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Kelly Clarkson Stronger Tour Setlist

Katie January 13, 2012 6 Comments

This post contains the setlist from the January 13 Kelly Clarkson Stronger show in Mashantucket, CT. If you don’t want spoilers, do not continue reading!

(Concert review and photos coming tomorrow!)

Darkside
Behind these hazel eyes
Since u been gone
Hear me
Gone
You Love Me
—
Heavy in your arms (florence and the machine)
Twitter request – cee lo green forget u
Record medley – trouble with love / walkaway /how I feel / i want you
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I know you won’t (carrie underwood)
Don’t you wanna stay
Let me down
Already gone
Breakway
You Still won’t know what its like
Stronger
My life would suck without you
—
Never Again
Because of you
Mr know it all
Miss independent

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Giveaway: Kelly Clarkson CD Set!

Katie January 12, 2012 0 Comments

Tomorrow will kick of Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” Tour and I’ll be there! To celebrate, I am giving away a 2 CD set from Kelly. Included is the Deluxe Edition of Kelly’s latest release “Stronger” and also a bonus cd “The Smoakstack Sessions”. To win, you just need to be following Concert Katie on Facebook and Twitter. As always, there are some optional bonus entries as well. If Kelly is coming to your town – be sure to check her out. Here’s the upcoming tour dates:

Jan 13 2012	Mashantucket, CT	MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
Jan 15 2012	Atlantic City, NJ	Trump Taj Mahal Mark G. Etess Arena
Jan 17 2012	Albany, NY	Times Union Center
Jan 19 2012	Verona, NY	Turning Stone Resort & Casino – Event Center
Jan 21 2012	New York, NY	Radio City Music Hall
Jan 24 2012	Manchester, NH	Verizon Wireless Arena
Jan 26 2012	Boston, MA	Wang Center
Jan 28 2012	Johnstown, PA	Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Jan 31 2012	Durham, NC	Durham Performing Arts Center
Feb 02 2012	Jacksonville, FL	Times Union Center Performing Arts – Moran Theater
Feb 04 2012	Bossier City, LA	Riverdome at Horseshoe Casin
Feb 06 2012	San Antonio, TX	Majestic Theater
Feb 08 2012	Austin, TX	The Long Center For The Performing Arts
Feb 10 2012	Grand Prairie, TX	Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Feb 14 2012	Biloxi, MS	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Feb 16 2012	Hollywood, FL	Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Feb 18 2012	Orlando, FL	Universal Studios ® Mardi Gras
Feb 21 2012	Tampa, FL	Ruth Eckerd Hall
Feb 23 2012	Atlanta, GA	Fox Theatre
Feb 25 2012	Champaign, IL	Assembly Hall
Feb 28 2012	Greenville, SC	Timmons Arena
Mar 02 2012	Niagara Falls, ON	Fallsview Resort & Casino
Mar 03 2012	Niagara Falls, ON	Fallsview Resort & Casino
Mar 06 2012	London, ON	John Labatt Centre
Mar 08 2012	Windsor, ON	The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
Mar 10 2012	Hammond, IN	The Venue at Horseshoe Casino
Mar 12 2012	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls Arena
Mar 14 2012	Springfield, MO	O’Reilly Events Center
Mar 16 2012	St. Louis, MO	Fox Theater
Mar 18 2012	Denver, CO	1st Bank Center
Mar 20 2012	Salt Lake City, UT	Maverik Center
Mar 22 2012	Seattle, WA	Showare Arena
Mar 24 2012	Boise, ID	Taco Bell Arena
Mar 27 2012	San Jose, CA	Event Center at San Jose
Mar 29 2012	Bakersfield, CA	Rabobank Pavilion
Mar 31 2012	Reno, NV	Reno Event Center
Apr 03 2012	Los Angeles, CA	Nokia Theatre
Apr 05 2012	Las Vegas, NV	The Pearl Concert Theatre
Apr 07 2012	Indio, CA	Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
Apr 10 2012	San Diego, CA	Valley View Casino Center

And here’s the track listing for the CDs we are giving away!

