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My friend called me on February 4. She told me All Time Low was coming to Mexico on May. I wanted to scream, literally, because I was waiting for them to come for a long time, but I couldn’t since I was babysitting my nephew and he was asleep. Anyways, after waiting 95 days, form for m&g was posted on THC. I was crying.
The day before the show we went to the airport, and saw Zack, Rian, Alex and most of their crew. Security didn’t let us take pictures, but we saw them :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtGH3obd4Rk
I couldn’t sleep that night, I was very excited! I got out of bed at 9:00 and checked my inbox to see if instructions were already there, but I got them at 10:45 a.m. so I got ready and went to the venue. I was outside looking for other hustlers, but couldn’t find them so I freaked out because I thought they were already inside with Matt. I found them after a bit, talked and then Matt came outside and gave us our bracelets. Our m&g was after doors, so we had to hang out inside the venue waiting for Matt again, who came meet us and took us into a room backstage. The guys came in and some people were screaming, I was sitting on a couch because I still couldn’t believe they were in front of me. Then Colussy told us to make a line, and he was taking our picture with the guys. Zack asked me how to say ‘the f word’ in Spanish, and what does cabron mean (fucker) then Rian asked me how to say fuck (again) and thanked me for the ‘lesson’ they signed my ticket [I think Alex didn’t :(] I hugged them all. Zack hugged me tight! And Alex smells so good. When they were leaving, I said “bye, Alex” and he said: “bye, love” then we high-fived.
At the show: Rian said “si” (yes), Alex wore a flag as cape, Zack wore a sombrero, and they said “chichis!” (boobies)
Well this was at the toronto show on april 25th. Honestly, I totally consider this the best day of my life. So since I never got an email about m&g even though i had it, I was super confused and scared that I wouldn’t get to meet all time low because of this. When I got there, I met two other hustlers who were just as confused as me. A security guard told us what to do, and of course, what he said was wrong. We were told to go wait in line, so we did. If we didn’t go back to the front around the time of m&g, we never would have gotten to meet them. When I was finally standing in the empty venue with about 40 other excited hustlers and matt, it finally hit me “oh my god I’m about to meet All Time Low”. Alex walked out first and that’s when my insides just went crazy, but I tried reaaaally hard to keep my outside composed. Alex was the first person I met, and I told him that I’m trying so hard not to freak out right now and he was like well you’re doing a really good job of it, I’m pretty sure I probably blushed like a little girl. Then I met Rian, and he was super super nice and funny. Then I got to meet zack, and the friend i had come with who didn’t have m&g loves zack so I made sure to let him know how she feels because she begged me, and he was really nice about it and he was really funny too! Then I met Jack, Jack is hilarious. He signed my friend’s shirt which is the all time low one with fruit on it and he was like “orange you glad I didn’t say banana” and then when we took a picture he just kept buzzing, it was really hard to stop myself from laughing. The thirty minutes you get to spend with all time low goes by so fast, and you really wish it never would end because the happiness you feel is electric and you get a rush through your body. When All time low started to leave, my new hustler friends and i started to walk over to merch, but alex was still in the room so the three of us yelled “BYE ALEX!” and he looked up and around, saw us waving then smiled and waved back.
The concert was amazing, I’ve never had that much fun in my life! I thank all time low everyday for providing me with such great experiences. Can’t wait for them to come back :)
okay i feel like today is the day i should finally tell you about the concert on May 4th but its gonna be a veryyyyyy longgggg tweet! Okay so it was on a scale one to ten it was like a 7ish. It was very stressful, and overwhelming concert, oh yeah and confusing, but still good! So me and my friend had my dad drive an hour and a half to the Crocodile Rock venue, and we got in line realizing that we were in the wrong line, because we were in the line for normal entry and not M&G/early entry line, so we had to move and get into a different line. Once we got to the front of the other line, we could hear the bands doing soundchecks and what not, and then later we saw Colussay(idk if i spelled his name right) come out of the door, and with a guitar, and then he came back with alex gaskarth, and of course i wasnt looking at the time until i hear people talking about alex gaskarth, so then i turned my head and was like “sarah look! its alex gaskarth!” (she was looking in his direction, but she was kinda zoned out and didnt realize that it was alex until i said it and then she made the most starstruck funny face i have ever scene, and of course alex was starring at her hahah. and then finally matt flyzick came out for M&G and i gave him my photo ID and i was like the first person to enter the M&G and then we were waiting in the freezing venue til the band came out. Then comes the moment i had been waiting for for 2 years!!! I was the first person in line to meet Jack and omg he was soooooooo nice! omg! hes like i like your shirt(it said atl and in the atl it had a line frrom every song and on the back it had every single song and their release dates) and i was like thanks its glow in the dark and he was like “thats sexy :)” and then i gave him my drawing and he was like “WOAHHHHH A GREEN NOSE!!!” and i was like yeah!!!!! and he was like “do you want me to sign it or keep it?” and i was like keep it because i have another thing for you to sign. ” and he was like “Yay! ill fold it up (folds it up) and put it in my side pocket(and puts the drawing in his inside boob pocket of his leather jacket) and im like “good! keep it forever!” and he said “i will!” and then it was picture time and i was like “i feel short” because my head was awkwardly next to his shoulder in an uncomfortably way” so then he put his head next to mine and we took a pic and he squeezed my shoulder really tight!! ahhhh <3 Then i was in line with my friend to meet alex and my friend gave him a teddy bear with atl written on it and he liked it and he laughed in like a cute way :) and then i met him and i gave him the pic and he was like this is really cool! :) and he was like “Danny!!! (Kurliy) and he gave it to him and danny was like “woahhhhh this is really good!!!” and i took a pic with alex but it wasnt that good and then he signed my poster with all the drawings on it. it was freezing so zack was like trying to warm himself up by moving around alot in place you know mean. and then i gave him the pic and he was like this is really cool” and im like thanks and we took a pic and he squeezed my arm to try to warm up :) and then i met rian. he was like “hey!” and im like hey and i gave him the drawing(which was the worst drawing of mine, well i think it was and he was like “woahhh i love it this is like sooo good!” and im like thanks! and he went like “i always hated artists because they make me feel stupid because i cant draw!” :( and i was like “im sure your not that bad! your good at playing drums and i could never play any instrument as well as you!” and he was like “haha well…” and we took a pic and he sqeezed me the tightest like you can see the indentations of his fingers on my skin!! ahhhh!! then we got 2nd row and once the summer set was on, me and my friend got separated so we had to communicate through the people in between us, so then i was in like actually a very confortable position so my arms were like stuck in the air so i had no chose but to rest them on the backs of the girls in front of me, and i wasnt like squished in a “cant breathe” kind of way but like in a comfortable way you know? and i was screaming and i was like this close || of getting 2 of john gomez’s guitar pick from the summer set but then inbetween hey monday and the summer set, my friend left the 2nd row, but i didnt know until i heard “let this girl out” but she didnt have her phone. so i left to cuz i didnt want to leave her alone, but i couldnt find her the entire hey mondays set, and so i couldnt see hey monday because i was trying to find her, and then i found her after hey monday and she was like “i thought you were in front? i wouldnt have cared if you stayed up front…” and i was like come on!!! (well in my head) so then when atl was on, i couldn’t see the stage like at all” and i was looking for her like 3 more times throughout the concert and like spend the majority of the time crying trying to find her and i was just getting frusterated and mad because i missed most of the concert and she didnt even care. so thats why it was a 6 or 7 on a scale of one to ten instead of a 1938383838. so yeah. i regret moving. word of advice, if you have a great spot like near the front, DO NOT LEAVE! I REPEAT! DO NOT LEAVE!! sorry i didnt tweet you back before i was too lazy
By the time this posts, I’ll be on my way to Baltimore!
If you’re going to hometown this weekend and see me please come say hi! Also if you’re wanting some free food follow my twitter, @mynameiscarlie for details on where it will be located the entire weekend. Aka, meaning info for our hotel.
I’ll be in town for tigerfest, just to see brand new on friday night, but i’ll also be with a few hustlers and then satuday is the big day! Admin is considering coming to hometown and i’m excited, so if you’d like to see/meet her send her some love @dawniewalker - please?
I want to get pictures with as many of you as I can! SO DO NOT hesitate! <3 xo
Heyyy everyone its Gab (gibzgabx11) and I’m relatively new to the Hustler Club so bear with me here=) But anyway, about the show.. there are like no words for how amazing it was.
Let me start off by saying I also saw them on the Dirty Work Tour on March 25 at Starland Ballroom in NJ. I didn’t post about that one because as great as the music was, the crowd really made it less special for me. The venue clearly oversold the show and it was very hard to find anywhere to breathe.. even just for a second. But thats over now and the show I went to on Tuesday totally 110% made up for it!
During the school day on Tuesday (the day of the show) every class felt like it dragged on FOREVER. I just wanted it to be over so I could leave for the city with my friend Courtney and my cousin Katie! Eventually it did end and before I knew it we were on our way to the venue. We made a pit stop at Shake Shack for some pre-concert food and since it was right down the block from the venue we made it there in no time!
The venue was gorgeous. I had heard rumors that security was extremely strict and I had no shot of meeting anyone.. but I’ll get back to that later;) Anyway, so we missed The Summer Set go on.. but I didn’t mind too much because I had already seen them several times. I love them though! We bough some merch from Vinny, pre-ordered the album, and then kept walking around because Hey Monday was going on and I was sick and tired of seeing them. I have seen them at least 5 times completely unintentionally, they just so happen to be on every tour I want to go to -_- Don’t get me wrong, I like them I guess.. but I couldn’t do it. And I’m very glad I didn’t because as Courtney and I wandered around, who did we stumble upon but John Gomez from The Summer Set! I ran up to him and we talked for a bit and then took a picture making weird faces, gotta love him<3
When walking away from John, I saw Brian Dales walking in the direction we came from. I didn’t want to bother him for a picture because he was talking with his friends and going to the bar probably to drink so I just said “Hi Brian!” and he actually SMILED and said hello! This came as a surprise to me because when I met him at Warped Tour over the summer he wasn’t very friendly:/
A little while later I also saw like all of Yellowcard walking towards the dressing room area and in a moment of complete starstruckness I went blank and could not remember their names. Ugh. Its okay though! So then Hey Monday was over but we still chilled in the halls until YC went on because it was SO hot in the room w/ the stage. Someone was walking by us coming from the dressing room area and I recognized him from somewhere! It was Gunz from thegunzshow on idobi radio! So I said, Gunz? And he turned around and said BALLINNNN! As always! I hugged him and then heard YC start up so we went inside! We chilled in the back for most of their set with a great view.
