14th May 2009

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BND 5.12 -insert creative title here :D- SARAH! lastsummerhero

HAY.
So.
5/12, Cleveland.
We left at 1, because we knew that A. the line was going to be long for my friends who didn’t have m&g, and B. I had to be there at 4:15, so we left decently early. On the way there we were being followed by a cop, but then he stopped at a speed trap area and just posted out there for a while. Then, like five minutes later, we saw him speeding down the road after a car that had sped by us and pulled that dude over. It was so funny.

Anyway, so we get into Cleveland and we go into the wrong place to park, because TWCA doesn’t know how to tell their patrons where to park, and we also ended up paying like ten dollars to park, but that’s okay, because we were decently close to the venue and didn’t have to walk far at all. So we go to the front, I procrastinate and wait to get my wristbands, until finally I go up and get them. Whoop.

Emmy and I are texting to try and figure out where the heck we are, so I tell her I’m going to have my hand raised in the air. And so she comes and jumps me like she had said haha, and we stand around and talk for a little bit before we have to get in our m&g lines.

Not gonna lie, I’m really glad I had m&g with ATL as opposed to FOB/Metro. FOB’s meet and greet was not only huge, but they had to stand in line and all they got was a signing table, I don’t think they were allowed to take pictures or anything. Metro only hung with their fans for like ten seconds, and it was creepy from where we were standing. Trace Cyrus is even creepier in person. Because the like, five girls that had m&g from their fanclub had drawn boobs and dicks all over their arms, written “METRO STATION” all over themselves…it was really, really gross and so nasty.

So we get into the m&g and MattFly explains it all to us, how it’s going to work, etc, and we set around and have to wait for the boys. I get tapped on the shoulder and this girl starts telling me how I was the one who saved her life at sellouts by letting her get to the front/in front of me at sellout, because I had barricade and she was seriously dying behind me, and I had to get out to go find my friends. But she remembered me, which I thought was nuts but so cool! So she thanked me and…it was cool. :D Then we see the boys and Vinny creeping by the edge of the venue. The girl behind us starts crying because Alex was wearing his (fake, bahaha) glasses. I was like “….o.o.”

Anyway, so the m&g went pretty much the way Emmy put it. Zack was out of it because he was sick and had a fever. Rian LOVED the giftcard and went to go show it to Matt (who is the personal holder for all their stuff haha) and then they were sniffing the candles and arguing about what it smelled like. Matt was seriously just standing there sniffing the candles for a good two minutes, ahaha. But Rian got so excited about the giftcard.

Then we went to Alex, who was being mobbed of course, and Emmy and I pulled a creeper move and just sort of lingered. We finally got our stuff signed and got a picture (with emmy on my back) with him, and lsdkfj that boy is so adorable in person.

AND THEN JACK. Who looked like he was bummin, but he went down the line and took all of our stuff to sign it, and then when he got to me, I held out the giftcard and he froze, and his face got all shocked, and then he was like “I love you. I love you.” And gave us all hugs. He was SO shocked, but SO excited about it. Him and Rian had the same reaction, kind of. Like, when the card was held out they both looked at it, froze, looked at us, and then were all “THANKYOUILOVEYOUTHANKYOU” kind of reactions. It was so cute.

(Jack twitpiced the card later, because I had put a note in both of their cards that had said ‘you better twitpic this shit Jack Barakat or something to that effect, so he did! :D)

Anyway, so eventually Matt pulls the boys away. I feel bad because Zack and Rian weren’t really getting anyone after the first five minutes, but Zack was sick and Rian was harassing Matt haha. Zack was walking around the venue carrying Beth and Matt on his shoulders…bahaha. So funny. And Rian was playing that game where you lock palms and lock positions and try to push the other person over with Beth. I think it was Beth and Rian, at least.

Either way, m&g was really fun. It seemed so short, though. Matt said he assumed Danny liked his gift card, and we saw Danny later but didn’t get a chance to talk to him about it.

