A few months ago Steph pinged me to see if I wanted to go to the Nickelback show... it wasn't on a school night, so I thought, why not? Tonight was the big show and it was a lot of fun. I met Steph and Mike up at the arena and we were entertained in more ways than one. You always see the most interesting people at concerts... like the lady in her 50s in front of us who was totally jamming to Buckcherry. We suspect that recreational Lortab usage might have been involved. Then there were the guys a few rows down and over who were smashed before the show even started and kept drinking until they were all so bombed they couldn't even stand up and started spilling beer all over the people around them and falling on people. We shook our heads a lot.
Anyway, the first act was Buckcherry. I'm not a huge fan, but I do like several of their songs (a few are on my playlists, even) and they played all of them. While the music was pretty good, we were much more entertained by the stage...er...um... performance.
(Disclaimer... I didn't feel like trying to figure out how to smuggle in my camera since I rode the train up from Sandy so all photos are off my phone. Therefore, they suck.)
My absolute favorite were the strategically positioned fans that blew the drummer and guitarist's long hair all over around their heads while they were playing. (I'm sure it was just to keep cool under those lights... rolling my eyes). Then there was the lead singer. While it's true that he can definitely belt a song, the skinny jeans and shirtless tatooed chest, combined with the cool LA hairdo (AKA mullet) were a bit cliche... add to that the Jane Fonda-esque dancing and we were dying laughing. Especially the step-touch-hip-hip while playing the tambourine. My best guess was that they bought a series of videos on how to look like / act like rock stars from a late-night infomercial. But I enjoyed the music.
Next was Three Days Grace. Steph and I saw them in Dallas a few years ago and they definitely put on a good show. We loved it when Adam actually took his bodyguard and went out into the seats to get people to stand up and sing along... all while singing the song they were doing.
He came down and went through the pit before going up the other side and then back on stage.
Then, 2nd intermission. Time for the first self-portrait (or selfie as I'm seeing them called now) in many a year. Taking self-portraits with my phone is definitely an acquired skill.
And then Nickelback came on. They about scared us half to death when they started by shooting off fireworks. They like their pyrotechnics, Nickelback does. I couldn't get any pictures of the various fireworks and flamethrower effects, though (we could feel the heat in our seats!) since it was too bright for my phone's camera, but it was pretty fun.
We had pretty good seats... we were just behind the pit, dead center so we could see their faces pretty clearly - always fun. The one thing that surprised us was that we didn't know what a showman Chad Kroger is! I guess Mike probably did since he'd seen them before... the man has charisma and a great sense of humor. It was like getting a comedy show along with the rock concert... his commentary between songs was pretty funny sometimes and you could tell they were having fun.
Another benefit to our awesome seats was that they were right across the hall from the main doors, so I was able to get out and grab the first train that came along before the crowds really piled up. It was so nice to skip all that traffic! (Not to mention saving money on parking).
Anyway, I'd definitely see Nickelback again... it was a really fun night, so thank you to Stephanie for inviting me!
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