Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour October 30-San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
(John)nbaby-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Okay just want to tell you all first off it was awesome. Second off i will write a FULL report tomorrow, i have been at work for 16 hours straight on 4 hours of sleep so im VERY TIRED!!! Talk to you all tomorrow afternoon!
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(John)nbaby-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Okay so I changed my mind, I just cannot wait to tell you all what happened!!
"justalittlelamb" and I met at the venue at 6 on the dot and headed to the radio booth, there we waited for about 20 minutes only to be told that the meet had been pushed back to 7:30 instead of 6:30 and to get in line at any of the turnstiles cause we now had to go in the regular entrance and meet inside at 7. Well 7 came and went and I was getting worried cause they were not opening the doors yet. Finally at about 7:15 I heard someone yelling my name and to come over there, so needless to say we bolted out of the front of the line and headed towards the voice :) There we learned there was some sort of technical issue with something technical and we were now going through some side entrance, so in we went and on went our AWESOME meet and greet stickers. Then everyone who had a meet and greet got split up into two groups "friends and family (BULLSHIT, if you were friends and family then you wouldn’t need a meet and greet!!!)" and "Contest winners (two didn’t even show up!!!!!)" the later being us we formed our group and headed towards the arena. We were lead into a normal entrance to the arena but then a side door and down an elevator. Now this is were we checked out the others to see who the competition, and let me tell you there was NONE, not a single person out of 16 was wearing ANY L.A.M.B. nor did anyone even have anything for her to sign! Then the elevator hit the right floor and we lugged our Nordstrom bag full of crap for her as everyone stared. We were then lead into a hallway where we lined up and hung out for a couple minutes. During that time we started talking to the man in the suit behind us and learned he was from the city to present Gwen with a plaque declaring October 30th Gwen Stefani day in San Diego! After he went to meet her, the rest of us were lead into a locker room with fabric over the walls and lockers. There this little man that I have never seen associated with Gwen explained all the rules (one thing signed per person no cell phones or else Gwen will get mad and leave, no pictures other than your one, and pictures were to be taken in groups of two) and whatnot before Curtis came in and said “YEAH, WHAT HE SAID!” with a smile. Curtis then turned on the little pink boom box and we listened to The Sweet Escape for about 20 minutes before Curtis came back in and said, “Lets welcome Gwen and the Harajuku Girls everyone!!!!” Then there she was in all her glory and beauty GWEN FREAKIN STEFANI!!!!!!! I totally teared up when I saw her! She made her way around the room in her 8 inch heels signing everyone’s stock photo (on Kodak paper by the way! Someone should call Hp! ☺) Followed by the girls then right before she got to us the little man came up to us and said “Only one thing!” I was holding three and didn’t budge, lamb was hold three also and turned to put one back and he repeated “Only one!” lamb was all like “Yeah, I heard you and I’m going to let HER decide which one she wants to sign” Then she got to lamb and looked at her stuff, a ND collage and said
G: “Ohhh whats this? Did YOU make this? Its awesome!”
L: “Its something I made a long time ago”
G: “Where do you want me to sign it?”
Then she signed her Tragic Kingdom vinyl and turned to me she signed my Tick Tock Gwen, My Picture, and My Vinyl, she was so taken aback by us, cause we stuck out so much. She then asked if it was the first time we had been to the show and I said no it was the forth, she was like “That’s so awesome guys, thank you so much for supporting, its been fun hasn’t it?” now she was still going down the line and signing other peoples pictures and STILL talking to ONLY US, “I’m so nervous there are only 4 shows left ya know, I have been on tour for like 8 months, its so crazy, I cannot believe its ending! Make sure you guys go crazy tonight, were filming for the DVD tonight, its going to be awesome! Then it was time for picture and she was putting her hands in front of her for all the pictures until she got to us and she wrapped her arms around us and pulled us in!!!!! It was so awesome but then it was over and Gwen said “Enjoy the show guys see you in a little while!” Man guys it was SO flippin awesome! As far as the show went it was awesome of course and there were plenty of moments where she was looking at us, it just made me feel so good. I’m going to upload all the photos for you all tomorrow because that CAN wait but I just thought the story COULD NOT!! ☺
below you can see John(nbaby)and Just a little LAMB with Gwen-go to the forum for more from John and Just a little LAMB
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NoDoubtfanatic28-People who went to the San Diego show
oh ok..:) i have a video of everyone singing happy birthday to kristopher pooley ill post it later otnite! this is what i posted on the other thread... didnt' want to plaster my face all over the forum...here's the pic for those who are interested. i made this for gwen.. please check it out...i took all the photos..iam a photography major. i was able to give it to her then we took a picture.
Bo on stage with Gwen
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sdnyc99-People who went to the San Diego show
Okay, brand new here, but thought I'd add to this ...
I loved this show so much more than her first show here back at Coor's. She seemed in awe of the fact that the tour is at an end...talked more than once about how she was here at the very beginning and is now back after 7 months and 96 or 97 shows. She ran around the arena like crazy. We were worried about her...balancing on top of tiny rails with security holding onto her for dear life and prying people's hands off of her. Does anyone know what exactly they were filming for? She didn't say, just said "we're filming tonight". We loved when she talked about Kingston as a tiger..."If you thought he was cute before...this was mind-blowing!" And talking about working out at the gym at SDSU that day and no one taking pictures, trying to talk to her or even looking at her..."I wasn't wearing make-up". We spotted Gavin just a few rows in front of us right before she came out. To the guy who got up on stage with her (don't remember your name, sorry)...thanks for sharing that picture and the book you made for her. I'd been wondering what it was. Loved when she called you up and then said "omg, he even has on lamb shoes!"
I took a 9-year-old with me who was sad that the tour is ending. I promised her we'd be back to see Gwen with No Doubt before too long.
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NoDoubtfulLamb-People who went to the San Diego show
Here you go Bo Enjoy!
Congrats again
To everyone who was there last night... it was awesome!
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djscourge -I caught Gwens sweaty towel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111
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(Brandon)bstheeo-Some SD show pics
Ok, so I thought I would share my pics from the SD show. You will have to scroll to the bottom to get to the Gwen pics.
I proposed to my gf that night (a huge Gwen fan), so for her it was the perfect night. Enjoy!
http://picasaweb.google.com/bstheeo/ProposalAndGwenStefaniConcert
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NoDoubtfanatic28 -YOU STARTED IT! from san diego
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Gabe's Anatomy-This is the most craziest *** ever!!!!!!!!!!!
so i made a shirt to give to gavin at the sd sow. i tried to give it to her during the day. i failed, so during the show i threw it up onstage and i don't think she got the fact it was for gavin, lol but at least i got it to her!!! thanks kungfucandy!!! ..(go to the forumto read the rest of this great post:)
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