San Diego 5/28/18 Review
May 29, 2018 16:29:46 GMT
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Post by heehawes on May 29, 2018 16:29:46 GMT
Pink | Beautiful Trauma Tour | San Diego | 5/28/2018
The short version?
I loved the night. I said it a few times, but last night has been my favorite gig of the Beautiful Trauma Tour, for me.
The Beautiful Trauma Tour, I think the name fits the event perfectly. Yah, it works because BT is the current album title. But to me it represents how something can be fucked up and still absolutely gorgeous.
I can already see where this is going. I’m going to be talking more about energies and moods etc etc etc rather than just the technical aspects of the tour - So, I apologize for that.
But if you’re reading, Gracias. I’m happy if you understand where I’m coming from.
So.... let’s dive in.
Leading up to this gig, San Diego was a “Maybe” show. We didn’t have tickets, we didn’t know if we’d be able to get them and if we did, where they would be. Up until the night before the gig, we had no tickets. Then of course the universe works out, and everything falls in to place.
We left Las Vegas at 10:30am I think.
I may have been the most optimistic about the drive time. Mainly because WAYZE was saying 6hrs initially. However traffic was not moving at all. It ended up taking us a little over 10 hours to get in to San Diego. Stressful. We wondered if we’d make it at all, but things actually opened up and the last 50min of driving was pretty speedy.
I think everybody in the car was wondering if we would even make it to the concert before Pink hit the stage.
I think this stress HAS to happen though.
Back in the days of queueing, there were always stressful moments. When people would wonder things like “is this door gonna open?” “Is my ticket gonna scan?” “Who the fuck is that person standing at the door now? Fuck no. Fuck them, they didn’t queue - oh wait, they work here”
The stress makes the reward of when things work out THAT MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE. It’s like “we ducking did it”
So we get to our room.
We take like a 40 second shower each and like run walk to the venue. Fast power walking thing. Like “UHHHhhHhHhh!!” (That “uhhh” is intended to be read in the same tone as Pink in Missundastood “uuhhhhHhHhhhhh! No this ain’t no damn exlax commercial”)
On the way to the venue Dani all the sudden shows me her phone: “she readdddd ittttt 😍”
That made me so happy for her. And for us. And for all of everybody. Everybody that put the work in. THANK YOU, DANI FOR MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN. The book looked amazing and I looooveeee that introduction page that pink tweeted. The words were perfect ❤️
The vibes and the positivity of our little group was perfectly what I needed. Like, it felt like “is this for real? How did I get so lucky?”
And that’s partially what I mean when I say “Beautiful Trauma” describes everything well.
The good and the bad the mix the balance.
I felt loved when I felt I shouldn’t - and that’s sometimes when you need it most.
So yah. We get our drinks and get to the floor and head to the spot we wanna be. And what the fuck!? Our friends are there! Mirka and Preston were in the corner and Ashley and her girlfriend (sorry I’m spacing her name). They are all right there like it was made to be just for us
[side note: Mirka and Ashley don’t really know eachother so their being right there together randomly meant that I had everybody by me who I wanted and didn’t have to choose]
We chatted for a bit. And laughed. And talked about dogs and tour and food and fun and fucking up and loving and accepting.
DJKIDCUTUP was just about finished with his set and then the lights come down and pinks few intro songs come on:
LIVIN ON A PRAYER and SWEET CHILD O MINE.
And it kinda dawned on me at this moment that I feel like those two songs are super intentionally planned for a specific reason of tying the tour theme.
They both talk about going through shit and surviving and carrying on and the calm after the storm the light after the dark: the Beautiful Trauma.
This was that. Moving on. Forgiving my self. And accepting that life is what you make of it. So make it happy.
So yah. Intro songs. Then dude stomps out onto the stage with his recorder and does the 20th Century Fox theme and then GTPS starts and jumping starts and sweating starts and just fun and happy.
From there in to Beautiful Trauma and then Just Like a Pill (I think that’s how it works - I’m spacing a little on set list order, but that’s listed in other threads)
Just like a Pill she grabbed all of us, and maybe I’m imagining it - but the grab seemed like a little more this time - like if there’s a way to communicate without words and feel full thoughts just through osmosis or some shit.
