This Sat I’m going to one of the 21 concerts Prince is putting on at the O2 Centre - and I seriously couldn’t be more amped about it! I wouldn’t particularly say I’m a Prince fanatic, but I do enjoy his hits and would never pass up the opportunity to see him live. Come on, he’s a legend, and at £31 for a ticket, how could I say ‘no’??

The amazing thing I find here in this country, tickets aren’t all that expensive (disregarding the USD to GBP ratio - as it’s all bad for me). I think the most I’ve paid for tickets in this country (out of the three shows I’ve paid for since Oct last year) was £50 for Justin Timberlake. Ok, I probably sound like a teeny-bopper for putting up $100 USD of my student loan money to see him - but it was all worth it - every single penny of it. Serious entertainer, heart-throb, dancer, AND he can play the guitar and piano. Who knew? AND Timbaland and Fergie graced us with their presence as well, so it was (as they love to say in this office) ‘groove-tastic’.

But seriously, Prince for only £31? I really don’t get it (but really, I don’t need or want to). In the States, they total exploit us, and I’m gonna have to double check, but for someone as LEGENDARY as Prince, I’m willing to bet you couldn’t pay less than $80 for the nose-bleed seats. I’m going to embrace this bit completely and take advantage of all the cheap-o concerts and shows I can go to in London. Plus, for the rest of my life, I get to be like, “Oh, Prince? Yeah, I saw him in London back in the day. He was amazing. Yeah. I’m kind of a big deal.”  Rock on.