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Thankss for sharing and keep them coming
Firstly I wanna apologise for not being able to make this story any shorter.
I saw Michael twice on HIStory Tour when he did two concerts in Helsinki, Finland.
August 24th and 26th, 1997.
Michael arriving Finland a few hours before the first concert.
I travelled to Helsinki already a day before the concert, on Saturday with a couple of other fans. We first went to see the premiere of Ghosts to a cinema, which was already an experience of its own with all the sound systems around etc.
It was approx. 5pm when we arrived the Olympic Stadium and joined the queue outside the stadium. There wasn’t more than 15-20 fans by the time we arrived so I’d say we got a very good places. The very first one in the queue had been there since 5am Friday morning. The Saturday evening went talking with other fans, listening to MJ’s music and watching trucks going in and coming out of the stadium, bringing which I guess was the last minute stuff. The security was also nice and came to talk with us every now and then.
I managed to sleep like 3 hours that night.
On Sunday morning we were told by the security that the concerts were already put in jeopardy as some lunatic who earlier had escaped the mental hospital tried to set the stage on fire at night. Thank God he was caught by the security before any damage was done. The queue got longer and longer.
Around noon we were let behind the security check gates and this is the time where I always say I will not do this for anyone else but MJ. August is usually the hottest month in Finland. At least it was around those times. While we were waiting behind the gates the sun was shining burningly hot and we had to sit on a hot asphalt for 4 hours and the space you had was no bigger than the size of your butt. Luckily we who had arrived the day before got a little benefit for being there early as they tried to separate us a little bit and put us behind different gates than the people who arrived on that concert day. They would also start checking with us, so we’d got inside the stadium first. There was this cute looking guy sitting next to us and he draw and wrote our arms full of MJ related textes.
Although the ticket said the doors would open at 5pm I remember they started to check us and let us in already at 4pm. Oh gee, I remember seeing people sneaking cameras in, but dropping them while running and they had to make a quick decision whether to keep running and possible get a good spot in front of stage or pick up the camera and possible lose the spot as people were let in all the time. They put us to run through the whole stadium, from the other side to another and they even played this horrible song just to make us run even faster.
I managed to get myself in to the area in front of the stage, which was nicely called “crazy fans area”. Only a certain amount of fans we let inside the area and everyone were given a wristband. I was right in front of the stage and you can actually spot me from the concert footage right before J5 Medley and that's all I am gonna tell lol.
Can you see me?
Michael is pretty much above me.
Ok we were in and the waiting continued. Once again for the healthy and safety reasons we weren’t allowed to stand unless we wanted to exit the area to use the toilet for example. That’s why we were given those wristbands so we would also get back to the area. Also once again the space you had was no more than the size of your butt and when you wanted to stretch out your legs they were already on two people’s lap who were next to you.
When the concert finally started at 9:20pm, fashionably 20 minutes late I had been there at the stadium for 28 hours and 20 minutes altogether.
What can I say, the concert was amazing. Probably the only place where I’ve been able to scream, jump, clap my hands, sing and cry all at the same time. Before I saw the concert on tv one of the few memories I had and I was able to remember was the red lights from Scream.
For the record, I didn't take these following photos, a friend of mine at the time did, but I don't want these to be stolen and been used just like that that's why I have watermarked them.
After the concert I have lost 2 hours of my life and I have no idea how ended up to a train station and finally after some misfortuned incidents I was at home at 8am Monday morning. No, Michael did not stay in Finland between the concerts so that's why I also went back home.
Here comes the funny part. Mom promised to pay my ticket for the 2nd concert if I go to school on a day between the concerts. Of course I promised to go, but like I just told you it was already 8am when I arrived home and as you may guess I was dead tired. I took the shower, ate something and went straight to sleep. I woke up on Tuesday morning, had breakfast, put my MJ shirt on and headed back to Helsinki. Although this time I wasn’t there at the stadium until around noon I again managed to get myself in front of the stage to that same area and again I was given a wristband. It was time to experience the MJ magic again!
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Dear, if I were you kept it in the coffer. lol! This is a relic. :wild:Here's my bracelet from the HIStory concert in Tallinn
You are so lucky to have the footage of the concert you attended!!! And to BE IN THAT FOOTAGE!! That's amazing! It's my dream to get the Tallinn concert and find myself there
love your story by the way Reeta
sounds so exciting, you're very lucky!!
