San Jose - November 19th, 2004 by blind_lamb - Bonez Tour

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Concert: San Jose
Reviewer: blind_lamb
Date: November 19th 2004


We waited 11 hours in line and it was certainly worth the wait!

This was my third time seeing Avril, and the second time seeing her at that same venue. Since last time we saw her at the park across the street (on the street where she was pulled over by the cop)...part of me was expecting to see her again but the other part knew that she wouldn't go out to the park again because last time a bunch of girls were stalking her and bugging her for pictures while she just wanted some free time (pisses me off how she ended up going back inside because they wouldn't leave her alone). Anyway, while walking around the block we saw a tour bus turn a corner, coming towards the gate. We expected for it to go inside but instead it parked on the street. Out came Butch Walker and since my friend is a fan (I had no idea who he was), she asked for a photo and he was really nice about it.

There was a lot of drama about people cutting in line but we weren't bugged by it since we were in front of the whole fiasco. We got in and got front row, DEAD CENTER. I wasn't looking forward to Butch Walker, but he was amazing. He puts a lot of energy into his performance, and he kept the crowd laughing which was a major plus.

The crowd got a little rowdier than I expected, and I was kind of worried because I had my little 10 year old cousin with me since she's a huge fan. I had told her ahead of time if she knew what she was getting herself into, and that I didn't want her getting hurt or complaining...and she made it through. There were some little girls there that couldn't make it through the first 3 songs, and security was impressed at how well she was doing. When Avril threw a guitar pic and it didn't make it to the audience, security grabbed it and everyone was screaming and reaching their hand out so he would give it to them but he walked right over to my little cousin and gave it to her, which was awesome because it made her so happy.

Avril was a lot better this time around, except a little too dramatic with the hand gestures. The crowd was different as well, a lot of older people now. And also, Avril seems to be a lot more happier now. EVERYONE seemed so giddy, playing around and everything.

My show highlights:
-Avril running to jump on one of those box-things that were in the front, and falling but recovering at the same time by just sitting her ass down
-Avril then laughing at herself while she stopped singing for a few seconds
-Craig literally trying to kick Avril's ass when she walked by
-Avril messing up a line in Complicated and Craig laughing at her
-Avril messing up during 'Naked' so she just put the audience to sing
-Devin stealing Craig's guitar pics
-When presenting Charlie, Avril saying "and that' Ev.... *eyes open wide and her jaw drops in shock* I mean...er...haha, CHARLIE!!!"

Side note: Matt Lavigne really is hot