NKOTB -- The Package Tour
Friday, July 5, 2013
Staples Center -- Los Angeles, CA
I had a slight crisis in the morning when I couldn't locate my tickets for this show. Then I seriously doubted that I ever received them, because they were not in my designated ticket place. Luckily for me, Ticketmaster understood and waived the email fee to have my tickets printed. I picked up Karla after I got off of work, and we went to Panera for dinner so that we wouldn't have to deal with trying to eat expensive concessions food at Staples Center. We drove under 2 train trestles to get to the Del Amo Metro station, bought new TAP cards without the assistance of the scary people whom offered it, and rode the Blue Line to Pico station, which is just a couple of blocks away from Staples Center. The $3.00 we paid for the Metro was much, much better than the $30.00 parking lot that was located kitty korner from Staples. We saw people dressed in costume, and KP correctly guessed that there must be an Anime convention in town. I saw food trucks over there. Hey, had I known, we might have done those instead, but my Shrimp Roll from Panera was satisfying and tasted good.
I didn't really want any of the merchandise offered, which is probably a good thing, but I would have liked to buy a program that had pictures of all 3 groups inside. I mean, it's a "package", right? But nothing was offered as a package aside from our tickets. I guess they don't want my money. We went to our seats, which were in Section 102. KP and I had bought our tickets separately, so I was in row 20, seat 19, which was on the aisle, and it was the back row of my level, so I could stand up and not worry about who was sitting behind me. We took pictures of each other and then got ready for lots of guys to sing. The stage was really cool because it extended all the way to the middle of the arena, so we had a good vantage point.
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| Video Board |
The set lists below are from the tour's Wikipedia site, because I didn't write anything down, and there were way too many songs to remember. Before each act, the video board showed the group's name, and then showed each individual with their name so that people like me would remember who the heck they are. Unfortunately, I didn't get very many facial details from the camera on my phone. I thought about bringing my camera, but didn't want it to get confiscated, as I had no car in which to put it in case they wouldn't allow it inside.
Boyz II Men
Set List:
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| Petal Confetti Falling on Everyone |
- The Boyz looked really good. They were all dressed in white, and I wanted their white baseball caps.
- They sounded great, too.
- When they mentioned that they were going to go way back to when they were singing together in high school, Karla and I both yelled out, "GEORGE!!!" We're crazy.
- During "I'll Make Love to You", confetti shaped like rose petals fell from the rafters. That was really cool. They were also giving out roses during the song, and I thought of Aura's story of a previous B2M concert.
- My favorite: "Motownphilly". I love watching them dance and still sing in the amazing way that they do.
- I still miss hearing a bass. I know that I need to get over it, but, well, you know.
98 Degrees
Set List:
"Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)"
"Girls Night Out"
"Invisible Man"
"The Hardest Thing"
"Ayo"
"My Everything"
"Can't Get Enough"
"I Do"
"Impossible Things"
"Because of You"
"Microphone"
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| 98 Degrees |
- I'm a bad boy band fan because I maybe knew 4 of those songs.
- KP and I agreed that we would have felt like total poseurs if we had been picked to sit on stage while they sang.whatever song it was that they sang. I was happy for the people they picked, though, and had a flashback to the time I was on stage with Rockapella.
- The usher near me commented that they should have done "The Hardest Thing" last because that's their best song. I was just happy that I knew that song.
- Also, I only remember Nick Lachey out of all 4 of those guys, mostly because of "The Sing-Off".
- I would have liked to hear "True to Your Heart". See? I do know something, because it was in "Mulan". But maybe then they'd need Stevie Wonder. Then my head might explode.
<Intermission>
KP and I walked around the lobby instead of standing around by our aisle seats. We asked usher Patrick to take a picture with us because he was nice to us. KP thinks of him as a Curtis. So he has the wrong name.
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| Us with "Curtis" |
NKOTB
The video board showed that we deserved to have fun tonight. We earned it. We were told to vow to party and enjoy ourselves. So, at this point, I screamed a lot. A LOT. I screamed a bit for B2M, too, but at this point I wondered if I'd be able to sing the next day.
"We Own Tonight" -- The guys were wearing white jackets and t-shirts with black/white geometric patterns, and black pants. There were several costume changes throughout the show. As soon as they got to the mid-arena stage, I saw the floor and figured that it would turn, like the stage in Les Miz. I can't remember what song it was that it happened, but it turned. Then it went UP. OMG, how totally cool! There were also 5 individual stages that popped up really high and KP and I both figured that Jon did not like that height thing.
"Block Party"
"Summertime"
"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" -- We all went crazy as soon as they did the dance steps from the video.
The blue lights on the microphone stands are awesome. Pella needs those.
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| 5 Blue Microphones |
"The Whisper"
"Survive You"
"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
"Valentine Girl" -- Yay, Danny's singing solo, even for just a line or two.
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| New Kids Butts |
"If You Go Away"
"Please Don't Go Girl" -- This was the coolest part of the staging for me. Joe sang his solo from the center of the arena, the platform lifted up, and the lights around him were awesome. KP says that Scott Leonard needs a stage like this. I agree.
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| End of "Please Don't Go, Girl" |
"Remix (I Like The)" -- I think this is when Jordan did a dance solo. Or it was during Right Stuff.
"Single" -- So, um, Donnie made out with someone in the VIP area. Yeah, if I had money, I'd pay for that place, too. Although I would have been happier to see him kiss my fellow NKOTB fan, Mercedes. Many of us lived vicariously through the woman anyway. I mean, HELLO.
Medley: "Baby, I Believe in You" / "Tender Love" / "Click Click Click" -- They sat on stools and the stage turned them all around, while the musicians were on the stationary smaller stages adjacent to the middle. Aw, I miss seeing them pose at the end of Click3. I really liked "Tender Love".
Medley: "Faith" / "Kiss" / "Sexy and I Know It" / "Hot In Here" -- Joe sang the lead on "Faith", which was pretty damn hot. Jordan kicked it up a notch for "Kiss" and I almost lost my mind when he had his whole torso showing. They were both on the individual tall stages during their solos.
"Dirty Dancing" -- More sexiness. I wondered if Donnie would ever put his shirt back on. HIs pants were low, so, um, yeah.
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| The Backside of Donnie |
"Step By Step" -- We love those dance steps! I sang the 5 steps at the top of my lungs.
"Cover Girl" -- Oh, Donnie, I love you even when you sing flat.
"Games" -- Yay, Danny is breakdancing!
"Tonight" -- Joe brought out his very cute son and he did the intro. He's adorable.
"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" -- Jordan had the middle stage to himself, which rose up. The other 4 guys were on the big stage singing back up. Jordan was like an angel singing up there. Perfect.
Encores:
"Hangin’ Tough" -- I refuse to cheer for a Boston team when we are in the House That The Lakers Built. KP laughed whenever she looked at me and I was shaking my head.
I waved goodbye to Patrick and we had a quiet Metro Ride home, although I may have received a contact high from all of the weed that I smelled at the Pico station and for a little while on he train.
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| Bye, Staples! |
That was fun. I deserved it. Great show!
Can we please have a New Edition / NKOTB tour now? Pretty please?
Can we please have a New Edition / NKOTB tour now? Pretty please?
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