Post by AMES on Feb 26, 2007 22:34:54 GMT -5
2ton said:
Love the limo pic! Hey, what about the story on pPoD?LOL here ya go toni
Mid afternoon day of the concert.... we decided we didn’t have enough GLITTER so we found the nearest Target and went to town! I think you can’t see it in the pictures very well – but me and Cammy had lot’s of glitter on our eyes!! it was fun… then all of us put glitter fingernail polish on… We made final decisions on what to wear and then headed downstairs to go to the concert!~
We arrived at the concert about 30-45 minutes later and it was just turning dusk… and a little cold… but we knew that we’d warm up REALLY soon. Joyce and Cheryl stopped to buy Juke Kartel CD’s… those came in handy later!! I’m still planning to buy the EP but wanted to save my money until I got back home… so we scuffled over to our seats… and they were SOCLOSE we were definitely happy campers! I couldn’t believe that I was just about to see Lukas THAT close!! Pretty soon the lights started flashing and Juke was just about to come on stage!!
Their set was rockin to say the least… and Toby was beautimous as always… I was reminded by some other reviews that Toby would bend down every so often to grab someone’s camera !!! And he’d take pictures of him and the band for them! How cool is that?!! They sang December, Throw It Away, Rebel Yell and Burning Down the House… a great set but TOO short …
VERY quickly Dilana and Magni came on stage.. and had their set… It was not remarkable to me… but I’m not the fan so…
Panic Channel was next and they were GREAT!... I remember saying several times through the weekend that.. “I don’t give a flip about Panic Channel”… but I was VERY surprised (as Cammy said I would be ;)that they were so good. Steve Isaacs is GREAT frontman… and sounded really good. The songs were reminiscent of 90’s rock… I’m mad at Dave Navarro LOL… so you’ll just have to imagine him… heehee
After their set I thought I was gonna explode before Supernova hit the stage… #icon95# #icon95# #icon95# #icon95# (that is us
Not too long …. And the lights come down and a really cool video of Lukas comes on the stage… “WARNING” us of the time to come!! I was worried about all the lights they have with their stage but they weren’t bad at all! They were really cool and totally added to the show.. They WERE very loud tho… but we got used to it! I can’t remember what they opened with… I think I had gone to my own little oblivion by then… LOL Lukas sounded and looked SO good… #sillyface-1# #hearteyes# I don’t really have the words to explain (not very good at these review things..) Contrary to some things I’ve heard… Lukas was VERY clear and sounded so good.. #rockstar# the band didn’t overpower Lukas at all… so it was easy to hear him… All of the guys were sooooo happy with the crowd! And were all smiling the whole time. We’ve read several reviews that said that the boys were more animated and happy than at ANY of the other concerts!! We were SO happy about that… even cammy said the energy level was much higher than Orlando. Even Gilby (who is usually a little stoic…) was having such a great time.
After a few songs Gilby asked Lukas if he could ask the crowd some questions… and Luke of course said… “go on Man!” Lukas scuttled off the stage and then Gilby was talking and introducing the band… TLee got in on the act and was funny as usual… he was SO happy bout the crowd and the crowd was really loud!!! When Tommy got through he’s like… “Where’s my boy?... he’s our boy, he’s YOUR boy!!! Where is that little @#$#er!” hahah
Then they played “Personal Jesus” like ONLY Lukas can… and I think I lost my mind!! #hot_007# #thud# Joyce will agree… I know some of ya’ll don’t care for his swagger and dancing but ohmygoodness… I was in heaven… (I think we ALL were). I think he sang “Headspin” next… and there was a new really awesome intro … It was so touching… my eyes were welling up… He dedicated it to his Mom… said, “as you know, she is not well… This is for you Momma – I wouldn’t be here without you”… waaah we all got emotional. And I swear it was the MOST emotional and beautiful version of that song I’ve heard.
Here’s another quote from him that was sooo incredibly sweet (I think he said it near the beginning of the show) :
“I’m not here trying to be a Rockstar… I’m just up here having fun… and I want you ALL to know I know it’s every one of you that put me here… and I thank you “ (might not be exact words) … followed by his little bite/snarl… that means… ‘you guys are yummy!!! And I love you!’ I don’t think any of us could have smiled any bigger! He also said that this was one of the most fun crowds they’ve played for! ;D
The concert went by way to fast … and they were soon walking off the stage… but we DID indeed scream the roof off!! And got an Encore… he sang “Purple Rain”… which is so amazing … it’s another one of those soulful meaningful renditions that just has you going wild… I don’t think they wanted to stop playing… TLee was thanking us and getting us to chant for about 2 minutes before they left! LOL Cheryl has got 12 AMAZING videos to hopefully share soon!!
BUT… then it was over…
We had heard that Gilby was going to be at a local club near our hotel!! So of course our next plan of action was to go there! The line was WAY outside the door so we didn’t go in…
We immediately saw Dave Navarro walking out… we tried to say hi to him twice I think… he’d just look at us and STARE… not cracking ONE smile.. and ignored us completely… needless to say we do not like him one bit anymore… I mean that’s ridiculous… apparently he was “TOO GOOD” to stay at that small club AND apparently too good to talk to us
Next thing you know.. we notice Todd (JK) talking on his cell phone in the parking lot! After he was through talking he walked by us and we of course caught his attention and started talking. He was so super sweet and talked with us for several minutes! It was great to get a picture with him! Then we saw Toby! … Cheryl was brave enough to go up to him and of course I followed!! He even remembered Cheryl from the time she met him! He was very sweet and funny as always.. I asked him that since I had not met him yet can I have a hug… he smiled and put his arms out saying “well, are you gonna hug me or what?!!”… that was great… we told him to have a good night and he went back inside.
We asked everyone we could if TLee or Lukas would be there and no one knew (or weren’t telling)…
Just before we were about to leave we saw Johnny Colt come off the bus… we walked his way and he said hi to us first!! He was very nice as well… and me and Cheryl talked to him for several minutes . Right after that Gilby got off the bus… he’s sorta intimidating so we didn’t go up to him… he had security and stuff… but he was smiling and you could tell he was happy.
Then we decided we might have seen all we would see… (and didn’t try to wait in line)… It was cold and we decided to go get something to eat…
So that's the scoop... I wish we had met Lukas Oh well.. there's next time!!!
I was so proud to be a part of such a special and awesome night on their tour!! and being with the girls was absolutely priceless!!
love,
Ames