woah, this post is going to be epically large...wow this is really long..but if anything it's good for me to get this all down so i'll always remember....So, first off the concert was amazing. It was so unreal, I honestly couldn't believe it was all happening when it was. I think my last couple of days have been so stressful and full of nerve wrenching change that even the concert had be a bit jaded and the fact that I was basically by myself made me just kind of quiet about all of the ecitement, if that makes sense.
The doors opened at 7, so I got to the venue at 4:15, so early i didn't have to pay for parking, score. I parked like right outside the backstage entrance, where the buses were parked, not on purpose but a nice coincidence. There were like 8 other people at the doors. Didn't really talk to them, I was next to these two really annoying girls, so I just kept to myself. My two friends came around 5ish to sit with me, they weren't too thrilled to sit outside that long, but i'm glad they came, i would have slapped those annoying girls if they didn't. Anyway, after a couple more hours and debating on where to stand and exactly how to get down to the floor they finally open the doors, but they happen to forget to unlock ours so i weasel my way through the center entrance. i rush through bagcheck, run up the stairs and then into the venue and back down all of the stands. there are already a lot of people at the barricade, and a big huddle at the center. The ends on jared and matt's sides were pretty sparse and I made the last minute decision to go to matt's side, i found a barricade spot right at the edge of the stage on matt's side. It was a pretty perfect spot, by the end of the night we had migrated a foot or so closer to the center. by this time i had not eaten or peed in ages but i didn't care. my friend goes to grab beers and my other friend and i hold our spots. i overhear two guys behind me talking about how excited they are and i start talking to them. their fave is YAYM, and they seem pretty cool. we talk about b-sides and i tell one of them that he just has to watch the home movies.
time goes by and the walkmen come on. they are seriously so good. amazing.
during the walkmen i look to the left of the stage and have a few seconds glimpse of the back of some petit man's long locks and i know it's NACHO.
during a lag between the second and third songs i yell out 'NACHO!' I never thought i would do that, but how could i not when he's like ten feet from me. it gets me so excited for the show. i end up taking pictures of him while the walkmen are on and the security guard in front of me gets really confused as to why i'm taking pictures of some random guitar tech. lol.
the walkmen end and tons of guys start setting up for kol. i seriously took like so many pictures of nacho.
i even got an amazing little video of him tuning matt's guitar in front of matt's fan, hello wind blown hair, it's amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUnntVUHMY
the tech guys uncover nate's drums and they are freaking glittered! i was like holy shit, look at that glitter (i never noticed this in pics in here), i got some decent pics of them.
they all come on and caleb does the arms stretched back to the crowd pose, i'm so freaking excited.
they start with crawl and then taper jean girl. i tried to keep a setlist, but it was just not happening. but i did take like 100 picures, it was just so hard not too, every move they made looked like a great picture (and a great pic to post on here
). it was so weird seeing them, i honestly didn't feel like it was happening when it was, you know. like i'm so used to seeing tour pics and videos and being on here and listening to their cds non stop, it was just weird. but amazing. I must screamed so hard throughout the show and sang along at the top of my lungs.
so i fell in love with matt last night. he's so freaking adorable, and he pulls some amazing faces; i didn't notice any on jared, but i did notice that his hair is still back, yes!
i was really sad that i couldn't differentiate nate's back up vocals, and i didn't get many pictures of him.
caleb is like pure sex. he has these little twirks and moves he pulls during songs and it just makes me melt.
god, i still can't believe i saw freaking kings of leon last night, oh and i met nacho, nate and caleb. did i forget to mention that? anyway, the show goes on and it's just really beyond amazing. bad news, those two large beers had my bladder nearly exploding for half the show, i tried my hardest to put it in the back of my mind, because there was no way i was going to leave. caleb made some comments about being thankful for everything and happy mother's day. he also said "my brother and i were talking about the last time we were here" (october 2005) he goes on to say something about how they had a good time in charleston last time and that they were sorry to the people they met for anything they may have done back then (essentially that's what he said) Caleb also says thanks to the band's new fans and then thanks to their "old fans that have been here since the beginning", and the crowd goes crazy. i was seriously screaming my lungs out, he then says "and it appears there are a lot of old fans here tonight" and the screaming continues. it was awesome.
the encore was really great. no devil song, but that's alright, hopefully i'll hear it another time.
