I apologize for it taking me so long to get Day 2 of the 48 Hours Festival up, but things have been busy around here! Halloween has been fun yet stressful, but I say bring on Thanksgiving and Black Friday!! :) Who's with me?!
On to the good stuff...
We ended up getting to the grounds a bit early and caught the very first act on the smaller stage. This band is called Valora and has to chicks in it and a chick lead singer... Look out Lzzy Hale!!
Syd, lead singer of Valora
The other girl on the keys
Then we moved to the main stage to see 10 Years! We've seen these guys before but always love seeing them b/c Jesse always goes into the crowd and seems to relate to the fans.
The drum head
Jesse and drummer guy
Cute bass guy
Guitarist and screamer guy
Jesse and screamer
Next up was Erin's favorite band called Sick Puppies that 2/3 of them are from Australia, the lead and the chick bassist, Emma. The drummer's name is Mark as to not leave anyone out. :)
Emma on the bass
Mark drumming
Shim signing and playing guitar
After the Pups, we went to the smaller stage to see Art of Dying and got to meet the band and get autographs after the set! They were all super nice, but when are Canadians ever mean but on the hockey ice? :) While we were waiting for the rest of the band's signatures, we missed Seether on the big stage but they sounded good.
We moved back to the big stage to see 3 Days Grace but wasn't really impressed when we had seen them 2 weeks prior. They have good music but nothing to wow me.
Singer and drummer
Guitarist
I'm not a big fan of their lighting.
Next up was Godsmack!! Erin and I had seen them a few years back in Spokane and weren't technically allowed to take pictures but I did any way on my phone. These are WAAAAAYYYY better shots!! :) I <3 Sully!!
Sully!!!
Rocking out with a knee brace?
Sully dueling on the drums with the drummer!
And then they moved around
It was awesome to see dueling drummers b/c I had never seen that before and didn't know that Sully was a drummer before either! We were kind of far away at this point, but my feet and spine were screaming at me at this point. We were far enough back that we could sit on the ground and relax.
To finish the show and the festival was Korn. I'm not a big fan of them but can now say that I have seen them live. The lead singer was running around in a kilt which was amusing and different and at one point busted out the bagpipes! You don't see that at a rock concert every day!
Korn
Jonathan Davis' kilt and weird mic stand
...And then we saw this!
I think Erin and I have come to the conclusion that people don't own mirrors anymore and/or just don't care what they wear or what they look like in public.
GOOD GRIEF!!!
Overall, it was a great experience and I'd love to go back someday but I can't say that I'm in a hurry to do it anytime soon. It would be awesome to go run with everyone in Vegas in December, but it's not in my budget cards for now.
After leaving the concert, we made our way to the Bellagio via a tram and some walking just in time for the fountain show. It was like Fantasia at my finger tips!!
After the show we went inside on our way back to the tram and saw this amazing work of art in the side lobby!!
The water mill
Creepy talking tree
Scarecrow
Giant orange pumpkin for Erin
Horses!
Giant cornucopia
Wagon of goods
giant very red apple
Festive leaves in the ceiling
This made my night!! we hobbled back to NY NY and caught a cab to In-N-Out Burger. It was my first time!
Sorry, I got busy yesterday and didn't get around to posting. I went to have some froyo with a friend and then my hobbling from my TRX class on Monday convinced me to not go running last night. Instead I put plastic on my living room windows to winterize them and rearranged my furniture as well. I live an exciting life. I know!
Before I start my picture extravaganza from the concert, I would like to tell you about another awesome deal going on. The people at 26.2 apparel are offering a 30% discount and free shipping that SkinnyRunner announced if you use the code RUNSKINNY at checkout. I already got the black/pink plain one. This stuff is SOOOO soft I'm excited to try it out!!
Let the pictures begin...
Day 1 ticket
Opening band on the big stage
Jose from Sirius/XM Octane
Rob of Adelita's Way
Keith and Rick of Adelita's Way
Zach of Black Tide but playing for Escape the Fate
Lead singer of Escape the Fate
Charlie Scene of Hollywood Undead
JDogg of HU
Charlie on the guitar
Johnny 3 Tears giving JDogg some love
Charlie with no mask
Isn't JDogg dreamy?!
Funnyman, Da Kurlzz (minus any curls), J3T, JDogg
Danny singing with his pants down...kinda
The beginning of 'Everywhere I Go' one of my favorite songs
Charlie spitting rhymes
JDogg does it all!
FFDP drum head
Ivan of FFDP
Hook of FFDP
Ivan kept making cutesy poses
Zoltan with major dreads
And then he screamed a lot too
And then the band we came to Vegas for... Avenged Sevenfold!!!
They open with Nightmare!
M. Shadows
Zacky, Arin, and the giant deathbat!!
Johnny Christ on bass
M. belting it out
Zacky looking classy
Look at M's arms!!
Guitar duo, Zacky and Synister Gates
SWOON!
Zacky's fancy mic stand
Arin under the death bat
Those arms should be insured!
Hello you!!
Johnny drinking some wine?
Battling again
I like everything but the wedding band :P
Can you the The Rev's tribute tattoo?
Johnny being surprised that they didn't set him on fire...
Syn singing?
I'm sad that the show's gonna end too, Syn!
Best friends!
Nothing says A7X like some flames!
Perfect way to end the show!!
Erin and I had such a great time at the show and it was totally worth sacrificing my body to get some of these amazing shots!! *drool*
