We got there half an hour early, and after getting metal-detected we watched a band called Like A Storm do the opening act before the official opening act. They were rather explicit and their songs were rather bad, so I was relieved when Skillet took the stage.
~Ever since Island, Skillet has been Ben's favorite band of all time. He has memorized all their songs, and could probably recite their life stories by heart. Needless to say, he was EXTREMELY excited when we learned that they would be coming to the Coliseum. We even had a countdown on our dry erase board. Even I was excited and anxious for February 11th~
They played Rebirthing (which includes some really cool violin), Monster, Whispers in the Dark (Parker's favorite song), Hero, and Awake and Alive (my favorite Skillet song besides Comatose). Obviously, Ben knew all the songs and sang along with them.
After their gig, they went to the back to sign autographs. Of course, Ben had to get a hand shake and autograph from his heroes, so we waited in the seemingly endless line to get our tickets signed. The band members were very cool and nice, and they engaged us in conversation as they signed our tickets and we stood gazing at them in shock, wondering if we were really talking to Skillet (I only vaguely remember what I said to them, but I vividly remember what they said to me: "Thanks for coming" and "Hi").
After that we headed home and showed off our signed tickets to my mom (and later I bragged about it to my cousins via the magic of internet).
We all had a great time (even my dad, who had never heard a Skillet song in his life), and my ears were spared damage because of the wonderful ear plugs my dad gave me and Luke!
Did i ever tell you about the rock concert I almost went to???? You could see the building shaking from the OUTSIDE!!!!!
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