After waiting hours in line and in traffic, the lights start to dim and a person dressed in red comes out on stage singing her song “Femininomenom.” That person in red is none other than singer Chappell Roan herself. 

On October 3, Chappell Roan came to the Westfair Amphitheatre for her last stop on “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” tour. With 15,000 people in attendance, Roan’s biggest crowd for a headlining show, fans came from all over to sing their hearts out and dance to Roan’s songs from her debut album. 

Although this amphitheater had room for 15,000 people, Chappell Roan has 45 million monthly listeners on Spotify. To be able to go to a concert of an artist has big as Roan, getting tickets may be a difficult and stressful task to complete. 

“I wouldn’t say it was easy or hard it was just more stressful because we got presale but didn’t have the right presale code,” senior Allison Campbell said. “Eventually I got in but it said it was sold out so I refreshed the page, got the right presale code and got [the tickets].”

For people that were unable to get tickets during presale, they had to wait last minute to even figure out if they were going to be able to go to the concert or not. 

“I got tickets two days before [the concert],” senior Addie Bigelow said. “I wasn’t able to get them in the beginning and waiting till the end paid off because they were a lot cheaper than before.”

For some just seeing one of their favorite artists live is the best part of the night, but for others, hearing their favorite song live tops it all. 

“The highlight of the night was when she played ‘Pink Pony Club.’ It’s my favorite song and she played it last so I was really anticipating it,” Campbell said. “My hopes were just really high and then she sang it.” 

With this concert being at the Westfair Amphitheatre, a place known for its terrible traffic, Roan delayed the start of her show so that people stuck in traffic would have a chance to arrive without missing part of the show. Unfortunately, the traffic trying to leave the Amphitheatre, was just as bad as trying to get in.  

“I was stuck in traffic after the concert for about two hours and it was definitely an experience,” Campbell said. “I just gave up at one point, turned the car off and took a nap. It just took so long to even start moving which was really confusing.” 

Others, who did not want to wait in two hour long traffic, were prepared and tried to get ahead of the game.

“Luckily we weren’t stuck in that bad of traffic,” Bigelow said. “We left in the middle of the encore so we could get home in time and it paid off.”

Seeing Chappell Roan was definitely worth the wait for many even after waiting in line and a delay to the concert. So as Roan leaves the stage singing “Pink Pony Club,” many will remember this concert for its pros and cons for a long time.