Bamboozle 2008- Day Two

{ October 9, 2008 @ 12:17 pm } · { All Time Low, Bamboozle, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At The Disco, The Academy Is..., We The Kings }
{ Tags: All Time Low, Bamboozle 2008, Brendon Urie, Cobra Starship, day 2, Gabe Saporta, Gym Class Heroes, Katy Perry, Panic! At The Disco, Travis Mccoy, We The Kings }

 

If you liked reading about day one of The Bamboozle, then you’ll definitely love this one even more! 

During day two, I went through more adventures, and met a bunch more really cool people!

 

I lost my schedule for that day, but I will try to remember the order that things happened in.

 

First, we started out by seeing “All Time Low” and “The Academy Is…” I love both of their music! They each sang a ton of songs that I knew and totally rocked the stage. Again, we got to stand up there with them, which was really fun. I had to leave All Time Low a tiny bit early because right when they ended, The Academy Is was to start at a different stage and there was quite the walk to get to it. When we made it to The Academy Is, we were just in time to hear them play their awesome set. We had some extra time after their set, so we walked up to them and told them that they did a great job and grabbed a few pictures with different band members.

 

After this, it was time to go see the band Cobra Starship! I was SO excited for this because I am in love with their music and they’re just all around really awesome.  I also had a feeling that Travis from Gym Class Heroes would be joining them on stage because they sing some songs together and Gym Class Heroes were scheduled to play later that day. When I got up on the stage, I peeked over and saw the entire set list. I was so excited when I saw so many songs that I knew! When they came on stage, my friend and I were right up front. They were awesome, and about 1/3 through the set, my friend and I spotted a man in a blue hoodie across standing where we were but on the opposite site of the stage. It was Travis from Gym Class Heroes! We were freaking out: One, because Travis Mccoy was right there! And two, because this pretty much guaranteed a duet! Soon enough, Travis came up stage and sang a song with them! It was awesome! They perform so well together. After it ended, we spotted Gabe Saporta, the lead singer of Cobra Starship, standing in a tented area backstage. We walked over when a couple girls were talking to him. One of them was crying hysterically, saying how she loves them and has always wanted to meet him. He was being so nice to her and hugging her and gave her a kiss on the cheek and everything! I was shocked! Who knew that rock stars could be so friendly to their fans! After they walked away, we went up to him and told him how awesome they played their set. He was also really friendly to us! In fact, later, when we were in this VIP lunch area eating, we were at a lunch table next to him when he was being interviewed. He was on video camera and the lady asked him to show off his outfit. He pointed to his shoes and described them, and then looks over at us and points to my friend and was like, “Look at her outfit! How sweet is that! She’s wearing purple jeans and a silver headband.” We DIED! Unfortunately, we have yet to find this video, even after looking everywhere for it! But if I find it, I’ll definitely post it!

 

Moving on, the next band that we saw that day was We the Kings. You’d probably know them from their popular song “Check Yes Juliet”. They played Bamboozle a little before that song became popular, but I knew them from somewhere else luckily so I was able to see them play. They played on a pretty small stage, so it was packed with people in the back. My friend and I had to squeeze our way up, and before we knew it, we were practically standing right next to the guitarist! Pretty intimidating! Haha. They played really great, as expected. They were running around the stage and flipping their excessively long hair all over the place!

 

Wow, this blog post is insanely long, I’m sorry. If you’re still reading, go get a snack. It’s about halfway over.

 

We walked into the area where many of the tour buses were parked, just to explore a little since we had time to hang out until our next show. Back there, we saw Gabe from Cobra Starship again many times just hanging out by his van, which was really cool. We discovered which buses belonged to which bands and everything. After getting bored of this, we went down into Giants Stadium. We knew that this was where the big headliner band’s dressing rooms were located but only people with passes could go back there. As we were going in, we also saw Travis from Gym Class Heroes walking down there. I wouldn’t say we followed him. Well, I guess we did a little.  Anyway, we ended up finding out that he had a special meet and greet for about ten people who were there. We waited for them to finish and then went up to him to talk to him. He was really cool and chill and very, very funny. He was dancing around with us and singing about our outfits and everything. He even gave us these cool bags from his dressing room with CDs inside just to be nice! We then got pictures with him and he went back into his dressing room.

*Side note, Katy Perry was there the entire time but this was before she was popular and so we had no idea! We just knew it was his girlfriend, who turns out IS Katy Perry! Bummer

We spotted a golf cart drive by, and looked at the back and it was Brendon Urie from Panic! At the Disco! My friend screamed “I LOVE YOU BRENDON!” and he goes, “I LOVE YOU TOO!” haha! It was really cool because we both love that band!!

 

 

The next singer to come on stage was Bret Michaels. He is in the band Poison and on the TV show “Rock of Love”. I don’t know any of his music, but the people backstage were causing a huge commotion when he was coming out, so it was clear that he was a big deal! We all had to clear a path for him so that he could run right up onto the stage! The crowd up on stage was really packed, so we only stayed up there for about half of the show. He really knew how to work the crowd. He’s a great performer! When he got off stage, so many people backstage were trying to take pictures with him but security was really tight and they we shielding him from most people. The coolest thing happened though. Me, my friend, and my dad were able to go privately onto his tour bus with him! I’ve never been on a tour bus, especially with a celebrity! It was so surreal and awesome. He seemed really nice and down to earth. He offered us drinks and asked us questions and let us take pictures. There was a reporter there from the New York Times, and so a couple weeks later, we were featured in the New York Times with Bret!

Here’s the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/fashion/18nite.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

(You might only be able to see it if you have an account on that website.)

That was definitely one of the coolest experiences I’ve been able to have!

 

Gym Class Heroes were next, and we were super excited since we had all those cool encounters with Travis earlier in the day! We got in line to go up the stairs to go up on stage pretty early so that we could get decent spots. We ended up getting pretty good spots, in fact, we were standing right behind Chris Crocker and Jeffree Star. (From Youtube.) They had their arms around each other most of the time. It was creepy, yet cool. Gym Class Heroes performed really greatly and I knew even more songs than I thought I would! Their music is just in general really fun, so it was all entertaining, (even if I didn’t know the song).

 

Lastly, Panic! At the Disco performed. Unfortunately, for their set, only their friends and family were allowed to come up, so we had to watch from the side. At this point, it was freezing cold, really late, and we were SO tired! We stayed for about 5 or 6 songs before heading out. They started off with “Nine in The Afternoon”, which was their hit at the time, and followed it with a few of their old hits. After a few we left Bamboozle 2008. The worst part about Bamboozle is having to leave because you know that it won’t be for an entire year until we get to do this all again with brand new bands. I had the time of my life and enjoyed every second of it!! =D

 

Hopefully you enjoyed reading all about my day!

Here are also the pictures from the day!

 

Gabe Saporta

We ran into Steve from Push Play!

With Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes!

With Bret Michaels on his tour bus

Cobra Starship

Me & Gabe from Cobra Starship

The Academy Is…

Me with some of the band members from The Academy Is…

The Academy Is…

The Academy Is…

We The Kings

We The Kings

Dressing Room Signs

Panic! At the Disco’s dressing room

Panic! At the Disco’s set for the stage before they went on

Me and Chris Crocker!

Gym Class Heroes

Comment on the bottom of this page and let me know what you thought of this entry! =D 

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