On Friday, I went to my first concert since last decade. I saw an Symphonic Metal band from Finland called Nightwish with another metal band opening called Kamelot. They were playing at the Newport Music Hall at Columbus Ohio. The concert was my birthday gift from my mother. She got me access to an greet n meet with Nightwish. I was pretty excited about it because they were one of my favorite bands. We were in the line for like few hours when the line started to move. When we got in the music hall, my mother noticed there was steps to the greet n meet. My mind was like "F&ck me to tears" because I was in my electric chair. But one of the managers said the band will come down to greet me. I WAS EXCITED BEYOND BELIEF! And the manager said to get a shirt for free (I already bought one but hey I don't mind of getting another shirt for free hehehe). After a hour of waiting, I saw the band coming down the stairs, I immediately saw Anette who was the lead singer (who replaced the original female lead Tarja in 06) and like a geek, I waved at her excitedly and she waved back! She shook my hand and talked to me for a bit and my mother asked her if they can take a picture with me. Anette said sure and below is the picture!
The concert was awesome. The opening act was cool, in fact I am gonna get their new cd in October. They hook me in :). The Nightwish concert WAS AWESOME! Anette was incredible in singing of the older stuff. At first I was doubtful because Tarja was a trained opera singer. You can tell too if you listened to their older stuff. Anette did an awesome version of Nemo and the band did an unplugged version of one of my favorite songs called The Islander. OH! Anette waved me again not once but twice during the concert. I was in the front near one of the speakers and she saw me enjoying the concert and waved at me :).
I will not forget this experience.
Falcon