Day 172 &173

So I didn't post a wedding summary last night because.....

I got last minute tickets to the Brad Paisley & Darius Rucker concert!!!!!!

Jodi's date bailed, so I got his ticket. And Tadd bailed, so Aubrey got his ticket. It was so awesome!

Jerrod Niemann was the opening act. He play for 20-30 minutes. He did some covers and then the two songs he has out on the radio. And thinking it would be a kid friendly concert: the third word of his first song was an f-bomb. Way to go Jerrod...

Then Darius came out. His voice melts me. I did get a video of one of his songs but failed to note that I recorded it vertically....aka it plays sideways! Duh! He played for about an hour. Sang some Hootie, sang some Darius. All was well in the world.

Then Brad Paisley came out. He had amazing screens and things going on behind him during his songs. He was all over the stage too. We were right next to the ramp that he would run down and play on. For picture above: he was right in front of us and even gave Tyler one of his guitar pics! Then during one of his songs a dude comes out wearing flannel..... o.m.f.g. Aaron Rodgers! It was soooo cool. He was high-fiving everyone and even sang a line or two. After he left the screaming died down.... (you can't bring Aaron Rodgers into an arena the weekend before the NFC Championship game and expect to not lose your voice or be able to hear!) Brad made a huge loop through the arena and even played a song in the middle of the arena on a small platform.

For the encore, Brad came back out in a packer shirt! He played Ticks and Alcohol. For the song Alcohol, the two opening acts came out, along with Aaron Rodgers, Mason Crosby and quite a few other Packers. I guess Clay Matthews was at the concert, my cousin saw him but he wasn't on stage to my knowledge. I got a high-five from Darius. *love*

All in all a great night! The whole shebang lasted just over 4 hours! So needless to say I got nothing else done!

It's been a long time since I've been to a concert and this was definitely worth the wait!