Wow.
I just got home from the best concert ever.

And no, it was not Warped tour. *rolls eyes*

Dave Matthews Band! XD I have been waiting for this concert since April, and it totally lived up to and exceeded my expectations. Our seats were awesome and the show was amazing. I'll do a play by play.

First was some opening act. I dont care who he was. He started about 7:15, and the concert was supposed to start at 8. The point is, as his last song, he brought Dave out and the two of them sang The Maker. That act finished about 7:45, and Dave, Carter, Leroi, Stefan, and Boyd took the stage at about 8:30, but damn was it worth the wait. They played 15 songs, including a 2 song encore, and it was about 2 and a half hours. I wish they were making this show a CD, because I would buy it in a heartbeat. They played almost all of my favorite songs, which is hard to do in just 2 and a half hours. I could recognize and identify almost all of the songs, but there were two or three that I couldn't get. So I will run through the playlist as they did it tonight. I'll put little smiley faces next to some of my favorites. Just cause I can.

-Too Much
-Satelite : )
-What Would You Say ^.^
-Seek Up XD
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-When the World Ends
-Bartender =D
-Rhyme and Reason
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-Ants Marching =D
-Cry Freedom
-Everyday
Now, I must mention that Everyday is not my favorite song, but this was the most awesome concert experience I have ever had. While Boyd was jamming out on his violin solo he started to play #36 right in the middle (Parentheticals to Tylerbob for the correction), and the entire amphitheater clapped along, and then proceeded to sing the "Honey, honey, come and dance with me" part. After Boyd's part when Dave came in and is supposed to, at that point, sing the part the audience was singing, he let us continue to sing his part, and kind of sang backup vocals to us. It was so cool. So after this song, they wrapped up their show with a "Thank you very very much. I hope you all had an enjoyable evening. (Trademark Dave inaudible sound)" So they left and were gone for their usual short while before they usually come out with a 2 song encore. In past concerts that I have seen/heard/been to though, the audience cheers, or sometimes chants, to get them to come back on. Instead of that, we started singing #36 again. For about 5 minutes, you could hear nothing but thousands of people clapping and singing "Honey, honey, come and dance with me." Writing about it just does not do it justice. It's like that scene in Almost Famous where the entire band starts singing Tiny Dancer on the bus. It was just such a cool moment. So about 20 minutes after having left, Dave and the band came back for their 2 song encore. I had been saying that I wanted Warehouse in the encore, but they started with One Sweet World. I figured at that point that they may not do Warehouse because they tend to do a fast song then a slow song and alternate like that. But sure enough, the last song of the night was Warehouse. And then in the middle of Warehouse when the band was jamming, Dave randomly started to sing "Louie Louie". It was awesome. What a great end for the show. Props to DMB. On our way out, I wanted to buy a t-shirt, and kinda felt bad because those lines can get long and I was holding everyone else up, but I went on the side of the line to look at the shirts so I could see which one I wanted before I got up there, and I kinda just moved over instead of going in line. It was mean, but it worked well, and I got out of there with a shirt in like 5 minutes. Go me. So then we drove to Leah's and I grabbed my car and came home, and here I am. I wanted to write down the highlights before I forgot them all. I'm probably going to regret this tomorrow at band camp, but I do not care.

Best concert ever.

2 glances | Never look back.