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Beyoncé, Gomez, LeBron

Posted on May 26, 2016October 16, 2022 by David Barker

You suddenly realize you’re middle-aged when you’re standing by the Rogers Centre and say, in a big voice, geez, girls these days sure are dressing up for the ball games, totally unaware that the girls are there for a Beyoncé concert. Last evening it was busy in the 6ix with a Beyoncé concert at the Rogers Centre, a Selena Gomez concert at the ACC, and the bars full of people watching the Raptors take a beating in Cleveland. Beyoncé concerts must be an expensive undertaking for fans. There are the tickets, the dress, the shoes, the limo, the after-party. Makes me wish I’d bought shares in Louis Vuitton. I’m particularly amused by the middle-aged man selling the Selena Gomez T-shirt. He clearly has no grasp of his target demographic. They’re not interested in T-shirts; they’re interested in Versace. But who am I to offer advice. I thought everyone was going to a ball game.

A serious Beyoncé fan gets out of her limo.
A serious Beyoncé fan gets out of her limo.
Hawking Selena Gomez T-shirts while a Jehovah's Witness looks on.
Hawking Selena Gomez T-shirts while a Jehovah’s Witness looks on.
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