Thursday, June 12, 2008

Dave Matthews and Rush Concerts

I'm still recovering from two nights back to back of concerts!! I think I'm getting too old to do that anymore... But I did and it was a good couple of nights. Monday Aija and myself with Andreja and Josh(sis and bro-in law) went to Dave Matthews at DTE and it was awesome. We got 10th row in the center so the seats were great. I was suppose to get VIP Lounge passes from the record label but they weren't at WILL CALL so we went in and the show started. About 15 minutes into the show a lady came up to me in my seat with the passes which now didn't mean anything since the show started, oh well. Great show and of course I loved the horns in the show. This was their trumpet player; I'd say a good 350lbs.Good set up on stage too with a wrap around big screen all the way in the back with side views too and of course lots of lights. DTE is built on a hill and has about 15,ooo capacity with seating under a covering down the hill with seats like a big cement amphitheater with lawn seats at the top uncovered. We stayed till the end and I'm glad we had the covered Stadium seats and not the lawn seats on the hill behind cause it was raining and lots of lightning too. We got to our car and we waited for an hour just to move the car!!! The concert got out at 11pm and we didn't see the road till midnight. By then we were all hungry so we stopped at a White Castle in Flint on the way back. Nothing like sliders with onions for the next morning if you know what I mean! The good thing about the trip is the Aija and myself got to sleep on the way back as Andreja drove us to the concert and back. We got in about 2am and proceeded to crash hard. Aija took Tuesday and Wednesday off but I worked a on Tuesday and let me tell you it was hard getting up. So being tired it was time to head to Detroit for the RUSH concert. We got down there and this was the first time for me or Aija downtown at the Joe Louis Arena so we missed our turn once we got down there but did find our way to the parking garage. So we met the people for the meet and greet with RUSH and got escorted back behind the stage and met with Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee of RUSH. It was quick as the band got in late and there was double people to meet RUSH than what they expected. It was just a quick in and out but we got to shake hands and get a picture taken and then go to their private bar down there which was kind of neat to see all the Red Wings stuff that was down there(Venue that NHL Red Wings play at). Concert was good as it always is with RUSH but we were both tired and our feet hurt really bad as the night before we stood for the whole concert and this one again everyone stood the whole time. Aija was really tired so she sat some of the concert and they did take a break half way thru since as Geddy Lee put it, "we aren't spring chickens anymore so we are going to take a wee short break" which they did and we were grateful too. We left right before the Encore, then home by 1am. Tired tired tired on Wednesday morning but oh well, that's the way it goes with two nights of concerts. Glad that is done with the back to back but now looking forward to see Live, Collective Soul, and Blues Traveler at DTE in July.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Concert Time

Well I was going to write a blog last night about my new cat Sake but I just didn't feel like it so I'll get to that later. It's 5 days away from the Dave Matthews Band Concert Monday at DTE Energy Music Theater in Detroit (Clarkston) and then on Tuesday I get to see my all time favorite band RUSH with a meet and greet with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. I'm really excited to see both of these bands, it just kind of sucks that I have to work all week long so by Friday I'll be tired I bet. I'll try to get pictures up after both of the concerts but I'm not sure about the Rush show with pictures as no cameras are allowed. Above are a couple of video's from each band, take a look!