Towards the end of their set, however, Courtney and I knew we had to get to the very front. We NEEDED to for All Time Low! So we used our intense crowd weaving skills and we actually made it to the baracade by the end of Ocean Avenue!
Being right on the baracade for All Time Low was AMAZING. Alex was so close to us always and it was wonderful. The set was even better than usual and everything was just perfect! Except when some idiot interrupted Alex’s Therapy speech by screaming “shut the —— up!” in the middle of it. It wasn’t directed toward Alex, but still! Alex ended the speech by saying it was for everyone who had lost their lives in 9/11. The girl behind me started hysterical crying and didnt stop for the entire length of the song. I could tell she probably lost someone close in 9/11 so I turned around and just hugged her. She was a total stranger but I knew she needed one.. and it felt good because she stopped crying a little bit after that.
Oh and the guy standing right next to me, or rather on top of me considering we were so packed together, got Alex’s attention and asked him to play Lullabies for his friend that had recently passed away. As you guys probably know, Alex won’t play that song live anymore considering what its about.. so instead he dedicated Remembering Sunday to him. That was really sweet as well.
I have videos of both of those songs that I’ll post on my personal tumblr (bigxmessx11.tumblr.com) because I don’t know how to post videos on here o_O
Anyway. So yeah after they were done I was DRENCHED in sweat. Courtney and I headed to the bathroom and on the way met the drummer from Yellowcard! He was chill, didn’t say much though.
Then I also saw Marky from GK who complemented my shirt (obviously! haha) and we talked about sweat. That sounds weird.. theres a reason I promise! I hugged him and I said sorry I’m so sweaty! And he said sweat!?! I love sweat! YAYYYY SWEAT! And started cheering! It was great haha
And then I left.. feeling pretty beat up, but happier than ever!
The next morning, yesterday, I woke up with an intense cold and so many bruises but it was worth it!
If you read all this, MAD PROPS! haha alrighty thats about it! bye guys <3
I was hanging outside by the trash bins at work on my break (it was nice outside and wanted some fresh air before going back to work). Anyways, so I'm sitting outside upset that I had to work when I knew All Time Low was at the Hot Topic we have and that I couldn't go to their Cleveland show. I hear the door open and I look to see the boys walk outside. I just kept looking at them. They all smiled and said hi to me. They were super nice! They talked to me for about 5 minutes. They gave me a hug goodbye and started pilling into their van. While they were all getting in Alex stood outside and kept looking at me smiling. Then as he was about to get in he said "See yeah later hot stuff!" When I got home from work I got a message online from a friend who had meet and greet at the venue that they had to move the meet and greet between sets because they were late. I have a feeling I had something to do with them being late. :/ They are the nicest guys every and no matter what people say they do care about their fans. They did not have to talk to me at all but they did!
So, this date was pretty long anticipated since me and Ash had been planning this since December when dates were first released. I was staying at her house since she lives closer to New York City than I do, and I was staying there for Bamboozle anyway. The wait to actually get into the city was pretty frustrating because we had to wait for one of Ash’s parents to get home to relieve her of babysitting duty, but after some time, we were on a bus to NYC a little bit after 3 PM. We got into the city around 3:40 (prettay prettay good, if I say so myself), and we got to the venue around 4, with an hour to kill before we had to be there for EE. Seeing the venue with the boy’s faces on it and clips from STD playing made me feel like a proud mama, and that was the moment that it really hit me and that was when I really became super stoked.
I made friends with a bunch of people in the EE line and we were just talking about dates and stuff and how many times we’ve seen the guys, and how excited we were for the show and stuff. Admin came out and checked our names and then we had to wait for a bit before we could go down to the floor. They told us to walk, but it was a bit of a mad rush, ngl. I ended up with Ash on the far left, aka Jack’s side, and I was completely alright with this. Second row made me happy and I wasn’t behind anyone tall for once, which was A++.
Singing along to the changeover songs was nothing new, and then the lights went down and The Summer Set went on, and they were alright. It was my first time seeing them live, and I wasn’t really impressed. They were okay, not great. It just wasn’t my thing at all, so I bobbed along and picked up on lyrics, and their set was fun, but it wasn’t my thing.
Hey Monday was better than I expected. Seriously. I’m not a ~fan, but I’ve gained a lot more respect for them after this show. I know Cassadee is a great vocalist, but I’ve never really had fun during their set, and tonight was fun. I dunno what changed, but I like it. I really had a good time during their set. I didn’t see it, but the circle pit during Candles made me laugh after I heard about it.
Um…Yellowcard. I’ve seen them 3 times already because of the UK shows and I was stokedstokedstoked to see them again and man, they did not disappoint. At ALL. From start to finish, their set was high energy, and singing back lyrics was so much fun. I went as crazy as I could. I just had so much pent up energy and man did I unleash it. It was crazy, hot sweaty, and awesome.
