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2013 Performance Reviews / Pictures & Videos
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Selena Gomez, Flo Rida, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Icona Pop, Fifth Harmony, Travie McCoy, New Politics, Austin Mahone, Capital Cities - P!NK - New Politics - Paramore - Metric - hellogoodbye - Lorde - Until The Ribbon Breaks - Maroon 5 - Kelly Clarkson - Rozzie Crane - Carly Rae Jepsen - Hot Chelle Rae - Fitz and The Tantrums - The Colourist - Bruno Mars - Ellie Goulding - Paul McCartney - Cansei de Ser Sexy - IO Echo - Fleetwood Mac - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Kate Nash - Peach Kelli Pop - Prince - Bob Seger - Joe Walsh - Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Alicia Keys - Miguel - Maroon 5 - Neon Trees - Owl City - Ellie Goulding - Muse - Lady Gaga - Madeon

Happy New Year 2014!!!!
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis












Same Love ~ featuring Mary Lambright






 

Sir Mix-A-Lot

Fall Out Boy
Flo Rida
Selena Gomez
Paramore
New Politics
Travie McCoy
Austin Mahone
Icona Pop
Fifth Harmony
Capital Cities

P!NK ~ Front Stage Baby! << More pictures on my Public Facebook Link


I captured so many great Front Stage Baby shots of P!nk of this amazing performance of 'The Truth About Love" tour. P!nk kept the audience singing and dancing with every song. My special pit pass gave me a nice steel cage next to the stage and a place to stash all my layers! It was cool to think P!nk was right next to me under the stage getting ready for several of the songs. She came across several times to shake hands! FUN!!!


You can see my hand holding my camera in this picture shot
by Cindra Wright of me in the pit!
This Is Front Stage Baby!


What an entrance!!

P!nk came down to me several times!!


She's a wonderful aerialist!


All while singing!!!!

"Give Me a Reason" with Nate in the video background.

Front Stage Baby!!

P!nk!

P!nk's awesome dancers

Tracy Shibata - Dance Captain                                                                Janelle Ginestra

<3 U P!nk

Kat Lucas                                      Eva Gardner                                                 

Glitter in the Air

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"Raise Your Glass"                         P!nk and Nate Ruess ~ "Just Give me a Reason"

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Unbelievable, P!nk is the best acrobatic ROCK STAR ever, like ever!
"So What, I am a Rock Star, I got my Rock Moves, And I don't need you, And guess what, I'm having more fun!"
Watch P!nk fly across Key Arena and back to Front Stage Baby!
Also P!nk performing "Sober" while walking around the spiral without any restraints!


"Try" coming from the stage in front of me!  Select HD to Start Video   "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)         
So fun to be right in the middle of the action on stage! Yes, that's my hand!


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P!nk dipped in glitter and swung right over me drizzling my camera and myself in liquid glitter.
The Badge of the concert!

New Politics opening band for P!nk and performing for December's 2013 Jingle Ball! A great new band from Copenhagen, Denmark, highlighting their new single "Harlem" and previous hit "Yeah Yeah Yeah". Fun performance! Seeing them again in December.
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Paramore ~ Front Stage Baby! << Public Facebook Link
I had bought floor Paramore Fan Club tickets last July for this opening gig for “Paramore – The Self-Titled Tour” and the end of a couple year hiatus since the departure of band members, the Farro Brothers. I was at the second to the last full Paramore concert at the 2010 Jingle Ball so this will be a treat to see them first on their return with their North American Tour! Their number one single “Still Into You” is still climbing the charts. ~ This was a ticketless event where entrance was through the credit card you used to purchase the tickets. My veteran FSB crew consisted of Cindra Wright, Ed Aalvik and daughter Terra. I was at The Key Arena and in line at 4 pm, where there were already a hundred or so fans in line! It was a nice but cool afternoon so I had all my layers on. The rest of my FSB crew arrived just before 5 pm as we then waited until 6 when the line started to collapse and we were then near the front!! At 6:30 they let us in and my FSB's were briefed of the process and we scooted to the wrist-band issue tables and then "walked fast" to the floor where we were able to secure spots one stand back from the stage!! Once in, we had to sit on the floor until 7:30 when the first band, hellogoodbye started. They were okay but the second band Metric sounded great! hellogoodbye played until 8 and Metric until 9:15. Paramore took the stage at 9:30. ~ Hayley was in her teens was I first seen her and now she’s a grown up 24, she still has all her unbridled energy and her vocal range is even better. After the Farro brothers left, the band regrouped decided the three remaining members would go it alone. All professed Christians, it has been rumored it was religion that drove them apart. Paramore played a lot of their previous hits and with the encore with “Still Into you” when we were bombarded with balloons and confetti!! The Mosh wasn’t too bad for the first two bands but when Paramore took the stage the crowd started crushing and getting hot. With Hayley’s trademark red hair and yellow mic, @yelyahwilliams gave a fun energetic performance for Front Stage Baby… :)
with Cindra Wright, Ed Aalvik & Terra Aalvik.



