Second concert I ever went to was Sammy Hagar and Ted Nugent at our college. (Also the only bands that came to our college while I was there, unless we count Rail & Co, apparently some local Seattle cover band).
Anyway, we (just about everyone on our floor) all bought tickets long in advance, except Big Fat T. Him and his brother had a trust fund that gave them their spending money and Terry was always out of cash after about the first week of every month. So he didn't have the money to buy the tix when they went on sale.
I was always pretty short on cash myself, but always scrimped and had just enough. Anyway, I had my ticket pinned up in my room, and T would always look at it wistfully when he came by.
Fast forward several months, to the night of the show. I think Terry and I both sort of figured he'd offer me enough to get my ticket. Sure enough I sold it to him that day.
All our tickets were next to each other. I'd looked at that ticket enough, I knew which seats they were. I think we even checked them out during a basketball game. The gym was all the way across campus, and when it was time to go I figured what the hell, I'd at least walk up there with them.
So we get up to the gym, and everyone else gets in line. I'm sort of hanging out, and I see a side door in the back open, with a handful of kids milling around. I head right over. Just as I get there, one of the kids is handing a guy inside a bag of weed. A few minutes later he comes back and gives all of us tickets. Lol.
I make a bee-line for the line, get inside, race up to the seats, and get there before my friends do. I'm sitting there waiting when they stroll up with drinks, t-shirts, and so on. Oh the look on Terry's face was priceless. I tell him how I got in, he's all pissed off, wants his money back, and blah, blah, blah.
I left them and went down to the GA section in front of the stage, where my ticket was... Pretty soon Nugent comes swinging out over our heads on a rope, Tarzan-like, in his leopard skin tights... It took Terry a while to get over that... (''you shouldda seen it, T, right over our heads...'')