June 2011: U2, Lenny Kravitz, KISS, Amanda Hardy and Jason Kertson & the Immortals

The June 2011 catch up blog will actually be broken out in to 2 blogs. This one is the shows I went to in the states and there will be a separate blog for the two things we attended in London so watch out for the London blog too!!!

06.03.2011: U2 & Lenny Kravitz at Qwest Field in Seattle, WA
Well, I can say that I attended this show but I'd only be half correct. Mike was photographing the show while the kids and I waited outside the stadium and listened to the music. Since Qwest is an open stadium, we were able to enjoy the show from a patch of grass right outside. I do have to say that Live Nation was pretty damn brilliant when they decided to have actual merch booths OUTSIDE of the venue. I was able to buy myself a U2 T-shirt. So they still got my money even though I didn't buy tickets. Brilliant.

We had a lot of fun outside just hanging out and we could see the video screen above the stage from our area as well. I did get to see the show a little bit :)
Mikes photos:
U2 - Pre-Show Day Stage Pics - Qwest Field - Seattle 6/3/11
Lenny Kravitz - Qwest Field - Seattle, WA 6/4/11
U2 - Qwest Field - Seattle, WA 6/4/11

06.23.2011 KISS at the Everett Comcast Arena in Everett, WA
We took the kids to this show and amazingly enough - Ryan stayed awake the whole time! It was due to the fire. I'm going to warn you that I'm about to pan this show. The fire was fine, the music was fine but we had been preparing the kids for the cool things they were going to see like Gene going up into the rafters and singing from up there and for Paul going across the crowd on a wire and singing from a little stage at the rear of the venue.... didn't happen. The arena was too small for those parts of the show. We were all pretty bummed about that. It was still good, but not great.

'Firehouse'

'Modern Day Delilah'

06.25.2011: Amanda Hardy at Louie G's in Fife, WA

You are going to see quite a bit of the young musician's we support from the Seattle/Tacoma area. Amanda Hardy is one of them. 14 years old singer, guitar playing songwriter.

Mike's photos: Regarding Silence w/ Amanda Hardy - Louie G's - Fife, WA 06/25/11

06.28.2011 Jason Kertson & The Immortals at Louie G's in Fife, WA

Here is another one of the young musicians from the area. Jason Kertson is being mentored by Dave Mustain of Megadeth. Yip, he is. You can find tons of videos on Youtube.

Mike's photos: Jason Kertson & The Immortals - Louie G's - 6/28/11