Neil Young from the Pit

The Watson twins also made an appearance with the opening band "Everest" who also rocked. The highlight of the evening for me was still when Neil played "Rockin in the Free World" and both opening bands came out to help sing the chorus.