I had the chance to see Bjork on her opening date at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A., and had a surreal experience
I got to the event right before 6pm - I was walking from the right side that lead to the front doors and noticed that security was set up with people lined up on the far opposite (left) side of the building. Someone was unlocking the front entrance doors, so I just kept walking to the main entrance...and just went inside. No one said a word to me, and I was kind of puzzled at first, but interior security was being briefed and I wandered over to the merch table and just started chatting with the people working the table - I guess they assumed I was with Bjork's stage crew, and no one ever asked for credentials.
At this point, I figured - what the heck - I'll live out my early rebellious concert days and see if I can get up closer (I had a ticket way in the upper balcony). So, I walked past all the security (again) and went into the main auditorium:
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...there were a few security staff in place, but the crew was setting sound levels and no one else was inside. I just kind of hung back and took it all in - until Bjork came in and walked past me and over to the sound board for a sound check! I walked behind her and the board and got to listen to her sing 2 songs, which was very cool:
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...after she finished, I didn't want to ask for a photo with her and risk getting tossed out, so as she walked by I simply told her to have a great show, and she replied with a smile and a "thank you". Good enough for me
Now - I didn't really know what to do - I didn't want to leave the auditorium, so I kind of got on my phone and pretended to be talking about sound cues and looking up at speakers, etc. Totally lame, I know - but it let me literally walk past the guard at the pit floor entrance, and he never questioned me as I was talking out loud to no one on my phone about fake sound issues:
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...I kind of stood in an unlit corner of the pit and just...waited
No one ever came up to me, and I had to sweat it out for about 30 minutes until they opened the doors to the auditorium. When people started filling in the pit, I kind of disappeared into the crowd :
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...Bjork had a no photo/no video policy in place, so while I was bummed out that I couldn't record being so close up, I snapped one photo quickly while I could:
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The show was pretty damn amazing - she sounded wonderful - the set and costumes and visuals were stunning, and it was well worth the drive from Vegas to L.A. to see this one!
