On the 7th of July 2012 (I had to Google the date) Justin
Bieber announced that his Believe tour would be coming to South Africa and in
all honesty I don't think anyone was prepared for what was about to hit us.
From the beginning when my younger brother wanted tickets I
knew it was going to be a HUGE ordeal. I am not a “Belieber” , although I do
like his music, and offered that I would take him. My mom laughed at me when I
told her I would need to sleep outside Computicket the night before tickets
would be released as she clearly did not know what the Belieber’s were willing
to do to get their hands on tickets. Non-the-less I found myself waiting
outside a Computicket at 6.30 am and third in line, convinced I was going to
get tickets. But sadly I was mistaken, the lady right in front had taken so
long to decide which tickets she wanted, aided by the cashier who first bought
tickets on her own name AND husband’s name that by the time the lady in front
of me (basically second in line) got to the front tickets were sold out. I saw
the twitter, BBM and Facebook statuses of upset and angry fans followed by the
occasional “I GOT TICKETS TO JUSTIN BIEBER”. I started reading tweets about
people getting tickets from Big Concerts and about 2 – 3 hours later I found
myself with General Standing tickets to the Justin Bieber show in Cape Town
that my mom got online.
Between the months of the show I downloaded the set list so
that I could start to learn the words of the songs I did not know and as the
day started drawing nearer I got a special T-shirt for my brother and I to wear
(Darren, my boyfriend, refused to wear one).
The 8th of May had finally arrived and with my
mom finally realising what a big deal Justin is, she suggested I take the day
off varsity to line up for the show. We got to the stadium at about 12 surprised
at the already long line. We found a space for ourselves and stood for another
few hours, come rain or shine, angry mothers and irritating teenagers singing
their hearts out we stood in line getting ready for an amazing experience. We
were quite close to the front of the line so when they started letting people
in we ran to secure ourselves a space right against the gate that separated Golden
Circle from us mere General Standingers. After shoving girls off whole
afternoon, fighting for our spaces and trying to protect my baby brother from
the savage crowd it was time for the show to begin. It was amazing! The lights,
videos, performances, JUSTIN BIEBER !!!!
It was definitely an experience being a Belieber for a day.
Although I could do without the fainting girls and the girls next to me who
cried for the entire duration of the show I must say it was a performance not
to be missed and I am glad that I can put such an amazing memory in my memory
box.
I posted a few photos on the facebook page so be sure to check them out x
I posted a few photos on the facebook page so be sure to check them out x
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