Like ET communication, I felt a lot from her right there.
The concert continues through the amazing set list. Of course SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, which I always mark out for a little extra hard just cause I’m like “yahhhhhh bitchhhhhes, Seattttttle”
Yah Smells Like Teen Spirit and the Funhouse/Just A Girl mashup, I love the covers always.
And I loved TRY and everybody in their animal costumes and Reina as the sparkly bunny :o
And then JGMAR and IND <3 <3 <3
I think as this tour is coming to an end (this leg anyway) I’m realizing how much I love the setlist: EXCEPT IT GOES BY SO FUCKING FAST.
During Just Like Fire, when Pink was walking out somebody gave her tequila and Jameson mini bottles.... I signaled at Pink like I was taking an imaginary shot, and she looks at me and is like “oh... YOU like tequila!” And gives it to me 🙈
Then she gives Dani the Jameson
We always make jokes about how Pink thinks we’re alcoholics so like, this plays in to that for me like it was her way of going “awwww, jeffy you are but I love you anyway”
I know that’s not the actual thing - but that’s how It’l exist in my head - like she forgives me for my fuck ups as well
OR
Maybe Pink saw Dani’s IG post with sleepy me and figured she need to give me more alcohols to still keep moving 😂
The front of the stage jam session with Barbies and I am Here is so much fun.
I caught one of Marks drum sticks which is awesome because I usually drop everything.
The night really was perfect
Other things that stand out to me just observing from the crowd. Just lotsa eye contact. Like I’m sure everybody always feels that way, but I always feel like we lock eyes for some time and make faces at each other. I’m sure it’s real because there have been other times where I haven’t felt it.
But I felt a lot of it last night.
Also Pink actually thanking Dani for the book.
I loved the night, ALL OF IT.
And I can’t wait for LA
Thank you to everybody.
Those of you who were at the show and those of you who weren’t.
I thought of lots of you throughout the night and sections of the night seem like when multiple times in the universe overlap
I look forward to more tour memories with alll of you.
EUROPE 2019, BRING IT ON.
The short version?
I loved the night. I said it a few times, but last night has been my favorite gig of the Beautiful Trauma Tour, for me.
The Beautiful Trauma Tour, I think the name fits the event perfectly. Yah, it works because BT is the current album title. But to me it represents how something can be fucked up and still absolutely gorgeous.
I can already see where this is going. I’m going to be talking more about energies and moods etc etc etc rather than just the technical aspects of the tour - So, I apologize for that.
But if you’re reading, Gracias. I’m happy if you understand where I’m coming from.
So.... let’s dive in.
Leading up to this gig, San Diego was a “Maybe” show. We didn’t have tickets, we didn’t know if we’d be able to get them and if we did, where they would be. Up until the night before the gig, we had no tickets. Then of course the universe works out, and everything falls in to place.
We left Las Vegas at 10:30am I think.
I may have been the most optimistic about the drive time. Mainly because WAYZE was saying 6hrs initially. However traffic was not moving at all. It ended up taking us a little over 10 hours to get in to San Diego. Stressful. We wondered if we’d make it at all, but things actually opened up and the last 50min of driving was pretty speedy.
I think everybody in the car was wondering if we would even make it to the concert before Pink hit the stage.
I think this stress HAS to happen though.
Back in the days of queueing, there were always stressful moments. When people would wonder things like “is this door gonna open?” “Is my ticket gonna scan?” “Who the fuck is that person standing at the door now? Fuck no. Fuck them, they didn’t queue - oh wait, they work here”
The stress makes the reward of when things work out THAT MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE. It’s like “we ducking did it”
So we get to our room.
