There's a place I know if you're looking for a show
and they turn me on when they take it off!
Ok, I'll start with the check in in the hotel. We (Selena, Dani, Tyler and I) got there Saturday at about 1pm. So we had the whole entire day to explore. We went to the mall and checked out a few of the cool places my phone recommended. We asked the receptionist if she knew of some good clubs around, but she was all like umm I dont think y'all wanna go there. lol It's true. It's Atlanta. I dont wanna get shot or stabbed. So we opted for food and then back to the hotel and just watch a movie. We saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall. lol I love that movie. Then sleepy time it was. :)
Sunday:
We all got up and had breakfast at the hotel and then went to a movie shop that Dani and Tyler wanted to go to. We went to a Game Stop and looked at the games, I went to Wal Mart and bought silver sharpies. Just cause I think it looks cooler. Then we had lunch and then it was time to go to the hotel to start getting ready. Nobody knew at what time the show was. All of our tickets said TBD. WTF?????
We got to the venue and we just stood outside where the line ended. There were quite a few people there already. Mark, Arien and the Blackguard guys were hanging out right outside the venue. THEY WERE RIGHT THERE and I could'nt not stare. lol And a few minutes later Simone walked by us. She looked so cute (she is shorter than I thought she was) I froze a bit and I just smiled. She smiled back and I almost fainted. A couple more mintes and then the line got divided into 2. The VIP and the general admission. We (Selena, Tyler and I. Dani didnt buy a VIP ticket) had to wait like an hour in the freaking shade. It was COLD!!!!!!!
Once we were let in I got super nervous. MY GOD! Simone was so nice and I didnt even say anything. I had her sign my poster/cd booklets and took a picture with her and moved right to Oliver. I brought Sons Of Seasons cause I knew he would be there so i had him sign that. He asked me if I had liked it and I said I did. :) He thanked me for buying it. Isaac was nice. :) Mark. Oh Mark. <3 He's all smiles ALL THE TIME. We asked him what he thought about the 70000 tons of metal cruise. He said it was very interesting and that he is very excited about it. He asked us if we were going and we said yes. Then he said "So we're gonna hangout for 4 days?" We were all like O.O A million thoughts went through my head. In my head that is totally an invitation. hahaha Yves is so damn funny. lol XD And Arien haha He took Tyler's camera and started taking pictures saying "I'm very talented" :D haha We held back the line cause we kept talking to them. No one was kicking us out so we stayed for as long as we could without feeling bad for the other people waiting. XD Then we went outside again. I grabbed everybody's things and went to take it to the car. While I was walking there I spotted Paul from Blackguard and yelled a HEY and he came over to me and I told him who I was and about the swords a months ago. He was all "But that was in Orlando. You made it all the way over here!" And then he gave me a big hug. Just then Dani came over to get her ticket back cause Tyler had taken it to have it signed by Epica. I talked to Paul a bit and then went to the car and put all our crap away and ran back. Paul was there and he came over and we talked for a bit longer, but then i go paranoid that they would let the VIP people in without me there and I told him I had to go. lol Oh Paul... I love him. Once I joined Selena and Tyler I looked through the pictures and saw that my Simone and I picture was taken from the side and we are not even looking at the camera!!!!! And I also remember that I had not given Simone the letter I had written So I dragged Tyler back in and took a new picture with Simone. lol I also gave her the letter and this part is so embarrassing. She asked me "is this a love letter?" with a smile on her face and all I heard was letter and said "yes" and then I was like wait "Love letter? NO!" OMG I yelled at Simone. hahahahah She laughed too. I just was just very nervous and Simone was poking fun. GREAT! *pout* But then she hugged me and put the letter in her bag and it was all good. When we walked out they were letting people in and we ran to our spot by Selena. XD Just in time!!!
We settled into our first row spot. YEAHHHHH! The 2 local bands that played were ok. Nothing bad, at least. Then Blackguard came on and of course they were fantastic like always. So much energy!!!! I want to have Paul's babies. Yes, yes I do. At one point he kinda leaned on me and I put my hand right on his crotch. My first thought was to hold him back but then I noticed where my hand was... I didnt remove it. lol Selena and Dani were like "Francheska you whore!!!" lol Whatever, I felt him up. He's sexy and I want his body. lol And OMG since it was the last day of the tour they were all playing praks on each other. Epica came out with sandwishes and started feeding them and it was just awesome. hahaha Threat signal was ok. I had never seen them live before. I thought they were boring to be honest. The only good thing were the praks that the Epica and Blackguard were playing on them. lol OMG I saw Mark's EVRYTHING. He came out with a mask and a towel. never in a million years would I have guessed that he would actually be naked under there. A guy from Threat Signal pulled the towel and we saw EVERYTHING. It took him a second to realize he didnt have the towel. lol He grabbed the towel and put it back on. And started dancing on stage. Then it was pulled again and throw to the side and we saw EVERYTHING again. He then ran off-stage. haha XD
Epica... they were so amazing. I dont even know how to even begin to explain. All the songs they did were perfect. They really did give their all. And here I was afraid that they were gonna slack because it was the last show. NOPE the total opposite. Mark liked our corner a lot cause he got right in our faces and let us strum his guitar. Yves and Isaac came over a few times too. Simone was so great and beautiful. She went down to the photopit and gave her hand to very person on the first row. It was so amazing. Mark stuck his tongue out at me and Simone pointed at me at some point cause I was singing. haha Best moment of my life. hahaha XD It was perfect. The praks were awesome. From fighting with lightsabers during Imperial March to every member of the 3 bands onstage to headbang for The Obsessive Devotion. It was amazing. And of course some guy yelled at Simone to show her tits. She replied "I'm not gonna show you my tits motherfucker" LOLS I love Simone even more now. Then she said "My tits are for Oli only" hahahahaha It was amazing.
After the show we went to the merch table and I bought the Epica hoodie and a blackguard shirt. Paul was there and he gave me a big hug and thanked me for coming out and I said that we should take a picture and so we did. lol Pauls is awesome. I had to grab his hands so that he could let go. He was drunk and friendly. Cant wait for the Kamelot show so I can see Blackguard again. lol Dani said that it is a good thing that Blackguard wont be on the cruise cause then she would worry about me. hahahahaha
Then Mark was there and we talked to him for a while until they were kicking us out of the place. lol As we were walking out he yelled "We are going swimming on the cruise, right?" OMG OMG OMG :D :D :D :D :D :D I dont even know what to even say anymore. It was perfect. *sigh* One of the best nights of my life. Good music, good crowd, amazing friends.... It was fantastic.
set list here we got the setlist and a drumstick from Epica. <3 <3
Here is the setlist cause it is HILARIOUS!!!
The encores are not on the set list.
-Cry For The Moon
-Quietus
-Consign to Oblivion
The next morning we were still on a cloud. We had breakfast, checked out of the hotel and drove back home. 8 very long hours. I dont want to take long drives again. Oh wait I am going to St. Augustine this weekend. lol I am enjoying my life so much right now. I am extremely happy. VERY VERY HAPPY!
I dont even know how I am gonna upload the pictures. I should just put them in a folder or pic my faves and post them here. We'll see. I have over 2GB of Epica pictures. lol We took a lot of pictures.