August 05, 2015

Concert Stories #6: No Doubt with Weezer



#6
No Doubt
Opener: Weezer
Tragic Kingdom Tour
Marcus Amphitheater
July 2, 1997
Age 14


Gwen Stefani is my sister's favorite musician, I mean FAVORITE.  I can not stress this enough, she loves anything Gwen related, including of course No Doubt.  Naturally, when No Doubt came to town in 1997 my sister got tickets for herself, her boyfriend, her friend, and a 4th person but the 4th person couldn’t go so my cool 18 year old sister had to drag her dorky 14 year old sister with her!  The concert took place during Summerfest, if you do not know what Summerfest is, Google it.  Summerfest is awesome and I’m so lucky I grew up 20 minutes from it!  

We had bleacher seats at the Marcus Amphitheater, which were a ways back but we had a great center view of the stage.  Weezer opened and I was too young to know much about them, but years later I would realize how incredible they are and loved that I had caught them early.  No Doubt ruled though.  It was their first headlining tour supporting The Tragic Kingdom album and just so much fun.  We had some smokers sitting right in front of us which was a little distracting at first (I was raised in a smoke free environment and my dad would shut anyone down who dared to light up around us), but they left the concert early for some reason and that was great for us.  My sister and her boyfriend took their seats in front of us and then we all danced and jumped all night long to “Just A Girl”, “Spiderwebs”, “Excuse Me Mr.”, and so many more awesome tracks.  If I thought I was cool when I saw Richard Marx with my friends, my cool rating went up higher now (only in my head of course).  Getting to see these two awesome bands with my cooler older sister and no parental supervision had me thinking I was hot stuff.  

Only downside to the night is that I wore some typical ’90s “Delia’s” style shoes, white sneakers with big platforms, which cut into the back of my heals.  A small price to pay and also a price I will pay for many years to come as I’ve never learned that breaking in new shoes at a concert isn't the best idea.

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