PR, L, OWL City

What can I say. It was a fun concert. We left right after the Chinese final, ran into traffic on the way there, and had to drive through a downpour. Thought the show started at 6, but that's only when the doors opened. The show actually started at 6:30. Mike and his gang got there way early, but still missed the meet and greet with Lights, though they saw a guy with a lights shirt.... lol. not lights.

drive up was fun, but once we got there, it was raining hard. We got there just as Paper Route finished their last two songs so the crowd was already pretty packed. We thought about squeezing our way through the crowd to find Mike, whom I thought was somewhere near front. They were...but just squashed in the middle of the crowd. We made several efforts, all failed cause the crowd was packed tight and more and more people kept coming in. Finally, I decided to get us VIP view (I knew this might happen, so I was prepared). there were only two VIP tickets left (though maybe the guy was just saying that).

Anyway, got up to some good seats just as Paper Route finished. We waited for about 20 minutes before Lights came on. Shalise started talking to the girl next to her, Lauren, who was an executive boss or something like that. She seemed kinda weird at first, acted weird (I thought she was slow). The first thing she said to Shalise after Shalise asked her a question was something like, "Basically, my boss tells me to jump and I say 'how f****** high'". Shalise turned to me and said, "she's crazy!" hahaha.

Anyway, Lights came on, and she was awesome, as she always is. Mike said she's really good live. Told his FHE sisters that Lights was a nerd. They asked him if she was pretty and he said yeah, to which they said, "no way she's a nerd". But the second song Lights did, she introed it by saying, "this next song is dedicated to multiplayer-on-line gaming. more specifically this is a song about world of warcraft". HAHAHA. well...that's Lights.

Owl City came on....and let me just say. It was a little different than we expected. First, he sounded way different live. He sounded like a girl at times. Secondly, he danced interestingly....almost like he was drunk at points. And then he did this weird dance with the bouquet of flowers they threw on stage (someone also threw a bra). Thirdly, his mannerisms were very...feminine? Shalise said it quite bluntly, "he was like a *looks around* flamer!"". lol. Anyway, we still enjoyed it even though we only knew like three songs. But they were great. Interestingly, they had a celloist and violist on stage, which I thought was really kewl. They had an encore...planned of course. I wonder what would happen if the crowd didn't shout "encore" and just left the stage. We also thought about finding out where Owl City was staying for the night and stalking them. Shalise asked Lauren, and she said something like "I don't know, and even if I did know I wouldn't tell you." HAHAHA. The crowd was great. Lights even tweeted afterwards how awesome Salt Lake City was...twice!! But they were packed in there tight, and people were constantly having to be pulled out...crazy. Poor younger kids and parents.

We were in the VIP area with the owner and his nieces and nephews or something... and Shalise heard them talking about something preparing for David Archuleta. I found out later afterwards, that David Archuleta was at that concert, and is a mild fan of Lights. lol.

Anyway, we got stuck leaving the parking lot for about 20 minutes, and just listened to Lights (whom Shalise was really impressed by and became a fan of)..and studied for the second part of the Chinese final. Eventually we got out, and went home.

So.... all in all...an interesting and fun night. Great concert. Good view. Didn't deal with the crowds, nice and crazy people. Crazy weather. Awesome performances. yep. :D