Traveling for concerts is the dream. But sometimes you don’t have the time or money to spend on plane tickets and hotels and, frankly, on feeding yourself. Especially when you’re a college student. But there are ways to start. I’ve been listening to Hoodie Allen for years now. Every year when he pulls through with those tour dates, I don’t hesitate to buy myself a ticket to the New York City date, which was previously a two-hour drive from my house but is now currently m

All Time Low is one of those bands that occupies a strange and special place in my heart. Despite listening to them for years, I just recently got the opportunity to see them live for the first time at the San Diego date of the final Warped Tour. Their set was incredibly fun and definitely unforgettable ,but for me at least, one thing was missing: Stella. Was it surprising that my favorite All Time Low song, track 2 off 2009's Nothing Personal didn't make the six-song Warped

A/N: The title is long, the title sounds misleading. It’s not. I figured I’d put this story in the “I Bought Tickets…” series despite the fact that- as you can tell by the title, I very much did not buy tickets to this show. Still, I think it fits in perfectly with the theme of the series because this story is all about how music moves people and some how some artists can take you on an undeniably unexpected adventure. I like Blink-182. I really do. I’ve always found

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Sometimes you have to listen to fate. Like when you, a Californian, find yourself on twitter selling the Riot Fest ticket you bought for some reason but never really wanted, and are asked by a Chicago local if you’re going to the Fall Out Boy show at Wrigley Field. Maybe you laugh it off and explain that there’s no way; no matter how big of a fan you are, you’re a college student in Orange County, two thousand miles away, and that making a midwest trip on such short noti

If you haven’t noticed by now, concerts are one of our absolute favorite things here at Us For Once. Not simply because they’re fantastic journalistic opportunities, but because there is absolutely nothing that can compare to being packed into a room full of people and listening to what you love. Experiencing the lights, the sounds, the electricity, energy, and sheer power of music firsthand is unlike anything else. Concert rush is addicting, and as cliche as it may sound, it