This review is from MB20Girl/Girl Tree
I attended a concert Sept 22nd. The opening act was Paula Cole and of course the main act was Matchbox 20. The concert was supposed to start at 7pm. I got to the venue at 4:30pm. And there were already about 50 people in line! I was like "oh no!" I went with my sister. While there we met up with 4 of our concert buddies. As we started talking we heard Rob rehearsing. OMG, he sounded great but there was an echo of his voice. But the the sound of his voice made us shiver. We waited in line until about 5:45pm, they begun opening the gates. So all of a sudden the one line turned into two. So we ran to the 2nd line. They torn our ticket stub and ran like hell to the stage. We made it to the 2nd row of the crowd. It was general addmission.
It's humid and hot in San Antonio, TX. I think it probably went up to about 93 degrees outside. Everyone was hot and sweaty. My sister and I were wearing a radio station t-shirts for a chance to win backstage passes which we didn't win because we got there too early. )o: I was so hot that I had to take off that shirt. So I told the people around me that don't worry I'm not stripping. I had a tank top under that big old shirt. Hehe and the guys started yelling and one guy said where are my dollar bills. Anyway, we were talking about MB20 and the girls in front of us asked us if we were obessed with them. I said YES and the rest of my friends said nothing. lol
Anyways Paula Cole came on stage! No one was really singing or dancing along. So I thought I should at least move a bit and she smiled at me. While Paula was performing we saw Rob and Marisol kissing on the outside of the side of the stage. Ack! My innocent eyes! She was laughing and he was smoking. I think they noticed that we were looking at them so Rob was hiding a bit. Then we saw Adam's head but then it disappeared. Then durning the last the Paula Cole songs we say Paul there just leaning forward and his head leaning on his hand. He looked really cute! hehe.. Oh yeah, during Paula's performance she stuck the finger at someone! I started yelling woohoo!! Okay, Paula's performance was over. While we were waiting for MB20 the bouncers were spraying water at us! I had to cover my camera. ugh! People started pushing! People were geting mad at the people pushing. But come on it's a concert people! So my friend and I were yelling back. hehe.. we mean. Okay so the bouncer kept spraying water and it hit me in my face about 2 times. woo! wait Ack! My camera! After awhile we got tired of the water. Okay, everyone was skin tight and soaking wet! I bet we smelled bad!
Okay the black curtains openned up and woohoo baby!!! There was smoke and red lights!! Rob was right infront of me! I was still in the 2nd row but it was a moshpit now! I started taking pics with my wet camera. Rob was wear a black t-shirt (hehe I could see his manly chest through it hint hint) with black leather pants (is it hot in here?) Adam was wearing a short sleeve button brown shirt with black pants. (hot hot hot) Kyle was wearing blue jeans with a white short sleeve shirt with brown sandals. Hehe they came off while he was performing. shh!! I couldn't really see Paul but he got a haircut and he was wearing a shirt sleeve short. Brian.. all I remember was him wearing a buttoned shirt. sorry )o: They start with Argue! I don't really remember the order of the songs. There were a lot of people passing out. And I had to keep on ducking since I was right smack in the middle. I had to keep telling the dumbass bouncers who wanted to get out. There was a girl behind we who started crying so I held her hand yelling for the guard to get her out. Yes I held her hand to comfort her not because I'm gay, because I'm not. People all around me were getting out. did it hurt! Their bodies, clothles, and shoes. Ugh! First I was surrounded around lots of girls then I was surrounded by guys! I was really hurting by this time! The bouncers kept on asking me if I wanted to get out I kept saying no. After awhile the guys started leaving yes the guys! Hehe I out lasted some guys and I'm only 95lbs! Woohoo!! About 3/4 throught MB20 performance I got out. I told this guy I wanted to get out and *poof* I was on top of everyone! They took me out and I was like 3 ft awy from Rob! woohoo! but I was too dizzy to notice I almost fell but the other bouncer caught me. Rob had a new song called "Marisol's Song." He said that he dedicates this song to the woman of his life. And that he has just finished writing that song the night before. So that the song wouldn't get any newer. It was good! They sang a Beatles' song, Gone Til November, Nothing Compares, Tired, plus all their song on YOSLY. That's all I could remember. They ended with Long Day with the extra verse and Gone till November. After the concert I tired to meet them but the bouncers were total assholes! grrr... They should of let me see them since I could pay attention to the concert because I was too busy doing the bouncers' job! ::muttering:: So I didn't meet them )o: but Brian kept looking at me, maybe he recognized me from last time! It took two days for me to recover, but I'm better I just really have bruises now. )o: But I'll always have Matchbox 20. Sorry this review is long!