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05-31-2008, 06:59 AM
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My Birmingham Concert Review [Jonas Brothers & Avril]
Arrival & Merchandise
Well what can i Say?! I'm from Warwick and Birmingham is close. I left at 5.30 which was when the doors open. We got to the M40 and then almost missed the M42 which leads to NEC. As we got there, there were lot's of people heading the way I was. We got to the doors and the first thing I saw was the biggest queue ever! It was a snake like form. OMG! We got to the back, I was like there's the merchandise! I left the queue with my friend holding it for me. She told me there will be one after the show, I was like okie dokie. The queue took 10 minutes. It was really well organised.  We passed the queue and we were Tier Seated. I headed for another Merchandise store where I bought my Tour T-Shirt, Face Poster. Jonas Brothers It was coming to 7.00pm and I was dead excited to see the Jonas Brothers.  As we were all told the show was starting at 7.30 where the JB's would play til 8.00. Then there would be a break where the stage would get ready for Avril, who would play till 9.45. The lights went and glow sticks were all you could see.  Then everyone started to scream. The boys came on. My face dropped when I saw them. They started the show. The white piano was on stage. The best bit- JONAS COVER OF AHA!- TAKE ON ME!!! That was indeed a great cover. You could hear the Mum's going "Take on Me" It's was brilliant way to start the show. I got two vids and loadz of pics! Avril Lavigne 01: Girlfriend 02: I Can Do Better 03: Complicated 04: My Happy Ending 05: I'm With You 06: I Always Get What I Want 07: When You're Gone 08: Innocence 09: Don't Tell Me 10: Hot (Acoustic) 11: Losing Grip 12: Bad Reputation (video) 13: Everything Back But You 14: Runaway 15: Hey Mickey <Did not Play 16: The Best Damn Thing 17: I Don't Have To Try 18: He Wasn't 19: Girlfriend Remix 20: Sk8er Boi The Entrance was awesome. The Graffiti animation saying Avril got everyone pumped. People were banging on the floors, make it's sound like a rumble and they were screaming their heads off. Then the Girlfriend backing started to play and the dancers came on waving the crossbonez flags. The small blonde rose and it's was phenomenal! I think the Setlist was great. It was reduced to 19. She didn't play Hey Mickey. When You're Gone i think got everybody. The Pink piano the huge screen showing parts from the video which were mirrored. It was so beautiful. The crowd sang along to every song. Including me! I mean why would you?! She played "I can Do Better" which was then led on by her first ever song "Complicated" She wanted everyone to sing along and we did. It brought back 2002 for me. As did "I'm With You." She stopped and held her mic for the crowd to sing along, which I loved. When we hit Bad Rep i thought wow! It was just like what i saw on YouTube. She was full of energy. Playing Runaway on the Drums was brilliant! She could communicate with audience with a click of a finger! She got everyone started for "He Wasn't" by Shh-ing us all and then it started. It got to 9.45 i was like no!!! Why end?! 2 more songs yet! She said "Thank You Birmingham!!!" I thought that was it! Then Girlfriend Remix came on I was like Phew! She rapped Lil' Mama's parts well! Last but no least sk8er boi! She brought back her Let Go times.  Overall: Brilliant, Energetic, she looked stunning. Playing the Drums, Piano, Acoustic and Electric was just out of this world.  |
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05-31-2008, 07:15 AM
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That's awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the show! I'm not too bothered about Mickey being cut out, just happy that she sang WYG and Innocence again (she didn't in Manchester).
URGENT! Can you tell me the prices of the Merchandise stuff? How much were the T-shirts? I'm gonna buy one tomorrow so I need to be prepared! Take On Me? SERIOUSLY? Hahah cool! Thanks ;]
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05-31-2008, 07:21 AM
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It was such an amazing show i agree and i got so close. Avril sounded amazing and i think her wyg performance was breathtaking. Cudnt beleive she played innocence and losing grip as she hasnt at the previous uk dates.
She seemed so happy to be there and her performances were gr8!
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05-31-2008, 10:44 AM
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Could you post it please?
It sounded amazing to be there Waaahhh i can't wait for Amsterdam!!
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05-31-2008, 01:50 PM
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Thanks for the review !
Do you know if she came out after the show ?
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05-31-2008, 05:38 PM
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hey
first time posting here, ive been reading this site for years but i always forget my passwords and such anyway, i was at Birmingham last night, if im honest id lost all enthusiasm towards this show, dont get me wrong, i love avrils music, i just didnt want to be there. the prospect of jonas brothers certainly didnt help the cause. and after reading on here that WYG and Innocence werent played in manchester, well I was considering telling my tickets on the cheap to the ticket tout i saw wandering around. how wrong i was. despite the vending machines charging £1.60 for a bottle of bloody water, it was brilliant. Jonas Brothers were much better than i expected, that young one was brilliant. The older one dressed all in black was a bit of a t*** but he was easy to forget. avril was brilliant, Innocence was perfect and Im With You was brilliant. I've got pretty much the whole thing on video, the only song I havent got any of is "I Always Get What I Want", because imo its a poor, poor song. I've got most of the songs in full, the picture qualities not great but the sounds brilliant. i'll attempt to upload them later! |
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05-31-2008, 05:47 PM
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]! once you upload the vid'scan could you post a link in here, or even give me a quick pm as i'd love to see some video's! thank you!
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05-31-2008, 05:52 PM
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yeah sure, i'll post the links once ive done them, there quite a few though so it might be a few hours, depending on how long youtube wants to take to upload them  |
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05-31-2008, 05:52 PM
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that is an awsome review,thank you for posting!!
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