NKOTBSB in St. Louis.
I'm sorry I didn't get this posted last weekend like I was originally scheduled to. But here you go, my review of the St. Louis NKOTBSB show. It got kind of lengthy, but I included all of my pictures and videos too. :) This is the same review I posted to my own journal, I just edited out some of the more personal and unnecessary stuff.
Midnight Red opened first, and I had no idea that they were even supposed to be opening the show at all. I think they only sang two or three songs. By the time I decided I might want to take a picture of them, they were done and off the stage before I could even turn my camera on. Okay then.
Matt Morrison came out a few minutes later. I was sort of curious to see him, and he really is quite good. He even covered Kanye West's "Gold Digger" which was actually pretty funny... though I don't recommend he put out a rap album any time soon. That man can dance, though.
The real waiting started when he left the stage, because I knew NKOTBSB was next. So finally, after a little more waiting, the lights went out... they flashed the guys' faces and names on the big screens for what felt like forever and then BOOM, the curtain fell down, and there was NKOTBSB!
They started with the "Single/The One/Viva La Vida" mash up and it was a mellow way to start the show... but it worked. Then each group went to either side of the stage and the platforms started to raise, and it went from mellow to epic pretty fast. Here's a short video I took of that moment:
New Kids did "Summertime" next and I think I smiled through the whole thing (it was the Red One Remix version and I only just recently realized that!) Then Backstreet did "The Call" which, ahh, that always used to be my favorite BSB song so that was really fun.
It didn't really hit me that I was there until New Kids started "Dirty Dancing" though. As soon as Donnie did his "and the leanest, meanest, maddest, baddest body" part and I was doing choreography to the chorus with them (hi, I'm a dork), the excitement hit me and stayed the rest of the night.
I have no idea what Nick was trying to do here.. haha. This was BSB during "Larger Than Life" I think -- definitely the clearest and best pics I got all night!:
New Kids during "Didn't I Blow Your Mind," "Valentine Girl," "If you Go Away," and "Please Don't Go Girl." Joey and Jordan KILLED it! It was good to hear Danny speak/sing during his parts, too.
More Backstreet. At one point, Brian stopped everything to bring everyone's attention to AJ -- who had forgotten to zip up his fly. Brian zipped it for him. XD "I'm so embarrassed now."
Backstreet Boys came out into the crowd to pick girls to go on stage with them during "I'll Never Break Your Heart." No one came near me of course. *sigh* I took a video of the whole song, though! Nick was such a tease to his girl.
When New Kids came back out, I nearly died. When they sang "Step by Step" Donnie came over to my side of the stage and I freaked out of course, and hit record on my camera. SO glad I did so, because I got footage of him dancing and shakin' his.. well... you can just watch it.
I was torn about what to do when he started singing "Cover Girl" -- I wanted to record it but I also wanted to watch it with my own two eyes without the camera being in the way, since it's my favorite song (and because he strips during it, coughcough). But before the show my friend told me she would record it for me, so she did do that. Sadly she hasn't sent the video to me yet, though.
The only video I've found of it so far is this crappy quality/sideways one. Meh.
..No wait, I take that back, here's one that goes a little bit further than my video did, but it cuts off before any shirts go flying anywhere.
I got a quick video of Donnie talking about how hot in was in the city that night. It's worth a watch just because he doesn't have a shirt on under his jacket. Haha. And after this they sang part of Nelly's "Hot in Herre"! Ahahaha.
I got a few nice pictures of Donnie after that. ;) Oh, I loooved hearing "Games" live! I had only learned the rap to it like two days before the show. Donnie's rapping = awesome. Is it obvious that I'm a Donnie girl yet? I'm sorry.
I knew they were going to come out into the crowd during "Tonight" and I kind of already knew which sections each guy went into, so I figured Danny would come into ours. And I was right. It kind of bummed me out just a teeny bit that it wasn't Donnie or Jordan, but I love Danny so it was awesome anyway. He ended up about ten rows in front of me.
