Betsy's Blog

  Who mentioned they can’t get ‘no satisfaction?  My husband and I were very satisfied to get first row tickets at ‘The Rolling Stones Concert’ live in Las Vegas! That’s what I call winning the ‘Golden Tickets’. I was up on my feet dancing the whole concert and got over 11,000 steps on my smartwatch. Mick Jagger has more energy at age 78 than me. He sang and danced non-stop like an energizer bunny for 150 minutes. We met a loyal Mick fan in the audience from our home state of Michigan. He said that a case of pandemic boredom has caused him to follow the Rolling Stones tour around the country. As a loyal fan, he wore the official concert T-shirt and told us the lineup of songs by heart. He also jumped up and down dancing all night blocking our view. I read in the Las Vegas Newspaper that Mick Jagger spent the afternoon before his concert wandering around the old town area of Las Vegas. Apparently, he was not noticed by the general public. I wonder what Mick and his bodyguards...

  Did you know that Gwen Stefani is 52 years old and 5’ 6” tall? It’s hard to believe watching her dance all over the stage during her two-hour concert last night. I was lucky enough to see her perform during her last week of residency at the Zappos Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the same theater that Britney Spears performed in not so long ago. I hope Britney returns at some point. I would love to see her live again. I was lucky enough to see Brtiney in concert twice in The Netherlands long ago.  Anyways, back to Gwen. I was not surprised that it was a full house. The audience was dressed in different costumes from Gwen’s long career. The mosh crowd at the front of the stage had been waiting outside the theater for hours with homemade signs trying to get closer to the icon. It was worth the wait for the lucky few who Gwen chose to climb up on stage. Gwen bantered with them in a playful way as she directed them where to stand socially distant and kept saying, “I don’t wan...