Vancouver - November 24th, 2004 by Amber - Bonez Tour

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Concert: Vancouver
Reviewer: Amber
Date: November 24th 2004


The concert was so awesome, so here's my review.

My girlfriend and I got to the Colisuem around 10:30-ish. There were only 4 people there, so it was cool. It was cold and raining, but luckily there was a little cover so we sat under it. There is this horse racing place right by it, so we would go in there every once in awhile to get warm and go to the bathroom (and also to get some food). Around 2 or maybe 3 (I'm not sure 'cause I didn't bring my watch) a security guard came and told us to go the main doors, which is weird since the doors we were at were the doors to get to the floor. So we were really pissed off since we had waited most of the day there, but luckily there weren't too many people at the main doors. And since there are so many doors, we ended up second in line at one door. Oh, btw, I did see a girl who had a Bandaids shirt on, but I was to shy to ask who she was. lol. Anyhoo, waiting at those doors seemed to take FOR FUCKING EVER! There was a cover, so we weren't getting wet, but it was still cold and windy. I swear they took forever to open the doors. For the most part the guards were just standing there staring at us and everyone around me were getting pissed off (including me 'cause I was SO cold). Finally they opened doors. The security was crazy - they patted us down - but I was still able to sneek my camera in (my gf stuck it in her crotch. lmao!). Everyone who had floor had to RUN to the other side, down a bunch of stairs, get a wrist band, and then run to floor. It was so fucking crazy. I still don't understand why they didn't just open the regular "floor" doors because that's were we wated all day and that's where we all had to go to anyways. Fucked up, I'm telling you. So anyways, my gf and I were freaking out 'cause we definetly thought we weren't getting up close, but somehow we still made it to front row (my third time being front row). We were SO happy, to say the least. haha. We both had to go to the bathroom, so I went first then she went and also got us Avril glow sticks. An hour or so later Butch Walker came out. He was pretty good. He had so much energy, it was crazy. I really liked the last song he played (Mix Tape). When he stopped playing, Avril's sign came down, and then there was a bunch of pushes from the back. It was insane, I could barely breathe. But I didn't want to get out because I had waited all day for this. A lot of people couldn't handle it, though, so they got taken out. It was so crazy! It seemed like forever for Avril to come out, but finally the lights went out and she started playing. She started with He Wasn't. She looked so cute!! She had these red devil "ears" on (not for the entire concert, though), a black shirt, and jeans. Here's all the songs she sang:

From Let Go:
Losing Grip
Complicated
Sk8er Boi
I'm With You
Unwanted
Tomorrow
Anything But Ordinary
Mobile

From Under My Skin:
He Wasn't
Take Me Away
Don't Tell Me
Nobody's Home
Forgotten
Together
Who Knows
Freak Out
My Happy Ending
Slipped Away

There was also the whole "Song 2" thing where Avril played drums. That was so cool - she was really good! She ended the show with Slipped Away. It was SO beautiful and sad (that song gets me emotionaly 'cause I lost my father 3 years ago). The concert went by so fast, but it was SO awesome! We parked the car around where Avril's buses were, so we decided to hang out for a bit to see if she would come out. Again, it was cold and windy, but we waited. Finally after an hour and a half Avril came out to sign. Oh before that a security guard told us she was coming to sign and we couldn't take pictures. Boooo. lol. Anyways, I got my BackBone hoodie signed and I told her that she was awesome tonight. She shyly smiled and said thank you. Eee she's so cute!! I was so annoied I couldn't take a picture 'cause she was so adorable. So I decided since I already had my autograph I would, haha. So I waited a bit until she was halfway down the line, and I snapped a picture of her between two people (I'm sure there heads will be in the way. lol). The security guard was like "NO pictures please". lol. But he didn't see me. After that my gf and I went to the car to get warm and talk about how fun our day was!! I will be getting my pictures back on Friday, so I will definetly post them for you guys to see.