Sorry for the delay, I've been quite
busy since the end of tour, with unpacking, repacking, and moving. On with the
blog.
The Walk
I ended up standing next to the tour bus, waiting
for the walk to start. Zac came out of the venue a few minutes
before the walk to grab something from the bus, and when he exited, I must of
looked worried or something because he turned around and said directly to me:
"Don't worry, we'll be right back."
All three guys came out moments
later and much to my surprise and happiness I ended up right behind Taylor
during his Take The Walk speech and got lovely photos of Taylor, *cough* his
backside, and his ridiculously expensive camera which I was told by friend
costs like 2000 plus dollars.
During the speech Isaac tried several times to
help amplify Taylor's voice by connecting his bullhorn walkie to Taylor's
bullhorn. This of course caused horrible ringing feedback and after a third
attempt Taylor looked ready to punch Ike in true brotherly fashion.
The walk highlights included:
·
A
park located next to the Mississippi River
·
Crossing railroad tracks
·
Taylor
Fanboying over local street musicians
As we entered the park, a homeless man
drumming on a bucket yelled at us to "Come with him! To join him!" I
heard Zac remark in front of me, that he:"Gladly
would have joined him, in what he assumed was drumming if it didn't sound so ominous. He didn't want to get
kidnapped."
The Show
I wish I could say that this show was
really memorable. But nothing really stands out. Carrick opened this time, and
when I had heard early during the tour that he was opening I was ecstatic! I
love Everybody Else, one of Hanson's best openers in my opinion. Carrick's set
was good but strange, it sounded like EBE but the heart was missing in the
music.
Hanson
show was an awesome, a solid 26 song show.
It was a classic Hanson show and a lot of the songs featured came from
Middle of Nowhere. In fact I think this is the most MON songs I've heard live at one show. Taylor did "Love me" as his solo,
which is one of my favorites but I wish people wouldn't have screamed through
it. The security was so done, after two
days of Hanson they had enough and kept checking their watches and the set list
to see how much more they had to endure.
After the Show
Security stupidly put up a barricade(so people could wait
for the band, I guess) at the entrance on the street to the venue, this caused
a massive pile up when everyone tried to leave. Fans literally blocked the sidewalk
for at least a good hour, so ridiculous. My friends and I decided to wait on other side of the sidewalk for Hanson but
ended up missing 2/3 of them. At one point Ike ,I think tried to get to us from
the other side of the bus but fans followed him to street and ended up blocking
traffic which was quite dangerous.
My
friends and I joked that if Taylor didn't come out at midnight, we would leave.
He came out at 11:59pm! We got our photos with Taylor and headed to Cafe Du
Monde for their famous mostly powder sugar beignets! Delicious and frankly the
best part of the night, next to the show of course!
UP NEXT: Hanson in Los Angeles
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