Stronger

1. Mr Know It All
2. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)
3. Dark Side
4. Honestly
5. You Love Me
6. Einstein
7. Standing In Front Of You
8. I Forgive You
9. Hello
10. The War Is Over
11. Let Me Down
12. You Can’t Win
13. Breaking Your Own Heart

Deluxe Edition Tracks
14. Don’t You Wanna Stay (w/ Jason Aldean)
15. Alone
16. Don’t Be A Girl About It
17. The Sun Will Rise

The Smoakstack Sessions

1. Hello
2. The War Is Over
3. You Love Me
4. The Sun Will Rise
5. If I Can’t Have You
6. I Can’t Make You Love Me

Contest ends Friday January 27th at 12:01AM EST. Sponsored by ConcertKatie.com

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TIC Christmas Show

Katie December 4, 2011 0 Comments

Thursday night was TIC’s annual Christmas Concert. It was once again held at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, CT. I usually love going to the Oakdale, but that night I had a particularly angry bag check woman. First, she yelled at my because my bag couldn’t be around my neck when she checked it. I’ve been to 250+ concerts and have never had a problem just holding it open while it was still attached to me, so the fact that she got so rude about it was completely uncalled for – as this is apparently a new rule. Then she asked if I had a lens piece in my purse. I said no, it was my camera and she said she’d have to see it – then went off about how it WAS a lens piece. Maybe I’m mistaken, but when I hear “lens piece” I think – removable lens. Not a thing that is attached and can not be removed from my camera. She and another guy were saying I’d have to check my camera and pick it up after the show – but then she asked someone else (who looked a bit more official) and he said it was fine. The rule is generally no professional cameras – ie cameras with detachable lens. Mine is not… and I brought it to a show at this venue before and had no problems. *shrug*

The show was supposed to start at 7, but the doors to the theater didn’t open until 7! Usually this isn’t a problem, but I was pretty exhausted and hoping to be home by 11 to get a decent nights sleep for the first time in days.

Christina Perri took the stage at about 7:20. She had performed last year as well but was upgraded from performing only 4 songs to 7. 3 of them she had done last year as well, but now she has an actual album out! She also threw in a Christmas song and she and her band donned Christmas hats during that one song. Her song of choice was John Lennon’s Happy Christmas, War is Over. One of the new songs she did (that wasn’t done last year) was 1000 years which is on the Twilight soundtrack. She said one of her new years resolutions was to have a song in one of her favorite movies so she was glad that happened for her.

Next up was Gavin DeGraw. To be honest, I was a bit shocked he was the second act and not The Fray, but I guess I don’t have as much of an idea of Top 40 popularity as I thought I did! Gavin’s set was similar to when I saw him last month in Pennsylvania but of course a bit shorted. Gavin did 7 songs which was most of his singles and a couple others thrown in. He didn’t do any Christmas songs, and he had no problem commanding the crowd. He is a great performer and I am glad that he went from someone on my “must see” concert list to someone I saw perform 3 times this year!

Then it was time for The Fray. Unfortunately I am not familiar with their stuff at all and have not been able to figure out what their first song was based on the notes I wrote for it. They did 8 songs, several from their new album which will be coming out in February. For one of the songs, the lead singer, Isaac, called a girl up from the audience on stage. He said he had someone specific in mind and was surprised when she was actually there. One of the band members had found her on twitter and they had her come up on stage and gave her a teddy bear for a song (The Christmas Song). I thought that was pretty cool and a new way to interact with fans using social media! Also during one of the songs Isaac went through the crowd, and I was right on the aisle of my section and that is right where he walked by! The girl in front of me had a sign and he took it from her! I am not sure what it said,but she was so incredibly excited that he took it. (And I think he stuck it in his back pocket!)

Finally it was time for the headliner – Miss Kelly Clarkson! Kelly is also on my list of artists that I had to see live – one of the only Idols that I am a fan of that I’ve yet to see live. Kelly did 8 songs and was great – really high energy and I liked that she talked a lot with the crowd about the songs. At one point she apologized for talking too much – but I really like when artists tell little stories or anecdotes about their songs and why they wrote them or put them on the album, etc. For instance – after Stronger she said that she loved the song but there was nowhere to BREATHE when singing it live! She also added a christmas song to her set – I’ll Be Home For Christmas. I was surprised that her set was so short, but she will be back next month and I am really looking forward to seeing her again and with a full set!

