Something wild happened...!
So Saturday last week I went to Copenhagen to see 30 Seconds to Mars in concert, as I have several times before, in fact I have seen them about 16-17 times, and I have been a fan for over 10 years. Despite the weird weather, where we were cold standing in line and too hot when we got inside it was a night to never forget.
The doors opened at 18:30 (aka 6.30 PM) and the concert was supposed to start at 20:00 (8 ) but they didn't go on stage until 21:00 (9), and right before they did it was posted on the screens that if you took a picture and tagged the name of the tour and town you had a chance to win a meet and greet after the show. Now I never posted anything on my instagram before, that was in fact mt first post ever.
Flash forward about 2 hours after a warm and amazing, (despite some bad sound speakers) show. The show ended Shannon and Jared left the stage.
I decide to check my phone and I don't know how to work my way around insta, given that I don't use it at all apart from looking at pictures from others, but I see a little circle with a one in it at the top, and that I was freaking out internally, was an understatement.
Here is where the slight chaos begins, i get in touch with staff and no one knows anything, lovely.. I get guided to a group of half famous Danish people and 2 bands I know are Danish, one I have seen live before, as they apparently are gonna meet with the band after the concert too.
Still freaking out a little inside, mostly cause I don't know what is going on really. We are about 10-15 people. A tour dude comes over and tells us to follow him (he's speaking English so he's with the band I guess).
He leads us outside, and to the backstage underground room, before he lets us in the doors, he clearly tells us there is no time for pictures or individual greetings, as they have to hurry to the airport and they will just come by quickly to say hi.
We get in and down so stairs, and we are sat at some couches, and I am still thinking what is happening!?!?!
A few minutes later Jared and Shannon appears behind us and he talks a little and looks around at everyone, while he is does this, Shannon notices my old school first album t-shirt and points at me and gives me a thumbs up. After Jared has looked around he notices my shirt too and notes that "it's old school and their first album", and I say "yes, I've been a fan for over 10 years"(albeit not since their first album but still a long time). Jared then says "You get a hug from me and Shannon" I get up and go hug them, and then I got a little blank in my mind.
I think Jared rounded up and say they were sorry but they really had to leave. And they left up the stairs.
They left and I was just standing there awkwardly. Then mere seconds later tour dude comes back down the stairs and points at me to come with him and I just point at myself like an idiot and he nods. I hurry after him and going up the stairs he asks if I have my phone. And THANK GOD I charged it just before the concert.
I get up the stairs and there they are standing, saying that we could take a quick picture.
They were so kind and nice I couldn't really believe it, they even let me take two, cause I was so nervous, I look like rabbit caught in the headlights in both though. It all happened so fast and they were in such a hurry that there was no time for much of anything but, I got this and I will never forget it.
The doors opened at 18:30 (aka 6.30 PM) and the concert was supposed to start at 20:00 (8 ) but they didn't go on stage until 21:00 (9), and right before they did it was posted on the screens that if you took a picture and tagged the name of the tour and town you had a chance to win a meet and greet after the show. Now I never posted anything on my instagram before, that was in fact mt first post ever.
Flash forward about 2 hours after a warm and amazing, (despite some bad sound speakers) show. The show ended Shannon and Jared left the stage.
I decide to check my phone and I don't know how to work my way around insta, given that I don't use it at all apart from looking at pictures from others, but I see a little circle with a one in it at the top, and that I was freaking out internally, was an understatement.
Here is where the slight chaos begins, i get in touch with staff and no one knows anything, lovely.. I get guided to a group of half famous Danish people and 2 bands I know are Danish, one I have seen live before, as they apparently are gonna meet with the band after the concert too.
Still freaking out a little inside, mostly cause I don't know what is going on really. We are about 10-15 people. A tour dude comes over and tells us to follow him (he's speaking English so he's with the band I guess).
He leads us outside, and to the backstage underground room, before he lets us in the doors, he clearly tells us there is no time for pictures or individual greetings, as they have to hurry to the airport and they will just come by quickly to say hi.
We get in and down so stairs, and we are sat at some couches, and I am still thinking what is happening!?!?!
A few minutes later Jared and Shannon appears behind us and he talks a little and looks around at everyone, while he is does this, Shannon notices my old school first album t-shirt and points at me and gives me a thumbs up. After Jared has looked around he notices my shirt too and notes that "it's old school and their first album", and I say "yes, I've been a fan for over 10 years"(albeit not since their first album but still a long time). Jared then says "You get a hug from me and Shannon" I get up and go hug them, and then I got a little blank in my mind.
I think Jared rounded up and say they were sorry but they really had to leave. And they left up the stairs.
They left and I was just standing there awkwardly. Then mere seconds later tour dude comes back down the stairs and points at me to come with him and I just point at myself like an idiot and he nods. I hurry after him and going up the stairs he asks if I have my phone. And THANK GOD I charged it just before the concert.
I get up the stairs and there they are standing, saying that we could take a quick picture.
They were so kind and nice I couldn't really believe it, they even let me take two, cause I was so nervous, I look like rabbit caught in the headlights in both though. It all happened so fast and they were in such a hurry that there was no time for much of anything but, I got this and I will never forget it.