Concerts

On March 10, 2010, my life changed. Derek and I went to see:





here: (in Raleigh)



well actually the sign is wrong. We saw Train and Butch Walker & the Black Widows. Butch Walker is an important element.

We actually saw them another show on the tour, but that one's not important because I didn't meet anyone special. ha. Just Kidding. Any Train show is special... I mean they've only been one of my three favorite bands since I was 15.

Also at the tender age of 15 (valentine's day to be exact) I went to an Eve6 concert and fell in love with the opening band, Marvelous3. Best. Live. Show. EVER. I met the lead singer that night:


(I know, I know- can we say AWKWARD teenager!!!! I'm glad the picture is blown out so you can't see the braces. It's bad enough with the ski jacket and gold chain with a soccer ball on it. oh boy.)
Marvelous3 broke up to get out of their crummy record contract and the lead singer went the solo path. Enter Butch Walker. He's very talented, does a lot of producing for well known people, but I really love M3's music more. Butch still puts on a great live show (ask Taylor Swift-she thinks he's the best and he performed with her on the Grammy's!)

So the opportunity to see two of my favorite bands on tour together...what more could I ask for?!



YES!!!!



Seeing them perform together!!!! HEAVEN!!!!! During Train's encore, Pat came out with this perfect airbrushed shirt of himself and sunglasses on, singing Britney Spears "Toxic" and Butch joined him. They make the song actually sound good.










Train is an absolutely amazing band. They are very entertaining, and even Derek says If you don't know them or really care for them, you would love them live!








They have a song called "Superman" and fans always brings something Superman related to throw on stage when they sing this song and if it's clothing, Pat will put it on.








My Train ride started here:



(again-it's OK to laugh...I laugh too) My awesome sister and I went to see train in July 1999 and we got there super early so we could be front and center stage (general admission). The band was doing sound check, and Pat came out, headed to the bus and saw us, so he jumped off the deck and yelled, "what are you doing here?!?" (in a happy, nice way). I met him a couple more times in NC and saw them perform in NYC when I lived there. Then, I moved back, and in 2007, while on his solo tour, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to help promote his solo album (I guess I did a horrible job because despite "Her Eyes" being a big hit, the album only sold 55,000 copies) and got VIP passes to his show and of course met him again.

Sooo this lovely evening in Raleigh, I was lucky enough to meet him again. He kept looking at me like he was trying to figure something out, then says you look really familiar. I was armed with my old pictures from all my previous meetings, and whipped them out to show him. He loved them and he now loves me. Hey, I can't help it.
After a few minutes of chatting, he proceeded to tell everyone around how awesome I was and that he couldn't believe I was a fan from the beginning and still around. He begged me for the pictures, then told me he would give me tickets to any show anywhere I wanted. Then some other fans wanted a picture with him and Butch Walker walks over. We were talking to Butch and Pat turned around and starts saying "Krystin is a cool girl, man" and he leaves the group of fans he was talking to and comes back over to us and so two of my favorite musicians EVER were talking about me. What an amazing moment. (totally kicking myself in the butt for not getting a picture with both of them together. grr) All of the other fans around were jealous and giving dirty looks. I don't blame them, I would have been jealous too.

In the rain:



The excitement doesn't end here,
To be continued...