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General here,
Well, we did it. 
Van Halen came to town and Gord finally saw them live - for the first time. For me, it was concert number nine - every tour since 1982. It’s sad, I know - but we all have our quirks. For me - there’s just no way I could sit at home knowing Eddie Van Halen was playing guitar somewhere in my city. That would be wrong.
Besides, a Van Halen concert is not so much about the concert as it is about the day itself - and the events surrounding it.
You simply can’t just go to work - go home - feed the kids - grab the downtown train - see Van Halen - go home - pay the babysitter - watch the news - go to bed - wake up  - and then tell everyone the next day “oh, by the way - I went to Van Halen last night”.
No - see, that’s wrong.
To properly participate in the Van Halen experience, you really need two free days - the day of the show and the day after. The rest is up to your imagination - but think “Tailgate Party” and you’re on the right track.
And so - on Friday - with Mike’s blessing - we turned his downtown condo into Party Headquarters for the day - and by 9pm - when the lights went down at the ACC - and the first “bum ba-da da dum” of You Really Got Me ripped through the speakers - we knew it was worth the 23-year wait to see Eddie & Dave together again.
Now, I’m faced with a personal dilemma. They’re playing Montreal in about a month - and it’s a Saturday. How do I spin this to Anita to make this sound like it might, perhaps, maybe, perchance be a good idea for me to attend?

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