Vancouver - April 6th 2004 by Kimberley - Mall Tour

[Sharifa]

April 6th - Metrotown Mal
Reviewer : Kimberley




I got to the mall concert at like, 8:30AM, and procceeded to wait around a bit. I had a few smokes, saw Amber and her people (even though she didn't talk to me, which is fine), and then made my way over to the Sears/Bay parking lot. Waited there for a hell of a long fucking time, which wasn't so bad because there was a few Mom's who I talked to, they were cool. We got let in, in like 10 groups of people at a time, and I ended up being 3rd row because a few people budged and ran to the stage. So that was ok. Then came the sitting. I hated it. I had bondage pants on, so it was hard to get up kind of, but then it was alright. Ailing came, I finally got up and stood with her. The show started at like 4:30PM or so, and it went by so fast... but it was fucking awesome. She sounded so good. I met this chick who was really cool, and we kind of were idiots, but ha... it was worth it.

Ailing broke the news to me that she won tickets to the private Z95 show, and she asked me to go, so of course I said yes. Ahhh! So we get there, and right when we were waiting outside to get in, Evan walks out of the bus on his cellphone, and the Mom I was talking to shouted to him, "Evan, come here, Kim your website girl is here!", and he stops, looks our way, and I'm like, "Kimberley Hanley?", and he gave me a "one sec" sign with his hand and that was kind of cute. So he came out, and came over, and really only payed attention to like me and Ailing, and the two other girls beside me. He signed my Spinfire CD, and said it was, "fuckin' awesome", haha... I got a few pictures with him, and then I took a "stalker" picture of him, and he made the weirdest face. I swear I'm taller than the guy, it's funny. He's fucking cute, well, hot.

So then we get in, get sweet ass laminates that we get to keep, and then wait for like an hour before they let us into the room. So we pile up the stairs, enter this really small and cool room (Bryan Adam's owns the studio, FYI), and then Ailing and I score about 5th row seats, which was fucking awesome. They came out, and we applauded nicely, and she said we were "a polite audience", hahah. She asked us who had gone to the mall show about 2 hours prior, and Ailing and me, and about 2 other people raise their hands, and she looks at me and says, "I actually remember you from the crowd!", and I'm like, "me?", and she said yes and smiled. That made my fucking day, hahah. They played the same set as they did at the mall show, which they were like, "oops sorry guys!" for, and it was even fucking better! Her voice is amazing, and I know she gained even bigger fans, because so many people were talking about how good her voice is.

The interview was awesome. The DJ had really interesting questions... and for one of the answers, Evan said she loved eating raisins... and said, "the press will be all over this, you know, now you'll be known as the raisin girl". And she just shook her head and laughed. That was funny. She's so fucking cute, haha, she kept like squeeking and laughing... oh, and she quoted the chorus to track 2 off of her new album, and it was pretty sad. She said it was an emotional song to her, and said it was the "Losing Grip" of Under My Skin. She said she was going to originally name UMS, "In My Head", but she thought Under My Skin was more catchy. Hahah. Her answers were so funny for a lot of things, it was awesome.

So when it was over, we went downstairs, and there's Evan again! I was like, "we're baaack", and I got another picture with him, and then I was like, "can I have a hug?" and he was like "sure, anything for you ", hahaha. That was fucking cute. He signed Avril's waterbottle that I got at the private show (same with a guitar pick), and then I thanked him, and we left to wait outside by the bus for Avril. Oh fuck! She came out like 20 minutes later, and I was the first person she went to, and I was like swearing because her CD booklet took forever to get out of the plastic case, hahaha. So Joe took a picture of her with me, and that was fucking awesome. I told her she kicked ass, and that both of her shows were awesome today. She's so fucking small and cute, I wanted to pick her up. And when she came back my way, I was like, "ooone more picture?", and haha, that was great. Her hair is really fucking soft, because my hand was kind of on it. I was like, "dude you're so small and cute", lmao, she just laughed. And then I said she had nice pants, and she said thanks, and then she left. That was a good time. Her security gaurds are fucking nice, no lie.

And that's pretty much it. It was the best fucking thing ever. She rocks the fucking house. I'll post my pictures and my signed CD booklets soon.

ps. I said "avrilbandaids.com!" when she was next to me, and she smiled big, so you people on here who hate me should stop, 'cause I did a good deed.

Oh, and they didn't let us take pictures in the private show, so sorry! Only when we met Evan inside the building.