Michael Buble Concert with Naturally 7

Its been ages since the last Michael Buble concert. Last time we went, we had tickets to his outdoor concert on the Opera House steps. It was windy and raining, but we had a fantastic time! Sitting there in our ponchos, listening to Michael Buble serenading us with the Harbour Bridge and Opera House as the backdrop. It was perfect!

So when I saw the ads for the next Michael Buble concert, me and Cherry jumped at the opportunity to purchase tickets. So on the night of the concert, we decided to crash Encasa and hope we can grab a table without reservations. We did get a table for 2.....that seats 30 people! Luckily, other people sat at the two ends so we didn't look like complete nigels. The food at Encasa was fantastic as usual, and tasted even better after a jug of sangria ;)

Champiñones al Ajillo - Sizzling Garlic Mushrooms

This was so deliciously garlicky. The mushrooms were sauteed with loads of garlic that had caramelised and turned slightly crispy. Absolutely moreish when you dip your bread into the garlic oil or spoon some of the garlic onto the bread.

Patatas Bravas - Fried potatoes topped with salsa and aioli

Crispy fried potatoes that have been lightly salted (perfect on its own) was topped with a spicy salsa and creamy garlic mayo. I couldn't decide whether to eat the potatoes on its own, or smoosh it into the sauce to soak up all that spicy garlicky goodness.

Gambas Sevillanas - Peeled king prawns in spicy tomato salsa

Big bursty king prawns were cooked in a light spicy salsa. I was spooning the sauce onto my plate so I could enjoy every last drop of it with bread.

Pork, Chorizo and bean stew

I can't remember what this dish was called, it was the special of the day. It was a stew made from smoked pork, chorizos and big fat beans! So hearty and comforting! If only the beans were softer. I like my beans soft like baked beans, but the dish was really nice.

I don't know what I was thinking when I ordered dessert, because I was stuffed like a chicken kiev. But we had plenty of time so we both opted to get a creme caramel, EACH.


This was nice, not too sweet, but a bit too eggy for me. I actually really enjoyed the vanilla ice cream on top. I can't remember the last time I had vanilla ice cream.

We decided to slowly walk to the Entertainment Centre, which is less than 5 mins walk away. I was so full I swear I was waddling. But as we got closer, I had to try and walk like a normal person. Why? I had my DSLR shoved into the bottom of my bag and I was hoping cameras were allowed. Luckily the Entertainment Centre isn't as anal as the Superdome, so I walked right on in without problems.

We get seated and soon the concert is underway. We didn't know who the supporting act was until Naturally 7 walked onto the stage. And from the moment they opened their mouths, I was completely blown away!


They started off with an a capella which turned into a full blown song. We started debating as to whether there was any music, or was it all vocal play. It wasn't until they stopped and explain the concept of the band were we totally knocked off our feet. They were 100% vocal play. No instruments, no synthesizers, no special effects. All them. All Natural. And even then, I had my doubts. That was until they gave a one by one demo on how they layer the music! They were absolutely fantastic!

To be honest, of all the concerts I've been to in the last 5 years, I can't remember a single supporting act that I liked. Come to think of it, I barely remember seeing support acts as I usually walk out or just block them out. This time, I wanted to buy their album! I haven't stop raving about them since!

I was disappointed when they're performance ended, but then Michael Buble came out and everything was perfect. PERFECT. I can't describe what it was like watching him in concert again, but all I can say is that he is charming, witty and funny as hell! AND he could sing! Boy could he sing.

Busting some moves

He jumps off the stage to get photos taken with the audience!

Taken when the woman was in the middle of groping his butt

One of his many funny skits

The concert was PERFECT. I can't wait for the next one!

Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back!

Moishii managed to score some great tickets to the Justin Timberlake concert! I was so excited! I had an extremely short lunch on Thursday so I could duck out and grab a train ticket (So I didn't have to line up after work) and leave work early. I hopped onto a train to Auburn where Moishii picks me up and we head off to Hey Hey for a kebab. Everytime we go to Hey Hey, I always get the Hey Hey special without onion. What is a Hey Hey special? It's a chicken and beef kebab with lettuce, tomato, onions, tabouli, cheese, chilli sauce, hummus, tzatziki and garlic sauce. Moishii decided to go Hey Hey special without onion and chilli, which earned him a lecture on destroying his Hey Hey special. After stuffing our faces, we headed off to Acer Arena.

