6.7.14 Only 12 days to go -- it is all I can think about! ;)

I am so glad this topic (trying to introduce friends and family to the wonder of AFL) came up so I can share my story! I have been basically alone in my own private fandom since "Mama". Adult kids just rolled their eyes and only comment they offered was "I just don't get it!" So I stepped back and decided that it was their loss and I was not going to let their attitude diminish my joy.
Friends have been more receptive and tolerate my obsession. Several in fact are going to MSG with me, so it should be interesting to hear their reactions on the train ride back home that night.
And thanks to this great forum, Irene Rose, another Staten Islander, and I found each other! We have met a few times and found we had a lot in common. She is joining us on the train to MSG! But even betterer: just Irene Rose and I are going to Phiily the night before! We can't wait for the day to get here!
My youngest brother played (folky, Allman Bros. Type) guitar in a neighborhood band back in his youth and still loves music. He and his wife came to take our mother to Mothers Day lunch and joined me on our porch for a while after they returned. I don't know what possessed me, but I had Atop opened on my iPad, sitting on my lap.....and I found myself blurting out "GUESS who I'm going to see in concert in July?! And not one show, but two!!" Of course, I didn't give them a chance to guess. I felt so FREE, announcing "Queen!!!!!....with Adam Lambert!"
Then I waited for it........he looked at me, smiled and said "That is AWESOME!! Adam is amazing and he is the perfect singer to appear with Queen! He has the lungs to carry their music!"
it took me a moment or two to recover, as you can imagine. I had NO idea he even knew who Adam was! We chatted for a few more minutes before they had to leave. Of course, I could not let the convo just die, so I hopped on IM and texted him the link to iHeart. A few minutes later, he IMd back "WHERE are those concerts again?" *and another one bites the dust........ When I told him there is one at Izod, not 20 mins from his front door......I had him! 10 mins later he IMd they had floor seats and could not wait to see them! Then he dropped another news bomb on me: he had seen Queen with FM! They opened for Chicago, the act he went to see, and he had no idea who these guys were..... And his 19 year old psyche didn't know what to make of Freddie in white spandex, all the costume changes, etc....but by the end of their set, he said the whole place was going crazy and he knew he had accidentally witnessed something very special.
So as you can see, you never know when you will find another kindred spirit! They're out there! They're just not as vocal as we are!