7/14/96 Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Center Camden
NJ
* * Sec. 100 Row D Seat 5
* * * ROCK! ROCK!
Headed down Turnpike 76 east to Philadelphia at 1:15
p.m. Arrived at E-Center at 3:15 p.m. Box office opens at 6:00 p.m. Waitin outside, I ran from box office window to box office window to get as far front as possible! We met a Japanese named
'Taz" and a Long Islander named 'Nick'. I announced to everyone who approached, "We were here first!" Nick said, "Not if I get there first!" A woman came to the box office window and told us the tickets would be sold at another window. I looked at Nick, who took off runnin! I said, "Our legs are longer than yours!" and took off runnin after him! I slowed as I passed the backstage entrance to the arena, when Nick took the lead. He won! We waited less than 10 minutes for the windows to open and I had gotten us satisfactory (handicapped) seating far to the right of the stage.
Dawn and I headed up front to stand in front of right speaker. Joe came onstage, (***) spotted me, jumped on top of speaker when I grabbed both his legs! He went back onto stage and for the next song, Rocket, sang directly to me, "I wanna be your satellite of love!" Hysteria! Joe stood right above me later in show, sweat a-drippin on my purple T-shirt!
Also, during Photograph, Joe sang to me, "You make every man feel like a child," and "Look what you've done to this rock n' roll clown!"
Phil was well aware of what was goin on, as it also seemed Rick Allen was payin us extra attention, too! Vivian gave us a few onward glances, all of Def Leppard seemingly smiling in approval! My poster and our gifts were set up on top of speaker for all to see! Sav jumped on top of speaker, saw Dawn's Bison Farm gift bag, my heart covered gift box, illuminatin poster and another gift a lady had placed on the speaker. I read his lips as he leaned down to read poster, he said, "What the f--k is that?"
At one point, I read Phil's lips when he said to Sav, "Yeah, that's the shirt she used to wipe my back!" I was wavin it high in the air for all to see! As if he was begrudged by my not givin him a kiss three years ago in Wilkes-Barre, Vivian paid me back by walkin up to stage in front of us, turned away and waved, walkin right away from us! We were so close to the speaker, our bodies were vibratin from the bass drum. Rick A. saw us and laughed!
Dawn was not payin attention to any of the band's reactions to us, so I hit her and Joe saw this and smirked! As Joe walked away from the speaker, Dawn threw her gift bag, which hit the back of Joe's sneaker, which he didn't notice. I yelled at her for throwing it at Joe. I tossed my heart covered box on stage, which a stage hand grabbed it and picked it up right away. I saw Joe walk toward right side of stage where the stage hand was and motioned, 'safe'. He knew it was a gift from a friend!
Female beside me offered to help push me up on top speaker. Dawn said that she felt like pushin me up, also. I told them both that I didn't have the guts to go up there; once up there, what would I do? How would I get down? Head-walkin!
Recollectin further events from Sunday's show, at the end Phil came out onto speaker, I slapped his thigh lightly with a very slight turn in my wrist so it was a backhanded gesture, I repeated three times. He didn't seem to mind same as when I draped purple T-shirt over his head in Philadelphia! After Rick A. came down off drum riser, Phil walked over to him and hit his thigh! I saw them both chucklin as they left the stage!
When I was wavin my purple T-shirt, a female next to me asked, "Do you have a pair of underwear?" I was startled by her question, since I did have leopard print panties in my flight bag! I told her, "Yes," but then showed her that it was a purple T-shirt!