We get there early since Moishii had to pick up tickets for his cousin, but we couldn't go in until she arrived to get the tickets for us. So we sat outside the entrance watching the people streaming piling inside. Meanwhile, Moishii got totally offended when he didn't get randomly surveyed. I, on the other hand, was busy studying the various security guards doing the bag checks. Why should I care? Well, there's a little clause on the ticket that says "No recording or photographic equipment allowed". Not that I ever care since I take my camera with me everywhere. But this time round, I had my DSLR with my MASSIVE lens. This was going to be a delicate operation.

So I've got most of the security guards sussed out when suddenly Moishii's cousin rocks up. Now, a few months ago, Moishii called me up and told me to put her wedding into my calendar. everytime I asked Moishii, the wedding was still happening. Suddenly, one time I asked him, apparently he wasn't invited. The wedding is in 3 weeks and he still hasn't got an invite. Yet he had to run around scrambling to get her tickets! So as Moishii introduces us, I suddenly turned and went "OH! You're the one getting married soon!!". I was SO tempted to turn to Moishii and go "Isn't that the wedding you're going to??". But that would've been as subtle as a sledge hammer.

Since everyone had their tickets, we decided to head on in. This is where I will test my camera smuggling strategy. I had wrapped my DSLR in a black cardi, which was hiding beneath my spare clothes with a bottle of water strategically placed ontop. The minute the guy asked to see my bag, he spotted the bottle and said I will have to throw it. So I'm "juggling" the bottle as he asks to see what was underneath my pile of clothes. I immediately went "Ummm...err... yeah... you don't want to go there.". And he just gives me "the look". So I carefully lifted my clothes to reveal......my strategically placed bra. He took one look at it and went red in the face then he went "oh...ummm.... anything else in the bag I need to know about?". Then I started pulling out my wallet and lip glosses whilst the poor guy is stuttering over his words, so he quickly just waved me in. Oh yeaaaaah! I'm in!

We immediately hit the bar for alcohol since we're early. When we I was sufficiently sloshed, we headed into the stadium for the support act. Honestly, 5mins after Paris Wells came out, I had a headache. Now I know why they don't allow bottles in, because I would've thrown it at her to shut her up. Instead, we ended up walking back out to get away from her.


20mins later, when she finally got off stage, we filed back into the stadium just in time for JT.

The curtain goes up

ITS JT!!

Bustin some moves

A view of the whole stage

Its been awhile since I've been to any concert where the stage was in the centre of the arena. It took us awhile to get used to, because we kept getting confused as to who was JT! It didn't help that he wasn't in a sequined dress with a deep plunging neckline and a split up to his ass like other concerts we've been to. Plus, because the stage was in the centre, there was no where to hang the big plasma screens. That is until the curtains came down again:

The curtains became the tv screen!

I love JT's songs, but I don't know much about him as a person. I didn't even realised that he can play the piano and guitar. He was really really good!

I want their shirts!

The dancers

The fans go nuts!

Singalong

The concert was going splendidly as it was, but it got even better when......

Oh yeahhhhhhh!

This photo is so wrong.....can you see why?

And then there was two

I thought the double act was naughty enough, considering JT does have a lot of young fans. Hell, 3/4 of the people were hormone charged screaming teenagers. The Kylie and Beyonce fans have ALOT to learn from the JT fans. Then JT decided to heat things up:

He almost humped her over!

The concert was fantastic! I didn't get home til after midnight since we didn't want to deal with the crowd, but I loved every minute of it! I can't wait til the next one!

Bootaylicious Beyonce

After a long wait, it was finally time for Beyonce! I have been looking forward to her concert for so long. Not only do I love her songs, she's also a fabulous entertainer, and I knew I had a great night ahead. After meeting up with Cherry and Moishii, we quickly rushed to the Olympic park and managed to grab a good parking spot with our prepaid ticket. We grabbed our stuff and rushed out of the car park and headed straight for the bar. God it's been awhile since we've had a drink.

We quickly grabbed our drinks and found a lovely spot on the balcony to relax before the show. After our drinks, we figured we're going to need something starchy to line our stomaches. We grabbed a few hot chips to scoff down before making it into the stadium for Chris Brown. I'm sure Chris Brown's performance was spectacular, but I wouldn't know considering the 40y.o. Mother was going NUTS next to me. She brought her teenage daughter along, but she seemed like a bigger fan than her daughter. She was literally on the edge of her seats the entire performance (When she wasn't up dancing that is). That woman went OFF.

She finally managed to settle down before Beyonce started. Not before the chick behind us managed spill half a gallon of coke all over the floor.

