concert count

this will be a 2 for 1 post.

#20: Justin Timberlake (30-Jan-07) - ACC

i got a little bit of slack from my boss about going to this concert, but i'm not ashamed of going, it was awesome! pink opened up for justin, but i didn't intend on seeing her set, so by the time i got to my seat, she was singing her last song. but she was all skanked out. isn't her song 'stupid girls' about not being like one of those girls?

this picture is when the show just started and the screens were down. the stage was a circular stage in the middle of the floor.

he played the piano on lots of the songs, and the guitar on one of them. this picture is him playing the piano (at the center of the stage). overall, the show was really impressive. whether or not you like his music, no one can deny that justin can put on a good show. timbaland was there to sing a few songs with him. and there was an intermission as well. it was actually quite good. they put the screens down again and played all these new songs (nelly furtado, the fray, etc.) and even timbaland's new song with justin and nelly. it was really good. his album is coming out in march.

justin pretty much sang every song from his new album, all the singles from the 1st album, and one more song from the old album. all in all, his set was a little over 2 hours long, which was longer than i thought it would be. just when i thought it was the last song, he'd keep singing another one. and of course, the dancing was amazing.

not that i would want to wear a shirt with justin's face on it, but the merchandise was super expensive. a t-shirt was like $80. there were a pair of underwear or booty shorts or whatever they were, with sexyback printed on the ass that were $50 or $55. such a rip off, but i'm sure they sold tonnes of merchandise.

there weren't as many little teeny boppers at the show as i would have thought. but i sure cheered and screamed like one of them.

#21: Billy Talent (02-Feb-07) - ACC

nothing like a billy talent show to balance out going to see justin timberlake at the beginning of the week.

i've seen billy talent perform at the horseshoe tavern before, which is the type of venue i prefer over big arenas like the ACC, but i still think it's impressive and a sign of their popularity that they can sell out big arenas.

i had better seats for billy talent than i had for justin timberlake, but i forgot my camera and only had my camera phone for billy talent.

there were a few opening bands. moneen, anti-flag, and rise against. i only really wanted to see rise against, and i got there just in time. they were great. they sound really good live and their set was really energetic.

then it was billy talent's time to play. the amount of energy ben (lead singer) has is quite impressive. and he was battling a cold too. for both rise against and billy talent, there was a little too much of unison clapping, "do what i say" type of stuff that i hate doing. the mosh pit was crazy too. i had seats because i'm too old for that stuff now, but i was watching it periodically and there's no way i would survive in that.

there were so many little boys at this concert. and i mean 8-10 year olds. definitely their first concert experience, and it was really cute. there were 3 little boys sitting behind me and they had to stand on their seats when the show was on because they were too little to see over everyone.

so all in all, a good week for concerts. next up on deck: ten second epic.

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