[The Nick Journey] [BSB Voyage]

Thank you SO MUCH to my e-mail friend Sarah for this concert review. This is her first concert review for me. Check out her other one from the 24th of Nvember, 1999.

_BEFORE THE CONCERT_

WELLZ, the people who went with me, are my mom, my Aunt Jean, and my cousin Brianna. And me & my mom woke up at 4am the day of the concert to go to North Carolina. The ride up was really fun b/c I was listening to my walkman [the rental car didn't have a tape/cd player!] and I would sing, and my lil bro and mom would sing along. And I put up posters all over the car saying "BSB Concert Or BUST!" w/pix of the guys. Everytime we stopped at a gas station everyone would ask "Where are you going?!?!" and it was fun telling them we were going to the first BSB concert=) We finally reached my aunt's house at about 10:00am. And I really wanted to go looking for their hotel, but my mom told me I had to wait for my aunt to come home [Brianna was home tho]. So we waited, and then for the rest of the day until around 5pm, we did STUPID errands!! I was kinda pissed b/c my mom said that we could go around to hotels, but then we went back home & Brianna & I did our makeup over for the 700th time that day... lol ~ and we went out to hotels, we went to [i forget the name] we went to the highest floor & tried to listen in each of the rooms... no one was in any of them, so we went next door to the Marriot, and we had to kinda sneak in, but we looked all around & they weren't there. So we went to McDonalds - and a TON of BSB fans were in there, and we stood in line for 20 minutes to get 2 sodas & a McFlurry, but we got fed up & left... so we went to the stadium. There was SOOOOOOOOO many people outside of it!!! but we were the 2nd group to actually get into the arena b/c we kinda stuck ourselves in with some other people=P We got drinks & food and then me & Brianna walked down to the lower level [even though we had last row tickets hehe]


_IN THE ARENA_

We started looking around, and we saw one place where there weren't any ushers, or security people, so we ran down there & got on the floor. Then we were looking around, and a usher came over to us & asked us if he could help us find our seats. I said I lost my ticket [I looked through my purse & acted like it wasn't in there], but Brianna gave hers to him & he told us that we were supposed to be WAY up there... we really didn't feel like going, so we stood by the usher and talked to him for about 10 minutes. We were trying to convince him to try and get us backstage...[i told him i'd eat live ants...=P] lol - but he didn't. And the whole time we were talking to him, ALL these girls ran to the place where BSB was going to come out from, and started screaming b/c they thought they saw one of the BSB [they were in their dressing room the whole time!!] I was getting annoyed b/c it was an hour & 1/2 before the concert would actually start, and they were already screaming their brains out. So I told the usher that I was gonna go over there & beat all of them up [lol, me lame]. So me & Brianna went to the other side to see what was going on.

When we got to the other side, we asked this security lady what was going on, and she said that BSB were backstage, and no where near there. So me & Brianna started talking to the security guards there, trying to see if they'd let us backstage or not [which they didn't.. lol], and we were basically amusing them by acting stupid... Then one of the security guards said that he could give the BSB a note if we wrote one, so we both wrote seperate notes [and I had to use my eyeliner! lol], so we wrote notes to them ~ I wrote something like "Brian, tell Leighanne that her alumini b-ball team won state last year!" And then on the back, I put "AJ, please hump the stage tonight for me!" LOL, okay, I didn't really know what to write!! Well, we gave the guy the notes & he brought them to the BSB, and then we waited for something else to happen while talking to the guards.

