Long Beach - May 1st 2003 by MattBrannLover - Try To Shut Me Up Tour

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Try To Shut Me Up Tour Review

Concert: Long Beach

Reviewer: MattBrannLover

Date: May 1st 2003


After many months of waiting for the long beach concert, the day inally arrived. i was really exited. i had told my dad in advance to take me and my sister to the concert before 12, to get good seats and hopefully to meet avril , MATT, or any other hot guy from the band(s). but my dad had to work and didn't come home until 4! i was major pissed, but i was gonna try not to getmad. my sister was tired and did't want to get ready so i had to keep telling her to get ready. i live like an hour and a half away from long beach when there's no traffic! we got into the freeway and there was a hit load of traffic. i was thinking, god we're never going to get there! we arrived at 6 okay! that was so not the time i wasnt to get there! and the venue is circular and it there was a line half way around the arena! my dad left to who knows where and dropped us off. we went ALL the way in the back of the line. there were so many avril wannabe's at the concert that i wanted to throw up(i'll tell u more about the wannabe's later). the security guards are walking around telling people they can't bring water in. and i was like o man! cuz i brought some water with me. at first it didn;t seem like a big deal, but later on it would bite me in the ass. i left my sister in the line and the tickets to go get our wristbands walking by all those wannabe avril's only to find out when getting to the wristband booth, that i needed the tickets with me! grrr....so i had to walk all the way back get the tickets, and walk back to the booth and pass those supposedly "fans" and get it and walk all the way back in line. my feet kind of hurt but it was nothing. i'm standing in line with my sister only to realize i forgot to ask my dad for some cash. i called him and he got pissed so i didn't bother. my sister let me borrow some and i went to buy some merchandise when we got closer to them. the security quickly checked me and i threw away my water. people were mesmerized by the booths where they were selling poster and t-shirts and stuff. me and my sister had general admission floor seats and we kind of ran as close as we could. they had a barior which we were behind. and the stupid security guards weren't letting many people in...gosh that was a big mistake! i didn't mind though cuz we were center 3 row(behind the barior thing). and god damn it! there were 2 mom in front of me with like 10 little 5 year old kids in front of me! i'm serious there were like 10! i was pissed off....damn those parents who bring there 5 year old kids. i'm gonna kill them. i don't know why they're there! they're just taking up space that other fans should take. the floor was getting packed(behind the barior) but the people in front of the barior had room to spare. as i was waiting those 2 mom were talking about taxes and the economy! it's like who cares u know! i'm trying to be happy here and i'm falling asleep thanks to there endless chatter about useless information! one mom leaves with like 5 kids that need to use the restroom. later she comes back and takes the other mom and the 5 remaining kids and they move somewhere else. then i get cheated by some 15 yr old girls and i was only able to move 2 small steps forward. it was still cool though cuz i had a good view. gob comes on, and no one really knows who thet are. i don't really know them myself cuz i'm not a huge fan. but i atleast was trying to get into their songs by occasionly throwing a rock on sign in the air and nodding my head a little. there were some 14 year old short chicks that were like, "idon't know but people better watch out cuz i'm gonna start jumping and pushing" i didn't care cuz i'm 17 and 5'8 they're like 5'3...right! i'd like to see them try and knock me down! then all hell breaks loose! people start pushing like crazy. it started to get hot and sweaty and people were being squashed and shoved. some girl started crying and some people were verbally fighting back. people's crotched were touching my ass and that is not cool at all! i felt so abused! some 30 year old fat ass women and men got closer and i realized that i was like 4th or 5 th row away from the barrior! that sucked. the security guards were carrying people to the front and they got better seats! damn it...that sux! so anyways back to that 30 yr old women...she was like "u can so tell that this their 1st concert" she was sayingthis about people she saw. i was like well yeah, og course, some people haven;t lived as ling as she has. idiot! i don't know why she was there in the 1st place. its more for teens then it is for like 30 yr olds! so simple plan comes on and pushing is still occuring, pierre tells us to jump and i wanted to, but i was forced to anyways cuz we were so close together that we all were forced to jump. then i think pierre or some guy from gob told us to but something bright, like a cell phone or lighter in the air and wave it back and forth. so that 30yr old women takes out her lighter and she was the only one with the lighter cuz everyone else had their cell phones. i managed to somewhat enjoy myself during simple plan and i sang along to their songs. lol...pierre sand some songs by eminem, 50 cent, and i think he sand "ice, ice baby". lol. i'm not a kip hop fan at all, but they made the songs seem cool cuz it was more rock based. they finish and sexy chuck throws his drum sticks into the crowd and i yell "wooo...chuck!" and some girl next to me aks me "who's chuck?" i was like what the hell...inside my head of course. and i say "the drummmer" and she says "oh". duh! who wouldn't know, but i forgive her because she was probably there for avril anyways. its more relaxed nowand there's no more pushing. so i tell my sister the 1st song is for sure going to be sk8er boi, know this from what i learning from downloading the concerts thanks to avrilbandaids. and some girl asks me, how do u know and i told her cuz i download. i felt like such a true fan...seperating me from the other wannabe's around me...*tear*.lol...j/k. so the curtains open and avril comes out and i'm singing along and i yell "i love u matt!!!" and the girl who asked me who chuck was,. asks me "who's matt?" i was going to die! who wouldn't know! i told her it was the drummer and some girl next tp her said, "i like the guitarist" and i'm like "evan..?" and she said "yeah..i think" inside i'm shaking my head in disapproval. she sang complicated and theo sang to and carried her on his shoulders, he was wearing a short that said "i [heart] avril". and she asked some guy that look like a frat boy and some lesbian looking women to sing with her on stage. they weren't even into it. they were more into looking at the crowd then being with avril and the band...disappointing...but its better than havig some little kid there. she threw in beach balls, which i never saw being bounced in the crowd. people in the front jacked them i suppose. avril and the boys freakin rocked and she sang all her songs on the album, "i don't give a damn", "fuel", "basket case", and her and evan preformed "knocking on heavens door". she freaking rocked and i sang along to all her songs. when she performed "i don't give a damn" hardly anyone knew and of couse no one knew "knocking on heavens door" i knew it but i didn't hear anyone else singing it, showing what "big fans" they were. that made me sick! they come dressed and act like avril but they don't even know all her songs or anything about her and the band. i felt good. i think it's better to be a real fan and know her and her songs, than to come dressed like her, knowing only the basics, and nothign really about her. i was SO thirsty and my feet hurt ALOT! i wasn't able to drink anything until i got home...like an hour after the concert. but it was all worth it. she rocked, matt, evan, jesse, and charlie rocked, simple plan rocked, and gob rocked. it was good and i was happy, i can;t wait until her next concert. later people! and rock on!
*Lucy Brann*
p.s. be a real fan and not a wannabe!