Since I have friends who refuse to let me sleep...
...I guess I'll finally post about this long gone 30 Seconds to Mars Connecticut show.
Connecticut is a 6-hour drive from DC, where I am, and since the concert wasn't starting until 7-ish, I decided to just drive up there that day. So my friend Stephanie and I got up to leave around 11am. It wasn't a bad drive but we arrived right about 6:30 so we didn't have time to eat (which we hadn't done since about 10 that morning). I changed clothes in the car - because I had a certain outfit I wanted to wear to the show, which was Hurricane inspired.
We entered the venue and there was this hubbub of HP activity. They were doing these funny pictures with a virtual photographer, 3D pics, and giving away LiveNation money and 4 M&Gs with Mars. You had to enter online before the show for the last bit. The opening band Middle Class Rut had already started by the time we sat down after all that, but since this venue only had a small GA section that we weren't in, it didn't really matter. Rut was okay, and it's important to note here that there are only 2 people in this band: a drummer and a guitarist, both of whom sing.
But while we were watching them, we noticed that there were plenty available seats in front of us and we were wayyyy in the back. So we decided that before Mars came on, we were going to move up into one of those seats, which we did, moved up right behind the barrier. Then, Mars came on stage and I decided I wanted to be in the barrier, but we couldn't just walk up because there were guards and only people with wristbands were allowed. So we waited until it was one of the darker times during the first song (Attack) and jumped the barrier. The show was great from then on. :D
The band was great, totally into it for the beginning, but the crowd was sooo lame. And it seemed like the band noticed it because Jared seemed to lose wind about halfway through. Not that he wasn't still good but he was less energetic than usual. Although, there was this one part during the show where he told people sitting to come down into the pit cuz there was HELLA room, and there was this one woman in the pit shaking her head. He saw, of course, and was like, Why? Is it more expensive to be down here? She said yeah, lying through her teeth, and Jared called her out on it when another audience member shook his head. She flipped him off which led to him talking about her. It was hilarious, he was like, You should watch what you do with that finger; it's long and creepy-looking. She was such a party-pooper so it was funny to watch. She just wanted all the room so she could drink her beer and chill. Do that in a seat, bitch! But anyway, people started coming down so security moved out of the way.
Another cool part during the show was during...one of the songs Jared told people to get one each other's shoulders. Like always, right? Well this time I said I was doing it. So I tapped this tall dude standing next to me and gave him this questioning look, and he was like alright and picked me up! Haha, it was the best! They also pulled a cute little girl up on stage this time. She was so little and farrr too cute.
Now like I said, the show was great but the crowd and the security sucked ass. When K&Q started and people started crowd-surfing to get on stage, security did not move AT ALL to help anyone. They just let folks fall over the barrier. I swear, I was heated, especially since my friend was one of those people. But she did get on stage, without the help of those assholes.
After the show, I was determined to finally get a chance to meet the guys since I haven't before. There was a small crowd of us waiting across from where the buses were for a while, and we met some more cool people (and I saw some people who I had met at the Hurricane video shoot). But eventually, the venue manager came out and told us to leave, which we wouldn't. He said the band wasn't coming out and that we had to leave. When we didn't, he was like, why aren't you leaving? I told him, If Jared tells us to leave, we'll leave. Yes, this is a cult, indeed! XD He just shook his head (probably thinking we were crazy) and eventually left but one guard stayed behind. Who never left.
She kept threatening people with the police and whatnot so most people ended up leaving, but 2 groups of us stayed. One guy actually hopped the fence to get to where the buses were (O.O). No idea what happened to him because they definitely saw him. But the group I was with were waiting in my and one other car where we could still see the buses while this group of French girls were waiting at a different part. We had to "stay back" because crazy guard lady didn't even want to see us or else she'd yell at us. So we did, but we didn't leave.
Both of our groups (about 12 people all together) stayed there for 3 hours, until they turned the parking lot lights off and 2 am rolled around, to finally see the guys. And, oddly enough, me and one of the French girls had been tweeting them on our phones the entire time, trying to get them to come out. When Shannon did at 2, we all exploded with excitement. The French girls - who we had met earlier - saw him first and one of the girls in my car noticed camera flashes. To which I stood up using my car as leverage and basically screamed, "It's Shannon!" We all jetted out of my car, even the one girl who had her foot in a cast, to catch him before he left and didn't see us.