All Time Low was something else all together. I left the second row right after Time Bomb and I retreated to the mosh pit, and I am SO happy that I did. I did something I hadn’t done at an ATL show in about 11 months. I crowdsurfed, and it was a good decision. I had fun, I danced, I was up and down. Things got a bit shaky after Six Feet. I landed on my leg, and it hurt pretty bad. I limped away from security and I couldn’t put weight on my leg. I sat down, off to the side and someone got first aid for me. I think I pulled something, but I completely disregarded the fact that I was in pain because I was pissed that I was missing the show. I heard Break Your Little Heart and Sick Little Games through the door and I was singing along, and I was so pissed. I gave them my information and I walked back with a makeshift icepack attached to my leg. Did that stop me…? Noooot really. After I Feel Like Dancin’…I went up again, and yeah, that just continued for a while until they played Remembering Sunday, and it was beautiful. Alex dedicated it to someone who died, and during ‘Remembering Sunday, he falls to his knees’ a bunch of guys in the moshpit got everyone to sit down or kneel, and when we all stood up again, we slow danced, and it was fucking amazing. I’d never seen anything that awesome at a show before. And Therapy…I’m sure a lot of you heard the speech got interrupted before, but even so, I ended up breaking down like a baby and I was pulled into this group hug, and the girls closest to me whispered in my ear that Therapy was for me tonight and I just broke down more. All the shit that had happened in the last few months, all the loneliness, all the mistrust, it just came back and hearing Therapy made things okay. They played Weightless and Dear Maria, and it was awesome, and for once I wasn’t UPSET because the show was over. I was content. Because it was amazing. This was my 10th ATL show and it was honestly one of the best. I was sweaty, tired, sore. I ended up limping out of the venue, but it was okay.
Oh, and it got better. :) I ended up meeting Sean Mackin, Jack, and me and a bunch of hustlers got a group picture with Marky.
I just want to keep this show fresh in my head, even if I AM stoked for hometown.
this might be really long. Just wanted to warn you lol.
So the morning of the concert I decided to check the m&g list again because I never looked at it since they put it up. I found out that it only had 1 m&g pass by my name when the list first was put up I had two. I knew I turned the form in on time and I bought two tickets so it made no sense to me that I didn’t have 2 m&g passes by my name. Needless to say, I was freaking out. I was already freaking out because it was the day I was going to be seeing them, but this just made it ten times worse lol. So throughout my three classes I had that day I felt naesous the entire time, couldn’t really concentrate, etc. Please tell me I’m not the only one that feels this way during the day of a concert haha. I couldn’t even eat. Anyways, I just needed to know whether my sister could go in with me to the m&g. I knew she would have been devistated if she wasn’t able to. We met up with our friends we were going with around 2:30. There were 5 people total in the car, and we had a blast just talking about different things. It was great. I still hadn’t told Meagan that she may not be able to meet them because I knew if I did..well that wouldn’t have turned out so good. Then on the way there I got a message from Admin saying that she just sent the updated list to Flyzik. It just wasn’t updated on THC, so my sister was able to come in with me. I was relieved.
So when we got there there was already tons of people in line. The people that had m&g just stood around by the door waiting for Flyzik to come get us. We got to The Diamond Ballroom around 3:50 I believe so we still had a while to wait. The m&g email said that if you got there after 4:30 then you wouldn’t be allowed in so we made sure to get there early so that wouldn’t happen lol. So as we were standing there, waiting, Meagan just so happened to glance to her left and who does she say? Yes…the one and only Alexander William Gaskarth with his shirt off. She got my attention and when I laid eyes on him my heart skipped a beat. Why does he have to be so damn sexy?! Omg. So we waited outside for quite some time…maybe close to 2 hours or something like that. It was fun to watch Rian and Colussy ride around on their little motorcycles. haha. And it was SO awesome to see so many people wearing Glamour Kills merch in one place at one time.
Then the time finally came to meet them. Flyzik came out of the doors we were all standing by and I like flipped out. I didn’t scream out loud but I was screaming on the inside. He was standing right in front of me. He was so much more hotter in person. When I gave him my picture ID I told him I liked his Mickey Mouse sticker on his clipboard and he smiled and said thank you. He was really quiet but really sweet. Matt gathered us up after we all got in and told us what we could and could not do. It’s awesome that there isn’t many rules. We just got to hang with them for 25 minutes. I know it said 40 minutes on the m&g email, but we only had 27 people in the m&g so I guess they schedule how much time we get to spend with the boys based on how many people are at the m&g. So he told Colussy to bring the guys out and we had to wait for a good five minutes until they arrived.
