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Post by Kat on Aug 5, 2013 6:32:58 GMT -6
Sounded like you had an amazing time at the concerts Julie!
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Post by Julie on Aug 5, 2013 10:20:57 GMT -6
SO amazing!!! Between them bringing back Kevin and all the old choreography and then singing a lot of the new stuff, it was the best show I've ever been to!
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Post by Laureen on Aug 5, 2013 11:29:43 GMT -6
I have to agree, even with the lousy end to Fridays show I had a blast and it was still probably the best show id ever seen by them! I'm still hoping they'll come back even though I know they won't.
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Post by Kat on Aug 5, 2013 18:13:10 GMT -6
24 hours until their concert here, i'm getting more depressed about not going the closer it gets lol
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Post by Julie on Aug 5, 2013 18:41:49 GMT -6
Aww! I wish you could go, Kat!
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Post by Kat on Aug 6, 2013 5:12:26 GMT -6
Thanks Julie, I do too...i've been a pretty good sport for the most part about this whole having cancer deal, but for god sakes why can't I just have my Backsteet Boys? LOL But I know they'll be back and i'll go next time, and the only concert i've been to since i started treatment landed me in the hospital for 3 days with pneumonia because I picked up a cold from being in such a big crowd...so when you think about it that way it's probably not worth it to go.
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Post by Julie on Aug 6, 2013 11:57:51 GMT -6
Yeah, probably not, especially with Nick plague in the air! That still sucks, though. Hopefully they'll do a second North American leg with more Canadian dates, since you guys only got two to begin with. It's a pretty short tour, only a month to begin with, so they definitely need to come back!!
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Post by Kat on Aug 7, 2013 8:05:37 GMT -6
Awww sounds like they're coming back to Chicago for you guys after the end of this leg! Those boys of ours
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Post by Julie on Aug 7, 2013 21:59:55 GMT -6
They are so awesome! In that moment, when they were about to be kicked off the stage, they promised they would come back to Chicago and play a full show, but I didn't know if that would actually happen - sounds like it's going to, though! They really didn't have to do that, but it says a lot about their character that they are really trying to make it happen! I heard they were originally trying to do a free show, but no one could agree to foot the bill, so it sounds like it's going to be discounted to people who had tickets to the original show. That's fine with me; I don't care if I have to pay for it. I'll be there!
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Post by A-RokzStalker on Aug 8, 2013 17:08:35 GMT -6
Wait- I'm confused. What happened in Chicago? They got kicked out??
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Post by Julie on Aug 8, 2013 20:36:00 GMT -6
Long story short, everything was running really behind because the stage took a lot longer than expected to set up (first show and all), and the show started about an hour late. The Boys were supposed to take the stage at 9 and didn't go on until around 9:45. Chicago has an 11 pm curfew, which this particular venue is apparently very strict about, so when 11:00 hit, the show got shut down. They literally turned off the music at the beginning of More Than That and turned on all the house lights. The Boys fought to finish the show, offered to pay a fine, begged to be allowed to play one more song, but their mics got shut off, so the show just ended with five songs left to go. When they realized they weren't going to be allowed to do another song (before their mics got shut off), they promised they would come back to Chicago to play a full show, so it sounds like that is in the works now. It really sucked, but it wasn't the Boys fault, and it did make the show memorable. I can't complain because I went to St. Louis and saw the whole show the next night, and now we're getting another show out of it, so it's actually a pretty good deal! It made the news up in Chicagoland, so extra publicity for them, too! I just hope they play in the suburbs and not the city next time, especially this venue.
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Post by Julie on Aug 8, 2013 20:39:20 GMT -6
Here is a video of how it all went down:
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Post by A-RokzStalker on Aug 10, 2013 13:34:26 GMT -6
Wow that's crazy! I've never heard of a city having a curfew before. Glad they're going to come back for you guys though, that's awesome.
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Post by Julie on Aug 10, 2013 13:42:19 GMT -6
I had no idea either. I saw them at this same venue for Never Gone, but I guess they didn't go past 11, so it wasn't an issue then. Apparently it's a noise thing, which I can understand, being that it's an outdoor venue, BUT this particular venue is right on Lake Michigan and surrounded by museums - there are no residential buildings around it. Plus, it was a Friday night. I think it's ridiculous.
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Post by Kat on Aug 11, 2013 7:40:08 GMT -6
Same thing happened to The Cure when they played Osheaga here a few weeks ago, but they only had a minute to go in their set when they shut the sound down at 11...Parc Jean Drapeau (where they do the big outdoor festivals here) is on an island right across from the south shore, and the people living there get really grumpy every summer about the loud music lol Personally I would enjoy the free music, but hey that's just me.
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