We take like a 40 second shower each and like run walk to the venue. Fast power walking thing. Like “UHHHhhHhHhh!!” (That “uhhh” is intended to be read in the same tone as Pink in Missundastood “uuhhhhHhHhhhhh! No this ain’t no damn exlax commercial”)
On the way to the venue Dani all the sudden shows me her phone: “she readdddd ittttt 😍”
That made me so happy for her. And for us. And for all of everybody. Everybody that put the work in. THANK YOU, DANI FOR MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN. The book looked amazing and I looooveeee that introduction page that pink tweeted. The words were perfect ❤️
The vibes and the positivity of our little group was perfectly what I needed. Like, it felt like “is this for real? How did I get so lucky?”
And that’s partially what I mean when I say “Beautiful Trauma” describes everything well.
The good and the bad the mix the balance.
I felt loved when I felt I shouldn’t - and that’s sometimes when you need it most.
So yah. We get our drinks and get to the floor and head to the spot we wanna be. And what the fuck!? Our friends are there! Mirka and Preston were in the corner and Ashley and her girlfriend (sorry I’m spacing her name). They are all right there like it was made to be just for us
[side note: Mirka and Ashley don’t really know eachother so their being right there together randomly meant that I had everybody by me who I wanted and didn’t have to choose]
We chatted for a bit. And laughed. And talked about dogs and tour and food and fun and fucking up and loving and accepting.
DJKIDCUTUP was just about finished with his set and then the lights come down and pinks few intro songs come on:
LIVIN ON A PRAYER and SWEET CHILD O MINE.
And it kinda dawned on me at this moment that I feel like those two songs are super intentionally planned for a specific reason of tying the tour theme.
They both talk about going through shit and surviving and carrying on and the calm after the storm the light after the dark: the Beautiful Trauma.
This was that. Moving on. Forgiving my self. And accepting that life is what you make of it. So make it happy.
So yah. Intro songs. Then dude stomps out onto the stage with his recorder and does the 20th Century Fox theme and then GTPS starts and jumping starts and sweating starts and just fun and happy.
From there in to Beautiful Trauma and then Just Like a Pill (I think that’s how it works - I’m spacing a little on set list order, but that’s listed in other threads)
Just like a Pill she grabbed all of us, and maybe I’m imagining it - but the grab seemed like a little more this time - like if there’s a way to communicate without words and feel full thoughts just through osmosis or some shit.
Like ET communication, I felt a lot from her right there.
The concert continues through the amazing set list. Of course SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, which I always mark out for a little extra hard just cause I’m like “yahhhhhh bitchhhhhes, Seattttttle”
Yah Smells Like Teen Spirit and the Funhouse/Just A Girl mashup, I love the covers always.
And I loved TRY and everybody in their animal costumes and Reina as the sparkly bunny :o
And then JGMAR and IND <3 <3 <3
I think as this tour is coming to an end (this leg anyway) I’m realizing how much I love the setlist: EXCEPT IT GOES BY SO FUCKING FAST.
During Just Like Fire, when Pink was walking out somebody gave her tequila and Jameson mini bottles.... I signaled at Pink like I was taking an imaginary shot, and she looks at me and is like “oh... YOU like tequila!” And gives it to me 🙈
Then she gives Dani the Jameson
We always make jokes about how Pink thinks we’re alcoholics so like, this plays in to that for me like it was her way of going “awwww, jeffy you are but I love you anyway”
I know that’s not the actual thing - but that’s how It’l exist in my head - like she forgives me for my fuck ups as well
OR
Maybe Pink saw Dani’s IG post with sleepy me and figured she need to give me more alcohols to still keep moving 😂
The front of the stage jam session with Barbies and I am Here is so much fun.
I caught one of Marks drum sticks which is awesome because I usually drop everything.
The night really was perfect
Other things that stand out to me just observing from the crowd. Just lotsa eye contact. Like I’m sure everybody always feels that way, but I always feel like we lock eyes for some time and make faces at each other. I’m sure it’s real because there have been other times where I haven’t felt it.
But I felt a lot of it last night.
Also Pink actually thanking Dani for the book.
I loved the night, ALL OF IT.
And I can’t wait for LA
Thank you to everybody.
Those of you who were at the show and those of you who weren’t.
I thought of lots of you throughout the night and sections of the night seem like when multiple times in the universe overlap
I look forward to more tour memories with alll of you.
EUROPE 2019, BRING IT ON.