I don’t think it really dawned on me that I was actually getting to meet my favorite band until they started walking towards us. My friends and sister looked at me and said “don’t freak out. it’s all good.” I was trying my hardest not to. Alex walks towards our direction and then just stands there waiting for someone to come up to him. No one was coming up to him (I think it was just because it was Alexander William Gaskarth and everyone was in shock that we were standing less than a foot away from him lol). But Meagan and I went up to him first since no one else was. I walk up to him and give him a hug. (he gives amazing hugs <3). The conversation went like this:
Alex: “hi!” Me: “hi Alex, I’m Kelsey and this is Meagan.” Meagan: “can I take a picture with you?” Me: “I wanted him to sign my iphone first.” (I wasn’t trying to be a bitch lol. I just wanted him to sign stuff first and then take pics lol). Alex: “hey don’t fight!” Meagan and I just smiled at him because we didn’t really know what to say haha. He signs my iphone, but he signed it pretty big. I was thinking in my mind “Alex, I want Jack, Zack and Rian to sign it to. You should have left room for them!” haha. It was all good though. Meagan and I got a picture with him together. I noticed when he’s taking pictures with you that he pulls you in really close to him and wraps his arms around you tightly. I don’t even care though….it was an amazing feeling :) So we said bye to him and was waiting to see Jack. There was quite a few people surrounding Jack and Meagan and I noticed that there was no one by Zack so we decided to go up to Zack while waiting for Jack. He was def really sweaty and his hair looked like he just got out of bed lol. However, they were sitting out in the heat all day so it didn’t surprise me that he looked the way he did. (which of course was sexy as hell). I introduced myself and so did my sister. He was like “I’m Zack.” and then Meagan was like, “yeah…we know that.” and then he started laughing. I knew he was just being polite. I asked him when his new spring line was coming out and he said April 12th. I believe I already knew that answer…I just wanted to hear it from him haha. We took our picture and told him thank you. Then we noticed there was less people by Jack so we decided to wait and finally got our chance to see him. We introduced ourselves and Meagan got her picture with him. He was so tall that I couldn’t fit him in the camera so he had to lean down to fit in the picture lol. I got my picture with him (which is my favorite btw). After we got our picture taken we talked to him for a while. Here was our conversation:
Meagan: “So guess what?” Jack: “What?” Meagan: “We’re Lebanese too!” He looks at us for a minute and is like “I can see it.” and does this hand shake thing with us. Jack: “Are you triplets or sisters?” (Idk why he asked that b/c Meagan and I were the only ones there lol.) Meagan: “We’re sisters.” Me: “I’m a twin though!” Jack: “Where is she?” Me: “She’s at home. She doesn’t like you guys.” Jack: “What a bastard!” Meagan and I start laughing. Meagan: “Yeah, I know right..she is.” Jack: “hahah you called your sister a bastard!” (He was also signing our phones while we were having our conversation. I love how he puts smiley faces and stars by his signature). Then I noticed that I still had the Pops bag in my hand. Pops is a popular restaurant in OK that has thousands different flavors of Pop, so I decided to go there to get them something. My mom thought it would be a good idea to get them something from OK. So I showed Jack what we got them. I pull out the beanie I got Alex and tell Jack that it’s for Alex. And he was like….”well I might wear it to!” And then I show him what I got him, which was a beer holder container thing that has a zipper on the side. He seemed to like it….he kept on zipping and unzipping the zipper lol. I told him that I got blue since it’s his favorite color. We explained to him what Pops was because he asked and he seemed really interested in it. He even asked us where it was. And I told him it was like 30 minutes away from here. I wasn’t really sure though. Then Jack was like: “We could have gone there today instead of sitting outside alll day!” And then I tell him that there is also letters in there that Meagan and I wrote for the guys. Jack gives the bag to Colussy and then Jack starts telling Colussy what Pops is and how they should have gone. It made me happy how interested he was while talking to us. He’s a total sweetheart. We tell him bye and go say hi to Rian and get pictures with him. We introduce ourselves and he does the same thing Zack does and says “I’m Rian.” and Meagan was like…”obviously.” He starts laughing as well. After we’re done, we wait for our friends to meet Jack. I realize that I never had Zack or Rian sign my iPhone so I went up to him and asked him to sign it. He says sure. Then I say: “I’m sorry if there isn’t much room. Alex took up a lot of space.” Zack: “There is plenty of room!” He signs it and hands it back to me and then being the total klutz I am, I almost drop it, but then I caught it (thankfully). Zack: “nice catch! But that’s why you have a case for it.” Me: “Well now that you guys signed it I don’t want a case for it.” Zack: “Well you can get a clear one.” Me: “Good idea!” We said bye again and I was glad he gave me that suggestion, but I went to 4 different places the next day to find one and they didn’t have any :( I was handling my phone with care b/c Zack’s and Rian’s signatures were wearing off. However, I finally found a clear case at Target yay! Then I asked Rian to sign it. As he was signing my phone he was talking to Jack about googling something inappropiate. I’m not sure what he was talking about, but he said something about sticking something up your ass. Yeah…I have no clue lol. And then Alex overheard and was like “hey! That’s inappropiate. Let’s not talk about that.” I don’t know why he said that but maybe he thought we looked younger than we really are, so I guess that’s why. I found it pretty funny though. Then they had to leave, and was like enjoy the show.
There were already people up at barracade, so my friends, sister and I had to be in the second row right behind them. Meagan and I got merch while we were waiting. Vinny was super nice. Everything was awesome until they started letting everyone in. I didn’t realize it was going to be that crowded. I could hardly move, and the concert didn’t even start yet. The Summer Set finally came on and they were amazing. Brian was super sexy. As they were playing their set though, everyone was pushing and shoving. I found out the hard way that if you start jumping up and down you easily lose your spot. This girl beside me was trying to push me out of the way saying “I’ve been here for 5 hours so I’m going to get my spot!” I just couldn’t believe how aggressive some people were being. It was crazy. We soon realized that we wouldn’t be able to handle all of the pushing/shoving, etc throughout the entire show.. It was crazy during TSS (however I was happy that we were up close to them because after seeing them live I am now obsessed haha)…I couldn’t imagine what it would have been like with ATL. I got pushed back to the third row…away from Meagan, Magi, Rachel and Annabell. Long story short, after TSS’s set was over Meagan and I decided we wanted to move to the back because as cool as it was to be up close and personal with them, we couldn’t handle being pushed and shoved the entire time. So with some other people’s help, we got to the back and purchased our third bottle of water. It was REALLY hot in that venue. Everyone was drenched in sweat. We made sure to drink plenty of water so we wouldn’t pass out. I texted Rachel letting her know that Meagan and I moved to the back. We sat down in the back until Hey Monday came on and then we moved closer so we could see them better. Even though we couldn’t see them as well as we would have if we didn’t move, it was way more fun (at least for us) being back there. We could jump around and sing as loud as we wanted without worrying about someone elbowing us or taking our spot. Hey Monday was incredible. Cassadee has such an amazing voice live. Sometime during their set, Evan Kirkendall just so happened to walk pass me and when I realized it was him he already went back to his sound booth. I kind of flipped out a little because we were really close to him. It was really awesome to watch him work…you can tell he knows what he’s doing and is very good at it.
