Four years ago, I fell in love. I fell in love with four men! They were featured on Oprah by Simon Cowell, you know the judge on American Idol. He had put the group of tenors together to sing pop and classical pop. I was blown away by their performance on Oprah. I couldn't wait till their CD came out. I remember I went to Target to buy the CD because it also came with a dvd of them singing some of their songs on the CD. You could only find the CD/dvd combo at Target. I got up early on the Tuesday it was to come out, and went to Target on my way to work. I played the CD on the drive to work. It was torture to have to wait until I got home to watch the dvd.
I can't tell you how many people I have introduced to il divo. I can think of at least six friends at work alone. They are not for everyone. You either like them or you don't. There's no in between. If you like them, you REALLY like them, and you have to have every CD or DVD you can get your hands on. Every year when they announce their tour, I check to see if by any chance they are coming to Salt Lake City. Three years ago, my sister Alisa (a fan because of me) and I went to Portland, Oregon to see them. Alisa paid for our tickets to the concert. We had the best seats! We were so close I could see the small drops of sweat on their faces. It was amazing to see them in person. I still can feel those feelings from that night. It was awesome! One of the best gifts I have ever been given. This picture I was taken that night with my dorky camera.
Last year they were in Portland, LA, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Seattle and a couple of other close by places. I kept saying, why not Salt Lake City? Surely they have a large following here! This years tour was announced and again, no Salt Lake City. Then, last Friday, I received a text message from one of friends telling me to go check out the il divo website. I pulled it up and...there it was...three new cities have been added to their itenerary! Yep, you guessed it...Salt Lake City is one of them. They are coming on June 5th! I am just about willing to do almost anything to have a chance to go. Hopefully tickets will be available in a good spot, with a reasonable price tag. If I can't make it, it will be thrilling enough to know that they are in town. Wouldn't it be cool if they could sing with the MOTAB or something. Now that would be way cool.
