Foos Invade the LBC on Record Store Day 2011

Foo Fighters @ Fingerprints 04/16/11

Foo Fighters

When: Tuesday, April 16, 2011

Venue: Fingerprints, Long Beach

Accompanied by: Nicole, Cosmo, Tiffany, & Sarah
Genre: Rock 

EDITED to ADD: Article & Photos by Jena Ardell - seriously some of the most amazing photos of this event!!

More than a month has passed since the Foo Fighters made their way into MY city. I wish I had taken the time to write about it in the moment, but as we all know life has a funny way of getting away from us sometimes.

Rather than attempting to piece it all together - I'd rather just show it through pictures. A lot less boring that is for sure!!  Enjoy...

"Knoxy's Proxy" & WWLD?

Taylor arrives via White Limo

Left Side is Shifty's Side!

Shifty

Dave

Taylor

Nate

Dave & Nate

Chris

Dave

Photo taken by Gus (Tour Manager) from above

This video captures the one and only encore. The boys went with All My Life. But the funniest part is the very beginning. Between finishing the last song and leaving the stage, the vultures ripped off all the picks from the microphone stand. It was insane...I guess people didn't think they'd have a chance to be given a trinket from the show so they just took it. The look on Dave's face when he looks down to see that all the picks are gone..."Where are my fuckin' picks, assholes? Give 'em back. We're still on the clock!!" PRICELESS!!

Tiësto Vegas Style

Tiësto @ The Joint/Hard Rock Casino
When: Saturday, May 7, 2011
Venue: The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Accompanied by: Miss Sandy Fontes
Genre: Dance, dance, dance

Girls trip to Vegas is always fun!!  Had this one planned since December as part of a Christmas and Birthday gift to my friend, Sandy. While May 2011 seemed so far away then, now that it's come and gone, I have no clue where the time went.


No review of this event...it was what it was. A reminder that I'm a little too old for such late nights, and yet still young enough to have a damn good time.  If I were to do anything differently, it would have been a different choice of shoes. 

Tiësto In Concert, a groundbreaking live show featuring the world’s number one electronic DJ and producer Tiësto, begins residency at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, Jan. 1. Tiësto In Concert is a visual and aural experience of epic magnitude that has been created exclusively for The Joint. Tiësto In Concert will be the most immense Tiësto experience Las Vegas has ever witnessed.
His recently completed Kaleidoscope World Tour spanned more than 15 months and 175 dates across 6 continents playing to over 1,000,000+ people. The tour featured an epic live show including an exhibition of lasers, light shows, and state of the art video content as well as sound from one of the most powerful sound systems ever used.

Widely regarded as the number one DJ in the world, Tiësto has worked with global superstars such as Nelly Furtado, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goldfrapp and more. Tiësto’s latest album Kaleidoscope Remixed is a reworking of his fourth album Kaleidoscope and includes a stunning collection of songs written and recorded in collaboration with a variety of music talents from the worlds of dance, pop and rock. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2007, voted number one DJ in the world by DJ Magazine three years in a row, voted number one DJ in the World 2008 by Mixmag Magazine and has sold millions of records worldwide.

We arrived at 11:30 to catch the tail end of the first DJ...followed by a 2nd DJ who could have easily stepped off a bus fresh from some small mid western town. But he had rhythm and knew how to mix so we had no complaints.  Tiesto took the stage around 1am and we hung out for a bit to head bop and hip shake. Taking a bit of break out on the casino floor, we came back for another 30 minutes of groove but by 4am, we were beat. All in all, a good time. Glad to have experienced it once...but chances are, wouldn't do it again.