Show: M83
Venue: Fox Theater- Pomona, CA
Date: 4/12/12
Show #23
This was a super last minute show for me. I got a call from a friend at 7pm the night of the show saying he had an extra ticket. I was in Downtown LA at the time, and not being one to turn down a free show, I accepted and hauled ass down to Pomona and made it in the nick of time!
Downside is no pictures, just one video:
If you're not familiar with the name M83, you may know their big song "Midnight City". Watch the video regardless, it involves creepy children with special powers escaping from a mental institution.
If you ever go see M83 live, don't worry about being close to the stage, everything is so dark, you can't see anything anyway. Maybe just don't get tickets in a seated area because when you stand, people around you get upset, but I couldn't care less and did it anyway. :-)
They have a cool setup on stage with lasers and lots of smoke, and keep things dark which plays to the overall mystique of their music. Fun show, check them out if you get a chance!
Show: The All American Rejects' Album Release Party
Venue: Silverlake, CA
Date: 3/26/12
Show #17
Monday March 26th marked the release of the new album "Kids in the Street" by The All American Rejects and I could not have been more excited! These guys are in my top 5 in terms of favorite bands, if not one of my favorite (besides the Backstreet Boys, let's be real) to see live.
To celebrate the release, they hosted an album release party that was open to fans! All you had to do was email an RSVP to an email address they posted, and boom, you're in. They advertised it as a chance to come take a look at the album art work, and actually said nothing about the guys even being there, so I went into this having no idea what to expect. What the night actually ended up being, I never would have expected!
It took place in a gallery in Silverlake, which when you walk in looked rather small, and was plastered with Kids in the Street posters.
Then you continue walking and there's a huge room in the back where the bulk of the art work was. They even had a station where they were screen printing posters for free! It's a really cool poster I ended up getting signed by all the guys, which is now framed in my living room.
The cool thing about this exhibit was that all the art work was submitted by fans!
Then the guys came out! They actually just came out into the crowd and talked to everyone. It was so cool to see them just want to go hang out with the fans. They all seemed really excited to be there and happy to talk to everyone. It even got to the point where Nick came up to my friends and I just to say hi (again) and see what was up because he had talked to everyone already but still wanted to hang out haha! They're all a bunch of the sweetest guys you'll ever meet.
Tyson even took a picture with all of us wearing our Kids in the Street masks!
As if the open bar (with a hilarious bartender who whipped up an amazing drink we deemed "party in a cup"), free food, posters, art work and just hanging out with the guys wasn't enough, they even put on a little show! Needless to say this turned out to be a pretty awesome night!
Here's a video I took of them performing "Fast & Slow"
Kids in the Street
To see ALL the pictures I took from the party, visit my Picasa Web Album HERE!
Also- The guys just posted this video on Vevo from the event as well! Click here
