~~BSB in Jacksonville,FL~~

I went to see my fave band on Thursday July 9th in Jacksonville, Fl. Our city was the second stop on the North American tour and we were pumped. I didn't know how popular the band was here in Jax, but when we arrived at the Coliseum..it was packed!! They made us wait outside in 100 degree weather until 7pm (and the opening act came on at 7:30)!! We found our seats immediately-which were 17th row. They were excellent seats! The opening acts came out, my favorite being little Aaron Carter , then SOAP and Jimmy Ray. After Jimmy Ray, Johnny Wright came out and told us that in 30 minutes the BSB would come out! So..we waited more than 30 minutes when finally the lights went out and the band began to play. I had my camera ready and *POOF* fireworks came onstage followed by the 5 guys at the top of the stage singing "Thats The Way I Like It." They were wearing these silver and black jumpsuits and Brian had a red hat while Nick wore his goggles. After that song, Kevin said,"As many of you know, the BSB isn't just about singing we're about dancing,too." So, they did a dance to a medley by Puff Daddy, Coolio, and Next. Man, they can shake their booties! Howie left and after the dance routine, came back in white pants and a white shirt (opened to reveal his chest) and with roses in his hands. He introduced his song, "My Heart Stays With You" and threw the roses to some fans meanwhile red confetti fell from above (and on my head,too). Next up was AJ, who came onstage in handcuffs with a Jax police woman! She shook her head at him and un-cuffed him. He was wearing a white robe (why?) and sang "Lay Down Beside Me." Next up was Kevin who I believe sang "Nobody But You" and kept shaking his booty at us. Finally, my guy, Brian came on with his white tank (and a tattoo!!) and a guitar and sang a beautiful song called "Thats What She Said." We were all swaying our arms back and forth!! Next up was precious Nick...who brought down the house with "Heaven In Your Eyes." The girls around me were screaming their eyes out! He was standing on the platform with a '50s style microphone and you could see him grin from the 4 big screens that hung above the stage! Once he finished, they began their love song medley. They sang "All I Have To Give","I'll Never Break Your Heart", "Anywhere For You", and "Darlin'".They asked to do that thing where one side sings "Darlin'" and the other side (which was me) sang "tell me what to do to make things right." During INBYH..we messed up when Brian asked us to sing "I'll give you all of me honey thats no lie" so Nick said, "That was really bad,you guys can do better." So we did it again and I think we did do better!

Next up...Howie introduced the next song by saying,"You guys made this song go to #2 and I think you know what it is so sing along!" So, they turned around and the band played, but too fast. Nick said,"Whoa! Start over!" So they did, and AJ said,"Man..are you all nervous or something?" So the drummer said,"Well, if you thik we're not doing it right, why don't you play it?" So they did! Nick was on drums, AJ on bass, Howie on guitar, Kevin on keyboard, and Brian on congos. They played and all 10,000 fans sanf along. It was so much fun! Then after Brian's part the band came back and the BSB finished that song! I don't remeber the order, but I think they sang "Hey,Mr. DJ" next and pretended to leave. We knew they weren't finished. We were right. They came out and did "Get Down" which had us dancing and jumping and immediately Brian sang.."Everybody move to the music, everybody jam!" That made us dance even harder!! It was great. We all held our hands together when they hit the bridge of the song and sang "We've been waiting so long.."! Then they did "As Long As You Love Me" and Nick was cute..I must admit. He sang his part, looked at the fans (who were screaming) and laughed and then just looked at them and spoke his line "As long as your here with me." The chair routine rocked! Unfortunately, that was the last frame of film on my camera. So, they pretnend to leave again, but we knew THE SONG had to be sung!

The arena was still dark and on one of the screens the beginning of the "Everybody" video played. Again, more screaming. The whole audience did the "ooh ooh ooh oooh" part! Then it cut out the singing part and went to the end where they scream at the bus driver. Then the band played the beginning of it and out comes a tall grim reaper and 5 coffins. The coffins turn around and Brian begins.."Everybody....rock your body!" Man,there were sooo many explosives during that song! The guys were wearing ruffly shirts (like in the ballroom scene) and AJ's mike was messing up,too! (We held up our banner that said -BSB,you rock our bodies!) Nick did his part.."So everybody, everywhere..don't be afraid.." while the guys danced around him. Aftet that song..they said goodbye to us and to KTBSPA. We knew it was over!! Boo hoo!

From my personal experience, I just want to say that AJ and Brian interacted alot with the fans. Brian kept saying hello and AJ would smile and point(to me) and include a wave in the middle of a move (like during ALAYLM). It was great. Also, anytime Nick did anything,literally, the whole place screamed!! I also saw Howie looking at our sign and then he pointed it out to Nick who looked at it. You couldn't miss our banner. I got a alot of glances from the girls ahead of us because I kept screaming during Brian's solo. I wonder if he heard me???

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