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me about to head into my itunes app

the needle drop cant be trusted, he has horrible taste

Words of wisdom. Thank you Fred. That's what I usually do, but today I just needed to vent.
 
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The pre-concert experience was a big, big mess, to the point I had a hard time focusing/enjoying the show. Lana was fantastic, her vocals were top notch, a real pro. Plus, she had an overload of sensuality the way she danced and carried herself, très va va voom. I'm just mad at the security who couldn't make a narrower line, they made us move in large barricaded areas telling us that people should remember their position in line because they wanted it to be fair to everyone and I was naive. There was no line anymore when security moved us, you could fit 12 persons per row in that "line". I lost my spot because I decided to go talk to a group of friends on the back (I was #12 in line at 6am) and I thought I could get next/in front of the group of girls who lined up after me before security decided to disorganize everything, but those girls were pushed at the back too, so I tried my best to get in the front of the "line" before they open the gate, but it was hard, people were tight to each others ready to run like Forrest.
 
When they opened the gates for us to go to bag search (5 lines), I was stuck behind a girl who got searched extensively and I could see all the other kids getting screened fast and already rushing to the stage. Security would scream at us not to run or they'll get us out like wtf we're not in a public swimming pool, how to you think you can control a hundred crazy fans? A freaking stampede. When I realized there was no spot left front row, I started getting a panic attack and cried saying how a looser with no-life I was for freaking out for such a stupid thing and a bunch of lovely girls had pity and squeezed themselves so I could fit in next to my friend. But our other friend couldn't make it, she was second row and she was mad at the girls because if they would have squeezed themselves a bit more, she could have been front row, but the girls didn't wanted to get pushed far right, so one of them gave her a dirty look saying "who are you?" (she probably didn't know she was with us).
 
My friend was crying, asking me to push them, but I felt bad because the girls already gave me a spot and the 3 of us in our group would not stand up in diagonal to let her get front row because of the uncomfortable/too intimate position (chest next to the back). I feel guilty about it, but everyone became territorial and it made me act like a bad selfish person, I hate that. We're not friends in everyday life, we just help each other getting organized when Lana comes to Montréal. When I realized I was on 2nd row, I started talking loudly, saying it wasn't fair and one of them agreed and I told him "You got in line 1 hour later than me, why don't you give me your spot if you agree it isn't fair?" and he didn't do anything, and I'm not mad at him at all (I really like him), I would have done the same thing. It's just not the kind of general atmosphere I like, I'm not competitive and I like to share and do things right. Everybody in our group think like that. But we couldn't. My friend on 2nd row had to have medical staff to help her walk out of the site, her back was dead. Btw she finally was able to squeeze in first row when the show started, but she had to tolerate the bad energy of the girl on her left who was mad at her. It went from shoulders 2 shoulders -> hips 2 hips, my arms were crossed in front of me and my boobs were popping out of my cleavage lawl. The pressure on my arms and shoulders was so bad like when you get blood pressure test. My body wasn't properly aligned and most of my weight was on my left foot, I felt like a flamingo, but I wasn't resting.
 
Lana met some fans before OTTR, the last song. I thought she might come back after, but she didn't. She waved at the crowd and I was waving at her with the most desperate face, showing her my UV vinyl, stretching my body over that stupid barricade, trying to reach her and she smiled at me with a slightly sad expression in her face. I understood later that she probably left because of the curfew. C'est la vie!
 
Well, at least I tried the festival thing. I was hesitant, and I was right (it sucked), but I tried it. I'm gonna sell my ticket for the Ohana Fest. Even if it's a smaller festival, hardcore fans will be there and it's gonna be a fight for front row again. I also heard LA fans are quite aggressive. Good luck @@LAman.
 
I'm also disappointed at life, because I had 3 opportunities to meet her in Montréal for that concert and I chose not to wait at her hotel the day of the show, because I wanted to get front row (the goal is to enjoy the music, not take a selfie) and my other friends who knew her hotel (I think we were the only 3 people who found out where she stayed) met her and talked to her for about 5 minutes, got their vinyl signed (she didn't want to take pictures though). They couldn't tell in what mood she was, they said she didn't seam to enjoy talking to them, but why didn't she leave? There's nothing rude to say that you have to go. I don't really get it. Maybe she's open to talk, but jaded by the redundancy of the conversations. Or she realize after a few words that "we", fans, are not so special.
 
