Friday, February 5, 2010
Full Service Summer Tour 2009
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My next venture was June 11th for the Full Service Summer Tour in Pittsburgh, PA. I met Suzi (a fellow twitter addict) for the first time but certianly not the last! And also Jess who I had met in NYC at the Today Show campout -I had 5* tix and no idea WTH I was gonna say to Donnie when I saw him! Not that it matters if I plan what to say ahead of time bc usually my mind goes blank when I see him anyway! He's Donnie F*ckin Wahlberg ya know?! My husband John had been joking about how he wanted me to thank Donnie for him for all the extra sex he gets in return for sending me on all my New Kids adventures. (If i weren't w/ John there's no way I could afford my NKOTB habit!) When i went in I hugged him I said "my husband wants me 2 thank you for all the xtra sex he's gotten in return 4 sending me 2 all these concerts" he laughed & said "just tell him 2 tweet me if he's not getting enough I'll make sure he gets more" so were standing there waiting for them 2 take the pic & I said "so how many blowjobs do u think it will take 4 him 2 let me go to Houston 4 the last show?" right then they snapped the pic & captured his reaction!
He turned 2 me, grabbed me by both shoulders & said "honey-just blow ya man EVERDAY-I promise you'll get whateva ya want" and then hugged me again LOL Never in my life did i think i would hear those words from Donnie & I learned it IS possible to shock Mr.Donnie Wahlberg!!! I had 2nd row center for the show that night! I had resisted the urge to watch any youtube videos like I had with the first tour. This was a whole new show & I wanted to be suprised! I'm so glad I didn't peek!
They never fail to amaze us! I was SO EXCITED to get to see DOnnie perform "Stay w/ Me baby"!! For whatever reason he took it out of the show shortly after Pittsburgh, so I was lucky to get to see it!
That night Donnie brought his son Elijah out on stage at the end...SO CUTE! He's gonna be just like his daddy!
After the show Suzi & I debated about if we should to to The Waffle House but the closest one was 30min south of there & since the guys were headed in the opposite direction I figured Donnie wouldn't be going. WRONG-not only DOnnie but also Jordan & danny went to WH that night!
Now that I was free to attend more concerts due to our Disney trip being changed to August I started looking for tickets! I decided to take the kids to the show in Cleveland! They had been wanting to go to see what it was all about.
John 2 daughters Tiffany & Kimmy wanted to go too, mainly to see The Jabbawokeez but by the end of the night had been turned into NKOTB fans too! Tiff & Kimmy we so excited to get to mee Jabbaz!
The girls LOVED the concert, Chloe especially loved bein able to scream her head off & not get in trouble for it! LOL We went to Waffle House afterwards, but they didn't make a WH stop that night :(
My friend Steph that I had met while freezing my ass off in Columbus asked me if I wanted 2 join her & her friends on their concert roadtrip-4 days, 4 states, 4 shows! Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati & Indianapolis! How could I say no?! I drove to Indy to meet up w/ Steph & Kristy, from there we drove to Detroit for the first show.
When we went into the venue, we were just walking around to check the place out, get something to eat etc. We weren't there 5 minutes when we all started reading the posts on Twitter that Michael Jackson had died?! OMG-so shocking & sad :( Most of us loved MJ b4 NKOTB. We wondered if the guys would mention anything about it at the show since he was such a huge influence for them. It was an outdoor ampitheter and there was a walkway behind the hill of the lawn area, and ended up walking right past the 5* M&G area! The tent was off a little ways but it was fun to watch it all even if from afar.
We also happened to run into Ethan while we were there watching! He's just too damn sweet :)
That night when they sang "Please Don't Go Girl" they each were wearing a single white glove...
and later Rob started playin "Man In The Mirror" on the piano & soon the entire crowd was singing along. They guys came out & talked about MJ's passing & how much of an influence he was for them, then they sang "I'll Be There"-the tears were flowin for sure that night!