We caught him and he took pics and signed stuff and such greatness. :D Then we hooked up with the French group and we all hung out talking and laughing and just basically being excited as hell that we had met Shannon. Then, while we were talking, we noticed someone else walking towards us from by the buses. but it was dark and they had their hood up so we couldn't tell who it was. We were like, Jared? Tomo? Who is it? And he just refused to answer. Turned out to be...
TOMO! He was laughing when he finally came into the light and we saw who he was. He was great! Giving out hugs and pics and sigs...I love Tomo. He's such a sweetheart. When he was about finished, I asked, "So you're gonna get Jared to come out next, right?"
He was like, Uhh...I think he's sleep, with this laugh that said, Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Then he left to get back in the bus. It was so funny with Tomo, though, because he had seen us earlier when he got on the bus for a smoke, and he totally pulled the blinds down on us! But I guess they realized we weren't going anywhere so they might wanna come out if we were to ever leave.
About 10 min after Tomo left, the hospitality manager of the venue (the guy who gets the band everything they want) came out to leave and saw us and stopped to talk. Asking where we all came from and marveling that all of us had come to Connecticut just for the show. Someone asked him what kind of stuff the band has asked for and, oddly enough, it's just the shit you'd imagine Mars would ask for. A bunch of healthy food, crackers, water, and other boring stuff.
A few minutes later, this cop drove by, and was like, Were y'all giving the security guard a hard time? Which we weren't, she just kept yelling at us when we weren't doing anything, and we told him so. She only called him because she was mad we had won, since we didn't leave when she wanted AND we got to see the band. Then he went to the bus and asked them when they were leaving and whatnot, since it was 3am and they were supposed to have been gone by then. He came back and told us they were leaving soon and, basically, to leave. Which we did, we got what we had come for. As we were driving out, the new bus driver had just arrived to bring the band to the airport to catch a flight to Mexico.
Steph and I stayed at her friend's dorm overnight and drove back to DC the next day. Yeah, obviously this was a good night. :D
Girls on left are the French girls we met and that's the guy who hopped the barrier to the buses
Connecticut is a 6-hour drive from DC, where I am, and since the concert wasn't starting until 7-ish, I decided to just drive up there that day. So my friend Stephanie and I got up to leave around 11am. It wasn't a bad drive but we arrived right about 6:30 so we didn't have time to eat (which we hadn't done since about 10 that morning). I changed clothes in the car - because I had a certain outfit I wanted to wear to the show, which was Hurricane inspired.
We entered the venue and there was this hubbub of HP activity. They were doing these funny pictures with a virtual photographer, 3D pics, and giving away LiveNation money and 4 M&Gs with Mars. You had to enter online before the show for the last bit. The opening band Middle Class Rut had already started by the time we sat down after all that, but since this venue only had a small GA section that we weren't in, it didn't really matter. Rut was okay, and it's important to note here that there are only 2 people in this band: a drummer and a guitarist, both of whom sing.
But while we were watching them, we noticed that there were plenty available seats in front of us and we were wayyyy in the back. So we decided that before Mars came on, we were going to move up into one of those seats, which we did, moved up right behind the barrier. Then, Mars came on stage and I decided I wanted to be in the barrier, but we couldn't just walk up because there were guards and only people with wristbands were allowed. So we waited until it was one of the darker times during the first song (Attack) and jumped the barrier. The show was great from then on. :D
The band was great, totally into it for the beginning, but the crowd was sooo lame. And it seemed like the band noticed it because Jared seemed to lose wind about halfway through. Not that he wasn't still good but he was less energetic than usual. Although, there was this one part during the show where he told people sitting to come down into the pit cuz there was HELLA room, and there was this one woman in the pit shaking her head. He saw, of course, and was like, Why? Is it more expensive to be down here? She said yeah, lying through her teeth, and Jared called her out on it when another audience member shook his head. She flipped him off which led to him talking about her. It was hilarious, he was like, You should watch what you do with that finger; it's long and creepy-looking. She was such a party-pooper so it was funny to watch. She just wanted all the room so she could drink her beer and chill. Do that in a seat, bitch! But anyway, people started coming down so security moved out of the way.