WELLZ, I saw this guy with a backstage pass, and so I went up to him & said "I love you!! U wanna be my uncle for the night?!?" and he was like "Okay, I'm uncle [forget his name]" and we were joking around a littel bit, but he said he couldn't get us backstage or he'd get in trouble, but he said that he knew the guys really well! Then this woman came up to him & started talking, and she had her 5/6 year old daughter with her, and so me & Brianna started talking to the little girl [I love children!!] And we were asking her who her fave BSB was and she didn't know, and was SOOO shy, it was so cute!! Then this other guy with a backstage pass came over and started talking to the first guy [OKAY- from now on, the first guy is Guy1, and the 2nd in Guy2 - k?] Well Guy2 was asking the woman if her daughter and her wanted to go up on stage for "The Perfect Fan", and I got excited & was like "ohohoh!! Can I go?!?!" But Guy2 said that they only needed one more person. But [luckily] the little girl was too shy, and she didn't want to do it ~ SO THE GUY ASKED ME!!! OMG, I started flippin out!! I told him that I had to go get my mom from a different section, so me & Brianna ran all the way to the top, I was screaming at my mom to come down with me. My mom had no idea what I was doing, but I explained to her while we were running down that someone said that we were picked for the Perfect Fan!!! And she didn't believe me at first, but the guy let me go down to the floor & explained everything to us.

We were supposed to stay where we were until he got us to go on stage [or this girl- Lisa?- told us to] and then he said that Polaroid was doing a special promotion for the US tour, and we got to get new Polaroid cameras. After he finished explaining, my mom told me that I should have given the binoculars to Brianna so she could see, so I ran up AGAIN, and all the way down [and I was HELLA red!!] I got back with some ice water just in time for them to explain how to work the Polaroid cameras [they're a new type of camera] and he gave the daughters all one, and told us that we could only take pix while we were on stage, and that one of the guys would walk over and bring us on stage. After that, we just stood where they told us to, and I re-applied my makeup yet again, and waited for the show to start [they didn't have any opening acts!] ~ and then on the huge screens the BSB Sears commercial came on, and everyone went wild... lol


_THE CONCERT_

Then the dancers came out [with lights, and they looked like those people from the evil witch of the west's servants... LMAO], and they put the lights where they were supposed to, then BSB came in surfing in the sky! hehe, and it was really cute! Then they sang 'Larger Than Life', and I can't remember what order the songs came in at all!! But I'll list all the songs that they sang later! ~ While they were singing Quit Playing Games~ they flew over the audience, and I could see Kevin and Brian the best, and Brian was pretending to run in the air, and Kevin was upside down. Then they sang more songs... lalala...


_THE BEST PART_

Then they started to sing Don't Want You Back ~ and the girl got all of us, and brought us to the stage ~ and we had to walk 1/2 way around it to where BSB was going to bring us up. We had to stop for a little while b/c someone was in our way [something like that! lol], and then I was RIGHT behind Nick, and he had his back turned to the crowd [and me], and I just starred at his ass. MY GOD!! That guy has a FINE ASS!! lol, nice wittle bubble butt! [lol Stina], and then we started moving a little bit more, and then I was right in front of Kevin ~ and he was hanging upside down on this pipe-thing... When he came down from it, it must have caught ahold of his pants, because right after he got down, he looked down at his right side, and his pants were open [u know how they velcro them on sometimes? it was kinda like that], and he was trying to act like it was all planned and stuff, and tried fixing it, and then looked at his left side, and when he did that, I got to see his BOXER BRIEFS!!! hehe, OMG, and I'm pretty sure I saw part of his ass too!! LMAO, it was hilarious!! Then we walked a little bit more around when the song ended n the lights dimmed - and some girl came out & tried to fix his pants - but couldn't! it was SOOO funny!! Kevin was freaking out when the lights dimmed!! LMAO

