It’s my birthday!

If you can’t dream big on your birthday, when can you? As I celebrate turning 29 for the third year in a row, I couldn’t help but plan my dream birthday party. I’d rent out this cool venue in Mid-Town, invite all my friends, offer limitless sushi and a beer fountain. Yes, a beer fountain. So redneck chic.

But most importantly, I’d have an all star lineup of my favorite bands rock out into the wee hours of the morning. And after each band plays, they would come hang out with me in the VIP area. (Just because it’s my birthday party doesn’t mean I want to hang out with all the common folk, after all.)

So check out my birthday roster and let me know who would be on yours!

*Egypt Central (gotta have the hometown boys set the stage for the evening)

*Halestorm (because I want to be Lzzy Hale when I grow up)

*Stone Sour (because Corey Taylor is my future ex-husband and one talented musician)

*Five Finger Death Punch (because they’ve provided some of the best concerts experiences of recent memory, and I would expect no less on my birthday)

A Nightmare in Kentucky

Friday, January 28, 2010
Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY
Nightmare After Christmas Tour: Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Hollywood Undead and New Medicine

Fans rocking out during the Nightmare After Christmas Tour in Lexington, Kentucky.

It’s been a slow start to the year, as far as hometown shows go. So I decided to take matters into my own hands and drive the six hours north to Lexington, Kentucky for a stop on the Nightmare After Christmas Tour. I was still pumped from seeing the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival in Atlanta last year where I caught several of these bands. Add in another band that’s been that’s been on my “List” for some time now, and my RSVP for this event was an emphatic YES!

Uproar Music Festival Hits "Hot-lanta"... Part II

Saturday, September 4, 2010
Aaron’s Lakewood Amphitheater – Atlanta, GA
Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival
Part 2… The Main Stage Opening Acts

(From Part I…)  About the time I started making the walk over to the main, I worked myself into a slight panic. Both of the headliners are known for their cult following, devout fans who spend mucho on merch and camp out for hours for decent seats. Did I wait too long to stake my spot? It’d be a crying shame to drop that much cash on tickets just to stare at the back of some sweaty guy’s Ozzfest 1999 event shirt…

Luckily, my fears were eased when I approached to find the gates to the mainstage just opening. There were a lot of people filing in, but it was a big stage with plenty of room to spread out. I ended up behind some cool chicks that were actually a tad shorter than me, so I had a pretty decent view at stage right. 

I’ll give the Uproar Festival major props for their schedule. All of the bands were set to go on just 20 minutes after the close of the prior act. I’ve NEVER been to a concert with more than one act, much less nine bands, that could flip a stage in under 30 minutes. But Uproar did it with precision and kept the entire day’s schedule on track. It made the fan experience all the better.