MontanaMatt: Morgan Wallen had a free concert at the Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville Friday night. Very cool! 👏 But.... I was downtown Thursday afternoon... a full 30 hours before show time.... and there was several hundred people already in line! During active tornado warnings! 🌪 And some of the most fierce rain I have seen in my almost 10 months living here. Gully washer rain! I really do understand being a die-hard fan. But that's bringing so many unnecessary issues down on your head. First of all you're sleeping on a sidewalk. Yeah....no! Secondly.... nobody makes rain gear that will keep you dry in that kind of rain. Nobody! And then what do you eat? Ordinarily there would be food trucks and food vendors that would take advantage of that crowd and be set up on site.... but Nashville just drastically changed regulations regarding food vendors downtown.... so I'm not sure that would even be possible anymore. And there wasn't a porta potty in sight! Then what? What do you do with all your gear when it's time to enter the building? You absolutely will not be allowed to carry any of that stuff into the building. I'm sure they had a great time and I'm sure it was a fantastic concert. But it makes me wonder if I've ever been a big enough fan of anybody to go through that kind of mess for a free show? How about you?
I really do understand being a die-hard fan. But that's bringing so many unnecessary issues down on your head. First of all you're sleeping on a sidewalk. Yeah....no! Secondly.... nobody makes rain gear that will keep you dry in that kind of rain. Nobody! And then what do you eat? Ordinarily there would be food trucks and food vendors that would take advantage of that crowd and be set up on site.... but Nashville just drastically changed regulations regarding food vendors downtown.... so I'm not sure that would even be possible anymore. And there wasn't a porta potty in sight! Then what? What do you do with all your gear when it's time to enter the building? You absolutely will not be allowed to carry any of that stuff into the building.
I'm sure they had a great time and I'm sure it was a fantastic concert. But it makes me wonder if I've ever been a big enough fan of anybody to go through that kind of mess for a free show? How about you?