Monday, February 13th, Matt and I celebrated V-day by going to the Mat Kearney concert. (Remember how we found out about him when he opened for Owl City? :)) It was back at In the Venue, which worked well because we knew what we were getting ourselves into. (I wore sneakers this time, not heels :))
I stayed home from work so we could take off early-ish, although I did log in from home in the morning and worked about 4 hours. Matt ended up working a normal day for him. Since we weren't going to leave until about 5pm (concert started at 8pm), I stopped by Papa Murpheys for a Heartbreaker pizza. I thought it would be fun since it was almost Valentines, and it was only $7 :)
Matt was apparently starving and ate about 1/2 of the pizza before we left :) We got to In the Venue just after 6pm, which is about how early we were for Owl City - only this time we were *much* closer to the door. We hung out outside in the cold for about an hour before the doors opened. (At least it didn't rain! Although, I did take an umbrella just in case :)) Once we were in the doors, I headed up to claim a spot on the floor while Matt visited the restroom. When Matt got back, we decided to check our coats at the juice bar, and then visit the merch table. We each got a shirt :) Matt considered going up to the balcony in the 21+ area, but by the time we got done with the merch, it was pretty full too. We ended up just in front of where we stood at Owl City instead.
The opener was Robert Francis. He was alright. He reminded me quite a bit of Russell Brand, though :) It was amusing. His band came out with bottles, and the staff had to take them away. Gotta love Utah :) He would also pull funny faces when playing guitar solos. I'm telling ya - Russell Brand junior :)
Sorry - I have no good pictures. Little light, him moving quite a bit, and trying to find a good setting on my camera..... didn't work out so well.
Setting up for Mat
Mat put on a great show - just like last time. Yes, he did come out into the audience again, but I wasn't as lucky this time. lol We ended up behind a group of ridiculously tall people for a good part of the show - so I was stretched to the max and looking for holes between people. That was less than enjoyable.
So, until I found a halfway decent setting on my camera, my phone actually took better pictures...
It was fun to look at my Matt and see him singing along :)
Mat shared a story about when he was younger and a friend and he passed through Utah and ended up sleeping in their vehicle next to some railroad tracks. He's so fun. I like that he shares things from his personal life.
Mmk, his guitarist was cute :) (on the left)
Mat asked if there were any musicians in the crowd, and there were quite a few hands. Then he asked if there were any drummers... too bad we were further away - this kid in the plaid shirt got to go up and essentially keep time (so nothing too exciting - except for playing on stage with Mat!) during one of the songs. It was lots of fun!
Cute guitarist again :)
In true Mat fashion, during one of his songs, he improvised a verse or two about Utah. So fun! He had been out to the Salt Flats earlier shooting footage for the Ships in the Night video, so that got mentioned as well :)
We had a really good time at the concert. February is definitely a better time to go to In the Venue than July - the temperature was bearable :) Mat played our two favorites (and his first two singles from Young Love) during the encore. He also covered Adele's Set Fire to the Rain in honor of her accomplishments at the Grammy's. I captured video during those :) It's not as good as at Owl City, because I was less concerned with keeping still and more concerned with dancing and singing.... so you don't get to see it :)
Thanks to my honey for getting the tickets so we could have an awesome date night!
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