Best Night Ever? I think yes!

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that my favorite band is 30 Seconds To Mars. They are so stinking amazing. I love them to the moon and back. A while ago, I was lucky enough to see the boys in concert. It involved driving for over an hour, a wicked traffic jam, and standing in a line that wound around the block. A line where I met some very nice girls, who I convinced to stay the entire concert. The line was long, and it was semi-cold, but it was so worth it.

Shannon, the drummer, wasn't there because of an illness, so they had a drumming track the entire time. I missed Shannon, but he was there in spirit and on Jared's computer which was on the stage the entire concert. All the more reason to go see them again when they come to my area, hopefull he won't be sick next time.

I had a freak attack when the concert started. It went a little like this. The white curtain thing went up. We waited for what felt like forever. Then the lights went off. The song "Escape" started. Spotlights were on the curtain so you could see the bands shadows on the curtain. All of a sudden you could hear Jared's voice, and I sat there on the edge of my seat going "Oh my God." Then it happened. The curtain dropped, and I saw my favorite band, the best band on the face of the Earth, in person. I screamed and nearly cried. It was that amazing.

The concert was a long time ago, but let me try to remember the correct setlist. I apologize if I have any mistakes. They opened with "Night Of The Hunter," "Beautiful Lie," and "Attack." If I remember correctly they then did "Search And Destroy." Jared and Tomo stopped halfway through and Jared talked to the crowd. Made everyone stand up, and managed to call people who weren't paying attention names. During that time my group of people managed to get down to the floor, where jumping up and down was a lot easier then the narrow balconies. The band finished "Search and Destroy" and proceeded with "This Is War."

After that Jared did this enitre acoustic set that included "The Kill," "Alibi," "Hurricane," a new song, "From Yesterday." Not nessecarily in that order. Jared sang all of it, with the crowds help, and Tomo came out to play "The Kill." Which was absolutely amazing! Somewhere in there, I think, Jared held the microphone up to the computer speakers so Shannon would say something. A complete and utter hush came over the theater, and then Shannon said 'hello, hello!' To sum that up, we all went beserk.

After the little acoustic set, Jared said something like 'get your fists up in the air and repeat after me NO, NO, NO!' And I knew that it was there. Once he said 'let's turn this next song into a prayer' I started to get really excited, like more than I already was. From all the live videos that I have watched I knew that the time had come for 30 Seconds To Mars to play "Closer to The Edge." The song is just about my favorite song by them and to see them perform it live was absolutely breathtaking.

Confetti was blown into the crowd, each little confetti piece had something written on it. Like 'yes this is a cult,' or 'provehito in altum.' Just something along that line. I grabbed a handful and took them home.

"Kings And Queens" was next. The last song of the night. A bunch of people got to go on stage. I wanted to, but I was all the way in the back so it didn't work out. I sang along, so that's cool. "Kings and Queens" was awesome! A great way to end a great concert, with the song that made me fall in love with this band.

I took pictures, but mainly just a bunch of video. My camera was acting stupid every time I took a picture, but here are some of the ones that turned out good.

The last photo is just about my favorite from the entire night. It's from when Jared was doing the acoustic set.

I would put up a video, but video upload terms and conditions is confusing. All in all it was an amazing night, and I can't believe that I went. I sang along to every song, jumped up and down, and watched the band run all over the stage like madmen. Artistically talented madmen, of course.

If you ever get a chance to see these boys live, I would definitely recommend it.

-shelby