Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick at the Shoreline 2008 - Part Two
As we ate our bag lunches and watched the crowd pour in, the boys started to get bored. Luckily, Otto brought his DS.
Max found that he could send a text message and it would scroll across the screens for all to see. A lot or WOW (world of warcraft) messages and messages about how “water brings out the best in Bweezil” followed.
Cheap Trick came on right on time, but I wasn’t able to get any decent pictures. Robin Zander wore a cowboy had for the entire show, which lead me to believe that he had gone bald. I was proven wrong when he came out for the encore without the hat, and with a full head of long hair.
Between bands Max had another round of texting the the video screens. The zanier ones didn’t make it up, but many did.
As darkness descended on Shoreline, Heart came on stage.
We were also graced by the presence of a family didn’t bother to come early, because they knew they could just barge in on the hard-earned personal space of others, and get a good seat. The family consisted of a middle aged couple, their young daughter, and her much to old suitor.
The older gentleman just about sat on Max. They quickly became best of friends.
Journey comes on and the crowd goes wild (a little too wild if you ask me)
Journey put on a great show. The new singer sounded exactly like Steve Perry.
We left during the encore, and beat the traffic out. The boys were a little bored, but I think everyone had a good time.
Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick at the Shoreline 2008
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
What can you get for $18.75 each (plus convenience fees) in a 4-pack? Tickets to see Journey, Heart and Cheap Trick at the Shoreline from the grass. Parking lot opened at 4:30, so we got there at 4:00 and were about 20th in the auto line-up. I had heard horror stories about parking at Shoreline, but had never experienced them, and still haven’t.
I immediately noticed that there were a lot of Filipinos in the cars ahead of us. One of my Filipino coworkers had told me that the new lead singer of Journey was from the Philipines, and knowing the pride that Filipinos take in their culture and their fellow Filipino’s success, I surmised we might be seeing a lot of them at this concert.
There were two lines to get in to the concert. The line on the left was for people who bought their RED tickets from Live Nation. The line on the right (ours) was for people who bought their BLUE tickets from Ticketmaster. Sure enough, many Filipinos, maybe 75% of the crowd. No kidding.
In Line for Journey
Still in Line For Journey
We got us some good seats.
Journey Crowd - Are You Pinoy? YES!
More to Come…
Vans Warped Tour 2008 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California
Here are some highlights of the Vans Warped Tour that happened at Shoreline on Friday, August 15th. There were no “Blockbuster” bands this year. Just a lot of solid, lesser known (to me anyway) bands. Missed the Dickies, but had to get the kids home!
Emily Whitehurst, AKA Agent M, of The Action Design
Tom DeLong of Angels and Airwaves
The Black Presidents
