May 8, 2008

  • Los Angeles Radio station KROQ 106.7 is going to have their annual music festival; "The Weenie Roast Y Fiesta" in just about a week and a half from now. Metallica and The Offspring are headlining, so there's going to be a huge demand to go to this event, more so than other years. Heck, Metallica is my number one favorite band of all time, so I really really really want to go myself. The last time Metallica played the Weenie Roast was almost ten years ago, and that was also the very first time I've ever seen them live in concert too. Tickets haven't been sold yet, and probably won't be until two days before the show to discourage scalpers. Plus you have to be a KROQ "street team member" to get tickets.

    Currently right now until the day before the Weenie Roast, every-hour on-the-hour, 24-hours a day, when told to do so, caller 20 gets free tickets to the show. That's what I've been doing since this was announced three days ago. I usually don't bother doing things like this, but like I said already, IT'S METALLICA! As expected though, I always get a busy signal whenever I try. However, this past Wednesday morning at 3AM, I was actually caller number NINE! I did not win, but I did not get the busy signal that time, so that was kinda cool. It's also a somewhat nice advantage to work the graveyard shift (less competition?) with a radio to listen to most of the whole time.

    Good luck to everybody also trying to win tickets. Also good luck to everybody who are going to try and BUY the tickets when they go on sale. Every year, Weenie Roast tickets get sold out literally within a minute or two at the start of the sale, so try and be prompt.