UPDATE: I’m hearing from peeps already! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Y’all RAWK.
The American Idols Live tour begins Sunday July 5, and I need your help!
If you’re going to the American Idols Live Tour, I want to hear from YOU.
Here’s how it will work.
Each day, at around the time the concert begins, I’ll start a post that will be updated with links to videos, photos, recaps and tweets. If you send me your tour swag directly, you’ll get your very own post with a byline.
So, help me out peeps! Send me your stuff! Once the concert begins, I’ll be on the lookout for tubey links and such–I’ll need your help there too–if you find it, post it in comments or shoot me an email.
I’ve already got a poster who has volunteered to tweet Portland–so watch out for that. I think twitter is going to completely change the way the Idol community gets their up-to-the minute concert info this year. There isn’t going to be a shortage of detail, that’s for sure.
My email address: mjsbigblog @ gmail dot com. Thanks for your help.
One last thing: Tickets! If you could use my links in the sidebar when you buy your tickets, that helps the site. I’ve got two ticketbrokers listed–Stub Hub and Ticket Liquidator. I’ve used both, and can vouch for their service and reliability. Also, I know from my own experience that awesome seats can be had via Ticketmaster if you are willing to snag your seats at the last minute.
Mah peeps rock! Thank you.
I signed up to say that I’ll be attending the Sacramento concert on Saturday. I’m pretty excited. This is my third time going to an AI concert (I went last year for David Cook and also Taylor Hicks’ year), and I’ll definitely be taking pictures and a video or two. My little group will be in Row 5 in the center somewhere so they should turn out well. :biggrin_wp: They’ll mainly be of the Top 4 because that’s who I’m going for (especially Adam and Kris), but I’ll try to get in some other people as well.
Hey, we’re not all shrieky. :razz_wp:
That makes sense.
Overall Kris, Adam and Alison parts sound great. I guess I’ll have a lot of breaks —
Does anyone know if you can arrive late? Like just for the second half of the concert? I am going to two shows and only want to see the second half of one.
After Danny’s set, I think starting with something upbeat is smart. Ballads into ballads = snoozy.
I posted a Twitter recap in the Twitter thread above. Oops! (This is called work procrastination!)
I agree with you and I do not mean it as an insult or slight to Kris either. And I’m am also sure that Kris will be great doig this song. And it is a great way to transition from Kris to the Top 10 group number.
I also saw Paul perform “Hey Jude” in concert once in the 1976 Wings Over America Tour (before John’s death) and again in 1981 when he dedicated the performance to John and Julian. The 1981 performance was shortly after John’s death and it was extraordinary — and unforgettably emotional for me — and the whole audience.
I just wanted to say, yes, I had the same experience.
Now I’m worried and I’m leaving San Diego for Portland in a couple of hours. . .
My tickets for Portland say Orchestra 1, Row 1 and I can’t find it on the seating chart posted earlier! Are they fake?? I bought them through Tickets Now. Help!
What time does the concert start Portland time? I’m sitting here in Florida, and so nervous for everyone especially Adam, waiting to hear how the show goes. I cant wait to hear feed back, and how everyone does. Oh and a video would be soooo nice.
Did you guys see this from someone inside the rehearsal yesterday? Made me LOL. She said there are long scarves tied around Adam’s microphone stand “a la Steven Tyler. They brought it out even before Danny’s set was done. They plopped it down dead center on the stage, Danny having to avoid hitting it while he finished. It was all like, ‘Just in case you didn’t know, HBIC is onstage next. So wrap it up, screamboy.’”
Bring some cotton to stuff in your ears!
Actually, I strongly recommend that anyone who’s going to the concert (or any loud concert) get a pair of musician’s earplugs. They lower the sound to a tolerable/safer volume without making it sound too muffled. My wife posted here last year about this. Our family uses Etymotic ER-20 plugs, which are cheap (compared to professional-quality ones). Also, when our daughter was 12, we got Etymotic Baby Blues for her smaller ears. I hope it’s okay to post this link to my source for buying both of these models:
musician’s earplugs
You can control how much sound is blocked by pushing them far or not-so-far into your ears. I rarely have to push them in all the way, and the less you push them in, the clearer the sound is. I also suggest getting the neck strap you can order with them, so that you don’t lose them if you fumble with them.
On the subject of screaming tweens/teens, trust me — it’s not just tweens/teens! :biggrin_wp: I’ve been to three David Cook concerts (because my wife is a huge fan), and sometimes the screaming from someone near me has been far more piercing than the music. At those concerts and some others by other artists, I’ve actually pushed my earplugs in as far as they’ll go as soon as a song ends in order to block the screaming, then pulled them back out a ways when the next song starts!
I also always bring cotton balls as a backup in case I lose the earplugs.
LOL I’ts not just the tweens screaming. I’m in my 60’s and I’ll be screaming as loud as anybody there!
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It appears the bottom three sing two solos, next three sing three, and the bottom six have two group songs. One of the group songs is a Motown medley. Someone at rehearsal said the two group songs are pretty long, and they have lots of solos within the group numbers. She said everyone sounds really good, and, of course, she said Adam was the most amazing (even tho she was a Kris fan), with Kris next, then Allison.
She said Kris’ closing number is Hey Jude and DSB is the show finale with the entire group. She said Kris and Adam seem to have a lot of interaction in the group number. It seems even the bottom six have a lot of stage time since they have a total of three group numbers. Lots of dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz_b-WdyctU