On Wednesday June 5th 2013, my best friend and I headed out to ScotiaBank Place for a GREAT girls night out. For the second time in two years (and the third time in my life) we went to see the New Kids on the Block!
I will admit that, yes, they are no longer "Kids", with most of them being fathers and all of them being in their 40s, however, they definitely have the energy of a bunch of kids! But I digress.
We arrived a SBP around 7pm for a 7:30 showtime. The tickets that we had purchased were for section 223, row E. Pretty great seats and we were super excited since we would be a full deck closer then 2 years ago. Upon our arrival on the concourse, one of the ushers asked us where we were sitting. We told her and then inquired why she had asked. She informed us that they were moving people down to the 200s from the 300s. She then informed us, that if we walked down a little further to the blond lady in the red shirt she had tickets for the 100s. With absolutely no conversation we headed over to the other usher and told her that the other usher had told us that she had tickets for the 100s. She asked, rather unnecessarily, if we wanted to move down to the 100s to which we both VERY quickly said yes. We ended up in section 114 row E...only 5 rows up from the floor :) We were beyond excited and couldn't believe our luck! The stages were so close I hardly needed to use the zoom function on my camera!
First up was Boyz II Men. They sounded great and we both agreed that we enjoyed them more than we had anticipated.
Second, 98 Degrees! We were both super excited to see 98 Degrees as we had bonded over them many years ago when we were in university and had spent New Year's Eve 1999 freezing our asses off on Parliament Hill with our friend Jaimie to see them in concert. I have to say, although they sounded great, we were both a little disappointed. I'm not sure what we were expecting, but we didn't get it. Oh well, you truly don't always get what you want and since we had been so fortunate to have our seats moved down a level we surely weren't going to complain!
At this point of the evening, we had to endure a 10-15 minute intermission before NKOTB took to the stage. At about 9pm the lights went down, the stage filled with smoke and the screams were reminiscent of years gone by when we were all teenage girls! The "Boys" took to the stage and began their set with "We Own Tonight", the first track off their newest album "10". It was a perfect choice because it truly felt like we did own that night! I certainly felt like a teenager again (on some levels anyway) but I also certainly had some VERY adult thoughts running through my mind on more than one occasion, lol.
New Kids performed for almost 2 hours straight, stopping only for a few costume changes and to chat with the crowd!
Donnie, of course, ended up without a shirt and one point, much to the delight of the crowd and me! I have always been a Donnie fan and that hasn't changed over the years. I have noticed that the DW fan base seems to grow with each passing year :)
When the show ended, I was on cloud 9! I actually felt as though I was intoxicated and my BFF and I talked and squealed about the show like a couple of teens all the way home!
Wednesday June 5th 2013 will forever be etched in my memory as one of the best nights of my life! Now, they just need to come back again in a couple of years so that we can relive our youth once again! I couldn't be happier that NKOTB chose to tour again, and I can only hope that they will continue to do so in the years to come :) Thanks for coming to Ottawa "Boys" and we hope to see you again soon! I know that we will be talking about you and your fantastic show for a long, long time!
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