Was really pleased to have a ticket for Arcade Fire in Birmingham in December 2009. Was in a play(am dram) in a theatre in Birmingham due to start two days later but had told them weeks in advance I couldn’t be there due to a very good reason linked to my job(Headteacher in very busy inner-city school). However was so knackered with school and rehearsals I ended up falling asleep at home and missed the concert! Have seen them since though!
My sister was a local reporter at the Mid-Sussex Times in the 1970s. She had a press ticket for the Dome in 1974 to cover Eurovision(the night ABBA won) but was ill and couldn’t go!