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.
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