I saw some of the Lana crew at the airport (Blake, Biron, Tom, Kevin, Johnny, Pamy, Anna...) and said a few words to them as they were passing by, one by one. I told Johnny (her stylist) that the best dress Lana wears are in her Montréal shows and he laughed I asked Biron if he had fun at Lolla and he said yes and I asked if Lana was coming and he said "Maybeee..." with a huge smile. We waited 2-3 more hours and we didn't see her, so we left. My friend who met her at her hotel the day of the show texted me and said the first time she came out, she jumped in the car with Johnny and they took off so fast he didn't have time to react. He said he didn't know where they were going, maybe soundcheck and it didn't make sense because it was 3pm the day of the show and there was already other acts on stage, so I said they went shopping for a better dress I love yellow.
 
So yep, that's the story. A lot of negativity, but on a brighter note, I didn't starve (I brought 3 meals for the whole day), I have a light sunburn, we had shadow starting at 2pm, security gave us a bit of water, the show was great, it wasn't raining, I got front row, I wasn't alone and I enjoyed chatting with the people around me, I didn't touch my cellphone during the show and most of all, it was so hot outside I didn't have to pee in a bottle!
 
Last year, I slept outside all night to get a good spot and I thought to myself "That's how it feels to sleep on the concrete in the city when you're homeless" and this year I thought to myself "That's how it feels to be squeezed in a train to Auschwitz".

I wish those shoes would die for fuck's sake

@@PlaceboHoliday omg I just noticed your username isn't 'Pablo Honey'

 
It's a benefit show. People aren't there to scream "YAS MOM!" I mean, a real festival in a country with only 40k people isn't even possible...

I think so too. I was front row and the guy in the instagram photo (the greek, not the spanish) was the 4rth person on my right sight so I couldn't see... But I saw Lana's face moments after and she looked TOTALLY freaked out, trying to fix her hair. So what I suppose it happened is that the greek person tried to pull it away from her, or he touched her and it fall, Lana left, went to the other side to meet the Spanish fan who's been following her on many dates of the tour, and she gave the other piece to him. After that, she took only one photo with a greek guy next to the Spanish guy and she went back to the stage as quick as possible and she never went down again... Really sad for the rest of us   This happened at the end of Ultraviolence, and after OTTR she said goodbye, waved to the Norwegian fan (that tweeted the thing about Lana's hair) and left the stage. The band stayed playing the outro about 5' minutes and it was really weird. It certainly was a shitshow 

I think so too. I was front row and the guy in the instagram photo (the greek, not the spanish) was the 4rth person on my right sight so I couldn't see... But I saw Lana's face moments after and she looked TOTALLY freaked out, trying to fix her hair. So what I suppose it happened is that the greek person tried to pull it away from her, or he touched her and it fall, Lana left, went to the other side to meet the Spanish fan who's been following her on many dates of the tour, and she gave the other piece to him. After that, she took only one photo with a greek guy next to the Spanish guy and she went back to the stage as quick as possible and she never went down again... Really sad for the rest of us   This happened at the end of Ultraviolence, and after OTTR she said goodbye, waved to the Norwegian fan (that tweeted the thing about Lana's hair) and left the stage. The band stayed playing the outro about 5' minutes and it was really weird. It certainly was a shitshow 

Forbes did a review of last year's event --> http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2015/07/17/leonardo-dicaprio-gala-in-st-tropez-features-the-most-amazing-celebrity-auction-of-all-time/#59a7415115d2
And it says the last performance done by Elton John was private although I managed to find this video of the event
Including a snippet of the performance https://youtu.be/-nsClUNwCWM
(So I guess no videos on Lana's performance)
 
Edit: a chance to meet the sucker privately http://lifestyle.one/grazia/celebrity/news/meet-leonardo-dicaprio/ tomorrow which I doubt it's still available (but imagine meeting Lana in the process)
Rich me in an alternative universe might want to go to see Lana, but would cringe throughout the whole event

Isn't this motherfucker (Leo) always on his yacht and using private jets? What a fuck
 
 
Edit: Clean energy analyst Robert Rapier tallied up the actor’s carbon footprint in a recent Forbes op-ed. DiCaprio chartered the world’s fifth largest yacht, owned by a UAE oil tycoon, in 2014, Rapier writes. He also took six trips on a private jet over the course of six weeks that same year.
 
 
 
There's tons more on him.
 
TL;DR hes a hypocritical asshole that thinks this fake ass organization makes up for him using his money to destroy the planet . Fucking rich people.

