Hello!  I went to the MA show last night, and it was amazing!  I got to meet No Doubt for the first time!!  I was hooked up with meet and greet passes (thank you!!!).  It was so surreal.  I almost cried when we were standing there waiting for the band to come in, but managed to hold it together lol.  Curtis, the security guy, is so cool!  He’s pretty intimidating to look at, but he was really funny and nice.

I’ve never been to a formal meet and greet like that, and wasn’t sure what to expect.  There isn’t much time for chatting, you pretty much get autographs and get a photo taken, and that’s it.  I’m not complaining, just wish I had used my time more wisely lol.  I was so stunned, I really couldn’t speak!  I did manage to tell them who I was.  They thanked me for having this site, and said that they appreciated it!  Tony was so sweet, and kept saying thank you to me, and I was so stoked, all I could do is say “thank you!” back to him, and smile like an idiot lol!  They probably think there’s something wrong with me, now….

Gwen thought it was cool that I’ve had the site for so long.  She said that she was going to visit it last night (presumably to see my post about the show), and I didn’t think to tell her that I wouldn’t be able to update last night, as I wasn’t going to get home until about 3 in the morning (I live in Maine).  She was really cool and down-to-earth, and looked so pretty.  They all were really chill and down-to-earth!

I brought the cover sleeve from my original Beacon Street CD for them to sign, and Tom and Adrian both commented on it.  Adrian told me that he used to go look for them in record stores, and buy them lol.  They were really nice!  So, that’s my new most prized posession.

When I picked up my meet and greet passes, there were two tickets for section 2 in the envelope as well.  I didn’t realize they were going to give me tickets, and had already gotten section 2 tickets through the tour club.  I didn’t want them to go to waste, so I decided I was going to find someone with crappy seats to give them to.  That turned out to be quite an adventure lol.  I COULD NOT give those things away!  I think people thought that I was a scalper or something.  I was just walking up to people asking if they wanted section 2 tickets, and when they said no, I’d add “they’re free…” and they would just look at me oddly like I was trying to scam them or something lol.

I finally gave them to two girls who obviously didn’t have very good seats, and they were totally stoked!  I think they were with a parent, though, so I have a feeling that Mom probably got stuck sitting by herself lol.  Sorry ’bout that!  :)

The show was awesome!!!  They slipped “Tragic Kingdom” into the set list!  I took some photos, but my camera doesn’t have very good zoom, and I had to use digital zoom so they didn’t come out very good.  A few of them aren’t too bad, though.  I added them to the gallery.  (If anyone knows the girl that got on stage, there are a couple photos of her in there.)

I’m still in disbelief……

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