What Happens In Vegas
I'd been so excited for this day to come that when it finally came and I was finally standing in line with my best friend Kat, and my sister Tara I was so nervous and excited I was shaking. Yes, shaking. We got there at about 6 and the line wasn't too bad. We met a few nice people in line and me and Kat stood on the fence surrounding the parking lot so that we could keep an eye out for the boys. We both spotted The Cab's van at the same time, the most dented up one. The Mule van. HAHA! Anyways, we managed to see some of the boys from Eye Alaska and Summerset by their vans but didn't get to talk to them. We got to see John from Summer Set change his shirt which was pretty fucking hot.
When they let us in me, Kat and Tara booked it as close as we could. We ended up 8th row at this point then as the bands set up and such we ended up getting closer. The first band up was Anarbor. I hadn't realized how many of their songs I actually knew. Really fell in love with them watching them live. Good set all around. Next up was Eye Alaska. Oh Eye Alaska. First of all, Brandon, the lead singer is the world's biggest flirt, sexy thing that he is. He was doing all kinds of hip thrusts, and sexy little poses, as well as basically raping the audience with his eyes. I had a blast watching him and took tons of pictures of the guy and fell in love with their music. My sister bought their CD. I intend to burn it as soon as I can. After them was Summer Set. Their set was pretty awesome too. Didn't know any of their songs or know much about any of the guys although the lead singer is pretty cute and John (guitarist?) is pretty adorable too. I wanted to steal the glasses that John had on during the whole set. After them was The Secret Handshake. Once again, I fell in love with the singer. What is it with me and guys with curly hair? I seem to be having a thing for them again. He has a pretty awesome voice too and the songs were good. I fell in love with their song TGIF about all of the shows I used to watch when I was a kid. Full House anyone? Yes, I wanted to rape Uncle Jessie too when I was little.
By the time The Cab came on me and Kat had managed to shove our way to the second row and damn was I so happy to be there by the time their set started. Alex Deleon right up in my face almost the whole time and Bryan Dawson literally up in my face the entire time. As soon as they started I was pretty much in a daze. They started out with "I'll Run" and during the song I had an epiphany. For a very long time I've been trying to decide what my first tattoo is going to be and while I was listening to that song the line "Have a little faith in me" stuck out at me just like it always does so I decided that I am going to get a tattoo that says that in pretty script writing sometime soon. During their whole set I pretty much found myself just watching Singer, completely content the whole time and took a million pictures. Got tons of good ones too. I'm so happy that my pictures came out good. I felt really bad when he was singing Vegas Skies because I could tell it was really hard for him to get through. Me and Kat both noticed thatl he was tearing up during it and even more so because he pretty much just let the audience sing a fairly good portion of it. I gotta admit, I kind of cried too. I got a video during "Take My Hand" although part of it got really messed up because during that song he really did take my hand. I swear I almost fainted at that point. Later on during the set he held onto my friend Kat's hand and kissed the back of it. He also held my sister's hand for a very long time towards the end of the set. All around an amazing experience. I have to admit it. I kind of fell in love with the new guy Bryan. He's an amazing guitarist and in all honesty he really fits in with the band perfectly. The missing piece of the puzzle if you ask me. But don't get me wrong by saying that. I still love Ian Crawford but this new guy really fits in perfectly. I pretty much spent the all of Bounce holding up my friend Kat who was passing out due to the heat and the anxiety disorder that she suffers from. Really freaked me out. I kind of feel guilty because during that song I literally was holding her up with one hand and taking pictures with the other.
When their set ended me and my sister more or less carried Kat to the bar area of the club and begged the guy at the bar to give us water, which he did. THANK GOD! After about 5 minutes of recovering we slowly made our way to the merch tent. Low and behold we walk up and the first person we see is Cash who recognized Kat from the last time she'd seen and met them. He was such a sweetheart. I was so impressed the moment I met him. He was totally polite and sold us our merch. I bought the "Bounce Back to Me" shirt and the white, purple and blue "The Cab" tank top, both of which i'm sure I will wear all of the time. We both got pictures with Cash as well. He's such a sweety. After that we ran into a bunch of the guys from Eye Alaska and Summer Set. Got pictures with a bunch of them although I regret I don't remember half of their names. I remember one dude named Chase (from Summerset?) and John (Also from Summerset). Also met the sexy guy Brandon from Eye Alaska. God damn he's a hottie. I can't really remember the exact order of things after this I was really out of it and slightly overwhelmed by this point. I remember meeting some guy named Wes who was from a local band. Dude was such a cutie. He was promoting his band and we promised him we'd check them out. He also had really awesome curly hair that he let us both run our hands through. After that we all but walked right up to Singer. My heart nearly jumped out of my chest. I was so nervous but he was really sweet. I gave him the note from my friend Jamie that I had promised her I'd give to him. He asked me if Jamie was a boy or a girl. I told him she was a girl. He looked a little relieved at that point. LOL! He told me to tell her hi and gave me a hug for being a good friend. I told him about my tattoo idea and he said "Come here" and pulled me into a big hug. Again, I nearly started bawling at this point. So amazing. He took a picture with me and one with my friend Kat. My sister was being all shy, which i thought was cute. After we met with Singer we ran into a local solo artist named Justin who's from Long Beach just like me. Then we worked our way over to Marshall. Marshall seemed really shy at first but after talking to him for a bit he brightened up took seperate pictures with me and with Kat and gave us both hugs. He is even more adorable in person. I was so happy I got to hug him. At that point we just walked around for a bit running into various people. We found Bryan some what hiding in the doorway of the club so me and Kat rushed over and started talking to him. Wow, this boy was such a sweetie. Almost imediately he had his arms around me and Kat for a picture. Seperate pictures again. It was awesome. I can't remember the first time we ran into Johnson. I think we found him lurking in the doorway of the club the first time too. He was a sweetie from the start too. The way he smiles makes me giggle. He smiles like a goof but is a real sweetheart.