WE ARE PARAMORE: Hayley Williams       Taylor York                            Jeremy Davis                                     






Bye Front Stage Babies... see you in a couple months!
Metric / hellogoodbye ~ Front Stage Baby! << Public Facebook Link
 

Lorde ~ Front Stage Baby! << Public Facebook Link

Wow, wow, wow! I was first in at the Showbox Green Room at 4 pm for sixteen year old Ella Yelich-O'Connor, known as Lorde, a New Zealand singer-songwriter with currently the #3 song in the nation, “Royals”!!!!! This sold out performance was the early show for The Decibel Festival and it was packed! The aura around Lorde is phenomenal right now with her quick rising song "Royals", just behind Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus! The typical Seattle young crowd sang all her songs so her voice was hard to distinguish but the excitement enveloped!! It got hotter and hotter near the end as the kids were pushing harder.… Great, great time. It was so amazing to see Lorde Front Stage Baby! I ripped the Set List from the stage too!! Too much FSB Fun!!


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AGetting crushed at the front of the stage.                                     "Royals"                              
Until The Ribbon Breaks
 
Maroon 5
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Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson leaned over the stage and sang to me, behind those Hazel eyes! Another FSB Beni

Rozzie Crane

Carly Rae Jepsen
"Call Me Maybe" singer/songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen ended her first headlining tour; “THE KISS Summer Tour” at the Washington State Fair. I saw her last year when she opened up for the Biebs and missed her at a cancelled show this spring. She came in 3rd in "Canadian Idol" and was discovered and signed by him a short time later. I was able to get 2nd row center tickets, A Front Stage Baby does not pass that up! My FSB sister Peggy Rusche-Cook, took my extra ticket. Carly has a great voice and she can't get any cutier!! It's fun to see her grow and polish her songs and performance. She is still having fun on stage and at 28, I think she can handle the new found fame. I have too many great shots of her from this great FSB evening, here's just a few to share....










Call Me Maybe!
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Hot Chelle Rae
Hot Chelle Rae opened up for Carly Rae Jepsen, I have seen them FSB previously last year and I found them a fun group with smash hits like “Tonight Tonight” and “I Like It Like That”! Ryan changed is hair color from black! Lots of screaming girl fans. with Peggy Rusche-Cook





Ryan picked a girl right behind us to dedicate his next song too and she was soooo excited!!

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Fitz and The Tantrums

Oh great fun at the SODO! Great opening bands then Fitz and the Tantrums brought down the house!! With their debut album in 2010 and their new album just debuting a couple months ago. Fitz and the gang are on an upward spiral! For the past few years they have been touring hard, playing night after night. Tonight was their last performance of their current tour. Next week they will be BIG TIME opening up for Bruno Mars Moonshine Jungle Tour.... the one I was just at!! FATT's live performances are fantastic!
Great fun w/ Kevin Vigen and Vincent Romero
 
Bruno Mars :: Moonshine Jungle Tour




Before                                  After
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"Locked Out of Heaven"  Select HD to Start Videos   "Marry You"               

"When I Was Your Man"   Select HD to Start Videos    "Grenade"                    

My friend Mehdi sent me this picture that he took at the concert.
"Who's that?" he txted. "2 FRONT STAGE BABIES!" I replied. He said we were in a lot of his pictures... LOL!!

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Ellie Goulding
Supporting the Moonshine Jungle Tour


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Paul McCartney - Out There Tour
OOOOOMG - Paul McCartney Out There Tour ~ First concert in Safeco field with a Primo Production, Primo Sound, Primo Weather, Primo Set List, Primo everything! And then with Nirvana joining in, we were in Primo Nirvana!!! "Woo Baby, Some Fun Tonight" -- And I Love Her ~ Paul McCartney WOW! I usually don't take videos of the big screens, but in this case it was too hard to avoid! I had two cameras going at times, one capturing the videos on the big screen with one hand, the other capturing still shots on stage. I was totally awash in awesomeness...
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OOOOOMG - Paul McCartney Out There Tour ~ First concert in Safeco field with a Primo Production, Primo Sound, Primo Weather, Primo Set List, Primo everything! And then with Nirvana joining in, we were in Primo Nirvana!!! "Woo Baby, Some Fun Tonight" -- And I Love Her ~ Paul McCartney WOW! I usually don't take videos of the big screens, but in this case it was too hard to avoid! I had two cameras going at times, one capturing the videos on the big screen with one hand, the other capturing still shots on stage. I was totally awash in awesomeness...
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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (6/20)
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CSS (Cansei de Ser Sexy) & IO Echo (6/20)
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Fleetwood Mac (5/20)
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Kate Nash (5/15/13) The Crocodile Cafe




Cancelled Ne-Yo, Carly Rae Jepsen, Flo Rida, Icona Pop, DJ Scene (5/8)


