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KeepThisSecret:
OMG, Mare, that's terrible! I actually have no words ... (which is unusual for me!)

I have to give you kudos for keeping your cool and for removing yourself from the situation. I probably would not have been so kind, especially if she was saying negative things about my friend. I'm sorry that happened to you and to your friend. Ugh! This story has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Rose:
Okay Mare, yeah we gotta get you to a VIP so you can meet Nick. Period lol.

My best...I've never had a bad one, honestly. One of my favorites though was TIU, it was GA but it's because the stage was at the Mandalay Bay's pool stage which is in the middle of a wavepool so we were in water. It was my second time being front row (my first time was UB but that was the time Nick was sick and had no voice so Howie had to sing his parts). The concert was the last of the tour I think, or second to last. Everything was so laid back and they were using squirtguns during songs and tossing beach balls out. It was a giant party LOL. I ended up seeing the "proper" TIU show later on the 2011 cruise.

My second favorite was Nick's ITO tour. It was my first time seeing Nick solo and my first time really traveling for a concert (outside of a BSB Cruise). The concert itself was fun but it was more the first time I got to go to a concert in a new city and with Julie and Laureen so I just had a ball. I about froze outside and roasted inside but I didn't really care. And it was my first Nick VIP where I learned his are superior to BSB's LOL.

I have a love/hate thing with GA. During Unbreakable I went home with bruises cause I was at the barricade so there was so much shoving/pushing. TIU not so much. I like having a seat and know I don't have to fight for my space, but I tend to be closest when I'm able to do GA. GA during IAWLT in the fanpit was fantastic. There was a lot of space, I was up at the catwalk and got to experience BSB's taking my hand and singing to me LOL. If every GA experience was like that I'd never go back to seats LOL.

mare:
I am still totally upset with myself for not saying anything. Back then, I was more worried about getting us banned from BSB events then actually standing up for my friend. Plus I was embarrassed and knew they'd just talk about me too. Me today however, wouldn't have given two craps and would have told them all where to stick their ugly opinions. Live and learn.

mare:
Here's a question for everyone. What are your biggest concert pet peeves?

RokofAges75:

--- Quote from: mare on January 26, 2017, 05:14:00 AM ---I remember that happening to you guys! Did they end up rescheduling that concert? I think they did but I don't recall if it happened or not.

I had most of my concert experiences before they made VIP a thing. Back in the days when to be able to get into a soundcheck, you had to win a spot in a lottery type draw. Remember when they used to do that? When they started the, anyone can do VIP for a price thing, I quickly figured out that was too much money for me to justify spending on five minutes with the boys.

They seem to have stopped doing all their charitable events. Those things I didn't mind spending money on because I knew it was going to a great cause. I've only done two but they were both pretty awesome experiences. Howie's bowling event is still one of my all time favorite things ever lol he's the best. And Brian's was pretty excellent too (minus Leighanne) and yes, I was being quite charitable! lol

Anyway...I wish they would do more of those and less cruises. It seems like maybe that's a thing of the past now.

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They didn't actually reschedule it; they just came back to Chicago on the second leg the following summer and offered us a freaking $5 discount (or maybe it was 5%?) off ticket prices, which everyone complained about, so they made it 25 instead.  I couldn't go anyway because it was on a Wednesday night, and I had class.

I do remember the soundcheck lottery; I think they started that during the NG tour, and then during Unbreakable, they started offering the paid VIPs, but also still had soundcheck winners.  I know because I went to two Unbreakable shows, and the first one I paid for VIP (which was my first time meeting the Boys) and the other I actually won soundcheck!

I have mixed feelings on the VIPs.  In general, I like them because they're a guaranteed way to get to meet the guys.  I like getting pictures with them, and I LOVE going to the soundchecks.  For me, the soundcheck is better than the meet-and-greet.  The meet-and-greets are super quick, but they've gotten better over the years.  It used to be they would stand behind a barrier, and you weren't supposed to ask them for hugs or talk to them too long.  They haven't done the barrier thing since NKOTBSB, and hugs are okay now, although the bodyguards still try to hurry you along.  The downside is they are super expensive.  I don't like the different levels because that's just made it more expensive.  I will only do silver or bronze, and those are bad enough.  Worth it, though?  To me it is because that's pretty much the only way I've ever been able to interact with them, other than the cruises.

I love the cruises too because they're fun and a great way to meet up with a lot of online friends at once, but again, they are so expensive (and so much MORE expensive than a regular cruise), I get why people wish they would stop.  I don't think they necessarily need to do one every year, but I hope they keep doing them and branch out where they go.

I do wish they would do more of their charity stuff.  It's too bad they all seem to have let that stuff go.  I would love to go to some of those kinds of events now that I can afford to travel and have BSB friends to go with.

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