i can't remember if they closed with black thumbnail or not but during ithe chorus caleb kept shaking his head and sweat was flyring everywhere. haha all in all the show went by in a flash and it was so surreal. so my bladder was nearly about to explode and i leave and run to find a bathroom but no on would let me up the stands to the bathrooms and direct me to the exit at the floor, long story short i go back to the guards at the stairs plead with them with tears in my eyes telling them i'm about to pee myself and simply run past them. afterwords i finally meet back up with my friends, they have to leave so i say bye and go to my car near the buses to freshen up (not sure it helped) and got rid of stuff in my bag (like my new red kings of leon football tee, still wearing it by the way)
anyway so i go to stand with the other people at the bus entrance/exit. i walk up to a cop and ask him for the scoop, i ask him where they are and he says they've already left, in fact they've gone downtown to the 'music farm' the venue bar where they played back in 2005. i didn't believe him and the other waiting people didn't either. so i sit there by myself, talk to some girls and then move to the other entrance and talk to some other girls (who, apparently, were given tickets like 4 hours before the show by the bus drivers who were at their hotel bar? who knows)
anyway thirty or so minutes later nacho is seen walking around and a couple people yell his name, he waves and then eventually walks over. they ask for a picture and hell i had to too. he turned to walk back and i'm like 'hey nacho, can i get your picture too?' he said yes and walks over, i ask some random girl to take our picture and i put my arm around his back and ask him how the show went, if they were enjoying charleston. he said they had just gotten there that morning and i was like oh well it's a beautiful city you have to spend some time here. he said he knew they had been here before and i was like 'oh yeah i know i was there' anyway, got a freaking cute picture with nacho, amazing.
nacho actually hangs around for a while talking to some guy and it's just so cool that he was hanging out with us. i took a picture of him and another girl, he instructed me not to take a picture of his feet, don't know why he had some cool shoes on. lol before he got there a bus left, must have been jared and matt, because nacho mentions something about it. anyway, he eventually leaves and later i see nate and caleb walk to the bus, so exciting. a couple people yell caleb. the waiting crowd was actually pretty subdued.
later i see this big white balded headed guy with tats walk towards from the bus, and i just knew it was bad news, like they weren't going to come out. but he tells us that nate and caleb will come out and sign things (not bodyparts because it messes up the marker for others, lol) but there will be no grabbing or anything like that. he also said that we couldn't take individual pictures with them because it would take too long and this way they get to everyone. he also said if we did he'd take our camera until we were done. so nate and caleb walk over and we form a line and i can't believe it's about to happen.
i had my rolling stone magazine, ticket, camera and spare sharpie in my hands. i ask a strange girl behind me if she could take my picture while they were signing and she said sure, it was so nice of her and the pictures turned out really well. please ignore this painful face, i felt awkward posing while he was with another person.
nate was wearing cute shorts and a tank top, and flipflops. i noticed his right foot was wrapped up. i walk up and he's like still hunched over from the previous girl. i was like, "hi, i have two things for you to sign, if that's alright" he said, "no problem" i ask if he hurt his foot, and he says something but i really couldn't understand him. he signed with beer in hand and he totally accidentally marked by thumb while signing. so it was over just like that and i move over to caleb, and omg i lost all train of thought.
when i got to caleb, i must have asked "how are you?" because while i handed him my magazine and ticket he said, "good, thank you for asking" he looked up at me and his beautiful blue eyes made me forget to say anything, i was like woah. honestly they had me mesmerised, i just couldn't believe i was four inches from caleb and he just looked at me, omg, lol. i just stared into them for a second, it was amazing. i said thank you so much. the show was amazing. and probably thank you again. and then it was over, he finished and turned to nate and said "hey nate" and i was already walking off to the side.
i wish i had thought of things to say. but just saying thanks is enough i guess. by the way, caleb's outfit was amazing, his hat and sweater, so cool. so that was it. i awkwardly stood around for another second, got my camera back and thanked the girl, then went to my car and left, blasting red morning light and drove right by the crowd. when i got back on the highway i started crying, not sure if it was from finally realizing that yes i did just see kol or that yes in fact i did meet nacho, nate and caleb, probably a combination of those two and the stress of the previous days.
so all in all, the show was AMAZING. i fell in love with nacho and matt (already in love with the others, duh), made awkward small talk with nacho and nate. and completely lost all train of thought when caleb and i locked eyes....i have to see them again, and it has to be with some other followhores. lol.
thanks for posting all that, all very very necessary 
) Great pictures too, i especially loved: 
