Here lies Haley Kurisky, who died upon seeing her favorite band live in concert. Everyone knew she loved the Red Hot Chili Peppers more than any other artist in the world, but no one knew that their concert would rock as much as it did. Especially her.
She had finally convinced her family that the summer family vacation should take place in Canada, where the Red Hot Chili Peppers just happened to be performing at the Quebec City Music Festival. It was fate that she ended up in Quebec City just as the Chili Peppers started to play. She was remembered to have never stopped smiling the entire set.
When they played her favorite song, "Scar Tissue," she and the 96,000 people in the audience sang along. When
they played her second favorite song, "Under the Bridge," the grandstands
set up throughout the festival grounds reverberated with longing and
heartbreak, just as the song describes. When they played
her fifth favorite song, "Around the World," as the encore and sang about
how "life is beautiful," the festival-goers, including Haley, went
wild. Life is beautiful, and it was amazing to listen to the Red Hot
Chili Peppers perform an emotional and energetic set while also being
surrounded by 95,999 of their other biggest fans.
Even
though they played two songs that she didn't really know ("Nobody Weird" and "Ethiopia"), she was ecstatic about the overall set list, which included
hits like "Californication," "Snow (Hey Oh)," "Can't Stop," "Otherside" and "By
The Way." She jumped for joy when Anthony Kiedis took his shirt off and
when Flea did a handstand across the stage towards his bass guitar. She
laughed when Chad Smith mean-mugged the camera and she gazed admiringly
at Josh Klinghoffer when he flipped his long hair back-and-forth as he
sang the harmonies. The last time she had seen the RHCP in concert
(also, the first time), they were merely a cool band she had heard
about. Now they were her favorite, and she had been looking forward to
this moment for years.