*squee*

I got to see NKOTB last night.

To answer any lingering questions:

Yes. They are all still attractive.
Yes. They can still sing.
Yes. Their new songs are equally as good.
Yes. It was a FANTASTIC show!

So, how did this happen?

Yesterday morning I was on my way into the office and heard that there was a concert tonight on the radio. What was strange was that there were still tickets, and that lawn seats were only $10.

I started to debate what would happen if I used my one night off this week to head to the concert? No one from the office was able to attend, and I was worried about the rain that was supposed to head in and the lawn seats but I thought I would see what happened traffic wise.

It was tight but I made it to the Post Gazette Pavilion right as the Jabbawockeez were starting. As I purchased my lawn seat, I was told inside they had upgraded seats for $10. Was this really happening?

I went in, and was able to grab a back-ish (but still covered) pavilion seat. I got to see the last few sets of the Jabbawockeez, which I was both worried about and was the other performance I really wanted to see.

Not as important but still fun was Jesse McCartney. I think he got put in for the women bringing their children to the New Kids performance.

Then, was the New Kids! They opened with a new song and throughout the night did a very good mix of both. They were so good, and it was insanely better than I even imagined it would be. Everyone was singing along and screaming and even though I had a fairly bad spot in the back, the fact that it was $50 cheaper than some probably paid for it helped. I also still had a fairly good view.

At one point they ended up singing in the audience. Both Joey and Jordan were RIGHT THERE. Wow. So hot! I also appreciated the ass shots of Joe

One of my favorite parts:

NKOTB – Right Stuff from LilMsT on Vimeo.

You can see all the photos on flickr and the videos on vimeo.

So seriously, I wish that when you opened this post to read it, that it would automatically play a file of me screaming WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO really fucking loud. That is the only way to describe yesterday.

I got up and had a lazy morning at the salon. Decided I am going to try to grow my hair out but didn’t want it to look like it was growing out so my stylist Laura put some cute curls in my hair *with a flat iron*! After running some errands and throwing some laundry in, I threw on my outfit for No Doubt.

Naomi and I decided to get an early start to our day and head to Solo Cafe for some coffee before we headed to Cricket. Solo’s attached to my salon so we decided to do some browsing in the boutique store section while we were there. I ended up buying three dresses. They are super cute and so worth it. I had to wear the one out shopping today and received quite a few compliments.

We arrived at Cricket fairly early but that was fine with me. The weather was gorgeous and it gave us a chance to walk around and chat and so forth before the music started. A few days before the concert, I was sent a notice from Live Nation about some concert rules. One of them stated that we were allowed to bring in one unopened bottle of water. However, when arriving to Cricket, we were promptly handed a large Styrofoam cup and asked to recycle our water bottle. Hmm. This caused not only one hand to be tied up when trying to show my ticket and what not, but I also had to then promptly drink my water instead of saving it and recycle but also use a Styrofoam cup. Hmm. Fail.

Also to note, tour merchandise is insanely more expensive than it was when I went to my last mainstream concert a year ago. $40 for a tank top? Bitch please. No thanks.

Before The Sounds started playing (which is a truly amazing band I now need to listen to a lot) we landed upon a State Farm booth that was taking photos and then posting them online for you to download. As we were in line for that, we saw the booth next to it which was rock band. Everyone was in line to play Spiderwebs. Whichever group (or solo if you chose) had the highest score by 9pm won 4 upgraded seats for the No Doubt portion of the concert. I just really wanted to play rock band so I drug Naomi with me. Soon the 2 girls in front of us asked us if we wanted to play as one group (to increase our chance of a higher score) and we obliged. After we finished we were 1st.

Our seats were pretty decent. We were in the 2nd section in the pavilion and had a clear shot of the stage. We sat back down to see The Sounds and some of Paramore and headed back around 8:30 to check on our score and grab some food. We were in 2nd place. As we were standing in line to play again (might as well) we ended up in 3rd.

We played again a few minutes before 9 (and therefore were the last ones eligible) and won with a score I think around 580k. We were then promptly escorted to our new seats which were a section farther up. We had an amazing shot of the stage. Here we are with our group members after the concert ended:

The concert was so incredible. I’m still in awe over it a day later. We ended up having great seats 9 rows back from the pit, which was about 25 rows up from where we were. I got to see Adrian, Tony, Tom, Gwen, and the two other band members so close. Every song I wanted to hear they played, although they saved Sunday Morning for the very end of their encore set which had me nervous for a bit. Gwen is still as sexy as ever as are the rest of them.

Here is one of the best shots I have. More of them can be seen on flickr. Videos are on vimeo (but are of bad quality, I will warn you right off the bat).