(sorry for the extremely long post..I had an incredible time and want to remember how I felt when I look back years from now..I'm sure you can understand, right? ;-) The NKOTB concert was beyond incredible!!! My friend Kate had gone to the show last week and emailed to tell me that it was going to knock my socks off! Up until that point, I had wondered just how the show was going to be...I worried that it just wouldn't be the "same" with the guys nearly 20 years older, me nearly 20 years older, and everyone else in the Staples Center nearly 20 years older. BOY WAS I WRONG!!! It was even better!!! The guys were hot, still dancing as much as before, and sounding even better! The fans...well, they are still just as crazy, excited, and in love with the boys from beantown! The day started when I met my cousin for lunch. I was so glad she wanted to go because we both went to the NKOTB concert 18 years ago together. It felt great knowing we were going to be reliving history together..I wish I had pictures of us when we went the first time! That would have been a funny picture with our 3-inch high bangs...you remember the hair back in junior high, don't you??? We then picked up my BFF LoAnn who is also a HUGE fan of NKOTB...I'm so glad she wanted to go too! I decided to download their greatest hits album earlier that morning because I thought it would be nice to hear all the songs before the concert. Once I put in the CD and we heard the first few seconds of "Step by Step", all the gushy, lovey memories came rushing back! We bought our tickets months ago through www.iloveallaccess.com. We got this 4 Star VIP package that guarantees you seats within the first 20 rows but you don't find out what seats you get until you get to the box office on the day of the event. We nearly dropped to our knees when we found out we got 10th row in the center aisle!!! It's the closest I've ever been to the stage and now that I've experienced it, I'll NEVER go back to "regular" seats! If you would have told me last year that I would be going to a New Kids on the Block concert and that I would be screaming at the top of my lungs for these guys, I would not have believed you! This is what I just love about life...it's so unpredictable and brings little happy surprises when you least expect it! The show was 10 million times better than I ever thought it could be and I am so FREAKING glad that I went! After the show, we went to Noodle World to get some yummy food and swoon over the guys. We all agreed that it was the best concert we had ever been to and that we would look back on it as one of the best times in our lives. I'm sure most of you are thinking "she is certifiably crazy!". But let me try to explain... Have you ever wished that you could go back in time to your childhood and just relive one day just so you could remember what it was like to be a kid? When everything was so simple...when you weren't worried about the economy, how much work you STILL have to get done, if you will EVER be ready to have kids, are you REALLY ready to buy a home, etc etc? Well, that night I can promise you that I didn't think about ANY of the above..not even once! The moment the guys appeared on stage, it was as if I was 12 years old again. That night I was lucky enough to go back to a time when life was simple...and boy did I have the best freaking time of my life!!! NKOTB fan for life baby!!! Now for some pictures! I was going to sneak in my camera but it turns out that I didn't need to sneak at all..they LET you bring in your cameras?! LOL..there were lots of guys that brought their girlfriends/wives to the concert..how sweet!
The three of us before the concert
See..we aren't the only ones who love NKOTB!
OMG...everyone including myself was going insane at this point!!! I nearly fainted because I was screaming so much that I forgot to breathe..lol..I needed to take a moment...lol!
This is when I became 12 years old again :-)
Joe..oh how I loved you!
Love this pic of Jordan..my point-and-shoot camera got some great pics considering the circumstances!
For you Jon lovers ;-)
I swear..Donnie was looking at ME!
Sorry for the blurry pic but I HAD to post this..Danny is nearly a 40 year old man and can still do a windmill!!!
This part of the show was cool..not for me but for everyone in the back of the arena! The guys surprised everyone by appearing on this little stage in the back for a portion of the show. I'm sure everyone in the back appreciated this..I know I would have!
Lance Bass was there! There was all this commotion around him before the show so I thought I'd snap a pic of him when nobody was paying attention to him :-)
The crowd...
Ummm...I have no words :-)
The end...I wished that it would keep on going!
So, for all you New Kids fans that are reading this and didn't plan on going to a show..DO IT!!! I promise you, you will NOT regret it! You will have more fun than you ever thought possible and your love for the NEW KIDS will increase ten fold! If you still aren't planning on going, here is a very special video that my cousin found on You Tube the morning after the concert..lol...she was still suffering from NKOTB fever ;-) This is the very beginning of the show so if you plan on going, don't watch it..you want to be surprised right?? |
