Last night was a wonderful night full of Maroon 5 action. It was great to catch up with Shawn again. I absolutely love him, my mom and I have known him forever. He knows all about my moms cancer and was the one who told her that she needed to start smoking the reefer. We got there around 4 and talked to Shawn for a good hour back stage. I had to teach him how to use his phone and tweet. It was interesting to see Adam L. pop up on the phone as a text message saying they scratched Madden 11 and needed a new one. It seemed like such an emergency to him. Shawn is such a rad dude and offered to give us tickets with seats instead of us having to be general admission to the show. Such a relief because it wasn't a good day for my mom, I was worried about her so sitting down would work out great. We hung out back stage chatted for a long time then said our good byes and wandered to dinner.
Dinner was great and we ended up going back to the venue to get our tickets. Well when we got to the show it was like going back to the Kress Event Center, same layout same everything so a very small venue. But we had a ticket mix up. I didn't want to bother Shawn about it because I know how busy he was. I just sent a tweet out about ticket mix up and he freaked. He came out during Kris Allen's set looking for us in the crowd, he had gotten us another set of tickets so we would be comfortable. What an amazing guy! He said don't worry about tickets ever again I have you covered like always. So I hung in the pit while my mom went to get much needed rest. Come to find out Jesse was just wandering around and she had a great conversation with him for awhile. Another amazing person and musician.
Maroon 5 came on and as much as I have loved them forever, it wasn't the greatest show in the world. They played a lot of old songs and it was a lot like the last show that I had been to. So it got boring. Maybe it was because I was coming off the John Mayer awesomeness and his crazy interactions with the crowd. There wasn't that here. I don't know it just felt odd. But I've seen them soooo many times, maybe I've just got used to it. I got some great pictures and headed up to our seats with my mom for the rest of the show. She said it wasn't fun at all, which made me feel terrible, she had wished she felt better to go down there and deal with the pushing and shoving of the shows but didn't have it in her. Life with cancer can be tough on your body and last night was an example. The show was over and we got to talk to Shawn one more time. He said, I tried searching for you on facebook and can't find you!!! Big step for a guy who doesn't know how to work anything technical. When we got our hugs and kisses goodbye I whispered in his ear thanks for taking care of her. He said any time and if we needed anything to let him know. We exchanged contact information again and he said to keep in touch.
It was more amazing hanging out with Shawn and back stage than the show sadly, hopefully once the new album comes out they will have a bigger and better stage show than just them up there. But over all a great night, still love the Maroon 5 boys and Shawn even if the show wasn't the greatest.
This is why I love Shawn...a tweet he sent: dollarbill_TETE @ridingthewaves there we go... Your mom is so rad... I wish nothing but the best for both of you... Genuine sweetness is hard to come by
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