Nickelback Concert and Video shoot.

Nickelback posted a bulletin on Myspace that invited people to come to a free mini concert and a video shoot in LA. I thought that the video shoot was going to be a music video for their new song "Gotta Be Somebody." Sam and I didn't really care. All we cared about was that it was a free concert. FREE is big when you don't have a job and are living on a budget.

It turned out to be a Citi Bank commercial. They did probably 10 takes of them lip syncing their new single. Luckily it is a great song because after 10 times in a row it could have gotten old....oh wait it did. They were moving the cameras to different places in the forum. Moving the audience here and there. Only about 1000 people were invited to come. We ended up with front row of section 7 in the seated crowd. And then managed to move our way up to about row 6 or 7 of the standing crowd near the stage. We were right in the center. It was awesome.

Then Nickelback did 4-5 more songs and we just got to rock out with the crowd. I haven't been that close to the stage in years. Sam had a blast being right in the center of things. It was so awesome being that close and feeling the crowd push around you. Concerts don't really do that anymore. They set out seats and you have to stay in your assigned area. The last free for all concert I went to was back in 1989 when I saw Van Halen at the King Dome in Seattle. I about died when they came on stage from the crush of the crowd. This was much more controlled....and did I mention....TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!

Also, when we were waiting in line to get in, some guy came around with a big movie camera. I think they were getting more crowd shots for the commercial. Sam did a cute little dance for the guy and he zoomed in on him. Took about 10 seconds of him acting like a complete nut ball....YOU KNOW TYPICAL SAM!!!! I am hoping that footage makes the commercial. That would be cool.

So, when the new citibank commercial comes out featuring Nickelback...take a look for Sam and I.

HUGS all. We miss ya.

Tracy

PS....SAM says hi too.