ONEREPUBLIC CONCERT!

Okay, so.....after waiting 8 hours....(13 if you count last time too) the gates finally opened! I was sitting right behind VIP, which was 5th row. (3 rows in front of me were completely empty though.) During Kris's set Drew came out and was taking pictures of Kris (Why?) but as he was down there, me and a friend of mine both screamed "DREW!" at the same time. He turned and looked at us. We waved, he waved back. Then after Kris' set, as they we're setting up OneRepublic's set, Eddie came out and messed with the drums a bit. Once again, both at the same time, "EDDIE!" and....he waved. :D During the show we got Ryan to wave, and at some point during Secrets, I got Ryan to laugh at me for the way I was singing along. After that he kept eye contact with me for a good 20 seconds or so. I was shocked (and incredibly excited) that they played Tyrant. It was VERY awesome for them to play my favorite song they do live!!! Moving on to later....towards the end when Ryan goes through the crowd during Apologize, my Dad threw me over two rows of people. I got close to him...but not enough.... anywho....After the show was over, we got kicked out of the amphitheatre by security (GOSH!) and so we (we as in me and my friend) we're standing by the back gate trying to think of a plan to get to the guys. Right as I (she was too scared) was about to sneak in, Brent came walking out! He was leaning up against the gate, texting someone. I called out his name and he looked up at me. He laughed and came walking up to us.
Brent: "What can I do for you guys?"
Me: "Uh....well I was just hoping I got to meet one of you."
Brent: "Cool, so I guess that means you're a fan, huh?"
Me: "Yes, HUGE fan."
Brent:"Cool."
Me: "Yeah, I'm one of the twitter fans."
Brent: "Ah, makes sense."
Me:"Yep. Oh! Last time you we're supposed to be here-"
Brent: "Ah, I remember that! That was like 6 months ago."
Me: "Yeah, last September. Me and her *points to my friend* waited for 5 hours last time! They didn't tell us you canceled until 15 minutes before the show!"
Brent: "Aw that sucks! I'm so sorry! Honestly, they didn't tell us we were supposed to be here until around that time either. And then we were stuck in Chicago because of rain..."

I'll skip some of the conversation due to laziness...

Brent: "Do you want me to see if I can get some of the guys out here too?"
Me and my friend: "Yes."
Brent: "Haha, ok. I'll be right back."

About 5 minutes later, he came out with Eddie. Eddie was smoking, but he quickly put out the cigarette. The conversation with Eddie was SUPER long, (10 minutes or longer) so I'll just sum it up.

I told him about the many instruments I play, how I've been wanting to learn more, how my dad is a studio engineer (we touched up a bit on sequencing programs, Cubase, Logic, etc...) and how OneRepublic was a HUGE inspiration to me. I told him that I was dead set on being a musician since I wasn't really good at anything else. His response was "Well, that was my logic too. I wasn't good at many things, but I was great at drumming. So I get what you mean. Just keep working on it."
In the end we got Brent and Eddie's autographs, apparently the rest of the guys were in a meeting backstage because they sold ALL the merchandise in one night and had nothing to take to Dallas....(I bought a tee-shirt...) But we didn't even ask for a hug! Eddie just hugged us! And it wasn't just a side hug or anything, it was an arms-completely-wrapped-around-me hug! Brent did the same thing, then they had to get back to the meeting, and we had to get out of the park since it was closing. (They hugged us both) Just before he went back, I asked Eddie if he could hand my note/poems to Ryan. He said he would... And I trust him. So all in all that was my night....I was very shocked at the turnout of the concert. Most of the people there came only for Kris Allen, but in the end, the merch was PACKED! It was amazing!! Until next time....(there WILL be a next time!!!!!)

-aliasaddict