After meeting the boys of The Cab we pretty much lurked around awhile longer and just kept talking to and meeting more people. We also ran into our valet from the hotel who just happens to be in a local band. We promised him we'd come check out his band too. He also made us promise that when he gets big we would tell all of the little teenies about how he parked Kat's mom's car. Seriously by the end of the night we had met pretty much every single one of the guys that had played that night and not a single one of them blew us off. By the end of the night we had both gotten several hugs from each of the boys from The Cab. Talked to John from Summer Set several times and got hugs from him each time, Kat managed to get all of the boys from the Cab, John, Wesley, and Justin to talk to her girlfriend Bailey on the phone. Right before we left we managed to get a 3rd set of hugs from a very tired Singer who literally fell asleep with his head on Kat's shoulder for a minute. Such a cutie.
To top of the end of the night, while we were in the car I decided to jump on twitter to tell Singer just how much I appreciated the night and how much I appreciated the hugs from him. I told him that I would never forget that night and low and behold 5 minutes later my phone goes off with an @reply from him telling me that he would never forget me either and to stay in touch. I cried for a good 15 minutes after that. Not to sound like the world's biggest cheeseball but he really is an inspiration to me and that last little touch on my life is something I will never forget.
Never ever going to forget a moment of the night. BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!!!
For anyone who wants to see pictures, click the link to my photobucket. There's way too many to post them all seperately, I will post the video I took of Take My Hand once I upload it. Picturresssss http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v11/crazylilredhead/What%20Happens%20In%20Vegas%20Tour/
When they let us in me, Kat and Tara booked it as close as we could. We ended up 8th row at this point then as the bands set up and such we ended up getting closer. The first band up was Anarbor. I hadn't realized how many of their songs I actually knew. Really fell in love with them watching them live. Good set all around. Next up was Eye Alaska. Oh Eye Alaska. First of all, Brandon, the lead singer is the world's biggest flirt, sexy thing that he is. He was doing all kinds of hip thrusts, and sexy little poses, as well as basically raping the audience with his eyes. I had a blast watching him and took tons of pictures of the guy and fell in love with their music. My sister bought their CD. I intend to burn it as soon as I can. After them was Summer Set. Their set was pretty awesome too. Didn't know any of their songs or know much about any of the guys although the lead singer is pretty cute and John (guitarist?) is pretty adorable too. I wanted to steal the glasses that John had on during the whole set. After them was The Secret Handshake. Once again, I fell in love with the singer. What is it with me and guys with curly hair? I seem to be having a thing for them again. He has a pretty awesome voice too and the songs were good. I fell in love with their song TGIF about all of the shows I used to watch when I was a kid. Full House anyone? Yes, I wanted to rape Uncle Jessie too when I was little.
By the time The Cab came on me and Kat had managed to shove our way to the second row and damn was I so happy to be there by the time their set started. Alex Deleon right up in my face almost the whole time and Bryan Dawson literally up in my face the entire time. As soon as they started I was pretty much in a daze. They started out with "I'll Run" and during the song I had an epiphany. For a very long time I've been trying to decide what my first tattoo is going to be and while I was listening to that song the line "Have a little faith in me" stuck out at me just like it always does so I decided that I am going to get a tattoo that says that in pretty script writing sometime soon. During their whole set I pretty much found myself just watching Singer, completely content the whole time and took a million pictures. Got tons of good ones too. I'm so happy that my pictures came out good. I felt really bad when he was singing Vegas Skies because I could tell it was really hard for him to get through. Me and Kat both noticed thatl he was tearing up during it and even more so because he pretty much just let the audience sing a fairly good portion of it. I gotta admit, I kind of cried too. I got a video during "Take My Hand" although part of it got really messed up because during that song he really did take my hand. I swear I almost fainted at that point. Later on during the set he held onto my friend Kat's hand and kissed the back of it. He also held my sister's hand for a very long time towards the end of the set. All around an amazing experience. I have to admit it. I kind of fell in love with the new guy Bryan. He's an amazing guitarist and in all honesty he really fits in with the band perfectly. The missing piece of the puzzle if you ask me. But don't get me wrong by saying that. I still love Ian Crawford but this new guy really fits in perfectly. I pretty much spent the all of Bounce holding up my friend Kat who was passing out due to the heat and the anxiety disorder that she suffers from. Really freaked me out. I kind of feel guilty because during that song I literally was holding her up with one hand and taking pictures with the other.