So, the FOB EE kids get in and they all congregate towards the middle of the pit, so we station ourselves on Zack/Pete’s side, and then after people start coming in, some random rapper guy gets onstage and starts rapping? We’re all like “O.O THIS ISN’T FIDDY….WHO IS THIS?” so funny, but finally he got offstage and Emmy and I were left to creep on Hey Monday’s cute guitar tech. Mhm.

HEY MONDAY

So good. Cassadee has such a great voice live. They played Run, Don’t Walk, Candles, Homecoming, How You Love Me Now, and I think Obvious. Pete came out during Run, Don’t Walk, and every single Pete fan in the building (I mean, he’s married, come on |: ) screamed and did all that fangirly stuff. So good, though. I’m so glad I finally got to see them live. Such a good band, great live sound.

ALL TIME LOW

They owned, of course. Alex’s pants were falling off. Lisa was creepin in the background. Jack jumped into the pit and went to the back, and Matt had to go with him. Emmy and I were like “RUN MATT, RUN!” because Jack was moving faster than Matt seemed like he wanted to go haha. So cute, though. Alex and Jack did the thing where they throw their guitars and this time, Danny didn’t get clocked in the head :D but it was Flyzik and Danny. Vinny came out and played at some point. It was cool to see them incorporating their crew into their show. Emmy and I creeped on Evan and Greico after ATL was done. But yeah! ATL was great as always. This was the first time I’d seen them as a non-headliner, so I was a little bummed that their set was so short, but eh. I was really ticked they played first, but I’d known that for a few weeks. They opened with Six Feet, and closed with Dear Maria, and inbetween there was Coffeeshop, Jasey Rae, Weightless, The Beach, and…maybe one more? I don’t remember. Great set , though. Our boys make me proud.

METROSEXUAL STATION

Uh. Emmy and I spent the time trying to get Trace’s horse face. She succeeded. I didn’t, aha. We were really obnoxious and kept yelling negative things at the stage, like “NO!” and pretending to die when Trace took his shirt off (slkfdj ew) and then he took a towel, wiped his pits with it, and threw it out into the crowd. Trace Cyrus, you think you’re hot shit, when really….you’re just shit. I have no idea how your stupid band made it on this tour, especially since the other bands have a bass player, acknowledge their other band members, are class A acts, and at least have a semi-unannoying following. Who would want to listen to a band that sings about sleeping with underage girls? At the end of their set, their poor drummer had to like, motion for the crowd to make some noise for him so he could throw his sticks in the crowd, but it really didn’t get much louder than it had been in the first place. The drummer and the keyboarder (synth ? i don’t even know) need to find a new band to play with.

Sorry, rant done.

COBRA STARSHIP

G-A-B-E GUNNA GET YOU HIGH. So good. I love Cobra, but Gabey yelled at our side of the stage when he didn’t see everyone’s fangs up bahaha. He kept going “PUT YOUR FUCKING FANGS UP!” ahahah. So funny. Cassadee came out and sang on Snakes on a Plane, because the ATL boys had made themselves scarce and disappeared to the Indian’s game across the street. Boo. Fuckin baseball. But they have a fun set—GREAT LIGHTSHOW. So much fun. I fuckin love Nate :D

FALL OUT BOY

took FOREVER to set up. Annoying as fuq. But they finally came onstage, and people screamed. These girls next to me kept screaming at Pete and I was about to clock them in the head and be like 1. he’s married AND has a child. 2. you’re not even singing along to ANY of the songs! 3. GET YOUR HAND OUT OF MY FACE. FOB has some of the most annoying fans on the planet, js. But other than that, FOB was GREAT. I’ve wanted to see them since I was maybe 13, 14, and finally I get to! I wasn’t disappointed. They played all of my favorites, and Hey Ya!. No Alex on Grand Theft Autumn, because they were at the game, which I was bummed about, but whatever….I guess I’m okay with it haha. It was a great set. They played Dance, Dance, which I knew they were going to but it’s still like my favorite FOB song, aside from Tiffany Blews and GTA, and Saturday, which Emmy and I were excited for. We left about halfway through Saturday, though.

Overall, so good. So, so good. I wish I could relive it. :D