After all was said and done, I made it home just before midnight so I was able to get a little bit more sleep than the previous couple of nights but I am really looking forward to sleeping in this weekend.

Setlists under the cut for all 4 acts!

Gavin DeGraw & David Cook November 5, 2011

Katie November 11, 2011 0 Comments

Saturday night’s show seemed like it took forever to come! Doors opened late and we were greeted to the opening act of Canaan Smith. I wasn’t sure what to think about him… he came out with a HUGE silver microphone necklace on which he hung on the mic stand.. and then he sang country songs. (Although one of the songs he did sing about how he was country and rap so I guess it all started to make sense at that point) When I came home, I looked him up on Google to try and find some fun information about him – and I found out that he was on a season of Amazing Race! I love the show but hardly ever remember who the contestants are as soon as they are eliminated, but when I came home and said that name “Canaan” to my mom – she remembered that he was the one whose girlfriend did not want to go down the slide at Atlantis! Once she said that I remembered him. (The poor girl was afraid to go down and he could not convince her and they ended up losing the race because of it! But they are still together if anyone was curious!)

Then it was time for Gavin DeGraw. I’m not all that familiar with any of his new stuff, mainly because I am a slacker and never listen to the CDs I buy… (I really need to work on that) but his set was a mix of new and old so I was able to hold my own with the older songs. He threw in a couple of bits of covers during his set – The Script’s Breakeven and Bruno Mars Grenade. He also sat down at the piano without his band backing him and said that he was going to sing a song that he liked to sing back when he was a teenager and how his brother and him would play songs at the gym after it closed and one of the guys there had told him some profane things that women would do to him if he learned a few songs, but at the time he didn’t know what that meant. He went on to do a cover of Let’s Get It On. He also commented that he was a bit sick so some of the high notes he wasn’t able to hit – but that when he was ok he couldn’t really hit those notes either! I sat down for his set but most of my row stood at their seats, which made me a bit nervous for when David came out because my balance isn’t too hot to stand at my seat, but if I could lean against the stage I’d be fine.

Fortunately, when David came out the row did all go against the stage so things were fine! (My feet were asleep and killing me by the time David’s set was over, but that was ok!) I thought it was interesting that he started and ended the set with the starting and ending tracks from the new cd – Circadian and Rapid Eye Movement. At one point near the end of the set, the band was going to leave the stage and David told them not to leave. Since it was a full house – he was going to add a song that wasn’t on the setlist – a cover. He asked if we wanted some Fog Hat, but when the response was less than stellar he decided against that. He told the band that they were instead going to do Whitesnake, which was something that they had done in sound check but never live before and that it might suck. Once it was over he said that he now felt like they were a band that could play at a wedding and went in to part of “Celebration” and then talked a bit about a Father / Daughter dance being Butterfly Kisses and how he had a better song! And then he went in to Bar Ba Sol lol. I have to say the highlights of David shows are always him talking to the crowd. At one point another gang from CT was yelling how they were from Connecticut and still had no power. David said he didn’t mean to be rude, but all he heard was “wat wat wat” (read that like the Charlie Brown teacher talks!) and they tried to say it again but he still couldn’t hear and then he said he could go on with the Charlie Brown teacher voice all night, but he wouldn’t. He seemed quite overwhelmed that the show was a sell out (or near sell out) and thanked us for standing by him and waiting for the new album to come out because they took so long to do it, he had no idea what the state of the music industry would be when he got back. And also he thanked us a few times for supporting live music. (Also worth noting one of the roadies had a clown mask on and kept bringing stuff to the stage. Creepy!)

The show was definitely a blast and I am glad that I made the trip to go!

David Cook – VIP Experience

Katie November 10, 2011 0 Comments

A couple of months ago I got an email that David Cook would be touring with Gavin DeGraw. The closest they were coming to me was York, PA, about 5 hours away – but it was on a Saturday. David was also doing a VIP package which included a M&G. (As well as access to sound check, a Tshirt and signed photo). When I clicked the link in the email I saw that ticket were already on sale so in a panic I ordered a VIP package and ended up with Pitt tickets, but I wasn’t sure if it was first or second row. Either way, I figured first or second row + VIP perks would be worth the trip!