Another cool part during the show was during...one of the songs Jared told people to get one each other's shoulders. Like always, right? Well this time I said I was doing it. So I tapped this tall dude standing next to me and gave him this questioning look, and he was like alright and picked me up! Haha, it was the best! They also pulled a cute little girl up on stage this time. She was so little and farrr too cute.
Now like I said, the show was great but the crowd and the security sucked ass. When K&Q started and people started crowd-surfing to get on stage, security did not move AT ALL to help anyone. They just let folks fall over the barrier. I swear, I was heated, especially since my friend was one of those people. But she did get on stage, without the help of those assholes.
After the show, I was determined to finally get a chance to meet the guys since I haven't before. There was a small crowd of us waiting across from where the buses were for a while, and we met some more cool people (and I saw some people who I had met at the Hurricane video shoot). But eventually, the venue manager came out and told us to leave, which we wouldn't. He said the band wasn't coming out and that we had to leave. When we didn't, he was like, why aren't you leaving? I told him, If Jared tells us to leave, we'll leave. Yes, this is a cult, indeed! XD He just shook his head (probably thinking we were crazy) and eventually left but one guard stayed behind. Who never left.
She kept threatening people with the police and whatnot so most people ended up leaving, but 2 groups of us stayed. One guy actually hopped the fence to get to where the buses were (O.O). No idea what happened to him because they definitely saw him. But the group I was with were waiting in my and one other car where we could still see the buses while this group of French girls were waiting at a different part. We had to "stay back" because crazy guard lady didn't even want to see us or else she'd yell at us. So we did, but we didn't leave.
Both of our groups (about 12 people all together) stayed there for 3 hours, until they turned the parking lot lights off and 2 am rolled around, to finally see the guys. And, oddly enough, me and one of the French girls had been tweeting them on our phones the entire time, trying to get them to come out. When Shannon did at 2, we all exploded with excitement. The French girls - who we had met earlier - saw him first and one of the girls in my car noticed camera flashes. To which I stood up using my car as leverage and basically screamed, "It's Shannon!" We all jetted out of my car, even the one girl who had her foot in a cast, to catch him before he left and didn't see us.
We caught him and he took pics and signed stuff and such greatness. :D Then we hooked up with the French group and we all hung out talking and laughing and just basically being excited as hell that we had met Shannon. Then, while we were talking, we noticed someone else walking towards us from by the buses. but it was dark and they had their hood up so we couldn't tell who it was. We were like, Jared? Tomo? Who is it? And he just refused to answer. Turned out to be...
TOMO! He was laughing when he finally came into the light and we saw who he was. He was great! Giving out hugs and pics and sigs...I love Tomo. He's such a sweetheart. When he was about finished, I asked, "So you're gonna get Jared to come out next, right?"
He was like, Uhh...I think he's sleep, with this laugh that said, Yeah, that's not gonna happen. Then he left to get back in the bus. It was so funny with Tomo, though, because he had seen us earlier when he got on the bus for a smoke, and he totally pulled the blinds down on us! But I guess they realized we weren't going anywhere so they might wanna come out if we were to ever leave.
About 10 min after Tomo left, the hospitality manager of the venue (the guy who gets the band everything they want) came out to leave and saw us and stopped to talk. Asking where we all came from and marveling that all of us had come to Connecticut just for the show. Someone asked him what kind of stuff the band has asked for and, oddly enough, it's just the shit you'd imagine Mars would ask for. A bunch of healthy food, crackers, water, and other boring stuff.
A few minutes later, this cop drove by, and was like, Were y'all giving the security guard a hard time? Which we weren't, she just kept yelling at us when we weren't doing anything, and we told him so. She only called him because she was mad we had won, since we didn't leave when she wanted AND we got to see the band. Then he went to the bus and asked them when they were leaving and whatnot, since it was 3am and they were supposed to have been gone by then. He came back and told us they were leaving soon and, basically, to leave. Which we did, we got what we had come for. As we were driving out, the new bus driver had just arrived to bring the band to the airport to catch a flight to Mexico.
Steph and I stayed at her friend's dorm overnight and drove back to DC the next day. Yeah, obviously this was a good night. :D
Girls on left are the French girls we met and that's the guy who hopped the barrier to the buses