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Sounds like you were standing right by me! xD I think there is a chance that my friend or I might have been the shorter people with the lack of seeing.

Well I was about the 5th or 6th row back (i think?). There were some tall people to the left of us who were dancing a little more than the others, lol. Oh, and there was this short girl to our left who I felt bad for because she couldn't see too well, lol. Umm, idk if it helps, but I went with only the front of my hair spiked up, and my bf was slightly taller than me with curly dark brown hair.

Quote: OMG Where were you at I think thats the back of my head I pretty sure i was the only one with a Nappy FRO Hawk lol thats freaky I was in the middle back behind the sound guys and you?

According to the thread she is. I don't want to risk it. Technically it's not breaking the rules of the forum, since Chicago isn't on it, but I'd rather have more people, even the ones that went to Chicago, buy it, and releasing it might dissuade a few from getting the dvd.

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Is she really releasing a DVD?

Louisville.

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Yeah, I remember her talking to the audience and saying, "So... I feel sorta like a witch tonight..." in response to what she was wearing and how poofy her hair was (I think that might be why she was a little late making her stage entrance, actually, but I'm not sure). Also, I'm short, at about 5'4, so I didn't expect to catch any Kuma balls even though I was about the 5th or 6th row from the stage. Don't feel bad.

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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking! I thought the band was putting more of a "rock" vibe to most of her songs. There were DEFINITELY more electric guitar additions, but it just made everything sound more AMAZING! Also, her medley of "Devil Inside / Kremlin Dusk / You Make me Want to be a Man" was the same format as in her Utada United 2006 concert in Japan. I didn't know she was actually going to do it that way, but I'm SO glad she did!

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I agree... -_-; When you "open" for a band (or do something similar), you don't perform the same length of time as the people you're going to the concert to see! I was starting to get bored the last 20 or 30 minutes of him DJing, until he played "Dirty Desire", which, might I add, does NOT need the orgasm moans, as others in this forum will agree with me... lol. When he was all like "UTADA AT 9:00", I realized it was only about 7:45, and I was like, "...oh my God, really? Do we have to...? Where's the freakin' bathroom, then?" XD

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I told my bf Luis that I might cry when she comes out on stage. He proceeded to explain to me that he would break up with me if I cried! XD lmao. I knew he was joking, but still... my eyes did water plenty, since I knew it was a once in a lifetime experience for us. Best night of my entire life, hands down.

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Luis pointed that out to me about halfway through the concert, I think when she was singing "First Love." ...I swear that, in that guy's head, he must be on some sort of drug that lets all music sound like heavy metal to him or something. It was THAT bad. People mentioned that he might have had a bit too much to drink, but this was OBVIOUSLY beyond that matter. Or maybe he just wanted to be sure to have Utada notice him. Not sure if it worked. Either way, he looked like an idiot and I'm glad I wasn't standing underneath where he was (We stood a little more than halfway past, on the other side of the stage).

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I'm included in the "lot of gays" people that you saw. XD Luis stood on my left and kept wanting me to hold hands with him during the concert, which we did most of the time. I'm still kind of uncomfortable showing affection like holding hands in public, although I don't disagree with people doing it.

Also, the few people who said "Marry me!" ...haha, that's funny. Utada responded to a person, saying something like, "You know, i was in (was it LA?) once, and I had a guy come up to me and say, 'Never get married!'" Utada actually made the story longer than what I quoted, but I have a poor memory when it comes to exact quotes, too... =\

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After that, Luis screamed, "BREAK DOWN THE DOORS!" After that, Utada was like, "Uhh.. let's not go that far." Or something to that extent. I don't know if it was an actual reponse to what Luis said, because we were a little ways from the stage and idk if she could hear him well or not.

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You thought wrong! Luis and I are both from Murray, KY! but we weren't in the first row--we were in the 5th or 6th, lol. Geez, it was about a 7 hour drive from here to Chicago... lol. What part of KY are you from?

"I just show this picture to people and tell them it's my God[dess] as a joke. ...and if you are actually able to see her face, it will make you blind. =)"

Lol. Proof she is divine!