I knew BSB was going to make their 'surprise' entrance when they came back out for "Shape of My Heart" so when New Kids left the stage again I started looking around in the audiene for BSB... it was funny because all of these security guards just sort of started popping up everywhere I looked. But when they finally did come out, of course they were farther back into the crowd so they didn't come by me. It was really adorable to see them interacting with the fans though. All of these guys are so sweet, it's so nice of them to actually come out into the crowds like they do, especially for those fans whose seats aren't so close.
And oh, they sang "Raspberry Beret"! That caught me by surprise.
Here's a quick clip of the dancing during "Quit Playing Games":
I really loved their black and yellow outfits. And matching shoelaces! (I just typed "shoelances." Oh jeez.)
These white outfits that NKOTB wore next... oh my goodness.
They took a break and the guys introduced each other. I had no idea this video was going to be this long when I started recording but I couldn't just stop while they were talking, so I got all of the introductions.
They did "Don't Turn Out The Lights" together after that. It was amazing, but I knew it meant they were nearing the end. They left the stage and it was still dark and quiet, until you heard Donnie's voice throughout the arena, whispering "Somebody say N-K-O-T-B-S-B. Somebody say N-K-O-T-B-S-B." Over and over until his voice was gone, and it was just the crowd saying it. Goosebumps, I tell ya!
The encore was spec-freaking-TACULAR. BSB did "Everybody" which was amazing. AJ was wearing a New Kids shirt and had written his name on it, too. xP And he was wearing an STL cap! <3
And then New Kids did "Hangin' Tough" and I swear, I've never heard a better live song than that. I wanted to cry it was so good. In fact, I may have. I'd give anything in the world just to be able to relive THAT song again. It was amazing, and I must say that Donnie enjoyed letting his badass side out during it. So great, I can't even explain.
And when they started the "Hangin' Tough/Everybody/We Will Rock You" mash up with BSB? Forget about it. I had no voice left at that point.
They couldn't have ended it in a better way. I pretty much felt like I was floating when the lights came on and we made our way outside. Just... gah! Such a good show. I was and still am a little starstruck.
I still can't believe it's all over already! I've been going through some serious concert withdrawals ever since that night. I just want to hug them all and thank them and gah, I love them. New Kids and Backstreet both.
I really hope they tour together in the US again. They're a great collaboration, for sure.
Midnight Red opened first, and I had no idea that they were even supposed to be opening the show at all. I think they only sang two or three songs. By the time I decided I might want to take a picture of them, they were done and off the stage before I could even turn my camera on. Okay then.
Matt Morrison came out a few minutes later. I was sort of curious to see him, and he really is quite good. He even covered Kanye West's "Gold Digger" which was actually pretty funny... though I don't recommend he put out a rap album any time soon. That man can dance, though.
The real waiting started when he left the stage, because I knew NKOTBSB was next. So finally, after a little more waiting, the lights went out... they flashed the guys' faces and names on the big screens for what felt like forever and then BOOM, the curtain fell down, and there was NKOTBSB!
They started with the "Single/The One/Viva La Vida" mash up and it was a mellow way to start the show... but it worked. Then each group went to either side of the stage and the platforms started to raise, and it went from mellow to epic pretty fast. Here's a short video I took of that moment:
Click to viewNew Kids did "Summertime" next and I think I smiled through the whole thing (it was the Red One Remix version and I only just recently realized that!) Then Backstreet did "The Call" which, ahh, that always used to be my favorite BSB song so that was really fun.
It didn't really hit me that I was there until New Kids started "Dirty Dancing" though. As soon as Donnie did his "and the leanest, meanest, maddest, baddest body" part and I was doing choreography to the chorus with them (hi, I'm a dork), the excitement hit me and stayed the rest of the night.
I have no idea what Nick was trying to do here.. haha. This was BSB during "Larger Than Life" I think -- definitely the clearest and best pics I got all night!:
New Kids during "Didn't I Blow Your Mind," "Valentine Girl," "If you Go Away," and "Please Don't Go Girl." Joey and Jordan KILLED it! It was good to hear Danny speak/sing during his parts, too.
More Backstreet. At one point, Brian stopped everything to bring everyone's attention to AJ -- who had forgotten to zip up his fly. Brian zipped it for him. XD "I'm so embarrassed now."