After Hey Monday’s set eveyone was anxious because ATL was getting ready to come on. Meagan and I decided to sit down just so we would save energy for ATL lol. I saw Jeff and said hi to him and he waved and said hi back. Then ATL’s intro started. Everyone was flipping. It was SO amazing. I got chills. During ATL’s set, Evan walked past me again to I guess to watch ATL. As he was walking back to his sound booth I got his attention and told him hi and gave him a hug. Meagan thought I was crazy for doing that but I don’t care! IT’S EVAN KIRKENDALL FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. OMG. I’m hoping he didn’t think I was a creep or anything for wanting a hug lol. I’m just glad I got to see him. ATL’s set was SO SO SO amazing. We knew every word to every song. It was great. They opened up with Time Bomb and then played Damned If I Do Ya. Then they played I Feel Like Dancing and during the middle of that song Rachel and Magi found us. They said it was crazy up there. They’ve been to many shows like that but this was by far the worst. Some security guard punched Annabell in the face, and some guy stuck his hand down Rachel’s pants. Crazy right? But we had a blast singing and dancing all together. I loved Jack and Alex’s conversations in between songs. Jack was like: “This is the first time we’ve played in Oklahoma City.” Everyone starts screaming. “Why are there no bras on my microphone stand! There is usually about 20 right now.” After Jack pointed that out I swear everyone started taking off there bras and putting it on Jack’s microphone stand. I think by the end of the night, there were like 30 bras up there. Alex also called us cute and perverted. lol. When they were getting a drink in between songs we all started shouting “take it off! take it off!” And Alex was like “I will not take my shirt off! You guys are perverted!” haha. It was great. I don’t know if their setlist changed or not but here is what they played if you want to know. :) I’ll try my best to remember the order they played them in lol.
Time Bomb, Damned If I Do Ya, I Feel Like Dancing, Jasey Rae, Coffeeshop Soundtrack, Let It Roll, Six Feet Under The Stars, Lost In Stereo, Poppin Champagne, Break Your Little Heart, Sick Little Games, Weightless, Teenage Dream/Remembering Sunday (It was so awesome to hear Cassadee sing the bridge with Alex), Therapy (w/ the full band. This was by far my favorite performance of the night. It was just incredible to hear them play that song with the entire band b/c I’m so used to hearing Alex play it on his acoustic guitar. It seriously gave me chills and what Alex said before he played the song brought tears to my eyes. Tons of people recorded it so hopefully it will be up on youtube and I’ll tell you what he said….if you want to know that is lol. He said something like always believe in yourselves and it’s time to grow the fuck up. It sounds a lot better when he’s actually saying it though haha). And then their encore was, of course, Dear Maria. The entire night was just so incredible. It was BY FAR THE BEST concert I’ve ever been 2. ATL KNOWS how to put on an amazing show. I was sad when Alex said that this is our last song. It seemed to go by so fast. After the show, Rachel, Magi and Annabell went to get merch. We already had ours so we were waiting for them but security kicked us out. The security there are total asses. One of the security guys was actually screaming at this one guy for wanting to get merch saying “I’ll kick you out and you can go to jail!” Then Vinny spoke up and was like “hey hey hey all they’re doing is buying merch. Chill out.” Or he said something of that sort. It made me happy how he was standing up for us like that :)
So…..I think that’s it. I’m sorry if this is extremley long haha. I know April 6th will be a night I will never forget. It was incredible beyond belief. I can’t stop thinking about it. I think Meagan and I have concert depression b/c we haven’t stopped talking about it and can’t believe it’s already over. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading! :)
Cleveland. Detroit. Cincinnati. (SORRY IT’S REAL LONG LOL)
Hey, Hi, Hello!
i’m sorry you have to see my face so much, ew.
So, I decided I’d do my massive recap right now and save a bigger post for Baltimore next weekend. Which, by the way, if you’re going and you’re hungry.. stop by the Hilton BWI (@reply me on twitter for more info) and come eat some food. I have nearly $200 in snacks saved for this trip (don’t worry, i used my meal plan from college lol) so if you want to come.. hang out with some of us, and eat our food, DO NOT HESITATE.
