AHHH!!! MOTLEY CRUE IS THE BEST BAND EVER!!
Yet again they blow my mind. I saw them on August 11th in Las Vegas. My third Crue show. It was amazing. Here I go again, from the very beginning.
Well, I went to sleep the night before the show and I woke up at 3am, there was no way I could sleep!! So, I jumped online and went to every Crue site I could and even updated mine. Then my friend Dawn signed on and said that she had spoken to Neil and he was giving us a backstage pass! AHHH!!!!!! We were going to meet Motley Crue!! I was in total disbelief!
Once I had my bags packed, I sat in my room looking at the ceiling thinking, "Why does time go so slow?!" Finally the time 10am rolled around and I left for the airport to catch my flight at 11. Fortunately I didn't have any delays ;-)
My flight landed in Vegas one hour and 15 minutes later and when I came out of the gate Dawn said to me, "Who's that cool bitch in the Crue shirt?!" HAHA It was Crue day... AHHHHH!!!!!!!
After leaving the airport we went down to the Hard Rock and checked in. Then we spent a couple hours day dreaming about meeting the band when there was a knock on the door. IT WAS NEIL W/THE PASS!! Woo Hoo!! He couldn't stay long but dropped off the pass and chit chatted a little. He said he'd meet us at the show. As he was walking out he turned around and said, "Lora, don't push me down the stairs this time, ok?" Oh I was mortified!! (I couldn't help it, they were onstage!) ;-) *if you are clueless at this moment, what happened was at the last show I was behind him when the band went onstage and I wanted to get to my seat and kinda shoved him a little down some steps.. OOPS!)
Anyway, Neil left and we took pictures and decorated our room w/Crue posters. Then we got ready and headed down to the show. Traffic was a bitch!! And parking was a nightmare.
The show was being held at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. There are 7 floors of parking and every one of them was full!! So after driving around the 5th floor for about 15 minutes we found our way up to the 7th floor. After that nightmare we had to wait 10 minutes for an elevator!! So, after finally getting into the concert hall we bought our tourbooks, I bought a shirt, and a little picture type thing then we ran to our seats and at that moment, the Scorpions took the stage. That's when Dawn left to go backstage (we were planning on taking turns) as she was going down the steps I saw Vince standing on the side of the stage... Oh god I felt like puking.. lol.. I was so nervous at the thought of meeting them all!
I could see Dawn from my seat and I watched her until she disappeared.. After that I basically enjoyed the show until she came back 10 minutes later saying security wouldn't let her back!! She tried again about 10 minutes later.. they still wouldn't let her back! (This wasn't going good!) So we watched the Scorps for about 20 more minutes when I spotted Neil. Dawn went up to him and he told us he'd take us back there after the show. *Ahh relief!* lol..
The scorpions were good. But I wanted them to leave the stage.. CRUE CRUE CRUE!! hehe..Finally they left the stage! WOO HOO!! I could see Randy warming up from where I was sitting. WOW!! EXCITEMENT!!
Finally they took the stage! I lost my mind, screaming, crying, singing... etc etc etc. Once again they blew my mind. (Not that that's shocking!) ;-) I am sure you have heard the set list already so I won't go into detail but I thought it was really cool how during "Red Hot" the lights were red and white and Mick and Nikki stood up on these little podium things.. Excellent photo opportunities! ;-) Just wish I had been closer to the stage.
Well, the show ended and as we were making our way towards the stage we heard someone say, "GOD DAMN! THEY GET ARRESTED EVERYTIME THEY COME HERE!" Dawn suddenly stopped and looked back at me, her eyes were huge! So we ran the rest of the way and found out they weren't letting anyone backstage because Nikki just got arrested! WAAAHH!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!?!!?!?!?!?! WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!?? I WAS SO CLOSE TO MEETING THEM AND THEN THIS HAPPENS! It's just a bunch of shit! :-|
So, the show was fantastic, the minutes and hours leading up to the show was great!! but the ending fucking sucked!
PICTURES SOON TO COME!!