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Man Flies His Girlfriend Out To Ireland To See ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers’, Doesn’t Expect ‘Nightmare’ Like This
What began as a bargain score, with the promise of a romantic weekend away in Belfast and one of the greatest rock bands of all time, turned into a memorably hilarious mix-up that has left the internet in stitches.
Duncan Robb, from Chesterfield, England, was checking out tickets for events in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he was heading for a short visit. To his surprise, what appeared to be Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets popped up, at a bargain price.
Thinking it was an opportunity too good to miss, especially with Valentine’s Day coming, he snapped them up immediately. Little did he know however, he had missed one crucial detail. This detail was missed not by just himself, but his girlfriend and others too. It wasn’t until much later, when checking out who the support band was, that they figured out that actually, Red Hot Chili Peppers were not coming to Belfast after all.
Duncan had instead booked tickets for Red Hot Chili Pipers, ‘the world’s best bagpipe band.’ With not much else to do other than have a good laugh at their mistake, the couple flew off to Belfast anyway and watched the bagpipers strut their stuff. Did they like them? “It was an experience,” he said. “Couldn’t believe the variety of songs they could play!”
The story has since gone viral, with Duncan taking the incident in good humor and people sharing their own stories of ticketing mix-ups. Check out the story for yourself below, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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This is Duncan Robb and his girlfriend. They thought that they were off to see Red Hot Chili Peppers in concert
Image credits: Duncan Robb
They couldn’t believe the deal they got, tickets only $4o per piece for one of the world’s all-time greatest rock bands
Image credits: Larry Busacca/Getty Images
It almost seemed to be too good to be true…
…and of course, it was indeed too good to be true
For anybody interested in what the Red Hot Chilli Pipers sound like (and for the angry “didnt happen” mob ) here’s a video from our seats x pic.twitter.com/gIoymZ3xGW
— Duncan Robb (@Dunc_Cfc) February 13, 2018
Like Duncan himself, people responded to the mix-up with good humor
What do you think ?
Carmen Elena 7 years ago
I´m just listening to the red hot chilli pipers on spotify.. and let me tell you people they sound great!
Korrie Broos 7 years ago
A similar incident happened to friends who went to a show to see Dido. They ended up sitting thru Dido the opera, and not Dido the english singer song writer
PeachPossum 7 years ago
Just looked up Dido the song writer. Her real name is quite long, Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. Charo's is like that too, María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza. Makes me think that they take short stage names because they are tired of the long ones.
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Daniel Losinger 7 years ago
It could be worse. I accidentally went to a concert of the Red Hot Chili Poopers.
TommyDAQ 7 years ago
I think it's friggin' awesome!!! What a great act to happen upon!!! You can see the Chili Peppers anytime, but the Chili Pipers!?!? Classic!!!
TommyDAQ 7 years ago
And good for them to be playing in such a huge venue!!!
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Jeannine Pope 7 years ago
A big part of life and love is how you handle SNAFU's. On a foggy Valentine's night, my husband and I had planned a romantic encounter at the HIGH museum in ATL. We had a gift membership while I was a student in Seminary. It was free compared to the ridiculous priced PRIX FIX dinners being offered around the city that night. We were going to sip champagne, eat chocolate and look at romantic art. Perfect for us. We get there. Everywhere around us is very quiet. We go up to the door. Exterior door was open, so we were in the vestibule hanging up our coats, clearly in active denial. Security comes out and asks us what we were doing. When we told him that we were waiting to go in for the Valentine's Event, he looked despondent. Shaking his head, he said, "That was last night," "February 13th?" my husband and I said. He nodded. We shuffled off. It was coffee and muffins, instead. Then it was awful. Now it's one of our funniest memories.
Miztre 7 years ago
Wow, that must have been before Frogstomp, cos didn't that come out in 94/95? Man I loved those boys 😁
Load More Replies... Carmen Elena 7 years ago
I´m just listening to the red hot chilli pipers on spotify.. and let me tell you people they sound great!
Korrie Broos 7 years ago
A similar incident happened to friends who went to a show to see Dido. They ended up sitting thru Dido the opera, and not Dido the english singer song writer
PeachPossum 7 years ago
Just looked up Dido the song writer. Her real name is quite long, Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. Charo's is like that too, María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza. Makes me think that they take short stage names because they are tired of the long ones.
Load More Replies... Daniel Losinger 7 years ago
It could be worse. I accidentally went to a concert of the Red Hot Chili Poopers.
TommyDAQ 7 years ago
I think it's friggin' awesome!!! What a great act to happen upon!!! You can see the Chili Peppers anytime, but the Chili Pipers!?!? Classic!!!
TommyDAQ 7 years ago
And good for them to be playing in such a huge venue!!!
Load More Replies... Jeannine Pope 7 years ago
A big part of life and love is how you handle SNAFU's. On a foggy Valentine's night, my husband and I had planned a romantic encounter at the HIGH museum in ATL. We had a gift membership while I was a student in Seminary. It was free compared to the ridiculous priced PRIX FIX dinners being offered around the city that night. We were going to sip champagne, eat chocolate and look at romantic art. Perfect for us. We get there. Everywhere around us is very quiet. We go up to the door. Exterior door was open, so we were in the vestibule hanging up our coats, clearly in active denial. Security comes out and asks us what we were doing. When we told him that we were waiting to go in for the Valentine's Event, he looked despondent. Shaking his head, he said, "That was last night," "February 13th?" my husband and I said. He nodded. We shuffled off. It was coffee and muffins, instead. Then it was awful. Now it's one of our funniest memories.
Miztre 7 years ago
Wow, that must have been before Frogstomp, cos didn't that come out in 94/95? Man I loved those boys 😁
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