Sometimes that includes skipping college to see Aerosmith.
I’m about to go to Las Vegas to see my favorite band, Aerosmith and it’s harkened me back to other times I’ve seen the band there. I’m reminded of the heights their fans will go to see them. We call ourselves The Blue Army.
Several years ago, I went to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to see them. If you don’t know this, when you’re an “Aero-fan” at a concert, it’s like everyone is part of the same family. We all share stories of where we’ve seen them, how long we’ve been fans of theirs and there’s a camaraderie that’s very sweet. It doesn’t know any age or nationality or personality. We are all just part of it, hoping they sing this song, or that song or some vintage hit from the past.
When I saw them at that show, there were two girls from Japan in my row. I got to speaking with these young ladies. They revealed to me that they had just graduated from high school and their parents’ present was they could either go see Aerosmith in Las Vegas, or they could go to college! The girls amazingly, took the Aerosmith option.
At the time I could not believe it! I was completely shocked that parents would allow these girls to do this. To fly all the way here by themselves and see Aerosmith! It was unbelievably nuts to me.
