Last year's wishes, are this year's apologies.

My first real concert was The Honda Civic Fall Out Boy Tour featuring Cobra Starship, Paul Wall (which is something I will never understand) The Academy Is.., and +44. I went with my best friend, Aime'e. Now when I say this was my first real concert, I mean that it was the first one I had been dropped off at and allowed to be kind of an adult. I had been to concerts with my family before. I got NSYNC tickets for my 10th birthday. I saw Eric Clapton, B.B. King, John Mayer, Vince Gill, Buddy Guy, and more at Crossroads when I was 14. I was already pretty nuts about live music. So you're probably thinking "Why did she go to a Fall Out Boy concert?" And the answer is.. it seemed like the cool thing to do at the time.  I can remember every little detail of that concert to this day, and it was 5 years ago. This one concert started an addiction that grew slowly (probably because I never seemed to have any money in high school) to a full-on obsession I have with live music.

Enough of my little trip down memory lane. How about I give you a rundown of the shows I'll be attending for the next few months and some of the things I wish I could get to?

Attending :
Lady Antebellum on Feb 18 @ 7:30 PM @ American Airlines Center
Radiohead on March 5 @ 7:30 PM @ American Airlines Center
John Mayer on March 16 @ 8:30 PM @ Winstar
Childish Gambino on April 7 @ 8:00 PM @ The Palladium Ballroom

Wish List (January - February) :
Bryan Adams on Jan 28 @ 8:00 PM @ Majestic Theater (Dallas)
Mutemath on Jan 28 @ 8:00 PM @ House of Blues (Dallas)
Kelly Clarkson on Feb 10 @ 7:30 PM @ Verizon Theater (Grand Prairie)
Estelle on Feb 14 @ 7:00 PM @ House of Blues (Dallas)\
Trey Songz on Feb 14 @ 7:30 PM @ Verizon Theater (Grand Prairie)
Lenny Kravitz on Feb 22 @ 8:00 PM @ Verizon Theater (Grand Prairie)
Robert Earl Keen on Feb 24 @ 10:30 PM @ Billy Bob's
B.B. King on Feb 25 @ 10:30 PM @ Billy Bob's

As you can see my taste in music is a little.. well my friends like to call it weird, but I'm just going to say eclectic. I like anything from old school rap to new country.

I'm going to leave y'all with a little tip.
Those of you who don't mind raining sweat, enormous crowds of people, really weird smells from campsites around you, and just plain weird people should really check out Bonnaroo. It's a three day music festival in Manchester, TN. And I know you're thinking.. "Where is Manchester, TN?" It's right by Memphis. My friend, Courtney and I drove 11 hours to get there this past summer. It is a great mix of artists. You can hear practically every type of music you like there. It was a really fun and empowering experience (empowering because I realized I could put up a tent by myself), and I fully recommend it for anyone who needs a little vacation from life. Now the tickets are a bit expensive, but they are so worth it. You can find out more about it if you just google Bonnaroo.

Next time:
-A feature on Lady Antebellum.
-A slideshow to show you who Childish Gambino is.

Catch ya later! :)