It was one of the best concerts I’ve been to.
He was everything I thought he would be, walking on stage with his bullet proof vest on to Gasolina. I mean he obviously requires a bulletproof vest, who knows what the screaming 15 year old girls could have underneath their ‘prestige’ hoodies. And he’s got an image to withhold afterall. Did you know he actually gave away a load of free tickets to poorer communities in Chile so they could also enjoy his art? Lovely man. Also loves quoting himself.(see below)
Convert all of your negative energy into your biggest MOTIVATION, to obtain SUCCESS. It`s the BEST REVENGE
Me luce and Mae had a bit of a previa (predrinks) at mine beforehand, and were working on Chile time, ie turn up an hour late. When we got there, loads of people were leaving and I went into meltdown mode, I`D MISSED HIM. all these years of saying…”yeah I`ll get there one day, I`ll see my main man big daddy yankee” – I thought I`d missed him. And obviously none of the stewards knew what day it was because they are chilean…..and of course they had to see my ticket and my passport 15 times because THAT`S the chilean way – whilst I`m standing there shaking, trying to hold back my tears because of their blatent disregard for my love of this reggaeton superstar. Turns out I only missed Yandel. I got over that.
The concert was in Movistar Arena, over on the other side of the city in a place called Parque Bernando O`Higgins. Everyone was telling me not to bother taking my phone, that I was going to get robbed/mugged/pillaged for it, but I ignored them because I NEEDED pictures of my main man. When we finally entered into the arena, not only was there every sort of smart phone on the market, but fucking GoPro`s aswell. So much for me being pillaged, but we stood next to the gopro gang anyway just in case Daddy Yankee did indeed need his bulletproof vest and a gang of armed men did appear and take everything.
We managed to get through the school disco that was at the back, and found a decent spot for dancing. We stood infront of 3 Young Jeezy look-a-likes, with an APPLE BONG. When the one nearest to us whipped this out I thought at first he was making sure he had 1 of his 5-a-day, until a pungent smell of marijuana rose from the stained, red fruit. Hysterical. And the stewards just told him to put it out, instead of dragging him out like I thought would happen.
I took about 18 videos, he played all my fave songs, and the three of us left with smiles on our faces and a daddy yankee bandana each. (see below). We continued our night in bellavista, and ended up introducing 2 tourists to a good old CHORILLANA – the ONLY way to end a drunken night in Santiago. mmmmmmmmm. I will upload a photo of a chorrillana shortly, Im starting to make a collage hehe.
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