Then the BSB came over and one after one we all walked up with one of the boys, grabbed their hand and walked over to 'their' part of the stage with our moms too. [I got Howie!! hehe], and he asked me what my name was, and I told him, but he didn't hear me so he asked me again, and I leaned forward towards his ear, and yelled "SARAH!!" and then I hit his head with my head! lol, I was telling him I was soo sorry, and he was like "That's okay!" [I felt my forehead, and then I had Howie sweat all over me! lol] and then he asked my mom her name, and then he asked us if he could take a picture of us. So we gave him the camera, and he took it [but that pic messed up!=P] Anyways, the boys started singing The Perfect Fan, and they were singing towards the crowd, [and I got a great view of Howie's ASS!! lol!] and then 1/2 way through it, he came back to me, grabbed my hand, and we started walking around the stage. I was trying to take a picture, but it wasn't working, so I was freaking out saying "The camera doesn't work!!" And Howie was kinda laughing, and he had to keep singing though... lol, then he asked me if I like the concert so far ~ I said OF COURSE!! ~ lol, and the whole way around the stage he was looking at me, smiling, winking, and he was sqeezing my hand over & over... *sigh* and then I told him that I wanted a pic of us, so I put my head on his shoulder, and took a pic, and then we went back to my mom, the song ended, I took another picture of Howie, and then we said goodbye ~ my mom shook his hand, and I gave him a hug [WOOHOO!! HOWIE SWEAT!!!] And we walked me to the part of the stage we were supposed to walk off of, he said "I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the concert!" and duh- I said "I WILL!!!" and he kinda guided me & my mom down the stairs, [none of the other BSB did that! I feel special!! lol] and we waved to him, and he waved back, and then we were walked back to our 'spot'.

And when we got there, the girl who took us to the stage, came up to me & the girl who was with Kevin, and told us since our cameras didn't work that well, she would go get an autographed pic for both of us [HELLZ YA!! hehe], and then while she went backstage, I looked to my left, and I saw Chris Connoly [the guy from MTV News], and I went up to him, asked him if he was from MTV & yeah he was - so I shook his hand & told him my name, then went back to watching the concert! lol... When I got the autographed pic, I sat down with my mom & hugged her & was so freakin happy that my eyes were watering [ahh!! lol], and I was thanking my mom SOO much for driving me up to Charlotte, and I told her I was really sorry for being bitchy earlier. And then lalala, they sang more songs, and there's so much more I can say about each song, but I'm getting tired of writing right now!! lol ~ they sang I Want It That Way last~ and it was awesome.

The songs they sang were [not necessarily in this order]:

Larger That Life
Quit Playing Games
Get Down
As Long As You Love Me
I Want It That Way
The One
[all the songs off of Millenium 'cept for I Need You Tonight]
[the next ones I recorded lol - it's not the best quality!! lol]
Back To Your Heart
Everybody
We've Got It Goin On
That's The Way I Like It
Spanish Eyes
I'll Never Break Your Heart
No One Else Comes Close
All I Have To Give
Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
It's Gotta Be You

and I think that's it... I dunno!! lol WAIT! no, then when the BSB finished, they went under the stage, and then they ran RIGHT by where I was standing. Each of them ran out seperately with a bodyguard - they ran so hella fast!! lol, but since I only had 1 picture left in my roll, I only got a picture of Brian running out=P

This is what I got from someone who read that review n was at the concert too! =) From Lisa

FIRST MESSAGE:

OMG I can't believe that was you. I was at that concert and we were all talking about how Howie was so looking at you and everything. I mean you were up on the screen forever. Congrats....I stayed at the Mariott Courtyard in University it's right next to TGIFridays. Do you know where that is? Wow I can't believe you got to touch Howie I would have rathered touch Nick but you know. Well I gotta go bye.
Lisa

SECOND MESSAGE:

Yeah you were on the screen we were all like Howie's hitting on her. We thought it was cute but then again none of us like Howie the best so now if you were with Brian or Nick we would have been so jealous. My friends friends followed the BSB from the concert to there hotel it's some really nice hotel that everyone stays at and they are like 12. They got pictures with all the guys and everything except Brian they said Brian sat on the bus the whole time and Nick was sick but he still took pictures with them which I thought was sweet. Oh well just wanted to tell you bye.
Lisa

lol - Howie was hitting on me=)

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PS- I couldn't give the fanbook to the guys that night [long story] but I WILL be able to give it to them on November 24th for SURE- 100% POSITIVE!! lol, and I *will* give it to them personally, so I'll make them at least look through it! [I'll give it to them at the Atlanta concert - not to a security guard to give to them, but the REAL BSB! lol - trust me on this one!! I can't really give out the reason why I can do this, but just trust me!=)]