A couple days before the show I got an email that I needed to be in PA by 2:45pm! It ruined my plans to sleep in because I needed to give myself a couple of hours buffer just in case I ran in to traffic. I left the house at 8am and only ended up hitting about 30 minutes of traffic and was able to nap in the car for about an hour before I had to get ready for everything.

I picked up my ticket and it was FRONT ROW! And then waited in the lobby for the others with VIP until it was time to do our thing. Wade from Ground Ctrl came by and said we’d be getting our laminates and then going to soundcheck. It took what seemed like forever to check everyone in (125 people!) and then we headed down to the theater where David was already doing soundcheck. When I walked in he was covering Billy Joel’s Moving Out. Then he asked if we wanted some FogHat and they did Slow Ride. He finished his soundcheck by singing Goodbye To The Girl and told us that we’d have to leave (the 3 songs was such a tease!) to do the M&G.

We all went back upstairs and waited in line for another really long time. (Actually, I didn’t really wait in line I sat – big thanks to my new friends Mary Ann and Debbie who held my spot for me!) Finally we were let in the room for the M&G and when we were about 4 people from the front the band decided they needed a potty break. David had been given what I believe to be vodka? But it was in a trick package so he’d have to figure out a puzzle before he could open it. Someone teased that didn’t he used to be a bartender? And he said yeah.. but where do you think it was? The Magic House? lol

Then the band came back and pictures resumed, until he decided the Queen song playing was unknown and sounded like a sitcom theme song and ran over to the iPod to switch up the playlist! (Then we realized it was not taking so long because the fans were dilly dallying – it was David running around that made the wait so long!)

I told David about my suit with Toad’s Place about what happened at his concert in 2009 and he said he was sorry that it happened, but “good for you” that I did something about it and that they are actually going to be putting handicapped measures in place and he gave me a big hug and again said he was sorry and I said not to be because we helped a lot of people because of it.

At that point it was about 5:30, 5:45 and Doors were set to open at 6:30, so I hung around waiting for that… more about the show coming in tomorrow’s post!!

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Mohegan Sun Reality Check: Katie Stevens

Katie October 26, 2011 0 Comments

On Sunday afternoon Katie Stevens had a performance at Mohegan Sun Casino as a part of their 15th year celebration and their Reality Check series. Visitors were treated to a short set by Katie, a Connecticut native made famous on Season 9 of American Idol.

She started her set with the Maroon 5 / Christina Aguilera cover of Moves Like Jagger, then went in to a Jill Scott song, Hate On Me. She also did Adele’s Someone Like You. After that she did a short Q&A session with the crowd where she was asked about her upcoming music (she is working on it but she doesn’t want to rush to put out something she doesn’t love and back 100%) and how she keeps her hair looking so great!

Her set then continued with the Beatles Oh Darlin, Who You Are by Jessie J and she finished her set with Etta James’ At Last.

Katie has an amazingly powerful voice and I wish her the best out in LA and working on her new material!

A video clip of Oh Darlin:

After her set, she did a signing for those interested. She is a total sweetheart AND she likes my name. I wonder why? 😉

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Josh Gracin Wolf’s Den 9/25/11

Katie September 27, 2011 0 Comments

Sunday night Josh Gracin played the Wolf’s Den at Mohegan Sun. The Wolf’s Den is a 21+ venue and the shows are free, but seating is limited. The first time I went to see Josh I wasn’t able to get in, the second time I was in the outer area of the Den and Sunday night I made it to the floor! (Only because I went alone and they had 1 spot to fill at a table down there!)

The show was supposed to start at 7, but it got started a little bit late. Josh has released 2 albums as well as an EP, but his new release will be coming out November 1. He did a mixture of all the songs, though the majority were newer songs that will be on the new album and he mixed in a decent amount of covers as well.

One of the covers he did was of John Mayer’s “Edge of Desire”, he mentioned that he had been really into John’s stuff lately and that he liked to remake a song on each of his albums and he asked John if he could put Edge of Desire on his next one, and John agreed!

For the encore, Josh’s band introduced each other while Josh was nowhere to be found. Then they started Don’t Stop Believing and Josh came in through the back of the venue (where we all entered) and walked all around snapping photos, giving hugs, high fives, etc as he made his way through the crowd and back up to the stage.

