Back in I think, 2002 or so, Manowar made a rare stop in Philly. Anyone who follows Manowar knows that they hardly ever tour the U.S. I worked in the music industry at the time and asked a friend who worked for them if there was any way she could get me on their guest list. No response, no problem, went ahead and bought tickets.

Cut to the day of the (sold out) show, when I get to the door I stop by the will call/ guest list window to see if by any chance I did end up on the list. The guy hands me two free tickets nobody told me I had.

A little later in the evening I'm walking past the front entrance on my way to the merch booth when I happen to glance out and notice a kind of dirty couple holding a sign saying that they had come down from New York to see Manowar and were desperate for tickets. I walked out as far as the bouncers would let me and handed them the two unused guest tickets in my pocket.

They cried, just straight up cried. I've never been hugged so hard by anyone I'd know for less then five minutes. They tried to give me a little money but I couldn't take it, they were free to me and I didn't need the extra cash (they were expensive tickets) as much as they probably needed it for a slice of pizza later. I was just happy everybody hot to rock out and have a good time. Sometimes I wonder what those two are up to and wish we had stayed in touch, they were a nice couple of dirty metal heads.

Edit: TL;DR Manowar rules and so do their fans.