There is just something about being in a stadium with 10,000-20,000 of your closest friends for the night, dying of thirst because you refuse to spend three bucks on a bottle of water, anxiously waiting for the artist you paid $50+ per ticket to see that is just addicting.
And finally when the opening acts are over, and the lights go out and everyone in the crowd starts screaming… finally, you see your favorite artist come up from a trap door under the stage, you suddenly want to this moment to last forever.
I did not go to my first real deal concert until my senior year of high school. One of my childhood friends took me to see Luke Bryan at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky for my birthday.
It was one of the most magical moments of my life. It is a memory that I still cherish to this very day.
Since that day I have lost count of how many concerts I have been to. I have seen some of the most famous artists in the world, including Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Sam Hunt and I have seen Luke Bryan and Thomas Rhett four times total (I’m obsessed with them both).
I get asked frequently, “When are you ever NOT at a concert?” (Touché, friends.) But in my opinion, this is the time that I SHOULD be a concert junkie. I am 21, semi-wild, and somewhat free… kind of.
During our college years most of us are in early to mid-twenties. Most of us are still working that tiny part-time job at a retail store, or working in the food business. In our twenties a lot of us do not have “real grown up jobs” quite yet because we are still trying to finish our undergrad degree.
Your twenties are the prime time to take that night off from work, get all dressed up, put that red lipstick on and dance the night away at a concert with your best friend(s), or significant other.
Chances are you will not get to be selfish like this when you hit your thirties. You will probably have a steady job in the career field that you got your degree in. You might be married, and you might even have a few little ones by then.
So quit being so stiff and spend that paycheck on that concert ticket. You are only this young once. Take advantage of being in your twenties.