Tour/review/experience post! (Manchester, 7/14)
Aka, AI9 stans get in hurr.
idc what the reviews said, I adored this concert. Sure, it's not as high energy was previous years but I had a blast. They're all 10x better off the show than on. So I'll talk about the concert and then meeting them, so I'll start with the concert lol.
Didi Benami
This proved she left way too soon. I thought she did a great job with both songs. I wasn't familar with the first but I was with Terrified, obviously.
Andrew Garcia
He did great, too! lol I was totally jamming out to Straight Up.
Katie Stevens
Girl killed it. lol I love Demi Lovato so I loved Here We Go Again and Katie can seriously nail a Christina song. She's another one that should have placed higher.
Tim Urban
I love this shot. Um. I LOVE HIM. Surprise, surprise. He didn't play guitar on Viva La Vida for whatever reason but it didn't hinder his performance. He worked the crowd. Really, I have nothing but good things to say about him. Duh.
Siobhan Magnus
Homegirl was insane in the best possible way. THAT NOTE. THAT. NOTE. What?! I swear it went on for a month. She's amazing.
Aaron Kelly
Aww, precious Aaron! Yes, he was amazing. I think he can do really well in the country genre.
The Climb
Weird song choice? Yes. Bad performance? No. So good. I got chills, ngl.
Michael Lynche
Big Mike! I liked him rapping. That was pretty damn awesome. He did great, also.
Casey James
Sickest guitar player ever.
Bonus!Masey
Crystal Bowersox
She's amazing. She started like mumbling to herself on stage at one point lol it was funny.
Lee DeWyze
This may surprise you... but I actually liked Lee last night! I thought he sounded really good!
Didn't get pictures of the group performance because my friend and I rushed out to the barricades, which brings us to our meet &greet section! I'm going to talk about before the show and after the show in this section (if I met them before). In regards to before the show, it's going to sound completely weird and sketchy out of context but it was honestly a moment of right time, right place. It will be explained in Tim's section~.
Didi
Didn't get a picture, but she's so sweet and appreciative. She's also ridiculously pretty.
Aaron
Oh, Aaron. <3 He's so adorable. I told him how awesome he did and he thanked me. My friend gave him that necklace he's wearing so I told him that, too, ha. He's short and small and adorable in person. <3
Andrew
I didn't say much to him but "what up" but he was telling the people next to me about the frog video he posted. wat.
Casey
UNF. He's tall. And he's gorgeous. We asked how we were doing at the same time. ~soulmates~. Lol no, but he's really nice. And also good looking.
Katie
IDK I WANT TO BE BFFS WITH HER GUYS. And go shopping. She's tiny and adorable and super sweet.
Siobhan
IDK MY BFF SIOBHAN. I was surprised at how quiet she was. But she was super sweet. Her and Tim were definitely the ones that took their time the most with the crowd. She got to us and I told her she was a goddess and she laughed and said thanks. I want to be her bff.
Lee
Like I said before, I turned into a Lee fan tonight. He was the most indemand so he couldn't take photos and he could barely even stop for people. Ray (the handler) sometimes had to just grab photos for him to autograph. That happened with me but Lee ended up passing me and I said "Lee, you did amazing tonight." And he stopped and looked me in the eyes~ and said "thank you SO much. I appreciate it." Yeah, definitely a fan. Super nice guy.
Michael
After Tim he was my favorite to meet. Right when he got to us I went "MIKE ARE YOU GONNA MAKE A SANDWICH VIDEO TONIGHT!?" and he looked at me and I go "I really look forward to them. They make my day." SO then Mike, my friend, and I talked about sandwiches for about 2 minutes lmao. He asked for our twitter names. THEN HE POSTED A SANDWICH VIDEO! 4 FOR YOU MIKE COCO!
Crystal
Before I didn't really ~meet her before. My 2 friends did. She was standing outside a hotel and my friends bolted to her lolol. She's so nice. And extremely tiny, omg. Then a few other people showed up and we kind of just chilled with Crystal for awhile. She's so nice. She's like "why do people get nervous talking to us? That's so weird!" Ha.
After Again, super sweet. I told her how much I loved her shirt which had penguins on it and she thanks me. Loooove her.
