Well another san Diego show has come and gone and I honestly can't believe how amaZin it was.
So as many of u know by now, my boyfriend adam worked as a stage-hand for the show. So in the mornin he helped unload the equipment and set up the stage. He also got a pair of nates drumsticks and a Vegas setlist leftover from the other nite. He also asked his boss if I could come backstage and watch sound check or something but nothin was ever confirmed so that plan didn't work out but i'm not that dissapointed
cause it was a great nite with my best friends. Oh
and the kings lol
So I arrived @ the venue and hung out with mojogrl, Andie and Stacy at the GA line. It's always fun catching up with my so-cal crew. So my brother Andy and his gf Erika show up and we go to our seats which were on the side of Matts side of the stage. the view was great! so my best friends aimee and
Carolina and aimees bf Ivan arrive and we're just havin a
beer by concessions while the Whigs were playing. It was fun to people watch. There were sooo many different types of ppl there. Some half-naked girls, lots of cowboy boots and plaid! My friends (who are honestly "sex somebody" fans) were asking me how I felt about the kings growing fame. It felt
nice to know that they consider me a sort of authority on kol hehe
anyways, the kings start off with Closer and it sounds amazin! Actually the whole set
list was awesome but the highlights were 4 kicks followed by crawl. I think crawl gets
better and better live. During mollys chambers my brother looks at me with a sad look on his face and says "this doesn't sound the same. I
don't like it. " and it's true they really slow down the pace for mollys chambers and it
does make me miss the studio version.
They also played red mornin light which was a first for
me. It's nice to have oldies but the crowd is not As into them
so it brings down the mood a bit. Of course I rocked out from my seat to every single song but yep there were people around me who would sit during oldies and stand up for obtt songs. But overall the crowd was loud and lively. When the kings left the stage before the encore the screams were deafening and I felt the ground beneath me shake a bit. It was never louder than during sex on fire of course. My brother looked over at me and shushed me told me not to sing cause everyone was already loud enough haha!
Caleb was very talkative he gave a shout out to his aunt&uncle
who were present and to new dad nacho. It was adorable when he said it was the first
time, that they knew of, that any of them had a baby. and he gave a shout out to Syd (nachos gf) and Molly belle Who were also present!
During a little encore speech he said "I'm gonna tell u guys a little story. This isn't the first time we play here. We opened for bob dylan a few years back. And it's an honor to be back headlining this time." and he thanked everyone who have been there from the beginning "u know who you are". I like to think that he was talkin about me with the bob Dylan referrence but that's just my crazy, passionate heart doin the thinking hehe.
He also thanked ppl that had travelled from far including some Irish folks with a flag
he thanked ppl who came from Mexico and I cheered cause I come from there lol.
Of course black thumbnail as a closer hAs been amazin recently but this time even more so Matt got close to the edge of the stage and rocked out Caleb knocked over his
mike stand the whole bit. and they lingered on stage graciously waving and clapping.
Afterwards I ran straight to the gate by the buses and was gonna try to get backstage but Adam told me security was really strict. The rest of the so cal crew arrived by the buses and we waited a while. At one point adam came out and handed me a set list. I was the envy of all the girls there
he went back to work and texted me updates. He talked to Matt for me! Told him I was waiting by
the gate with a preSent. Seriously, the thought of my bf talking to my Matt was enough to relieve the dissapointment of not gettin backstage.
A few cars drove out and based on Adams reports behind the scenes
we knew the guys had left. Backstage Adam told me he saw Jared Alisa nacho, his baby-mama and "the baby in question" As he called Molly belle lol!
So the night was a total blast! I could not ask for a better way to have seen my kings.
And right now Stacy and I are on the train, on a train off to see kol in LA! I typed all this on Stacy iPod so forgive the little errors and thank u Stacy for
lettin me borrow it! Hope ur enjoying ur first ever train ride!
Love, Limon
