#oversharing Random memory / true story:
“I’m Chrissie Hynde, and we’re the Pretenders!”
Thunderous applause.
“I’d like to thank our opening act, Bow Wow Wow…”
Thunderous boos.
“…and if you don’t like them, you can fuck right off!”
This was in a field house at the University of California Santa Barbara in the early 80s. The field house was a massive box made of corrugated metal with a wooden floor. I don’t remember much about the concert because I was probably high, and I’m old now and my memory is not good. Never has been. What I most remember about the show was how unbearably awful the acoustics were. Never saw the Pretenders or Bow Wow Wow a second time, unfortunately.
I saw a lot of great concerts when I was younger. Some day I’ll bore you with a partial list of all the great concerts I’ve seen. (But they include Eartha Kitt at a small jazz club, Everything but the Girl, and Nina Simone, all in Seattle. It’s a long list.)

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zSl3Yo56HFM&si=rhLJ5gPLD1qzn0jG