Backstreet Boys came out into the crowd to pick girls to go on stage with them during "I'll Never Break Your Heart." No one came near me of course. *sigh* I took a video of the whole song, though! Nick was such a tease to his girl.
When New Kids came back out, I nearly died. When they sang "Step by Step" Donnie came over to my side of the stage and I freaked out of course, and hit record on my camera. SO glad I did so, because I got footage of him dancing and shakin' his.. well... you can just watch it.
I was torn about what to do when he started singing "Cover Girl" -- I wanted to record it but I also wanted to watch it with my own two eyes without the camera being in the way, since it's my favorite song (and because he strips during it, coughcough). But before the show my friend told me she would record it for me, so she did do that. Sadly she hasn't sent the video to me yet, though.
The only video I've found of it so far is this crappy quality/sideways one. Meh.
..No wait, I take that back, here's one that goes a little bit further than my video did, but it cuts off before any shirts go flying anywhere.
I got a quick video of Donnie talking about how hot in was in the city that night. It's worth a watch just because he doesn't have a shirt on under his jacket. Haha. And after this they sang part of Nelly's "Hot in Herre"! Ahahaha.
I got a few nice pictures of Donnie after that. ;) Oh, I loooved hearing "Games" live! I had only learned the rap to it like two days before the show. Donnie's rapping = awesome. Is it obvious that I'm a Donnie girl yet? I'm sorry.
I knew they were going to come out into the crowd during "Tonight" and I kind of already knew which sections each guy went into, so I figured Danny would come into ours. And I was right. It kind of bummed me out just a teeny bit that it wasn't Donnie or Jordan, but I love Danny so it was awesome anyway. He ended up about ten rows in front of me.
I knew BSB was going to make their 'surprise' entrance when they came back out for "Shape of My Heart" so when New Kids left the stage again I started looking around in the audiene for BSB... it was funny because all of these security guards just sort of started popping up everywhere I looked. But when they finally did come out, of course they were farther back into the crowd so they didn't come by me. It was really adorable to see them interacting with the fans though. All of these guys are so sweet, it's so nice of them to actually come out into the crowds like they do, especially for those fans whose seats aren't so close.
And oh, they sang "Raspberry Beret"! That caught me by surprise.
Here's a quick clip of the dancing during "Quit Playing Games":
I really loved their black and yellow outfits. And matching shoelaces! (I just typed "shoelances." Oh jeez.)
These white outfits that NKOTB wore next... oh my goodness.
They took a break and the guys introduced each other. I had no idea this video was going to be this long when I started recording but I couldn't just stop while they were talking, so I got all of the introductions.
They did "Don't Turn Out The Lights" together after that. It was amazing, but I knew it meant they were nearing the end. They left the stage and it was still dark and quiet, until you heard Donnie's voice throughout the arena, whispering "Somebody say N-K-O-T-B-S-B. Somebody say N-K-O-T-B-S-B." Over and over until his voice was gone, and it was just the crowd saying it. Goosebumps, I tell ya!
The encore was spec-freaking-TACULAR. BSB did "Everybody" which was amazing. AJ was wearing a New Kids shirt and had written his name on it, too. xP And he was wearing an STL cap! <3
And then New Kids did "Hangin' Tough" and I swear, I've never heard a better live song than that. I wanted to cry it was so good. In fact, I may have. I'd give anything in the world just to be able to relive THAT song again. It was amazing, and I must say that Donnie enjoyed letting his badass side out during it. So great, I can't even explain.
And when they started the "Hangin' Tough/Everybody/We Will Rock You" mash up with BSB? Forget about it. I had no voice left at that point.
They couldn't have ended it in a better way. I pretty much felt like I was floating when the lights came on and we made our way outside. Just... gah! Such a good show. I was and still am a little starstruck.
I still can't believe it's all over already! I've been going through some serious concert withdrawals ever since that night. I just want to hug them all and thank them and gah, I love them. New Kids and Backstreet both.
I really hope they tour together in the US again. They're a great collaboration, for sure.