Nickelback Concert
Post created on September 10, 2009 by Reesie under Chika Galore, Travel, Weekend Etcetera
My sister bought us a concert ticket of Nickelback. I love Nickelback since way back when. I particularly like their “FarAway” song. It became my theme song to JLC when we were still separated – he was still in Florida. So when I learned that they bought us a ticket, I got really ecstatic. I didn’t care that it was just a minor concert as long as I can hear Nickelback sing live!
The time was 7 pm and the venue was at MGM Grand Arena, where Pacquiao-Hatton fight took place. We left the house at 6. We braved the traffic congestion. There were a lot of cars going to the humongous parking lot of MGM. I wondered why, perhaps these people were heading to the casino. It took us one hour to get a parking space.
When we got to the venue, there were thousands of people already. Waa! It wasn’t a minor concert then. We found our seats and we were so happy to find out that we were near the stage. I could imagine seeing and smelling the sweat (lolz) of the band members. Para maniwala kayo, tingnan niyo…
Di ba ang lapit namin? Haha. Seriously, it didn’t matter whether you were near the stage or not. MGM’s sound systems is sooo good, it felt like you were listening to your iPod but much more better. Lolz. Plus, you have the humongous screen where you can see the blackheads of the members of the band.
It was my first time to watch a live concert and I promise to myself that I will have to do it more often.
We also learned that there were three bands who were going to perform before Nickelback. We got a bit disappointed. But I believe these bands are already making a buzz in the music industry.
The first to perform was the band “Saving Abel”. The song that I recognized from them was “Addicted”. You don’t recognize the song? Maybe you do, I’ve always heard of it in the radio.
I took some videos of the concert but they were of poor quality plus I was too far away from the stage. So YouTube to the rescue! Fortunately, there were some videos of that Las Vegas concert which were posted in YouTube.
After Saving Abel, Papa Roach graced the stage. The audience were going wild upon hearing the band’s name. My JLC who was dragged to the show was like ” Sino yang mga yan?” Lolz. “Hindi mo alam yung song na Last Resort? Parang ginawang Bayang Magiliw este Lupang Hinirang nga yan ng mga bagetz sa atin eh. “, sabi ko. Hindi siya umimik, walang paki. “Scars” is also a nice song of theirs.
I tear my heart open, I sow myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
My scars remind me that the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel
A ban named Hinder was the next performer. I didn’t know them. I never heard of their name but when they sang “Lips of an Angel” which I am familiar, they certainly became popular to me. 
The video below was taken from my five-year old camera so pardon the quality. I can’t seem to find a video of Lips Of Angel from the concert in YouTube.
And finally, the most awaited band showed up the stage, after three hours of waiting. It was 10 pm when Nickelback started to perform and at this time, the arena was fully packed. The audience were ecstatic to see Nickelback. The show started with a “bang”, literally. There were fireworks. The stage was awesomely decorated with lights of all kinds. The band vocalist was a funny guy. He was like ” C’mon MGM, turn the AC on, we are paying the gawdamm bills!” He would ask for vodka,beer, whiskey and his staff would bring him hundreds of glasses of alcohol of any kind.
These are some of the favorite moments of their concert:
Whey the sang Photograph. Oh how I love that song.
When they sang of course my favorite, Far Away.
Gotta Be Somebody was just utterly awesome. I can’t even seem to find the right word to describe it. Ang ganda pala pag live.
Gotta Be Somebody – Nickelback
I really love the lyrics of this song…dedicated to all my single friends out there who are looking for that one special person. Char!
This time I wonder what it feels like
To find the one in this life
The one we all dream of
But dreams just aren’t enough
So I´ll be waiting for the real thing.
I’ll know it by the feeling.
The moment when we´re meeting
will play out like a scene straight off the silver screen
So I`ll be holdin’ my own breath
Right up to the end
Until that moment when
I find the one that I’ll spend forever with`Cause nobody wants to be the last one there.
‘Cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.
Someone to love with my life in their hands.
There`s gotta be somebody for me like that.`Cause nobody wants to do it on their own
And everyone wants to know they´re not alone.
There’s somebody else that feels the same somewhere.
There`s gotta be somebody for me out there.
Of course they sang their other popular songs such as Rockstar, If Everyone Cared, Hero, If Today Was Your Last Day etc.
If Everyone Cared – Nickelback
Wait, there’s more! You would think the highlight of the night was Nickelback. Think again! My JLC was paying attention to someone else. There was a private (well not so private) show right in front of us. It was unsolicited. Lolz. Mas natuwa ata siya dito keysa Nickelback.
Although this video is a little dark but you can still see that there’s a strip dancing going on right in front of us. You all know that Nickelback is a rock/alternative band and understandably, their songs are of fast beat/tempo. Ganito pala magsayaw pag rock yung tugtog? Waa! Pasensya na, lumalabas ang dugong Pinoy ko na ma-epal. Haha.
There are a lot of poll and strip dancing classes all over vegas, do you think I should enroll? Bwahaha. I don’t know how to dance like that, naingit ako! Haha. Kikita pa ako niyan. Lolz.
weee?i knew all of them..scars from paparoach was the song I offered to somebody when she broke my heart last 2006.ha ha ha..emo!
