Show Going Outside of By Jason Douglas dropped enough toA toA to A AE E Editor become uncomfortable able for those not There are those fans who protected by bythe by were either unwilling or 0 the walls unable to reach deep of the thesta enough into their sta- sta pockets to rustle up the cash it took to buy tickets f for forthe forthe o r rt the b i iMay g May 3 show But Butt the t ic c k e t masses t were not to IU lU be Ut completely left out Many simply packed up in the car drove around for quite sometime trying to locate a decent parking place and after parking found a anice anice anice nice patch of lawn or a ledge somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where near Rice Stadium Then they simply sat and enjoyed These people didn't look much different from ticket holders they may have just had an extra blanket or so Which many would be grateful grateful grateful grate grate- ful for since the temperatures drum Whole families including little children parents brothers and sisters all camped out and enjoyed the sounds of the show even though it was at a reduced volume volume vol vol- volume ume because of the distance Not to say that the concert was not loud Everything co could ld be heard quite clearly up to several blocks away in some locations The concert for the several hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred paying non-paying listeners did miss quite a bit of the show although the music could be heard The stage was well blocked from view to all allbut allbut allbut but those in the stadium From the best outside vantage point there was wasa a slim view of the top several feet of large st stage e set and video screen But lt about all that was distinguishable distinguishable distinguishable dis dis- dis- dis from that view was the color of the lights People might have been able to find better places from which to watch the concert without paying but the police were patrolling the area and dislodging all those who took it into their own hands to climb up onto some of the lower roofs and ledges of surrounding buildings The bands performing at the concert weren't the only activity Out door booths were set up selling official merchandise for those who wanted to get There were also other people who brought there own non products and did their best to sell them to passers The hundreds of people who showed up to enjoy the show outside outside outside out out- side discovered their own concert experience |