TITN Tour was the first time I had front row seats for FM or Stevie.
Oct. 30 - Boston Garden & Nov. 1 - Providence Civic Center were announced and I was thrilled, but disappointed that they weren't performing Halloween night - my dream concert: to see Stevie on Halloween night.
I had good seats for Boston; crappy for Providence.
When I was told Halloween was added, I thought people were playing an awful joke on me. My friends Sandra and I add waited out overnight at the Salem, Mass. ticketmaster - not because of the obvious Halloween connection, but because Salem is minutes from her house and we figured we'd have a better chance to be first in line waiting out there than waiting out overnight in Boston - which was always a mob scene. (Two years later, we waited out overnight in Salem and got third row for Aug. 19 and front row for Aug. 20 OSOTM shows at Great Woods.
We were first in line and got four front row tickets - for Halloween. Up until that day, I was expecting the worst. Stevie would get bronchitis and Halloween would be canceled/postponed until later. But, Halloween 1987 brought The Great Pumpkin and Stevie Nicks. That night, Mick was carried out in a coffin; Stevie wore a traditional witches hat. We brought plush-stuffed jack o' lanterns and threw them on-stage. Despite over-present security, we snuck about two dozens photos with crappy cameras.
Photo one: The best of the photos: Sandra got this one.
Photo two: Stevie's holding black & orange Halloween balloons.
These are only two posted to my photobucket acct. because Sandra resent them to me. I'll find the rest, upload and post.