Rockstar was the song from someone I knew who made a tribute video for the office…
and I dont really like hinder that much…..gotta be somebody is the song i have currently in my pawned cp.lols..
you should try staind,and seether manay..pareho sad na nila. Geh, college days when all i did is go to concerts. hay..kakamis.
isa lang naman ang banda na kaya kung gastusan ng malaki para mapanood lang, yung ay ang evanescence..i love you amy!!marry me!ha ha ha
Geeh, you are indeed a Rockstar manoy! You would’ve enjoyed this concert more than us wannabees. Lolz.
I love Evanescence too. I don’t wanna marry Amy though. Haha
di mag-load ng maayos ang posted pic… korni talaga ng computer ko dito sa work. pero mukhang enjoy ah! kakainggit, it’s been quite a while since i last watched a live concert. and yes, masayang manood ng concert.
be back again to read/view the entire post
haha..ang dami kasing videos.. sorry winkz.
pero cueshe lang ang alam kong banda
at sexbomb
mamamatay na ba ako?
kawawa naman pala ako
hahaha
kahit ano pa yan
basta peborit artist mo
palagi namang sulit e
sexbomb? haha. apiyr!
wow..nickleback..gustong gusto ko ang far away nila ni pwede wala sa mp4 ko un hehe..
naalala ko nasa barko ako papunta ng marinduque paulit ulit kong tugtog ung faraway sa mp4 hehe..inlove na inlove ako sa kantang yan hehe..
kailan kaya ako makakapanood ng mga international band..
local band lang kasi napapanood ko hehe..
huwaaa lapit na naman ang muzik laban at october fest..
rakrakan na naman to hehe..
oo nga noh, oktoberfest. hindi pa ako nakapunta sa isang iyan. pupunta ka lovely?
tingin ko makakapunta lang ako ng MGM Grand kapag congressman na ko. hehehe.
hahaha. free pa. may pinaparinggan ka ata ardyey.
Imbitahin ko kaya ang NickelBack para mag Concert sa Videoke Bar ko..
Magkano kaya Talent fee mga yan..mmmmm, pag-isipan ko.. he he he
Tiyo Paeng,
dami mo talaga pera, imagine you’ll invite them over!
Kunwari lang yun Lolz.
sushal talaga si tiyo paeng. sino naman yang avatar na yan? saan mo naharbat? iregards mo nga ako. parang papalicious. hehe
astig kau ka res! wow! Saving Abel, Papa Roach and Hinder are all rockstars by their own right. Someday, itiga mo sa bato I’ll be watching an international band concert.
suggest sad ko res, if you get a chance to watch JOURNEY na concert, tan-awa jud. Arnel Pineda is the lead vocals of the band now. He is a Filipino. If you don’t know their songs, check You Tube. astig kau si Arnel, manlibawt imong balahibo makadungog ka niya mokanta. anyway, miss you bestfwend!
yeah, i know arnel. kinsa gd wala kaila ana niya. too bad though, they had a concert here in new mexico pero wlaa ko kaadto. huhuhu
waahh!! akala ko dito sa Pinas yung concert.. tsk tsk, kainggit! peyborit ko ang mga kanta ng mga yan! panalo talaga sila!
oo nga. nagtaka nga ako eh hndi sila nominated sa VMA.
wow naman ate reesie. kaka-inggit. gustong -gusto ko rin ang song s ng nickelback.
pero btw ate reesie, alam mo ba kung pano naging ‘nickelback’ ang name ng band nila?
kasi isa sa band members (di ko na matandaan kung sino) ay nagta-trabaho sa isang grocery store (not sure, basta parang ganun), then madalas niyang sabihin sa customer, “here’s your nickel back”. hehe. cool no.
dalaw ka naman sa blog ko.
sorry pot na busy ang lola. dadalaw ako. now na!
Fweeennnddd!!
Paharbat naman ang Gotta Be Somebody! Hahahhaha….LSS!!!
Rock on!
Gusto ko din yan fwend. LSS to the max. Harbat lang ng harbat.
Grabe fwend yung Gotta Be Somebody…
Mega LSS to the max. Naainspire ako. Nyahahahahha.
natamaan ka siguro sa lyrics fwend. lolz.
LOLz fwend. Parang binato nga ako ng kaldero eh. Ayan may bukol tuloy ako. Hahahahha.
weee….pwedeng website ng nickleback at paparoach to.
sana may video ka nung “private” show…inggit tuloy ako.
meron, yung last video. di nga lang masyadong kita. madilim eh.
whoa! reesie ganda ng concert a! i miss going to concerts na rin… ganda pla ng songs ng nickelback!
maganda nga chi. thanks for dropping by again.
hindi ko maplay ung mga video clips, miss reesie. pesteng tattoo talaga o. kakupad ng puta.
anyway highway, since hindi naman ako mahilig masyado sa mga banda banda, wala akong masyadong mai-cocomment kundi ang layo mo nga. hehe.
at pano pala iprnounce ung hinder? heen-der ba o hind-der? hehe.
try mong pakinggan yung mga kanta nila. maganda. hndi nga din ako mahilig sa rock band eh, pero sila ay isang exception. hehe.
heen-der ang pagbasa. akala ko din hind-der noong una.
wow yan ang malupit na mapanood na concert