Once his set was over, a decent amount of people were hanging around hoping he would sign. He had thrown out drumsticks which I guess meant he had intended to come out and sign them all after? The staff kept saying he would not be coming out and while in my experience I have seen the staff “lie” (or be greatly misinformed) in the past… but I decided to call it a night and try to get home relatively early instead, so I don’t know if he did end up coming out or not. I do still want to get a photo with him… but hopefully he’ll come back after the album is released and do a proper signing somewhere so I’ll have another chance!
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Elliott Yamin Infinity Music Hall 9/17/11

Katie September 21, 2011 0 Comments

Saturday night I made the trek to Norfolk, CT to Infinity Music Hall to check out Elliott Yamin and Mikey Wax. The last time I had seen Elliott was in 2007 and I had kind of lost track of his career a bit, but I knew that even if I didn’t know the songs, they’d be sung really, really well and I’d enjoy myself either way.

Opening up the night was Mikey Wax (http://www.mikeywax.com) from New York. His new album comes out on Tuesday, but Saturday night was the first night that he had CDs available for purchase. He did 5 or 6 songs, approximately a 30 minute set. His last song was the most impressive, he stood at the front of the stage with no mic and had his guitar unplugged and just sang. (From looking at his site I think the last song he did was “Wait by the Door” I really need to start keeping track of opening act setlists too, I think!)

After Mikey’s set there was a short intermission before it was time for Elliott! He came on stage about 8:45 and played until a little before 10. He mentioned that he is working on a new album that will be coming out between November and 2012. But hopefully soon and then he would come back. He also kept saying how much he loved the Infinity Music Hall venue. It is really neat, although the lighting made it difficult for my picture taking. But I guess that just gave me another reason to actually learn how to use my camera and not try to figure things out on the fly 😉

As I had previously mentioned, I kind of lost track of Elliott after his self titled release, but fortunately he did only 2 songs (by my count, anyway) from his 2nd CD and 5 from the self titled (yay! I know those!) with the rest of the set made up of songs coming off the new album. (Which I believe he said was going to be called “Lets Get To Whats Real”)

The show was great and after the show I hung around to meet him. We chatted a bit about how every year on Idol during Hollywood week someone in my family always brings up how he missed practice w/ his group to sleep his season. He assured me he WASN’T sleeping and that the magic of TV made it seem that way because they wanted to make drama. I told him it didn’t matter what he was doing because he sang better than everyone! He mentioned how Sway was in his group and usually he is part of his band (which I did remember after he said that in 2007 he was there) but they had to scale down a bit for this tour. He also mentioned another contestant as well, but I didn’t remember her. Then he told me to have a safe trip home. He’s a really nice guy 🙂

My merchandise purchase was a lanyard that had the tour dates on it (which he signed for me) but it is also a USB Flash Drive with some songs and photos on it! Which I thought was really, really neat. There are some new songs on it and a live show from Osaka! I can’t wait to listen to it! That cost $15, but if you wanted a shirt as well, it was only an additional $5, so I bought a shirt with some mics on it and Elliott’s name. Definitely a great deal and I think a lot of people went for it.

I had no idea how I was going to keep up with a setlist for his set only knowing one album’s worth of songs (and even then, I don’t know that I remembered all the song titles) but fortunately I was able to get a setlist off the stage at the end of the show 🙂 Note that Moody’s Mood For Love he just kind of started singing when someone yelled it out for him during the encore and his band just kind of stood there while he just saaang. So that song wasn’t on the official setlist, but of course I am including it.

American Idols Live – Bridgeport, CT

Katie August 29, 2011 0 Comments

After our M&G were over, we were free to go to our seats for the show. As we started walked forward, I realized that Row D was actually front row in front of the small catwalk! And the seat that I had was DEAD CENTER on the catwalk! (I had gone back and forth being unsure if I had 1st row of 4th row – I was convinced it was first until the Nassau Coliseum show made me think otherwise)

The show was pretty much exactly the same as 2 nights before, the setlist did not change but of course the interaction that the Idols did with the crowd did a bit. During Stefano’s set he announced that he liked one side better than the other and he did not take his shirt off as early as he did in Long Island either. In fact, he didn’t until the lights were just about off so I wasn’t able to get any photos… but he was right in front of me when he did it!