Ups i posted some stuff in the wrong thread, Im a flop
Here is what I posted in the Montreux thread:
 
So the mood while waiting was horrible. So many obnoxious people & when the doors finally opened, some securities stopped me like wtf? some girls actually fell down because the security threw her down. They didnt even have a reason…
 
But the concert was lit. Lana looked so happy. And she even took a pic with me and said she remembered me.
It will be an unforgettable night

We made it front row again
Lana starts at 22:00

Delete pls

Crowd shot

I was there and Lana definitely did a good concert!!!
Problem was that she was at the wrong festival because Werchter Classic is usually for older people and also with older artists. It would have been so much better that she did a concert last week at Rock Werchter which is the festival she visited also in 2012 and that was great. That festival is orientated to younger people between 18 and 40.
Yesterday there was a HUGE Bruce Springsteen fanbase and Lana's fans just weren't there. The singer from the band "The Van Jets" asked during his concert in the afternoon who from the crowd was there for Simply Red and pretty lot of people reacted, same for Lionel Richie but when he asked for Lana almost no one raised his hand in the air but only the few fans who were there. I raised my hand too and immediately some Springsteen-fans looked at me as if I was from another planet. Also during Lana's concert and I sang with her songs again some Springsteen-looking at me like "Omg, he know the text of these songs". 
Lana said twice that she was waiting for Springsteen too and she gave me the impression that she wouldn't have been there if Springsteen hadn't give a concert that night. She urgenty needs to drop those festivals for a while and begin a solo tour so that only her fans can be present and not a mixed crowd. A big concert of 2 hours would be so great. Maybe something for the future. 
I really feel sorry for her and I hoped the crowd would react better but what I was afraid of happened with a crowd full of 50 and 60 years old people who don't know her. A crowd with not only Belgian Springsteen-fans but also German, French, Dutch and British people. But if this is the attitude of an average Bruce Springsteen-fan who always react like that on artists they don't know, I would be ashamed. This is a total lack of respect! I went to the festival especially for her because I wanted to see and hear her live again and I paid the full price ticket (160 Euro) so I could be as close as possible to her. But before her concert there was also The Van Jets, Simply Red and Lionel Richie. Not really artists where I visited the festival for but I enjoyed their concerts too. So, is a Bruce Springsteen-fan so narrow minded that he thinks that there's only one artist in the world? Oh please, I expected more respect and dignity. Lana didn't deserve this but she'll get over it because she's a strong and self confident young woman.
After Lana's concert I went home and left the upcoming Springsteen-concert for what it was. I was so disgusted by those Springsteen-fans that they could have him. I had enough of the crowd...
Anyway, thanks for a superb concert Lana. I enjoyed it very much!!!

There's a difference between constructive, and even passionate, criticism, and posting just for the sake of putting an artist down. Not to mention deciding you're qualified to make a mental health diagnosis of an artist.

It was amazing omg... i just got back to he hotel at midnight but he crowd was amazing! I came only an hour before the gate opening but managed to get to 5th row and then 2nd row when Lana came. My legs still hurt so much it was painful but there were so many stans there!! I was so happy and we talked about how she was said yesterday so we gotta make her happy and I think she was happy during the show. it was a religious experience and i have the whole thing recorded from the very beginning when she came up until Ride including interludes and stuff but then my phone died i managed to take a really close up picture of her when she walked by and i'll upload everything tomorrow when i get back to istanbul!

your username is fitting 

yeah, all five of them 

After all the s*** fans have done to Lana this past year (stalking, stealing her cars, breaking into her home, calling her a bitch in the street) I would keep the f**** away from fans too. Then the whole thing with Cristina Grimmie last month. That fan on Periscope whining and bitching about Lana not coming down really needs to take several seats. Lana did her job. She's not obligated to come down and meet fans in every show. She does it in the kindness of her heart but things have changed a lot for the past few weeks. The whining periscope fan saying Lana looked angry and sad is full of BS. Lana looked exactly like Lana always does on stage minus the fact she didn't come down to greet fans. She sounded better then ever and even played guitar! That fan is just bitter and angry and coming up with excuses as to why Lana didn't want to meet and greet fans after the show. Be grateful you saw her live! Playing psychiatrist in the middle of a festival is pathetic. There was no booing or catcalls. I mean really.

I also believe Lana or her people must be reading the posts on this website. Many of us including myself were saying she should change the set up a little by playing some guitar and of course she did today.
 
The dancers/backup singers are okay but I prefer them dancing and singing BEHIND Lana not next to her. It's very distracting.