Prince

Wow, the first show of Prince’s 9 city tour was awesome!! Prince was playing 4 shows in each city. I scored tickets to the first show @ 8pm tonight with the second show @ 11pm. My FSB sister Peg took dibs on my second ticket. Peg & I got to the Green Room Lounge at 4:30 to get our pre-entrance passes. As I figured, all the old folks (those younger than me) who got in first went for the limited seats that were available. Peg & I were able to get right to the front of the stage and got third row standing. After the almost 4 hour wait, Prince came on stage. He will be 55 in June and we say he’s never looked better!! He plays his guitar so great, like no other. He introduced his new backup band the most phenomenal all girl group, 3rd Eye Girl!! These were special tour dates in these small venues for Prince to hone his next big tour and introduce his new band. The set lists have been different for each performance. Prince has been fighting artist copyright issues to even taking pictures of him he deems a copyright infringement. To that end we were told to not even take our cell phones out of our pockets. It didn't help when the head enforcer at the front of the stage, recognized me, said ‘Hi’, and waved to me! Target on me. :) We saw several people tossed when they tried to take pictures so my trustee cameras stayed in my pockets. When Prince saw someone take his picture he said, “Stop taking pictures, there’s plenty on Google!”. So you'll see those posted here. :) We were so close to be able to touch his guitar and see all his crazy facial expressions! I must have snapped a hundred pictures in my head! Trust me; they would have been Epic pictures!!! We got out of the Showbox at 10pm and there were hundreds outside ready for the next performance! Incredible night with an incredible icon of music! :D


Bob Seger (3/29/13)





Joe Walsh (3/29/13)






Big Head Todd and the Monsters





Maroon 5
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Michelle tweeted "Front Stage Baby" to #XperienceMaroon5 and it showed up on the screen before the show!!!


Neon Trees

Owl City
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Alicia Keys (3/7)
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Miguel (3/7)
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Ellie Goulding
February 2013 Showbox SoDo

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Muse ~ 2013 North American Tour
February 2013 Key Arena


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Lady Gaga ~ The Born This Way Ball
January 2013 Tacoma Dome
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2014 Performances

2013 Performances

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Selena Gomez, Flo Rida, Fall Out Boy, Icona Pop, Fifth Harmony, Travie McCoy, New Politics, Austin Mahone, Paramore, Capital Cities -P!NK - New Politics - Paramore - Metric -hellogoodbye - Lorde - Until The Ribbon Breaks -Maroon 5 - Kelly Clarkson - Rozzie Crane - Carly Rae Jepsen - Hot Chelle Rae - Fitz and The Tantrums - The Colourist - Paul McCartney - Bruno Mars - Ellie Goulding - CSS - Peach Kelli Pop - Fleetwood Mac - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Kate Nash - Prince - Bob Seger - Joe Walsh - Big Head Todd and the Monsters - Alicia Keys - Miguel - Maroon 5 - Neon Trees - Owl City - Ellie Goulding - Muse - Lady Gaga - Madeon

2012 Performances
Calvin Harris, Afrojack, 3oh!3, Ed Sheeran, Owl City, Alex Clare, Cher Lloyd, Steve Winwood, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Grimes, Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, Don Felder, Kimbra, Joss Stone, Madonna, Aimee Mann, Ray Davis, The Beach Boys, Foster the People, Kimbra, Brite Futures aka Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Vicci Martinez, LMFAO, Martin Solveig, Far East Movement, Sidney Samson, Eva Simons, Lindsey Buckingham, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol, Storm Large, Terri Nunn/Berlin, Patty Smyth/Scandal, Gotye, Kimbra, The TING TINGS, The Fray, Hot Chelle Rae, Vonda Shepard, Jill Cohn
2011 Performances

Mumford & Sons, Death Cab for Cutie, Foster the People, Cage the Elephant, Young the Giant, Two Door Cinema Club, Grouplove, The Sounds, The Bangles, Robyn, Yacht, Train, Maroon 5, Colbie Calliat, Ke$ha, LMFAO, YES, Styx, Katy Perry, The Monkees, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Natasha Bedingfield, Andy Grammer, Jethro Tull, Lykke Li, Joan Jett, Robert Plant, Herman's Hermits, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
2010 Performances
Paramore, fun, 3oh!3, Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Maine, The Ready Set, Kate Nash, Dave Mason, Al Stewart, Heart, The Doobie Brothers, Styx, America, Lady Gaga, 3oh!3, Cobra Starship, Travie McCoy, I Fight Dragons, Ke$ha, Paramore

2009 Performances
All American Rejects, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Cash Cash, We The Kings, Hey Monday, This Providence, The Maine, Kelly Clarkson, The Sounds, Roger Daltrey, Eddie Vedder, P!NK ~ FUNHOUSE tour, The TingTings, AC//DC - Black Ice Tour II, No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Styx, REO Speedwagon, .38 Special, Fleetwood Mac, Lily Allen, Brite Futures aka Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Styx, Katy Perry

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