Trying to mop up the mess

After cleaning that mess up, Beyonce finally came on. And god was the concert good! Not only is she bootayliciously HOT, but she knew how to entertain! Would I even dare say her concert was as good as Kylie's? Whilst Kylie's concert was all feathers and glitz, Beyonce's was GLITZ with a lot of flesh. A LOT of flesh. There was one costume she wore, that I remembered saying to Cherry "God, she must've gotten a brazillian to wear that". But then there were some really classy and gorgeous outfits. My favourite would have to be the belly dancing outfit she wore for the song she did with Shakira "Beautiful Liar". The outfit was revealing, but in a very soft feminine way. TOTALLY Mouth watering. She got the audience involved and into the mood, and her voice. GOD her voice was AMAZING! We had an absolute blast of a time, and I was really disappointed when there was no encore.

I wasn't disappointed in the extra entertainment that was happening around our seats though. There were these 2 girls sitting infront of us that was either stoned off their face, or pissed off their face. Possibly both.

Is that a...boob?

The chick in the leopard print dress ended up falling flat on her face multiple times during the night. There was one point where I thought she had passed out in a pile of her own puke. She was also feeling up other people during the night. She sat with her legs crossed and touching the chairs infront of her. Instead of sitting up a little to let people walk past, she forced people to try and climb over her. One of the guys didn't feel comfortable doing that and stood there waiting to get past. After a few seconds, she decided to run her hands from his waist to his knees. His GF, who was standing behind him, was ready to rip her face off. Too bad nothing came out of it. She did, however, flash her entire butt in our face. Her dress basically did not even cover her ass when she sat. I'm not exaggerating. She was sitting on BARE ASS. And when she leaned forward, you could see her entire black G-String. THANK GOD she was wearing anything at all!

After the concert was over, we stayed in our seats until the entire stadium was cleared and eventually got kicked out my security. We walked out of the stadium and tried to reenter to have a look at the people spending a week's worth of pay on souvenier only to be kicked out by security. Since we had nothing to do, we decided to head towards the car. This is when we noticed that the huge crowd we saw, wasn't trying to get to their car, they were trying to line up and pay! And since we had prepaid, we thought if we get to our car in time, it shouldn't take us half an hour to get out. So we race to the car and quickly hop in. Now anyone who has driven to a concert knows that the car park will be complete chaos. If there is space, people will move into it.

So as we're edging into the main stream of traffic, out of the corner of my eye, I see this car jerking towards us. No because there was a problem with the car, but more of a problem between the seat and the steering wheel. Next thing you know, a bitch in a BMW sticks her head out the window and yells at me "I'M NOT LETTING YOU IN! SO DON'T EVEN TRY!!". This was the start of a screaming match. Well, more like me screaming and her sitting there like a stunned mullet. Especially when I screamed at her "SLUT!!!!!!!". She sat there with her mouth hanging open for a good 5 secs before managing a weak "wha...wha...WHAT?". She even had the audacity to say "Don't you dare touch my car". Hello? Bitch? We're INFRONT OF YOU. If there is ANY scratching between the cars, its because YOU drove into US. You tard! I have no problems people not letting you into the lane. Ok, I do. But that's not the point. The point is, instead of edging in and not letting us in, she SLAMMED on the gas, then SLAMS onto the brake stopping within centimeters from hitting the car. MULTIPLE times. And if she did hit the car, it would've also hit me. So, me being me, meant that I spent a good 2mins hanging half way from the car window screaming abuse at her and mocking her. I've never seen someone go from "I'm so good, I've got a BMW" to "Oh shit, I need to get out of here before I get my head ripped off".

After that outburst, I certainly felt better. Not sure about Cherry though. I did warn her before the concert that she needs to be prepared to fight. Especially after the last incident with Kylie. I also remember telling her off for wearing heels instead of something comfy you can roll around in. You know, just incase there was a tussle. I also told her that no matter what happens, there is only 4 words you need to say to a cop. "It was self defence".

Moishii has also been briefed. He knows what to do in the event that a fight breaks out. Film. Unless I'm losing. Then he needs to throw Cherry into the fight.

Anyway, after all of that, we decided to head off to Hey Hey for a Hey Hey special. For those who haven't heard of a Hey Hey Special, it is basically a uber, mega kebab combo. It contains beef and chicken, lettuce, tomato, onions, tabouli, cheese and about a kilo of sauces made up of chilli, hummous, tahini and garlic yoghurt. Cherry was a Hey Hey virgin, so we decided it was time to devirginise her. Except she walked in and said she didn't want a Hey Hey Kebab. After a lot of yelling, she finally gave in and ordered a Hey Hey Special, and hey, I don't think she was disappointed. We even made her eat it the traditional way. Standing in the middle of the street in the freezing cold.