L2R - Cori, Caitlin, Carlie (me) 4/26 Cleveland
So I’m not going to write about my entire day leading up to the show, because it’s not that interesting. So, we got to the venue and waited for Matt to come grab us. When he realized the band was stuck in rush hour, he had to postpone our M&G until between sets. So I lost my barricade spot after TSS and went to hang with the boys (:
After that was done, I let the rest of the kids have there time and went over to Matt to talk for a second. When I asked for a picture with both Matts, it got complicated. They agreed but were busy.. so Flyzik and I stood there as Colussy went and did something. And then this happened. Rian photo bombed A+ most awkward, yet amazing picture of my life LOL
So then I basically stayed out of the crowd until ATL, which only put me in a worse mood. (See previous post that I reblogged here) I basically hit a girl in the face because she deserved it, aha. The crowd in cleveland was just ANNOYING. But I survived, while I didn’t have a great time, seeing everyone was nice! <3 lynda and I are quality.
Detroit This was my mystery show I kept hinting about. And I successfully met up with some pretty amazing people, and surprised a few others. ^ Two of the most amazing people EVER.
Anyways, so Detroit was a little better. I found a bunch of people as I made my way up closer, got called a few names in the process, removed two gigantic girls from the crowd AND kicked a guy in the head. Here’s the fun part. I had a balcony ticket. I had already been denied my sly moves to go to the GA area by one guard, so I went to another one and Showed him my ticket, but shortly after I flashed him my Hustler Bracelet from tuesday and made up some lie that… well the bracelet had special meaning. My friend chimed in and helped, and he sent us on our way to GA. (Do not try this at home..kids) LOL Yeah I felt bad, but I wasn’t standing in the balcony. No way.
Afterward, I was beaten to a bloody pulp and went to the bussed (my friend who isn’t in the club wanted to meet the guys) where we ran into intoxicated mothers that were screaming “DID YOU HAVE YOUR SWAG HONEY” needlesstosay I wanted them to be run over (: HAHA just kidding it was so awkward.
Cincinnati
» So it just deleted this portion; lovely. I was really excited for this date, because I was meeting up with SO many people. Let me cut to the photos first.! I love Katie and Erica <3
So after I met up with the majority of people, we had decided we were going to Ihop. Which never ended up happening. Explanation shortly. So after patiently waiting for matt again, we went into m&g and I didn’t have much to say, except i needed the boys to do me a favor for a friend. So they did that. I told them about this weekend in baltimore and everyones plans. They were excited. So then we rushed barricade. The entire show was BRUTAL and BEAUTIFUL. Jack laid on a speaker and like, grabbed my hand and sang to me “snakebite heart, bubblegum smile” t’was cute. (: I’m still in so much pain. I loved every second of it. Some of my videos are on the hustler youtube! http://www.youtube.com/atlhustlervlog (: So after the show, I met up with some pretty awesome dudes Who will remain unnamed. Simply because they are my favorite people and I’m not willing to share their identities (: And yes I mean males. The majority of you know who I’m talking about anyways. And things just got awkward. ANYWAYS we went outside, and decided to head to Ihop. Not before I realized I had left my friends keys in my purse, so we had to back track to the venue (not before getting horribly lost like 67 times.. aiodhgoahgha’ghjag) and so then I ran to the busses, gave cori her keys and met up with Alania and Katie! Where I was graciously made a wonderful mixed drink~ and I spent the rest of my time walking around and talking to people (as my body progressively got sicker and sicker.. i’m still pretty sick) I wish i had pictures from the parking lot cause we were so cute and stuff, but more will come this weekend.! After many many painful goodbyes we were on our way, and I was slightly intoxicated. So because of everything and my friends were a tad let down by the situation in the back of the venue (the lack of bands coming out AHEM TSS AHEM) we decided to just head home, plus we had a long drive, and I was sleepy. So I’m sorry we had to cancel on short notice! :( So it took us like 3 hours to get home and I passed out in the backseat LOl because I’m a bad passenger.
I miss everyone so much it’s almost…painful. Gut-wrenching even. I’m so tired so I’m going to go to sleep now. I’ll see you all FRIDAY! Kate McCarthy and I will be at tigerfest 2011 just to see BRAND NEW! SO WE’LL BE THERE THE WHOLE FUCKING WEEKEND.
I want to see every single fucking one of you and I want to take beautiful pictures and make amazing memories. This will more than likely be my last Baltimore show for awhile due to finances and saving to transfer schools. (that could change no one quote me) but yes. Please PLEASE lets have a beautiful time.
If you don't mind posting this.... I'm trying to sell an extra ticket to the Baltimore Dirty Work date, for very close to original ticket price. Really, we just want our money back, not trying for profit. :)
The day started off with me driving to my friend/old roommate’s house where we re-united after a year, so that was really nice. Then we drove to San Fran which didn’t take long at all. We reached the venue around 2, walked around, and waited in line. After 5 something, Matt came out and checked IDs, then we got inside the building. Meet and Greet was on the floor in front of the stage, and so once everyone was in, Flyzik explained the rules, and the boys came out. I was talking to other hustlers so I didn’t even know they were out for a legit 5 minutes. I went over to Zack first, gave him his birthday present (drunken darts game) and he was legit stoked, asked him to sign my STD dvd cover, and took a picture
The only picture I didn’t blink in, but it’s blurry. My camera hates me.
I’m not the biggest fan of the Giants, but it was nice to see him wearing the jersey.
