Well, it was certainly interesting how we got into this show...
Seeing BR in Wawa had always been my dream, so when I found out they were playing there, I was in heaven. But when we got our tix, a flyer came with it about the show. It said it was an age-of-majority event.
We knew they were playing Timmins the same day, so we decided to stay in Wawa and drive the 4hrs to Timmins to see them. We did that. And on the way back from Timmins, their bus was behind us the entire way!
We had a few things we wanted to give them, so we pulled into the commmunity centre where we saw Jim standing outside. I ran over to stop him from going anywhere and to ask if we could talk to them for a few mins.
He looked at me and said "What are you doing here?", so I said "Came to see you guys...well, we saw you in Timmins." That`s when mom came over and told him how we tried but couldn`t get into the Wawa show. He thought that was aweful.
Mom still wanted to give something to Greg, so Jim told us to meet him over at the bus on the other side of the centre. We did. I saw him come around the building, and he said "Just a minute" and went inside. A few mins later he came out with the two drivers. He called us over and said "Talk to Todd and he`ll show you where you can stay off to the side of the stage to see the show." Then he introduced us to Todd, who is their road manager (head roadie). We were in so much shock.
After that we talked to Greg, and gave them the stuff we had for them. And got a few pics. We also talked to Baz, Bob, Tim (the driver), and James. He knew that it was us he had been following all the way from Timmins.
We found out where we were sitting from Todd. We also got orange wristbands that showed we were with the band. After that the security guards we so nice to us.
Then the show finally started. The opening act did all covers of songs, new and older. One song they played was 'Complicated' by Avril Lavigne, which is one of Matt`s fav songs right now.
BR did a good set too. Greg did some new stuff, but Jim didn`t. I also got to hear Heart Like Mine live for the first time. That was awesome!
After the show we thanked the guys, and I gave Jim a hug. He seemed glad that he had done that for us. I will never forget this show.
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