In June of 2008, I went to see Demi Lovato perform at Blender Theater at Gramercy two nights in a row.
The shows were just a couple short days after Camp Rock premiered on the disney channel, so it was very exciting to see her sing in person!
The first day, I got there late and was running in halfway through the first song (That’s How You Know). When I first heard her voice blasting through the venue and then saw her dancing up on stage, a rush of adrenaline overwhelmed my body. She seriously has such an incredible voice. I was so excited to see her, that I didn’t even bother finding my friends in the crowd until the show had ended.
We waited around for Demi to come out the side entrance to meet her, but as the crowd grew larger, we started losing hope. My friends and I heard one girl say something about Demi staying at the Trump Hotel, so we thought up a plan. We didn’t want to have to sit around at the hotel waiting, so we decided to stay at the venue until we saw Demi come out, and then we’d run into a cab to beat her to the hotel just minutes before she arrives. Well, it worked! We got out of the cab and only about 6 other people had thought to do the same thing.
About 15 minutes later, the black escalade drove up to the hotel steps and we all waited anxiously for her to step out of the car. She looked beautiful, as usual, and was as sweet as can be. She stopped to take pictures and talk with everybody there and she didn’t look even slightly annoyed. I almost forgot, guess who walked out with her? Papa Jonas! He was on the phone, but he waved to us! haha.
The next day, I looked online and saw that she had another show that night at the same venue. Because I enjoyed the show so much, I asked around all my friends that I could to see if they wanted to come with me. It wasn’t until about 2 hours before the show that I finally found people to go with me! We hopped on a train and raced into New York City just in time for the show! Again, the show was fantastic! Demi has so much energy during her fast songs, and then during her slower songs she really knows how to lighten the mood of the fans and she gets so emotionally into each song. (Spotted at the show also was Mandy Van Duyne, Mike Bruno [of Honor Society], and Phil Bensen.
After this show, we were luckily able to just meet Demi outside of the venue. She took a long time to come out, and we were about to give up. We literally got into a cab and then heard commotion erupt. Quickly, we yelled to the cab driver, “WAIT, STOP!!!!” and we ran out and got our pictures. haha! It was a hilarious experience. It was such perfect timing.
Here are some photos from both days!
jordan Said:
on February 5, 2009 at 2:16 am
awh! that sounded like funnn:) i wanna meet her lol
Alicia Said:
on February 8, 2009 at 1:47 pm
So cool! I want to meet Demi Lovato!!!