March 16, 2008

  • This past Saturday night (March 15) at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, was the last day of the Angels & Airwaves headlining tour, with Meg & Dia, the Color Fred, and Ace Enders and a Million Different People. This was also my last chance to get Meg & Dia's newest song in my video collection. To my surprise, unlike the last few days, I was able to bring my camera in the venue with no hassle. Being able to stand at a nice spot on the general admission floor of the venue, I was set to stay there throughout the whole night. Using my cellphone, I even sent a photo of my dog to be shown on the big screen, and I got to see him on it for a whole five seconds. Nice.

    I was able to see all of Ace Enders And A Million Different People's set, and I think their music started to grow on me. There was even a surprise cameo by members of the Meg & Dia band and The Color Fred showing up for the last song of their set list. The Color Fred was up next and once again a stellar performance, that I ended up purchasing a copy of their album at the end of the show. Meg & Dia was up next, and I was dead set on recording their whole set list on my camera. Unfortunately towards the end of their first song; "Monster," I was told by security to stop using my camera! In fact he escorted me to their office to get my camera checked in. Coincidentally the claim ticket number I got was "187," which if you don't know is police code for "homicide." Yeah, the use of my camera and my chance to get their new song on video was definitely killed. I went back to see the rest of Meg & Dia's set, just missing one song. I enjoyed their performance and thought they did great as always, but I was completely bummed out with what happened to my camera. As soon as their set ended, I decided to once again not bother seeing Angels & Airwaves. I got my camera back, and just stayed at the lobby to hang out with some of my "MaD boardie" friends.

    At the end of the show Dia, Nick, Carlo, Jon, showed up for some meet & greets as usual. It always impresses and amazes me that they remember me, and that really means a lot. At one point when I was talking to Jon, he asked me a question that proved tougher than I anticipated. "Which of our shows did you like the best?" was what he asked me. I decided to be honest and say that it was the Cal State Fullerton show that I enjoyed the most, out of the gigs I was able to attend (although I heard the San Diego one I missed was really something). The CSUF show felt more intimate to me with the band compared to the large venues that are the House Of Blues and the Wiltern. It was a little embarassing saying that though, considering Jon and also Nick weren't playing at that CSUF gig. I also elaborated to Jon on how the over all mood was kind of low, as one of the few Meg & Dia fans among a sea of Angels & Airwaves fans. It did not help that some of those AVA fans simply weren't respectful to Meg & Dia, which was a complete turn off to the whole experience. We didn't get to hang out with the band very long though, because the Wiltern security was trying to shuffle us out of the doors. I believed me and the boardies were told to leave at least four to five times before we finally left. hehe.

    Rumor is that Meg & Dia will do a small headlining tour at the end of summer or the beginning of fall. Looking forward to it already.