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Okay. The concert. This is going to be long.
We got into Charlotte at about 6:00 or so. Drove around, stopped at a few shops. We arrived at Verizon Wireless around 7:00ish. Now, I don’t know If any of you have ever been to Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre, but for those of you who haven’t, it’s outside. So we walked around outside the actually stage area for a while. Listened to some local Charlotte band. Then we got some ice cream. Well we were sitting down at one of the picnic tables and I noticed someone who looked really familiar, and realized it was the guitarist from Hoobastank. I was like the only one in the whole place who recognized him. I was gonna go up and say hi but he was talking to some sound dude and I didn’t want to interrupt or anything. Plus I didn’t want to feel like I was invading his space. Anyways, we finished our ice cream and went and found our seats, which was row L (row 8 or 9 or so). Our seats were a little to the right, I sat closest to the middle. Then Modern Day Zero came on. I had never heard of them, but they were really good. They played a good show, lots of cool lights. I liked them so much I went to the merchandise stand and bought their CD, and it’s good. I recommend you check them out. So then Hoobastank came on. They were really good. They played “Out of Control” first, and a lot of other songs from “The Reason” CD, but they also played “Running Away,” which I was happy about. They were really energetic…especially the lead singer, who at one point took his shirt off and let me tell you, he is very, very, very nice-looking. Very. Anyways, so they got off the stage and Velvet Revolver took forever to come on. The venue was starting to fill up now. About 45 minutes later, Velvet Revolver came on. The stage was dark, but you could see everyone’s shadows. The first song was “Sucker Train Blues” and on the first note the lights came on. IT WAS AWESOME. Duff was wearing a black shirt (which he later lost, which made me REAL happy) and the black pants he normally wears, with the belt he normally wears. Scott was wearing a red and white stripped shirt with a tie, all of which he had off by the third song. Slash was wearing his black leather pants, and Dave was wearing a black shirt too, I believe. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see Matt from where we were sitting L. They played “Do It For the Kids” and “Headspace,” and I lost track after that. Overall they played all the songs from the CD except for “You Got No Right” and “Loving the Alien,” which made me really sad. They also played “It’s So Easy,” “Mr. Brownstone” (I was flipping out when they started that song…that was awesome), and “Sex Type Thing.” They also played another slow song that I didn’t know (it was a cover). At one point, (I think it was during “Set Me Free”) Scott (Weiland) came out in the crowd and went to the middle, where he was lifted on someone’s shoulders. That was awesome. At the end, they threw out a bunch of picks and such, unfortunately I wasn’t close enough to get one.
Yeah, I would DEFINITELY go see them again.
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The Crossfade concert is in 2 days.
Ahhhhhh, I can't wait anymore!
I am SO excited.
We got into Charlotte at about 6:00 or so. Drove around, stopped at a few shops. We arrived at Verizon Wireless around 7:00ish. Now, I don’t know If any of you have ever been to Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre, but for those of you who haven’t, it’s outside. So we walked around outside the actually stage area for a while. Listened to some local Charlotte band. Then we got some ice cream. Well we were sitting down at one of the picnic tables and I noticed someone who looked really familiar, and realized it was the guitarist from Hoobastank. I was like the only one in the whole place who recognized him. I was gonna go up and say hi but he was talking to some sound dude and I didn’t want to interrupt or anything. Plus I didn’t want to feel like I was invading his space. Anyways, we finished our ice cream and went and found our seats, which was row L (row 8 or 9 or so). Our seats were a little to the right, I sat closest to the middle. Then Modern Day Zero came on. I had never heard of them, but they were really good. They played a good show, lots of cool lights. I liked them so much I went to the merchandise stand and bought their CD, and it’s good. I recommend you check them out. So then Hoobastank came on. They were really good. They played “Out of Control” first, and a lot of other songs from “The Reason” CD, but they also played “Running Away,” which I was happy about. They were really energetic…especially the lead singer, who at one point took his shirt off and let me tell you, he is very, very, very nice-looking. Very. Anyways, so they got off the stage and Velvet Revolver took forever to come on. The venue was starting to fill up now. About 45 minutes later, Velvet Revolver came on. The stage was dark, but you could see everyone’s shadows. The first song was “Sucker Train Blues” and on the first note the lights came on. IT WAS AWESOME. Duff was wearing a black shirt (which he later lost, which made me REAL happy) and the black pants he normally wears, with the belt he normally wears. Scott was wearing a red and white stripped shirt with a tie, all of which he had off by the third song. Slash was wearing his black leather pants, and Dave was wearing a black shirt too, I believe. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see Matt from where we were sitting L. They played “Do It For the Kids” and “Headspace,” and I lost track after that. Overall they played all the songs from the CD except for “You Got No Right” and “Loving the Alien,” which made me really sad. They also played “It’s So Easy,” “Mr. Brownstone” (I was flipping out when they started that song…that was awesome), and “Sex Type Thing.” They also played another slow song that I didn’t know (it was a cover). At one point, (I think it was during “Set Me Free”) Scott (Weiland) came out in the crowd and went to the middle, where he was lifted on someone’s shoulders. That was awesome. At the end, they threw out a bunch of picks and such, unfortunately I wasn’t close enough to get one.
Yeah, I would DEFINITELY go see them again.
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The Crossfade concert is in 2 days.
Ahhhhhh, I can't wait anymore!
I am SO excited.