Since the last years I could not help myself but dreaming of watching Collective Soul my favorite band, even if the chance is as little as candle light in the windy day. This is the first Western Band I fancied, and even now I could reveal that I have a lot of favorite musicians, Collective Soul is still my first love till today.
For the fact that they have been an independent band since 2004, what can I expect? Yes they made 3 great albums but their status as a non-mainstream band would be an uphill chance of them going to my country… I mean promotors will always searching for mainstream acts in music business, after all they are looking for incomes… And Indonesia is not in Europe or America where all those musicians wandering around, it is extremely far away from both sides of the Atlantic.
But Jesus Christ, miracle happen. Stuck in front of our library’s system, I suddenly saw the news in our local portal. The title says “Collective Soul will perform in JavaRockin’ Land Festival in Jakarta 2013.
BANG!! If it is not in a library, I could have smack the table and scream hysterically. T Gee, I spent an hour just to verify that, and yes it was affirmative!!!
Okay, okay, I could continue my excitement and maybe thinking about putting it in a book but it’s not what I wanted to do in this blog 🙂 Let’s go straight to my concert review
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