Donnie also showed us his bestMJ moves :D SO HOT! After the show we followed the buses & ended up at a McDonalds. The buses pulled around to the far side of the building & we weren't sure if we should just go over there or what lol When we finally got the nerve to walk around the building-we saw Donnie standing there at the drive-thru window with a cpl fans. But Armondo started yellin tellin us to go back blah blah. Donnie waved to us but we walked back 2 our car after basically being scolded by his security. We were tweeting 2 our friends about what happened & everyone said GO BACK! Donie won't turn you away-just ignore Armondo. So we go back around the building but the buses were pulling out :( SO CLOSE! We jumped in the car to follow-correction "escort" them to Chicago ;) One thing we learned is to fill up the gas tank BEFORE the show! We were about out of gas & had 2 stop but didn't wanna lose the buses. So Steph speeds up til the garmin shows we've gained about 10 min & we stop for gas-the FASTEST pit stop in history I think! Fuel, potty, Red Bull & we were back on the road in 8 min flat! We did end up finding one of the buses but it drove right into the venue so we went on to get some breakfast & get some sleep at the hotel. Our room wasn't available yet though so we had to sleep in the car for a cpl hours while we waited. After getting some much needed sleep we made sure to fill up the gas tank & toss some red bulls in the cooler b4 going to the concert :D
At the show that night we were lucky enough the be right infront of Jon when they sang "Single"! We started freakin out when we saw the platform being set up in the isle right beside us!!
They also did the MJ tribute that night & the next 2 nights as well but not after that. Onto Cincinnati now-this time we didn't have to stop & followed the buses right to the venue.
They stopped in the general parking area, so we parked also & got out to talk to the others who had been "escorting". The bus drivers told us that these were the band, dancer & Jabbawokeez buses-Joe was already there in the backlot. The Knight bus & the Baby Daddy bus were supposed to be there in about a half hour. Sure enough about 20-30 min later we see 2 buses pulling in but 1 of the buses had smoke billowing out of the top of it! We ran over to ask the bus drivers what was wrong-he said it was just the deisel engine releasing pressure/steam or something like that-nothing 2 worry about. A few minutes later we got a tweet from Jordan saying that he woke up to his bus on fire! LOL The buses went on back behind the venue so we went to our hotel for a nap & etc b4 the show.
I went to the box office to get my free tix from DOnnie but the woman told me she didn't have my name on her list. I explained how I had gotten tix & she went to check with her manager. I started bawling, how can this happen?! The manager came to the window & said there was no record of me supposed to be having tix but the tour manager was in a good mood & gave them to me anyway! Thank God! After the show that night Donnie had another afterparty at The Lodge Bar!
We went to the party didn't get up close but we were still there for all the fun! After he left we got another round of drinks to celebrate our roadtrip
-but then I got a text from a fellow BH sayin get your butt to Waffle House-Donnie is here! We grabbed a cab & headed there but when the driver stopped there was no WH in sight?! We asked where the WH was-he pointed & said "Haufbro Haus" (it was a german restraunt! I said "no the WAFFLE HOUSE" Steph said "aw-fuck" & the cabbie starts flippin out sayin to get out of his cab-he won't be talked to with that language etc...after a bit of begging he finally drove us to WH just in time to catch DOnnie coming out! I said "hey donnie can i get a pic? I've got my camera ready!" He said "girl where were ya? I just took 100 pix in there" I said I'm sorry we just got here! He said ok, walk with me" put his arm around me, took my camera & snapped the pic himself! LUV HIM!
And we still had 1 more show to go!!! The next night was the show in Indy-we had so much fun on that trip!! Can't wait to do it again!!!
Since my husband is so wonderful, he agreed to take me to Houston for the last show on the summer tour (last show for a while so we thought) I wanted him to go with me to experience it & maybe try to understand even if just a little bit why I am obsessed (or extremely dedicated lol) to these guys. And if he didn't understand well at least he'd see I'm NOT alone in this crazy NKOTB world! We made a weekend of it, & visited the Houston Space Center too.
There was an undercover plan started by fellow fans for everyone to have battery op candles to hold up during I'll Be Loving You...it was amazingly successful! Such a beautiful site, so emotional...the whole night had a different energy/feel to it.
SO much love & appreciation you could FEEL it I swear! There was an afterparty but this one was pretty much a bust. We paid $50/each to get in & there were SO MANY girls you couldn't even find Donnie-none of the other guys came & he didn't do any performance. Despite the afterparty I'm so glad I got to be at the Houston show to be a part of the LOVEFEST!
In August THE CRUISE tix went on sale, but after 6 hours on 2 computers I came up with nothing but frustration & tears :( Still hoping to get on the ship, if you hear of any open spots let me know!!!
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