Hello,

I haven't been able to tell about my Chicago experience until now, because I've only had the "News" portion of this Forum bookmarked and forgot there were other parts to this Forum... which is a big fail (I go to so many places in my bookmarks that I can't memorize the layout of every website, I guess?).

Since I need to catch up with this thread, I'll explain my experience at the concert and then respond to what other people have posted at the end.

So here goes:

My bf (Luis) and I drove from Murray, KY all the way to Chicago, which was a 7-ish hour-long drive, along with plenty of potty breaks. We ended up staying at the Holiday Inn Express, about 7 blocks north of the House of Blues (HOB). We just walked to get there, and we stood in line at about... was it around 5:00 P.M., I guess? If I remember right, we were about the 20th people in line, I think. I asked this asain girl, "Is this the line forming to see Utada?" and she replied, "Yeah!" And I was like "XD awesome." At one point, still early standing in line, I stepped across the street to take a picture of the line we were in, and I made Luis wave to the camera (Anyone see me there? XD lol)

Then I remember it was starting to snow (or it already was for a while, I forget). I remember my toes were starting to become cold, 30 minutes passed and they started to ache, 30 minutes passed and my toes were just plain numb.

The security people mentioned that you can go to the restaurant to pay $15.00 on food/merchandise and you can show the receipt to the people inside and they will allow you to stand in line INDOORS and be the first people to go into the stage area. SO, we stepped out of line, went into the restaurant, and the security inside said that they're not doing that $15.00 deal anymore and that we had to go back outside (I was pissed). Luis and I were NOT going to go to the end of the line again since it was now wrapped way the hell around the building, so we kinda wedged ourselves back in the same area we were.

Once they let us in, we were padded down (although not well) and we ended up being about... I'd say the 5th or 6th row from the stage itself, which worked out well, since our tickets said row F in the standing room, I think (I don't know why they put that). I'm about 5'4, so naturally, it's harder for me to see past taller people than usual... but I ended up being able to see all right XD.

DJ Mike Rizzo came out about after 30 minutes of standing and waiting and started doing his thing. You all know about the guy in the mask already, and it was pretty comical. I thought it was actually part of the show at first, but then I realized that Rizzo maintained the beat like it was until the guy in the mask was escorted off stage, and then he continued DJing. Rizzo played for an unnecessary length of time (like an hour and a half, I think...?) But Luis and I were kinda bouncing to the music (my toes were STILL cold after like 45 minutes of being indoors). He said things like "UTADA IN AN HOUR" and "UTADA IN 15 MINUTES." But, of course, it was all just to "hype" us, since Utada came out a bit later than Rizzo said she would (lol, and I knew that was going to happen).

Utada came out on stage at about 9:10, I think, and my eyes just watered from happiness! XD The acoustics of the entire room, with the lighting and the appearance of Utada just made her entire stage entrance EPIC!!! In my head, I was just continuously thinking, "This isn't just 'In the Flesh', this is UTADA IN 3-D (censored)YES!!!" over and over, lol.

There's not much to say about her performances than you guys already know, so I won't go in-depth about that. But she did say things like "Wow, so close..." in response to how close the crowd was to the stage, and she mentioned how "personal" this concert was than most places she's been because of that.

When she sang "Dirty Desire" and said it would be her last song, I knew that wasn't true, because I saw the supposed "Track List" of her In the Flesh tour, and she still needed to sing Simple and Clean and Me Muero. I also don't know if the FANS started the chant, "U-TA-DA" while clapping so that she would come back on stage, or if the chant was started by people who were a part of the tour itself, so that they could get it started... you know what I mean? Either way, it was awesome, and she came back out on stage, "So, I take it you all would like me to sing more songs..." XD Biggest. Audience. Scream. Evar.

During "Me Muero," I tried to sneak one picture with my cell phone, but...



SOMETHING glared on her face, so it's FAIL. >.> I just show this picture to people and tell them it's my God[dess] as a joke. ...and if you are actually able to see her face, it will make you blind. =)

We took a couple pictures afterward and headed back to our hotel. So, that was our experience there! lol.

Ok so I've decided to release the Chicago concert wav (8khz). Look at my previous posts for more information about it. This is the download link:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ZPFU5GF


No longer valid. Found out that she's releasing a dvd of the tour soooo...