When their set ended me and my sister more or less carried Kat to the bar area of the club and begged the guy at the bar to give us water, which he did. THANK GOD! After about 5 minutes of recovering we slowly made our way to the merch tent. Low and behold we walk up and the first person we see is Cash who recognized Kat from the last time she'd seen and met them. He was such a sweetheart. I was so impressed the moment I met him. He was totally polite and sold us our merch. I bought the "Bounce Back to Me" shirt and the white, purple and blue "The Cab" tank top, both of which i'm sure I will wear all of the time. We both got pictures with Cash as well. He's such a sweety. After that we ran into a bunch of the guys from Eye Alaska and Summer Set. Got pictures with a bunch of them although I regret I don't remember half of their names. I remember one dude named Chase (from Summerset?) and John (Also from Summerset). Also met the sexy guy Brandon from Eye Alaska. God damn he's a hottie. I can't really remember the exact order of things after this I was really out of it and slightly overwhelmed by this point. I remember meeting some guy named Wes who was from a local band. Dude was such a cutie. He was promoting his band and we promised him we'd check them out. He also had really awesome curly hair that he let us both run our hands through. After that we all but walked right up to Singer. My heart nearly jumped out of my chest. I was so nervous but he was really sweet. I gave him the note from my friend Jamie that I had promised her I'd give to him. He asked me if Jamie was a boy or a girl. I told him she was a girl. He looked a little relieved at that point. LOL! He told me to tell her hi and gave me a hug for being a good friend. I told him about my tattoo idea and he said "Come here" and pulled me into a big hug. Again, I nearly started bawling at this point. So amazing. He took a picture with me and one with my friend Kat. My sister was being all shy, which i thought was cute. After we met with Singer we ran into a local solo artist named Justin who's from Long Beach just like me. Then we worked our way over to Marshall. Marshall seemed really shy at first but after talking to him for a bit he brightened up took seperate pictures with me and with Kat and gave us both hugs. He is even more adorable in person. I was so happy I got to hug him. At that point we just walked around for a bit running into various people. We found Bryan some what hiding in the doorway of the club so me and Kat rushed over and started talking to him. Wow, this boy was such a sweetie. Almost imediately he had his arms around me and Kat for a picture. Seperate pictures again. It was awesome. I can't remember the first time we ran into Johnson. I think we found him lurking in the doorway of the club the first time too. He was a sweetie from the start too. The way he smiles makes me giggle. He smiles like a goof but is a real sweetheart.
After meeting the boys of The Cab we pretty much lurked around awhile longer and just kept talking to and meeting more people. We also ran into our valet from the hotel who just happens to be in a local band. We promised him we'd come check out his band too. He also made us promise that when he gets big we would tell all of the little teenies about how he parked Kat's mom's car. Seriously by the end of the night we had met pretty much every single one of the guys that had played that night and not a single one of them blew us off. By the end of the night we had both gotten several hugs from each of the boys from The Cab. Talked to John from Summer Set several times and got hugs from him each time, Kat managed to get all of the boys from the Cab, John, Wesley, and Justin to talk to her girlfriend Bailey on the phone. Right before we left we managed to get a 3rd set of hugs from a very tired Singer who literally fell asleep with his head on Kat's shoulder for a minute. Such a cutie.
To top of the end of the night, while we were in the car I decided to jump on twitter to tell Singer just how much I appreciated the night and how much I appreciated the hugs from him. I told him that I would never forget that night and low and behold 5 minutes later my phone goes off with an @reply from him telling me that he would never forget me either and to stay in touch. I cried for a good 15 minutes after that. Not to sound like the world's biggest cheeseball but he really is an inspiration to me and that last little touch on my life is something I will never forget.
Never ever going to forget a moment of the night. BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!!!
For anyone who wants to see pictures, click the link to my photobucket. There's way too many to post them all seperately, I will post the video I took of Take My Hand once I upload it. Picturresssss http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v11/crazylilredhead/What%20Happens%20In%20Vegas%20Tour/