Britney Spears
Thursday, July 21, 2011
This past Monday afternoon, Marin and I were sitting outside on the front porch when Matthew burst out the front door looking all excited. He had this crazed look about him. Why? He'd come across 2 tickets to see Britney Spears in Nashville--in less than 3 hours!
Did I want to go? Of course I wanted to go! Uh, wait, what about a baby sitter? Should we just take Marin with us? Wait...there are only 2 tickets and he's over the age of 2 so he needs his own ticket now....well, crap! What do we do?!
I tell Matthew to say yes that we want the tickets and then I go into a full out scramble mode trying to find a last minute babysitter. An hour later, I had one! So, Marin got to hang out with our friend Jamie and Matthew and I were on our way to the show!
Britney was fantastic. Whether you like the gal or not, she sure can put on a show. We both thought it was awesome. I've been a Britney fan for as long as I can remember, so I was thrilled to see her live. Bring earplugs if you go to her show. It was unbelievably loud, but fun.
Britney's 2 boys were also in the audience. I think they come to all her shows. You can spot them near the front of the stage, wearing hearing protection ear muffs. They come out about 30 seconds before she hits the stage with bodyguards and who I assume are their nannies. Too cute!
I didn't really care for her opening acts. Yes, even Nicki Minaj. I will admit that her song Super Bass was great live. Even better than the radio version. Jessie and the Toy Boys were ok. Jessie was sort of a Britney clone. The two girls from Australia that were mixing techno music were a weird addition to the show. They would have fit in great at a club, but it seemed kind of strange to have them do their act at a concert, where everyone is sitting down. They weren't bad, just didn't really fit in.
Once Britney hit the stage I don't think anyone sat down for the rest of the night. Everyone there seemed to have a great time and I thought that the newspaper was pretty hard on her with their after concert critique. I guess if you aren't a fan, you just aren't a fan. It certainly didn't have anything to do with her performance on Monday night. It was incredible and I'm glad I got the chance to go!
Did I want to go? Of course I wanted to go! Uh, wait, what about a baby sitter? Should we just take Marin with us? Wait...there are only 2 tickets and he's over the age of 2 so he needs his own ticket now....well, crap! What do we do?!
I tell Matthew to say yes that we want the tickets and then I go into a full out scramble mode trying to find a last minute babysitter. An hour later, I had one! So, Marin got to hang out with our friend Jamie and Matthew and I were on our way to the show!
Britney was fantastic. Whether you like the gal or not, she sure can put on a show. We both thought it was awesome. I've been a Britney fan for as long as I can remember, so I was thrilled to see her live. Bring earplugs if you go to her show. It was unbelievably loud, but fun.
Britney's 2 boys were also in the audience. I think they come to all her shows. You can spot them near the front of the stage, wearing hearing protection ear muffs. They come out about 30 seconds before she hits the stage with bodyguards and who I assume are their nannies. Too cute!
I didn't really care for her opening acts. Yes, even Nicki Minaj. I will admit that her song Super Bass was great live. Even better than the radio version. Jessie and the Toy Boys were ok. Jessie was sort of a Britney clone. The two girls from Australia that were mixing techno music were a weird addition to the show. They would have fit in great at a club, but it seemed kind of strange to have them do their act at a concert, where everyone is sitting down. They weren't bad, just didn't really fit in.
Once Britney hit the stage I don't think anyone sat down for the rest of the night. Everyone there seemed to have a great time and I thought that the newspaper was pretty hard on her with their after concert critique. I guess if you aren't a fan, you just aren't a fan. It certainly didn't have anything to do with her performance on Monday night. It was incredible and I'm glad I got the chance to go!