Tim
Before Okay, so my mom and I always book a hotel for shows. She can't drive at night. Other stuff too I won't bore you with. I was having a really bad morning. It was raining, we were fighting, and I had stuff for Tim that I just gave up hope getting to him because of the rain. So I stood outside the hotel roof waiting for my friends to meet me there. The idols *do* stay at this hotel. But I want to make it clear I was not waiting for them at their hotel. I find that kind of weird? It's across the street from the venue, my friends and I waited outside the roof until the rain slowed down when all of a sudden my mom comes out and goes "You. Come here. Grab your stuff." My first thougt was "~great what did i do know?" lololol. Then she grabs me and goes "I'm waiting for our room. Tim walked downstairs. I talked to him about you and asked if it was okay if you could give him your gifts and he said it was fine." So I'm freaking out right now. We walk in the lobby and he's playing piano and I just wanted to keep listening lololol.
So I got closer to the piano and he looks at me and goes "...Hi!" at this point everything I wanted to say left my brain. I was like standing there when I realized I'm staring at him like a moron and so I gave him the gifts (btw it was a fanbook, a mix CD, etc) and he's like "NO WAY!" And he opens the fanbook and he goes "Heck yes! I love these! Thank you so much!" And I told him I hope he liked it. I got fangirly and told him I loved him on the show and I voted every week and he laughed and gave me a huge smile. :D Then he asked if I was going to the show tonight and where I was sitting. I told him the floor seats row 10 and he's like "um, left or right?" At this point I made a fool of myself I said "left...right...left.. my left." OH LORD. But he nodded and was "okay, cool!" I still don't know why he asked, lmao.We said goodbye and I saw him again getting on the bus and he nodded at me and then I saw him at the arena. He told me he looked at the book and he loved it and he appreciated it. <3
After He was one of the last to be there when he got closer to us he all of a sudden said "oh man, I gotta hurry up." So I'm sadface because of this. He was zooming through people singing autographs when he started to sign mine I went "Hey, Tim!" and he looked up, gave a :D face and went "HEY!!!!" Vice versa. I asked him how he like everything else I got him and he said he loved everything and thanked me again. Then we made fun of hs reaction to me and we mimicked it again. It was fun. We took a picture/signed some stuff and my friend and I told him we might be at th Sunday show and he's like "I don't even know where I'll be on Sunday" lmao. We told him Mansfield and he's like ":D awesome!" We said our goodbyes, we thanked each other again and that was that. Legit cloud 9 guys.
If you guys want more tour photos go I posted them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourhopefulvoice/sets/72157624503067804/
You can make graphics/macros/whatever. :D
idc what the reviews said, I adored this concert. Sure, it's not as high energy was previous years but I had a blast. They're all 10x better off the show than on. So I'll talk about the concert and then meeting them, so I'll start with the concert lol.
Didi Benami
This proved she left way too soon. I thought she did a great job with both songs. I wasn't familar with the first but I was with Terrified, obviously.
Andrew Garcia
He did great, too! lol I was totally jamming out to Straight Up.
Katie Stevens
Girl killed it. lol I love Demi Lovato so I loved Here We Go Again and Katie can seriously nail a Christina song. She's another one that should have placed higher.
Tim Urban
I love this shot. Um. I LOVE HIM. Surprise, surprise. He didn't play guitar on Viva La Vida for whatever reason but it didn't hinder his performance. He worked the crowd. Really, I have nothing but good things to say about him. Duh.
Siobhan Magnus
Homegirl was insane in the best possible way. THAT NOTE. THAT. NOTE. What?! I swear it went on for a month. She's amazing.
Aaron Kelly
Aww, precious Aaron! Yes, he was amazing. I think he can do really well in the country genre.
The Climb
Weird song choice? Yes. Bad performance? No. So good. I got chills, ngl.
Michael Lynche
Big Mike! I liked him rapping. That was pretty damn awesome. He did great, also.
Casey James
Sickest guitar player ever.
Bonus!Masey
Crystal Bowersox
She's amazing. She started like mumbling to herself on stage at one point lol it was funny.
Lee DeWyze
This may surprise you... but I actually liked Lee last night! I thought he sounded really good!
Didn't get pictures of the group performance because my friend and I rushed out to the barricades, which brings us to our meet &greet section! I'm going to talk about before the show and after the show in this section (if I met them before). In regards to before the show, it's going to sound completely weird and sketchy out of context but it was honestly a moment of right time, right place. It will be explained in Tim's section~.
Didi
Didn't get a picture, but she's so sweet and appreciative. She's also ridiculously pretty.
Aaron
Oh, Aaron. <3 He's so adorable. I told him how awesome he did and he thanked me. My friend gave him that necklace he's wearing so I told him that, too, ha. He's short and small and adorable in person. <3
Andrew
I didn't say much to him but "what up" but he was telling the people next to me about the frog video he posted. wat.
