2011 Apr 29, Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil.
Yes, Maroon 5 yo! Thanks dad for getting me tickets. You're awesome.
Initially, I had bought my own tickets, seated at U5, as aforementioned in previous posts. Yea, I sold those off. Why? Because I (my dad) managed to get me tickets for the Free Standing Arena B! WOOT.
So began the usual concert drill, meet up before leaving KK at the local McDonalds for an early dinner. Pushed off at 5.00pm though the concert was scheduled to start at 9.00pm. Reached at 5.30pm. You know what that means, we reached the place 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of time.
Wow, just wow.
First time I ever went to a concert that early. I'm not a diehard fan, so yeah. You get it. But there were plus points to going that early. Some of which will be mentioned below.
For starters, this was the line we had to endure when we got there. I mean, what line? We were rather close to the doors. *grins* As you can clearly see, the day was still bright and somewhat sunny. Hopefully that gives you an indication of how early all these people (those in front of me) got there. Those are the diehard fans.
Another plus side? Pre-concert shopping! Thankfully, it was all funded by the tickets I sold off, so I didn't actually spend more cash than I needed to.
Look how nicely that shirt is wrapped! I have yet to open it and remove the shirt from its packaging. It's just so captivating, how nicely it is packaged.
Note : This is an UNOFFICIAL shirt. Means, it's not the actual concert shirt. Yet, it's so awesomely wrapped up. The OFFICIAL one I bought was just stuffed into a random plastic bag. Meh.
UNOFFICIAL > OFFICIAL (in terms of packinging lah)
The free sticker that came with the shirt I bought!
So we sat down, and waited.
My concert buddy! Maroon 5 enthusiast, Joselyne!
And waited.
Jose brought her Hands All Over album, for reasons I do not know. Haha.
And waited some more.
Now, a major plus point for arriving at 5.30pm. The time this shot was taken was approximately 6.30pm. Notice how LONG the line has gotten. It trails all the way outside the shot.
Then we waited even more.
The sky darkened, the crowd gushed in, the streetlights came on, more peddlers came to sell off their tags and stuff, and we still waited.
Then, at approximatedly 8.30pm. The doors finally opened, accompanied with screaming and occasional shrieking from the crowd.
We made our way to the stage (Felt just like last October, when I went for Adam Lambert. Same area too!) and placed ourselves, right at the front of Arena B. Cheers for showing up ridiculously early!
This is our view from where we stood. Elevated a few feet from actual eye height.
Taking pictures yo! As you can see, second row ftw.
If we had kept our previous tickets, we'd be here. Right at the back of this shot. Note the opening with the lights at the top centre of this shot. We'd be right beside that. I apologize for the lousy quality. I need a decent camera. *hint hint*
Arena A was in front of us. Seriously, look at their utilization of space. So much space wasted. D: Increased the gap from the stage to where we stood. NOOO. *cue sad face*
Final checks before the show started. Lights, instruments, etc.
I find it rather irate that how people can just shriek every time someone tests an instrument. I mean like..
Guitar strum. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Bass note played. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Someone hits the drum cymbals. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Urgh.
It was then a group of smart asses thought they could get a better view of the stage by climbing onto the stacked cushion like objects placed at the side. Not only were they endangering themselves, but they pissed off security too. Like, wow.
A
Slowly, the 5 members of Maroon 5 made their entrance.
Zero opening acts, zero nonsense DJs, zero dancing.
100% pure music.
This is how a concert should be.
They opened with Misery. I'd say that at that point, the energy levels in the crowd just skyrocketed. I didn't really expect them to open with that song though. I kinda thought that it would be played sometime in the middle.
Awesome nonetheless.
They followed up dishing hit after hit. Give A Little More, Never Gonna Leave This Bed were among the other songs they played off their latest album.
Adam Levine captivated the crowd when they played Stutter.
The crowd went Stutter, stutter, stutter.
Not forgetting their older hit songs, the high points during the night was when they played This Love, and of course, She Will Be Loved, Wake Up Call, If I Never See Your Face Again and Harder to Breathe.
And a special dedication to the ladies,
I Won't Go Home Without You.
They left the stage, leaving the crowd wanting more. You know the drill.
We want more!! We want more!! Encore!!
They came back on shortly after leaving, wrapping up the night with almost perfect renditions of,
Makes Me Wonder, a song I can't seem to remember now (gasp) and, Sunday Morning.
And so the night was concluded.
It was a good, good night.
Once again, to those of you who I called mid performance, sorry for the noise pollution.
That means you, the guy who swore at me (you know who you are). Show some gratitude dammit. D: LOL
Kinoc, out.
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