#Boston Strong

             Sometimes, a cause is so great that I shell out a decent amount of money and go have fun for charity. Last night was one of those nights. Last night, I left Mr. at home with the Monkey and headed to TD Garden here in our beloved Boston for the Marathon Show. (Mainly because I couldn't get two tickets. The concert sold out in 5 minutes.) I left work early to get there with minimal traffic interruptions, got a sweet parking space (yay pre-order parking!) and headed to a local bar, The Harp, for dinner and drinks. Y'all, their Mac n' Cheese was quite possibly designed to be orgasmic.

              As the show got close, I headed over to the Garden with all the other excited concert goers. The paperless ticket system was so amazing. They should do it for every concert. I got through, was handed a program and headed to my seat. My seats were great. I quickly made friends with those around me including the usher. The local band pre show entertainment was so much fun! I found out talking to the usher that no one was getting paid. This show was completely volunteer. That floored me. No one was in it for the money. 100% goes to The One Fund, Boston. Sadly, it was not televised for the world to see.

            Finally, the show started and it was a five hour emotional roller coaster that was the best concert experience I had ever had. The two disappointments were the J Giles Band (minus J Giles) and Aerosmith. The show on the whole was so solid. James Taylor and Carol King were amazing. And the whole place sang along with them to "On the Roof" and "You've Got a Friend". NKOTB was amazing as always and the whole place shook when they introduced Bel Biv Devo and Boyz II Men. Dropkick Murphys singing "Shipping up to Boston" shook the whole arena, because everyone was up dancing and singing with the band. Extreme reunited for one night only and Boston rocked the house with "More than a Feeling"There were tears, laughter, and lots of love there. I just wish everyone could have felt it.

              The concert ran 5 1/2 hours and no one cared. No one thought about work or what had to be done tomorrow. It was all about the night, helping the survivors and healing our city. The finale where Aerosmith called everyone out and the entire building sang "Come Together" and "Dirty Water" pretty much summed up the feelings.

We will come together.
We love that Dirty Water.
Boston is our home.

Looking for a good Concert?

So the past few years I have been to some AWESOME concerts. But lately I have been jonesing for another U2 calliber tour to come around to Boston. Sure, I actually saw U2 in concert in September (and if I could I would go again in an instant! I love the guys.) and since then I have wanted to be in the presence of concert awesomeness.

I was going to see the Reverend Al Green play the House of Blues, but that was the day I had the begining of guests coming in for the wedding! (Although I have always wondered how Can't Get Next to You sounds live. )

One of the bands to open for U2 starting the city after ours was a British rock band, Muse. I was bummed out to hear that their tour schedule had them overseas for the majority of 2o1o... or so I thought. It was like a early birthday present, when Mr. Nacho informed me that they were going to be playing at the Garden in March! He asked me if I wanted tickets, and of course I said "Heck yeah!!!"

Why see Muse?

Because you are paying to see a really great show. The music is incredible. The performance is excelent. And if you aren't dancing, well, something is wrong with you!

We saw them in 2007 at the Aganis Arena and there was not one person that was not having a good time. You are getting more than the price of admission.

Also, this time they aren't having a horrible opening band. They are having the Silversun Pickups as openers! If you like Smashing Pumpkins, you will like Silversun Pickups!

So if you want to see a concert that will entertain you and is well worth every penny that you are spending in a tough economy such as this, then please... spend your money to see Muse.

We will be there! And you can bet I will be dancing!