Red Sox HEAT

Quick post that will be edited soon. Wanted to put up a couple of pictures Gary took at the Red Sox vs Devil Rays game on Saturday the 24th in St. Pete. It was wicked hot out and boy did we get some sun

Buckingham Rocks the City for Free!

What a night! Bri, I know on the phone I told you it sucked for your own personal grief...but here's the truth. Stop reading now if you must!

Gary and I arrived downtown a little after 5:30 and parked in garage near the library (about 3 blocks from the concert site). Upon arriving we were able to get up to the blockade for people with VIP passes....we didn't have them. I wished I had a bigger lens, as you can see from the photo, Lindsey is a dot. The lead singer from Gin Blossoms is bigger because he came out into the audience and stood not too far from us.

Gin Blossoms went on at 7 (not 6 as advertised) and they sounded just as good as they did when Kelly and I saw them at Great Woods with Mum out in the parking lot. They of course ended with Hey Jealousy. It was a good start, since we missed the 4pm band.

Standing around waiting for Buckingham, it was announced that he (Buckingham) was about to come on and I decided to call the parent's...well they hung up on me or I lost the signal....either way, sorry!

Buckingham takes the stage and I (along with the rest of the fans) scream widely...we are insane, especially since this is a free show! This is the tracklisting:

Not Too Late (completely acoustic opener)
Trouble (same as soundstage)
Never Going Back Again (miss the Nicks..but was good)
Second Hand News (with a beatbox machine and it ROCKED!)
Castaway Dreams
It Was You
Big Love
Go Insane (same poem as said in his Soundstage)
Under the Skin
World Turning (amazing new ending!)
I'm So Afraid (yea, crazy guitar finale...but amazing performance)
I Know I'm Not Wrong (WOW! freaking rocked out and I danced my ass off!)
Tusk (slowed it down and blew us away with the new twist to it)
Go Your Own Way (same as Soundstage and this song just makes you dance and sing along)
encores:
Holiday Road (HOLY SH*T!)
Turn It On (fantastic track from Out of the Cradle and good finale)

He rocked and sounded amazing and I knew every song as soon as the guitar was struck...it was great. I almost lost it when he came back out after Go Your Own Way to perform Holiday Road...WHAT AN AMAZING TRACK LIVE!!!! He has everyone singing and dancing and then barking at the end. Yea, he had all of us bark...he then joked about losing dignity after that track. I had never heard it live before and some of the new versions, Tusk, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Second Hand News, World Turning and Holiday Road need to be released live...actually he needs to have a CD/DVD of the tour released. He did alter the track listing by 4 songs being removed and 1 being added for the free show. So for free....we got one hell of set!

Because he asked me to...(well in his own way)

After not really seeing Brian since we broke up, I asked if he would be around for dinner on Monday the 5th (it's now Tuesday so...this is last night). He came home from the gym and we decided to go eat at Chili's. While there we wound up having a terrific conversation about his business's new answering service and how things were going for the two of us.

This is where the ball drops...Bri was very hesitant to mention that he has been dating someone for a few weeks, and to be completely honest..I had suspected it. I told him that it was excellent and glad for him. He said I knew the person and so I asked who? He wouldn't tell me, funny thing is, I already knew who it was. So because after dinner, Bri suspected I would write a blog about the night...I had to.