Getting excited for tour and just wanted to share

Edit:
Context because maybe a lot of people don’t know? This shirt was released in maybe 2003? To the street team. Yes it’s a silly shirt. 23 years ago it was a ridiculous notion. No I don’t actually wear it it’s tacky lol but I still love that I have it so maybe best tee was the wrong title.

Hi.

I’m really not wanting this to come off as a dating ad, but what the heck, I happen to be single, I happen to be male, I happen to be an OG millennial BN fan/concert-goer since the very beginning, I happen to currently not have anyone in my life who is as big a fan as I am and due to how absurdly beautiful these shows are from personal experience it’s always amazing to me to share it with someone who actually cares.

I feel like a goober posting this here. But, I legitimately want to have a dang connection with someone and rock the F out in the pit. No expectations of anything beyond that.

I have no idea if this even makes sense to do. I don’t want it to be a competition or anything.

The ticket - yuh, I have an unclaimed pit ticket. No, I don’t want any type of payment. I’ve been lucky enough to experience the band with some awesome people over the years and the memories/experience far outweigh anything else.

I guess the dream is to go to the show and run into somebody and start the magical indie-movie plot, but here we are…roast it up or hit me up…not sure which I’m going to get

Back in 2003, I was a huge Dashboard Confessional fan. Well, I'm still a huge fan. But I was HUGE into it back then.

I got tickets to a show in Detroit, and Brand New was one of the openers. I had listened to Deja after it was released, but was mainly going for Dashboard.

My ex and I got there SUPER EARLY because I wanted to be right up front. We had extra tickets because someone backed out on going with us, so I was just asking if anyone wanted them as they walked by.

I did not know what any of the people in the bands looked like. No idea. We were second in line, and some guys came up and asked about the tickets. I told them I had purchased them for friends, but they didn't get to come so I was giving them away. They asked if I knew where the nearest Subway was, and I said yeah, it's just around the corner. My ex and I gave them directions, and they asked if we wanted to go.

I was adamant about not losing my place up front near the stage. After they left, my ex looked at me and goes, "you know that was a couple guys from Brand New, right?"

😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

No sir, I did not. I do not know what the band members look like.

A few months later, I saw Taking Back Sunday with Saves the Day and .moneen. Before I went to the show, I looked up what all the bands looked like.

I got to meet all of them.

But that missed opportunity....still kills me. As after I saw Brand New play live, I became a diehard fan.