:lol::lol::lol: I can totally relate to that!!! :lol:
The day after the Tallinn concert we bought all the local papers for the photos. And in one article I saw a photo of screaming fans who were standing right next to me!!! It was like the photographer cut me out of the picture! The three people on my left made it to the paper and I didn't. :doh: I was so disappointed. I would have loved to have it - a photo of screaming me
I was interviewed with another girl outside the stadium when we were waiting behind the security check gates. 
well..give me a couple of days so I get to really... realise what I'd just experienced..well ok if that's the case give me 2 years or more 'cause I don't think I'd ever really realise it
Firstly I wanna apologise for not being able to make this story any shorter.
I saw Michael twice on HIStory Tour when he did two concerts in Helsinki, Finland.
August 24th and 26th, 1997.
Michael arriving Finland a few hours before the first concert.
I travelled to Helsinki already a day before the concert, on Saturday with a couple of other fans. We first went to see the premiere of Ghosts to a cinema, which was already an experience of its own with all the sound systems around etc.
It was approx. 5pm when we arrived the Olympic Stadium and joined the queue outside the stadium. There wasn’t more than 15-20 fans by the time we arrived so I’d say we got a very good places. The very first one in the queue had been there since 5am Friday morning. The Saturday evening went talking with other fans, listening to MJ’s music and watching trucks going in and coming out of the stadium, bringing which I guess was the last minute stuff. The security was also nice and came to talk with us every now and then.
I managed to sleep like 3 hours that night.
On Sunday morning we were told by the security that the concerts were already put in jeopardy as some lunatic who earlier had escaped the mental hospital tried to set the stage on fire at night. Thank God he was caught by the security before any damage was done. The queue got longer and longer.
Around noon we were let behind the security check gates and this is the time where I always say I will not do this for anyone else but MJ. August is usually the hottest month in Finland. At least it was around those times. While we were waiting behind the gates the sun was shining burningly hot and we had to sit on a hot asphalt for 4 hours and the space you had was no bigger than the size of your butt. Luckily we who had arrived the day before got a little benefit for being there early as they tried to separate us a little bit and put us behind different gates than the people who arrived on that concert day. They would also start checking with us, so we’d got inside the stadium first. There was this cute looking guy sitting next to us and he draw and wrote our arms full of MJ related textes.
Although the ticket said the doors would open at 5pm I remember they started to check us and let us in already at 4pm. Oh gee, I remember seeing people sneaking cameras in, but dropping them while running and they had to make a quick decision whether to keep running and possible get a good spot in front of stage or pick up the camera and possible lose the spot as people were let in all the time. They put us to run through the whole stadium, from the other side to another and they even played this horrible song just to make us run even faster.
I managed to get myself in to the area in front of the stage, which was nicely called “crazy fans area”. Only a certain amount of fans we let inside the area and everyone were given a wristband. I was right in front of the stage and you can actually spot me from the concert footage right before J5 Medley and that's all I am gonna tell lol.
Can you see me?
Michael is pretty much above me.
Ok we were in and the waiting continued. Once again for the healthy and safety reasons we weren’t allowed to stand unless we wanted to exit the area to use the toilet for example. That’s why we were given those wristbands so we would also get back to the area. Also once again the space you had was no more than the size of your butt and when you wanted to stretch out your legs they were already on two people’s lap who were next to you.
When the concert finally started at 9:20pm, fashionably 20 minutes late I had been there at the stadium for 28 hours and 20 minutes altogether.
What can I say, the concert was amazing. Probably the only place where I’ve been able to scream, jump, clap my hands, sing and cry all at the same time. Before I saw the concert on tv one of the few memories I had and I was able to remember was the red lights from Scream.
For the record, I didn't take these following photos, a friend of mine at the time did, but I don't want these to be stolen and been used just like that that's why I have watermarked them.
After the concert I have lost 2 hours of my life and I have no idea how ended up to a train station and finally after some misfortuned incidents I was at home at 8am Monday morning. No, Michael did not stay in Finland between the concerts so that's why I also went back home.
Here comes the funny part. Mom promised to pay my ticket for the 2nd concert if I go to school on a day between the concerts. Of course I promised to go, but like I just told you it was already 8am when I arrived home and as you may guess I was dead tired. I took the shower, ate something and went straight to sleep. I woke up on Tuesday morning, had breakfast, put my MJ shirt on and headed back to Helsinki. Although this time I wasn’t there at the stadium until around noon I again managed to get myself in front of the stage to that same area and again I was given a wristband. It was time to experience the MJ magic again!