Then I went over to Rian and gave him a personalized microphone and he laughed when I told him that I want to hear his voice on stage. He gave it to Evan and was like “Greico is gonna have fun with this one.” Took a picture (came out bad on my part) and had him sign the DVD
Then I went to Jack, and I had the signed Beckham jersey we had talked about a while back. So I hold it out and he signs it! I was like “uhhh what are you doing? This is for you!” and he was confused so I reminded how we talked about it a while back, and he was like “ohh yeah, oh shit!” Then he freaked out about him signing it and told me how he was going to bleach it. Then when he called for Colussy to ask him how to bleach it out and Colussy and the other boys were laughing. He hands the jersey to Colussy along with the certificate of authenticity that came with the shirt when I bought it, and Rian and Colussy started laughing about that. Then Jack was like “ahhh thank you!” And we took a pic, or 2.
He was still freaking out about the fact that he signed a Beckham jersey, signed by Beckham, it was really hilarious.
Then I went to Alex, gave him his gift which was a Lady Gaga shirt and a letter with gift cards and told him thank you for the music and everything, and explained about how prior to GK I was having the worst day ever but once I was in meet and greet and during the concert, all of it just washed away, and he said thanks for listening and being a fan. It was sweet and so genuine.
Then I went up to barricade, but came back to Jack to get a picture of him with the shirt
He was still worried about bleaching out his autograph, so I told him not to and that everytime he wears/sees it, he can always remember this time and he was like “yeah, good idea!” So that was settled :)
I went back up to barricade, left of center stage, GA was let in and the show started a little after 7. The Summer Set played first, and they were better than I imagined, but I didn’t get into their music as much. I do admire Jess as a drummer though, she’s got some bloody stamina and energy. Next was Hey Monday. Props to Cassadee for acknowledging a couple girls who came up to her prior to the show, that was sweet of her. Then it was Yellowcard, and their set was sick. Back in 8th grade, I never imagined to see them in concert, it was legit. Sean, the violinist and back-up vocalist, was amazing. Ocean Avenue was their last song, and I went pretty mental. It brought back so many memories of my teens, it was crazy. Next was All Time Low. The security guards were quite sweet in between sets, joking around, and overall nice.
All Time Low started with their intro/time bomb, and being that it’s a new favorite, I went bonkers. They also played: stella, six feet, damned, coffee shop, jasey rae, sick little games, break your little heart, i feel like dancin’, poppin’, lost in stereo, cover of teenage dream, remembering sunday, therapy (not in that order), and encored with weightless and dear maria. By the way, thank you Jack for the pick. The in-between banter about the # of bras between Jack vs. Zack, the crackheads in Frisco, the roses (which was cute, major props), nudes on the phone, Rian’s pedal breaking, Alex masturbating, and everything else sexual made the night. I was hoping to hear Rian’s voice, and I could see Greico and him did try but I don’t think the mic worked :/ Overall, it was an awesome set, that made for the best night for me. Unfortunately I don’t think they came out because they had to drive to Portland (and I left straight after buying merch because I had a dance performance the next day). I was sore as fuck and couldn’t feel my legs, but it was all worth it.
Thank you All Time Low, seriously, thank you. I would never have opportunities like these if it wasn’t for their music and generosity toward their fans. I can see myself being 30 and still at their concerts, going mental like usual, with my little kids by my side haha
People still don’t know how to put their hair in pony tails when they’re in the pit. And by this I mean a fucking low one. I do not want your ponytail obstructing my vision. I don’t know how many times I can say, I do not want to eat your nappy ass hair.
People will look at you, as if they know you, and if you approach them…yeah they’ll have no idea who you are.
Couples are annoying as fuck. What do you think if you’re holding onto your girlfriend, she’s not going to be a target? Learn to stand alone in the pit, please.
Circle pits always have and always will find a way to form within two feet of my body. Which means I will distance myself for about five feet. This does NOT mean you can stand in front of me. This means I’m watching out for myself, and you, because if I get shoved I’ll fly. But if you think you can squeeze your little ass in front of me go ahead, I’ll watch you get shoved to the ground.
Apparently people are still unaware that sometimes you ACCIDENTALLY bump/fall into them. I’m so sorry that I’ve invaded your personal space because I’m being abused, by complete strangers. But that doesn’t mean that you can fling me right back onto the people that threw me on you. This classifies you as a Grade A Cunt.
I don’t care who the fuck you are, if you hit me in the back of the god damn head or neck I am going to want to end your life.
If you try to get in front of me, and succeed by turning my entire area into a wave of humans flying everywhere I will punch you in the fucking face. Happened tonight for the first time. Don’t test me.
If I touch something cold and wet I may vomit on you, because chances are that is your nasty ass sweaty body and I’m confused as to why it’s FREEZING.
Bros will be bros, but calm the fuck down sometimes. You do not need to fucking circle pit it up while Remembering Sunday is playing.
If you scream at a silent part in a song, you just look like an idiot.
And while we’re on the subject of that, screaming anything along the lines of “SUCK MY CLITORIS, OR FUCK ME ALEX” is also.. douchebaggery mistake #23536
Basically if you’re near me and I don’t love you more than…anything really I will probably hate you so just watch yourself okay.
My first day of dirty work did not go very well. If I met you tonight though, love you :3
Finally I edited the footage I’d taken over the Dirty Work UK/EU tour into a video! You can check out my posts from the tour here, here and here. Easily the best two weeks of my life, I hope the video can capture the madness just right.
Songs In Order: Do You Want Me (Dead)? I Feel Like Dancin’ Forget About It Guts Just The Way I’m Not Under A Paper Moon Return The Favor No Idea A Daydream Away That Girl Heroes
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