James gave his bandana to a cute little boy up front… Lauren was very interactive waving and trying to shake hands with various people in the front. (There was a good few feet from the barricade to the stage, but if someone reached as far as they could and Lauren reached as far as she could they’d reach each other)

The 2 people next to me had told me how they asked to talk to Aaron Spears, the drummer on the tour and spoke with him for 10 minutes, but then it cut in to their time with the Idols. At intermission, the drum tech came up and said “These are from the drummer” and handed them some sticks! When the tech found out they both played drums, he went back and got them a couple more sets. I thought that was so cool of the drummer, and when he came back on stage after intermission they waved to him and he gave them a salute.

I’m really not sure what else to write about this show… so I’ll just leave you with some more photos under the cut 🙂 (Plus as I write this we are anticipating Hurricane Irene so it is probably best I move on to something else before we lose power!)

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American Idol VIP Ticket Experience

Katie August 28, 2011 0 Comments

Thursday night it was time for my American Idol VIP Experience. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect because I had not been able to find too many reviews of how other peoples M&Gs went. All I knew was that first there were group photos and then you had time to get solo photos with the Idols. I basically only wanted a photo with Stefano and anything beyond that would be a bonus.

When I arrived at the venue it was raining and quite a crowd had already formed. Some had other M&G passes which would allow them the “sign and slide” where they get a photo signed and don’t have much time to talk to the idols. We were let in and put in groups of 10-15 for the group photo with 10 of the Idols (Thia was not there. Not sure why) and then we moved off to the side until everyone got their group photos.

For the group picture, we were near Lauren who warned us her hair might look bad in the back. I told her our hair probably wasn’t much better since we were out in the rain! Then she went on about how she woke up at 3:30 because she had overslept and had a M&G at 4 and still had to go to hair and makeup!

I met up with a facebook friend, Miriam, and we had our game plan down. She wanted photos with Pia, Lauren and Haley. I wanted photos with Stefano (and Haley). We decided we would get those done first and then whoever was still around if we still had time we’d hit up next. We went to Haley first, she had a crowd, so we waited our turn… for a little bit Stefano had no one with him while we were waiting for Haley 🙁 He wasn’t talking much because he was sick and I knew if I went to talk to him it probably wouldn’t have ended well haha. So we got our photos with Haley, then went to Stefano. Somehow my camera went on video mode so I was standing next to him for the longest time while Miriam was trying to figure out why the camera wasn’t working. Finally I fixed it and got my photo with him. We bounced all around trying to see who had the shorter lines. We went to Pia next and then waited for Lauren (I think she and James had the longest lines) I can’t exactly remember the order but after we hit up our “priority list” we got pics with Paul (and I talked w/ him a bit about Hanson since his fiance is a fan – he said he knew them and they were good guys) and we decided we’d try for Scotty – except we didn’t know where he was! Someone overheard me say I had no idea where Scotty was and directed us down the hall where Scotty’s mom took our photo with him! He’s so adorable in person. We hit up Jacob.. and looked for Naima but it seemed like she had left! (Earlier Pia, Jacob and Naima were all near each other) Stefano also looked like he was gone at this point… Casey had a short line so we went by him and were told he had to leave, but then someone yelled “TWO MINUTE WARNING”, so we were able to get a photo with him. After that we hopped in line for James since he was the only one left. We got to the front of his table but as soon as we got up to the front time was up and he had to leave! Argh! So close.

Overall, we did really well with getting photos! There was no way we could have gotten Thia, Naima left or we probably could have gotten her when we went back over to get Jacob… and James was just a bit too popular for us. Apparently some people did manage to get photos with everyone and I have to commend them for that because it was not easy!

We also got a photo that everyone had previously signed for us with instructions on how to get our group photo.

Personally I probably would have removed the group photo aspect of it and allowed us more time to just mingle with the idols – without the group photo (which was hard to get near whoever you like anyway since there were 11 idols and 10-15 fans) we would have absolutely had the time to get photos with everyone individually – and probably then some.

But I would have to say that the $250 for the VIP Package was certainly worth it.