At the end of February I bought tickets to go see Orla Gartland. She is based in the UK and I got super attached to her “woman on the internet” album over Covid and beyond. When she had initially announced she was going to tour in the US, I was ecstatic.
Then when I checked the Chicago venue, it was 21+ (which I am not). I preordered her album instead and hoped for another tour.
Well that’s when I received the email in February containing information about another tour in the US! but the only venues even close to me were in OH, when I live in IL. Now it’s not the worst drive ever (5 1/2 hours from where I am), but I nothing I would’ve done on my own. Thankfully, I have a wonderful and compassionate boyfriend who was willing to drive with me out there and go with me to the concert.
I bought the tickets and have looked forward ever since. Well. I guess I had somehow misread my planner and marked the date as Tuesday, April 29th. Well the concert is actually today, Sunday, April 27th. I was booking our air bnb for the night and confirming all the info when I realized how much I really screwed myself.
My heart is just shattered, because I work tomorrow and my boyfriend is out with a friend tonight (it’s 4:30AM as I write this. I have insomnia so I typically can’t sleep, and this hasn’t helped very much…), so I don’t even know when he’ll wake up and read my texts so there absolutely no logical way of making it to this concert.
I feel so stupid and shameful. I don’t know if I’ll ever realistically have the opportunity to see her again. And I won’t be able to get a refund obviously, so that’s a $75 down the drain punch in the gut. But I guess I save money on the air bnb and gas it would’ve taken and I work my shift so there’s that positive.
That’s the only thing I have to keep me sane right now since my boyfriends away. (We live together<3)
I probably won’t even get to sleep tonight and I have work at 1. What a joke.
TL;DR I misread the date for concert tickets to see Orla Gartland as a Tuesday instead of a Sunday, but when confirming the air bnb location, I noticed the date was for Sunday(today). There’s no possible way for me to make it to the concert anymore. Life sucks. I’m out of $75.
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Omg I can’t even imagine how that feels, I’m so sorry!
Looks like she’s playing in Cleveland tonight and Columbus on Tuesday. I’m in the UK so not sure how much further of a drive that is but Tickets are still available for Tuesday so maybe you could still save the situation?
Call out of work and call your boyfriend, go on an impromptu trip! Call it an adventure, it will be an amazing memory!
I’m so sorry. I’ve seen Orla twice already and she puts on such a good show. I’m sure she will be back in the US in no time tho, don’t despair.