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Fans meetings with the lads... By Candice, ihatebritney2@yahoo.com OH MY GOD! I met Westlife! I still can't believe it happened, it's like a weird dream that keeps playing over and over again. Anyway, the concert was June 22nd in Wichita at The Cotillion and when we (me and my two best friends) pulled up, we thought we were in the wrong place because it was so crappy. We had heard on KKRD the sponsoring station that the show was sold out so I was getting pissed off thinking it'd be a replay of last year's Five concert mess up, but there were people who had extra tix to sell so it was all good! Anyway, I'm like just chilling out, trying not to have a coronary, but I'll skip right to the goods. By the time Neve, Sonique and Hoku had finished (Eiffel 65's singer had a polyp on his throat and couldn't perform. Damn.) I had managed to wrangle my way up to about the 4th row, then I paid this girl $20 to be able to stand in her place in the second row cos I thought Westlife was coming up next. Then Hanson played and I thought all those idiotic screaming 12 year olds were going to crush me but I held my ground! Then towards the end I told the people around me that Hanson were signing autographs after the show so they all bolted to the gate and I got in the front row, center. I was just chilling talking to the people around me and every once in a while I'd scream "Westlife rules" or something and get the crowd going. Then I saw Nicky going into the dressing room from the back and I started screaming. I was freaking out! I just couldn't believe that they were actually there! Then there they were, standing in this little hallway at the right before they came on. I started screaming and all kinds of crap like that, really getting everybody around me going and me and this girl next to me held up signs that said We Love Westlife...it was getting crazy. Then they came out and I just started screaming like mad. Then when they started performing, I held up my infamous Westlife bag, and all the guys were looking at it, then I started holding up the stuff from England that no one over here has and Shane was like shocked. He just kept looking at me. Then he came over and reached out and held my hand for like 4 seconds, really, and smiled at me and everyone around me was like "OH MY GOOOOOOD!" Lyda was behind me and she was like "Oh my God Shane touched you!" cos he didn't do that for anyone else. Then Bryan came over, and I almost pulled him off the stage. He didn't touch anyone else after that! And Mark held his hand out to me too, but not Nicky or Kian :( It was so cool though cos you could hear me over everyone and I was yelling I love you Kian and he laughed and I'd sing along and every time Shane would sing the word 'you' he'd point at me! And as the show went on, all the guys were like pointing at me and smiling (probably out of sympathy cos I'm such a psycho) cos I was holding up my signs (one said "Kian, Call me," and gave my phone number and the other one said "Hey Mark, come be in MY private movie!") and any time there was a quiet split second I would scream something then Shane said something into the mic about me but I didn't hear it and everyone started screaming again. God, it was an amazing show. They sang live, which is what I love the most about them. They've got great voices! They're just amazing! If y'all thought I was a fan before, look out now. And afterwards, I got in line to get my stuff signed and when I finally got up, it was Nicky first and he saw me and he laughed and said I was the loudest person he'd ever met and I was like 'Oh my God, I've been your biggest fan for like a year and a half' and he hugged me and asked me my name so he could make my CD out to me and I started showing him all my stuff and then some guy from the security (they're jerks arent' they? I didn't wait a year and a half to meet Westlife to spend 15 seconds with them!) kept yelling at me to move on, but the guys were looking at all my stuff (uk singles, TOTP posters, their home video)! Then Bryan was next. We could only have them sign one thing, so I was taking my TOTP poster through, and Michelle was taking my American release CD with her. And Kian was kind of a prick! He looked really unhappy and wasn't very chatty at all. I used to be obsessed with him but he wasn't nice at all! Then came Mark and I gave him a flower and said I was sorry about his grandpa and that mine wasn't doing too well either and he just had the most amazed look on his face! It was really sweet, he was like 'ooooh thank you I can't believe you knew that!' It was great. Then Shane was at the end and when I walked up he laughed and went to sign my thing and he asked me what my name was and I told him then I started telling him about how I've been a fan for ages and he told me that was amazing then he reached up and kissed me on the cheek! And I was like dying inside! I told him I'd see him Saturday (at another concert) and good luck! Mark and whoever was behind him were taking so long to look at my TOTP that Shane and I got to chat for a bit and he told me about a new album coming out in Singapore and I told him he has a brilliant voice and I'm so proud to be able to say I've been there for them since the beginning. Then Mark and whoever, some assistant was behind him, were looking at the poster and the security guards yelled at me to move along and I was like "I can't they have my poster!" and when Mark signed it he drew a big heart around his mom's face. That's so cute! Then as we were leaving I was like "I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST MET WESTLIFE!" and everybody within earshot (we were about halfway down a line probably 200 people long) including the guys, started laughing and as we were walking to the car I started crying and freaking out! How pathetic is that? Either way, it was the best day of my life!!! >> Back to main Fan Encounters page |