When I found out that
Halestorm was coming back to Alabama, at first, I was a bit reluctant because I
did not think that there was anyway that I would get to go because I was going
to a show the night before in Huntsville and the night after in Atlanta. When
my dad agreed to take me, at first I was excited, then I thought I was crazy
because I would go from the top of Alabama to the bottom of Alabama in 24 hours
and I would be in two states in 48 hours. When the day finally came, I checked
out of school and then I was on my way to Mobile. Also playing with Halestorm
were Eve To Adam and In This Moment. I knew ETA because of Octane on Sirius/XM
and I knew In This Moment because I saw them on Warped Tour in 2009. I met one
of my friends there and we went inside and I could barely contain my
excitement. Eve To Adam was okay. I do not know any of the songs that they
played other than a new song they wrote with Eric Bass from Shinedown. After
the show I had the opportunity to meet them and they were some really cool
dudes. After ETA, was In This Moment. They put on a great show, but the fact
that they had a fog machine made it a little less pleasant. It was really hard
to see and I think I would have enjoyed them more the second time if they did
without that. I do not remember all the songs that they played, but I do
remember
Adrenalize
Blazin’
Whore
Beast Within
The Gun Show and
Blood
Maria changed hats during
almost every song and she stood on a platform that was surrounded by skeletons
and skulls. It was definitely different than anything I have seen. Maria also
had people hold up a curtain and she danced behind it. The band members had
make-up on and they looked freaky, but cool. Over all, ITM, was greatly
entertaining and I really want to see them headlining.
Then it was finally time for
Halestorm. Even though I had seen them twice, I was still excited. It had been
almost 3 years since the last time that I saw them. I got even more excited
when they opened with one of my all time favorite songs, Mz. Hyde. *Cue
freak-out*. The rest of the songs I do not remember in order, but they were
Love Bites (So Do I)
Freak Like Me
Dissident Aggressor (Judas
Priest)
Dirty Work
American Boys (AHH MY
FAVORITE!) (Lzzy said that they are going to play this song every night of the
tour because they respect our troops and the song was in memory of a soldier
that she knew. RIP, man)
Break In (Lzzy Played The
Piano and it was beautiful, like her)
Familiar Taste Of Poison
In Your Room
Rock Show
Arejay's Drum Solo
You Call Me A Bitch Like It’s A Bad Thing
You Call Me A Bitch Like It’s A Bad Thing
Slave To The Grind (Skid
Row)
It’s Not You
Here’s To Us
I Get Off
I Miss The Misery
The band basically played my dream set-list and just when I thought the night could not get any better, I found myself at the buses in the back waiting to meet the band. I had met the band before but it was through a fence. This time was different. I actually got to have conversations with them and hug them. The first person I talked to was Lzzy. I cannot put into words how much I love and adore her. She is my favorite female vocalist and she is one of my biggest inspirations of all time. I said hey to her and I asked her if I could give her a hug. She said “Of course!” That was probably the best hug of my life. I got my picture with her and I thanked her profusely for being amazing. After her, I got my picture with Josh. He was not much for words but he did thank me for coming to the show. Then I talked to Arejay. He is a character. For some reason, he told me I had a sexy shoulder? I did not really know what else to say other than thank you. He also thanked me for coming to the show. The last person I talked to was Joe. Joe was awesome. I talked to him for a long time about a lot of random stuff. It started with me telling him the show was great. It then continued with us talking about the Birmingham Uproar show in 2010 and Pearl Jam and how many times I have seen them, plus their 20th anniversary show in Wisconsin, and I told him that I am bad at math and that I will never use it in my career. He asked me what I wanted to do and I told him I wanted to work in the music industry. He said “Hey, that’s what I do!.” Then we talked about college and he told me he dropped out but if he had not, he would not have met Lzzy and he would not have been in the band. The funniest part of the conversation was when Arejay was talking to some people and he yelled “I’m going to pull a magic mike in this bitch!” and proceeded to drop to the ground. Everyone that was there started laughing and Joe asked me if that was going to be put in my blog. Joe, if you are reading this, I remembered to put that in the blog. ;) I finished talking to Joe and it was time for me to leave. Goodness gracious, this show quickly made its way into my top 5 favorite shows of all time. The shows that I can sing every song to and not have a voice the next day are some of the reasons why I want to make going to concerts a career.
The band basically played my dream set-list and just when I thought the night could not get any better, I found myself at the buses in the back waiting to meet the band. I had met the band before but it was through a fence. This time was different. I actually got to have conversations with them and hug them. The first person I talked to was Lzzy. I cannot put into words how much I love and adore her. She is my favorite female vocalist and she is one of my biggest inspirations of all time. I said hey to her and I asked her if I could give her a hug. She said “Of course!” That was probably the best hug of my life. I got my picture with her and I thanked her profusely for being amazing. After her, I got my picture with Josh. He was not much for words but he did thank me for coming to the show. Then I talked to Arejay. He is a character. For some reason, he told me I had a sexy shoulder? I did not really know what else to say other than thank you. He also thanked me for coming to the show. The last person I talked to was Joe. Joe was awesome. I talked to him for a long time about a lot of random stuff. It started with me telling him the show was great. It then continued with us talking about the Birmingham Uproar show in 2010 and Pearl Jam and how many times I have seen them, plus their 20th anniversary show in Wisconsin, and I told him that I am bad at math and that I will never use it in my career. He asked me what I wanted to do and I told him I wanted to work in the music industry. He said “Hey, that’s what I do!.” Then we talked about college and he told me he dropped out but if he had not, he would not have met Lzzy and he would not have been in the band. The funniest part of the conversation was when Arejay was talking to some people and he yelled “I’m going to pull a magic mike in this bitch!” and proceeded to drop to the ground. Everyone that was there started laughing and Joe asked me if that was going to be put in my blog. Joe, if you are reading this, I remembered to put that in the blog. ;) I finished talking to Joe and it was time for me to leave. Goodness gracious, this show quickly made its way into my top 5 favorite shows of all time. The shows that I can sing every song to and not have a voice the next day are some of the reasons why I want to make going to concerts a career.
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