You are my fire, the one desire...

**NKOTBSB Tour - 7/20/2011 - KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY**

*Part III - Concert*

Originally, I had this review done.  Then, I went to delete one little thing in it and it deleted the whole review!  It auto saved before I could recover it so I had to start all over.  Now I have been trying to decide if I wanted to go along the same route with the same full review or do something different.  In the end, if I wrote a full review for each of my 6 NKOTBSB shows, there will be a lot of repetition.  So, I am going to just focus on what made this show different from the others.

KFC Yum! Center - Louisville, KY

Me and Tammy

At the time of this show, I had already been to 4 NKOTBSB shows and already had a feeling that this one would be greater than all the rest.  My time before the show had been amazing.  And for this show, we had great seats, it was in Kentucky, and I was with a great concert friend.

After my soundcheck, I needed to meet Tammy outside the venue.  She was just getting into town and it just so happened that Leighanne had moved the Wylee trailer in front of the venue.  It served for a great meeting place.  While waiting for Tammy, I saw someone that looked very familiar in front of the venue.  I approached her and it was determined that was actually the Rush Chair the semester that I rushed Epsilon Sigma Alpha, a philanthropic sorority at Ball State University.

Tammy finally showed up, wearing her new Wylee dress.  She wanted to show Leighanne how she was able to make sleeves from her Wylee scarf and Leighanne fell in love with it.  Leighanne asked Tammy to take a photo with her.  This has been the only time that I have met Leighanne and did not get a photo.

The Prime Lounge

We knew we had some time before the show started so we decided to walk down the street to the Prime Lounge.  Howie was supposed to be having his after party here after the show but he informed us during the soundcheck that it was cancelled.  The Prime Lounge was playing BSB music and was packed.  We ordered a light dinner and could not find an empty table.  Tammy approached a table that had some room and we sat with a girl who was going to the show and her friend.  We chatted about BSB and the show.  It was great to meet some new BSB fans.

On our way back to the venue, we stopped at the Wylee trailer once again to see if there were plans in the works for a Just Ask (formerly Healthy Hearts Club) charity event this fall.  Leighanne had left but her best friend Jodi informed us that she had not heard of anything yet.  Bummer.  Last year's event was amazing and I was really looking forward to one this year.  One may still happen but we'll see.

We got to the venue and found out we had missed the first opening act, Midnight Red.  It would have been the first time seeing them but I was happy that I had not missed Matthew Morrison.  I am a huge Glee fan and was super excited about seeing him.

Floor 4 - Row B

We had great seats - Second Row just to the left of the head.  Because the front row was up against the barrier, we didn't really have to strain to look over them.  I think these were actually the best seats I had for all of my concerts (well except for maybe the front row during the first show).

When Brian came down to the head of the stage for "The Call," he looked at me and then pointed to his hat and smiled.  I was wearing my University of Kentucky hat and he was basically telling me that he saw me.  It was the first time that I had ever been acknowledged during a show.  I had been smiled at and such but nothing ever like this.  It made me super happy and I hope this was one sign that maybe I would get picked for "I'll Never Break Your Heart" after all.

I had made a sign in hopes to get picked for "INBYH."  I had actually talked to Leighanne about it at the Wylee Party in Nashville.  Although at that time, my idea for the sign had been something along the lines of "Brian - Show these Cardinals some Wildcat spirit.  Pick me."  Leighanne loved the idea but informed me that he would probably pick his mom since she would be there.  I figured I would try anyway but decided to shorten my sign.  A friend of mine had told me about problems she had trying to get her sign into a show and I wanted to make sure that mine was not too big.

Showing my Wildcat pride!

Once I knew they were going to be picking girls, I grabbed my sign and held it up as high in the air as I could.  I was screaming my head off.  Brian looked at me, saw my sign, and gave a little giggle.  I thought for sure that he was going to pick me!  Then, I saw Leighanne coming on stage!  At first I thought, "Of all the shows to pick her, why does it have to be here?"  Then I remembered...it was her birthday.  So I couldn't stay mad for long.  I mean, I had gotten another acknowledgement on stage from Brian.  That is better than nothing.  Some fans next to us did tell me after the show that they think he would have picked me if it would not have been Leighanne's birthday.

And while this next part happens at every show, it is one of my favorites...

Donnie's abs during "Cover Girl"

Before this show, many of my friends and I had been talking about going onto the concourse when NKOTB are singing "Tonight" in order to see if we could meet whatever BSB is there for "Shape of My Heart."  I did not do this during this show because I knew some of the NKOTB were going to be walking pretty close to us when they came out into the audience for "Tonight."  I am glad I did not leave because Jonathan walked right by us and shook both mine and Tammy's hand!  Anytime you can have physical contact with any celebrity, it is super exciting.

"Tonight"

If I would have gone out into the concourse, I would have seen Howie and AJ.  I think I would have regretted it a little more if Brian would have been on my side so I was glad that it was those two.  Howie ended up taking his son, James, onto the stage.  It was adorable.

"Shape of My Heart"

Something that always changes slightly is the introductions that the group has for one another.  Brian started off by telling the group how to correctly pronounce Louisville.  Here is the rest that I got on video.

Louisville Introductions

The only intro that I did not get that I wished I would have was Howie's intro of Danny.  Usually he uses the same line of "He knows how to bring the Wood to the party."  However, this time he got creative and said, "He's got more Wood than a Louisville Slugger."  It was so perfect for the city we were in and the rest of the group loved it.  Everyone gave Howie a high five and told him how awesome it was.

My favorite part of this show had to be the fact that they did, in fact, find a University of Kentucky jersey for Brian to wear.  My Kentucky boy had come out to play...

NKOTBSB Encore

Tammy and I did not want the party to end so we found some photo opportunities around the arena.  We first found some University of Kentucky heroes that were displayed around the arena.  Only we would find something UK related in the University of Louisville arena.

Then came our photo ops with the NKOTBSB poster.

And I think we would have both looked great on Danny Wood's Harley.

Overall, it was a great night.  I am glad that Tammy was able to join me and make me miss our many trips together, especially to Lexington.

You can check out the rest of my photos here:  NKOTBSB - Louisville