Okay, I'm caught up on all the pictures and recaps from last night and the others have done such a good job I just have a couple of things to add.
First of all, it was so good getting to hang with S
usieFierce, MyS*&@^#r, Mayumi, Dietcoke and many others. As we have all said many times before, this fandom has the most amazing members ever! But, although Glamberts dominated the front of the line waiting to get in, the rest of the line and the audience inside was
very diverse and, in my experince, super friendly and excited, right down to the group in the unisex bathrooms!
As Mayumi said, we got
great seats in the balcony. I have to give MyS*&@^# props for that. I didn't see that there was a lower section and was ready to sit down further back, but she said "Keep going, keep going" and low and behold there were a couple more rows of seats in front of the big camera platform and down lower. This was the most comfortable theater seating ever! After standing in line for 3 hours we appreciated the wide upholstered bench seats with an aisle wide enough for little tables in front of us. The front row had the little tables, but Mayumi and I were in the row behind the front and our row was wide open. Easy to get up, move around, go to the restroom, look over the rail. Plus we were looking directly at the performance stage, could see all of the other stages all around the venue and had a very unobstructed view of where Adam, Sauli and Raja sat together in the front row. They, were in folding chairs. Not nearly as cool as the booth thing they were in with Paula Abdul last year.
Sauli and Adam are so cute together. Always talking back and forth. Sauli sat between Adam and Raja and appeared to be very comfortable just being with Raja when Adam was gone (probably about 2/3's of the show). When Adam was there, he got so much attention before the show and during the commercial breaks. (I didn't see anyone else getting so much attention.) At one point a photographer (not just a fan) came up wanting a picture of him and Sauli together so Adam lifted his arm up around Sauli and pulled him in and a collective "sigh" went up in the audience - at least from the folks around us. It was pretty funny. The group in the pit stood right in front of A&S but they were herded in and out for TV purposes during the commercial breaks. At one of these times a fan got in front of Adam talking to him and security had to finally make her leave with the rest of the pit folks (obviously NOT Dietcoke's friend. LOL)
During the whole show, which IMHO went very quickly and was a lot of fun, the audience response for Adam was loud and enthusiastic. Kelly O. announced the "lineup" in her opening and he was clearly the headliner and got the biggest response. As you've already heard, the introduction to his performance was OTT and you could feel the energy in the air. On the closer video up thread, you see him coming on stage and hear the cheering and people saying his name. That was BEFORE the lights came on. Kelly was on another stage in the spotlight getting ready to make her introduction. The other performers were in the dark while being introduced as well, but I don't remember the same anticipatory responses for them. Very electric.
Well you know all about how EPIC the performance was - (sorry Adam, you make us use that word). I could only look at
him on stage, forgot to check out the new band member, barely glanced at the backup singers. :
I did check out the audience below several times. Even some of the guys that looked reserved at first started head bobbing and raising their hands. HOW COULD THEY NOT!!!!
AFL never ceases to amaze me. The backup singers were genius. How does he think of these things. And the black and yellow trespassing theme is brilliant. I'm betting the next tour will be just that, the Tresspassing Tour. Why not? Easy Peezy.
Final comments, when you watch the show on TV, toward the end of Rye Rye's performance a blow up dolphin will fly onto the stage - "Great throw over all the pit people, Sauli!!"
The little Eden pageant girl creeped me out.
Afterward, 6 of us went to dinner right down the street. The young waiter asked us if we had just come from Mama Mia ......LMAO. Yeah, we're all frantically tweeting about and looking up pictures of Mama Mia on our newly retrieved phones. -HARDLY!
Can't wait to tell my dgd that I saw Josh Hutcherson (Hunger Games) get an award.....IN PERSON!!! She will be soooo jealous.
Whoa, long post. I think I'm still high!
Mayumi, thank you so much for letting me be your plus 1!
