Marianne's Sugar Ray Concert Review
5/29/99
WHFS Radio Show, Baltimore, MD
Yesterday was the concert, and I have to say, sadly it wasn't one of the best. We got there and the girl didn't show with the passes, but I never expected her to. So me and my friend got in the very front for Jimmie's Chicken Shack cause Lit was on after them. Now, I've been in the front before but I've never been pushed this much, I mean it wasn't that bad I had a camera digging into my side. But the band was really good, I was thinking of leaving but I really loved Lit so I didn't. Next was Lit and they were really good, but during I think the 2nd song, I like fainted, but it was so tight I was still standing and no one knew I did so I woke up still in the pit, but I stayed in anyway. Also, we had this lovely drunk guy like hanging over us telling us he had had some everclear before the concert. But Lit was really good, Me and my friend got out cause Blink 182 was next and I love them but the pit was gonna be crazy. So we got out and got something to drink and all, we went back and stood in the stands and watched, then they played Damnit and we ran in cause we wanted to crowd surf but no one would put us up. After that we had to go and find my mom, but we never set a place to meet so I had to wait in line for like 3 hours and call her. I missed a lot of Silver Chair and that really pissed me off cause I really like them. Also my mom said I could go to a Lit show that night where I could get backstage. But after Silver Chair, during the Bosstones, me and my friend were gonna go to the front for Orgy and Sugar Ray was after them, but we got separated. So I went over to where you could see the bands going to the stage and it was really cool cause the singer of the Bosstones came out and talked for a little, but right when I asked him to sign my shirt he threw the marker in the crowd and promised he'd come back out though. I saw Ryan, Paige, Jay, and Bobby walking to the stage and Ryan waved at me but like all the big Orgy fans had left. Then Murf and Stan went to the like backstage place by the stage! I tried to get Murf's attention but he had some girl with him and was going to the stage to watch Orgy. So then I knew I had to run to my mom and get all my stuff in case anyone else came out to sign something. So I ran all the way around the stadium from when Orgy went on stage and got back in the middle of their first song. So I got my stuff and waited. Orgy was really good, after them I met this girl who knew Ryan and Paige and she said if any of them came over she'd get backstage. She had like lost her friends so I sat around with her. I was gonna go in the pit for Sugar Ray but I didn't want to leave her so I just watched it on the big screen thing, they were sooo good though! They did RPM, Falls Apart, Even Though, Mean Machine, Fly, and Every Morning, I think that was it. After that I found my friend again and the girl who could get backstage found hers. And her friends were like really mean. So I sat with them for a while during Live and the Goo Goo Dolls. Paige walked by and we tried to get his attention but he didn't see us. Amir walked by too but he didn't really know her, and was just running out to talk to some of his friends. Mark walked by but I didn't really care, all the little teeny boppers started screaming at him and one girl asked me to get his attention so I yelled like "Mark, ummm yeah, hi" and he blew me and my friend a kiss. So, then I waited around during The Offspring some more. And after the Offspring, in the beginning of the Chili Peppers Murf came back out. So I jumped up and started like yelling "Murf, pleassseee come over here," but he had the same girl with him so he went to the stage, and I know he saw us cause he looked right at us. I mean, he didn't have to come over and I'm not mad at him that he didn't it's just that was my only chance to meet him ever again. After that I went up to the stands to be with my mom cause we were gonna leave. The Chili Peppers were really good though. So when we went to find the car, we were lucky enough to have it towed. So we got to sit around Baltimore for 2 more hours waiting for a cab. I have to say, it wasn't the best concert I've been to. And I like skipped out on Sugar Ray kinda too. It was a very depressing night I guess, and I was real tired.
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