Casey
UNF. He's tall. And he's gorgeous. We asked how we were doing at the same time. ~soulmates~. Lol no, but he's really nice. And also good looking.
Katie
IDK I WANT TO BE BFFS WITH HER GUYS. And go shopping. She's tiny and adorable and super sweet.
Siobhan
IDK MY BFF SIOBHAN. I was surprised at how quiet she was. But she was super sweet. Her and Tim were definitely the ones that took their time the most with the crowd. She got to us and I told her she was a goddess and she laughed and said thanks. I want to be her bff.
Lee
Like I said before, I turned into a Lee fan tonight. He was the most indemand so he couldn't take photos and he could barely even stop for people. Ray (the handler) sometimes had to just grab photos for him to autograph. That happened with me but Lee ended up passing me and I said "Lee, you did amazing tonight." And he stopped and looked me in the eyes~ and said "thank you SO much. I appreciate it." Yeah, definitely a fan. Super nice guy.
Michael
After Tim he was my favorite to meet. Right when he got to us I went "MIKE ARE YOU GONNA MAKE A SANDWICH VIDEO TONIGHT!?" and he looked at me and I go "I really look forward to them. They make my day." SO then Mike, my friend, and I talked about sandwiches for about 2 minutes lmao. He asked for our twitter names. THEN HE POSTED A SANDWICH VIDEO! 4 FOR YOU MIKE COCO!
Crystal
Before I didn't really ~meet her before. My 2 friends did. She was standing outside a hotel and my friends bolted to her lolol. She's so nice. And extremely tiny, omg. Then a few other people showed up and we kind of just chilled with Crystal for awhile. She's so nice. She's like "why do people get nervous talking to us? That's so weird!" Ha.
After Again, super sweet. I told her how much I loved her shirt which had penguins on it and she thanks me. Loooove her.
Tim
Before Okay, so my mom and I always book a hotel for shows. She can't drive at night. Other stuff too I won't bore you with. I was having a really bad morning. It was raining, we were fighting, and I had stuff for Tim that I just gave up hope getting to him because of the rain. So I stood outside the hotel roof waiting for my friends to meet me there. The idols *do* stay at this hotel. But I want to make it clear I was not waiting for them at their hotel. I find that kind of weird? It's across the street from the venue, my friends and I waited outside the roof until the rain slowed down when all of a sudden my mom comes out and goes "You. Come here. Grab your stuff." My first thougt was "~great what did i do know?" lololol. Then she grabs me and goes "I'm waiting for our room. Tim walked downstairs. I talked to him about you and asked if it was okay if you could give him your gifts and he said it was fine." So I'm freaking out right now. We walk in the lobby and he's playing piano and I just wanted to keep listening lololol.
So I got closer to the piano and he looks at me and goes "...Hi!" at this point everything I wanted to say left my brain. I was like standing there when I realized I'm staring at him like a moron and so I gave him the gifts (btw it was a fanbook, a mix CD, etc) and he's like "NO WAY!" And he opens the fanbook and he goes "Heck yes! I love these! Thank you so much!" And I told him I hope he liked it. I got fangirly and told him I loved him on the show and I voted every week and he laughed and gave me a huge smile. :D Then he asked if I was going to the show tonight and where I was sitting. I told him the floor seats row 10 and he's like "um, left or right?" At this point I made a fool of myself I said "left...right...left.. my left." OH LORD. But he nodded and was "okay, cool!" I still don't know why he asked, lmao.We said goodbye and I saw him again getting on the bus and he nodded at me and then I saw him at the arena. He told me he looked at the book and he loved it and he appreciated it. <3
After He was one of the last to be there when he got closer to us he all of a sudden said "oh man, I gotta hurry up." So I'm sadface because of this. He was zooming through people singing autographs when he started to sign mine I went "Hey, Tim!" and he looked up, gave a :D face and went "HEY!!!!" Vice versa. I asked him how he like everything else I got him and he said he loved everything and thanked me again. Then we made fun of hs reaction to me and we mimicked it again. It was fun. We took a picture/signed some stuff and my friend and I told him we might be at th Sunday show and he's like "I don't even know where I'll be on Sunday" lmao. We told him Mansfield and he's like ":D awesome!" We said our goodbyes, we thanked each other again and that was that. Legit cloud 9 guys.
If you guys want more tour photos go I posted them here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourhopefulvoice/sets/72157624503067804/
You can make graphics/macros/whatever. :D