Dinner at Wagamama will never be the same again; going in for a pre-concert dinner I got seated at the table next to Sarah Bettens and her band! OMFG...
Even though it was last year when I met Sarah face to face for the first time (I have been to several K's Choice concerts and Sarah solo concerts) I didn't think I'd be star struck. Again. Dangit, why do I dork out everytime I meet her?!
When she - they - finished she did turn to my friends and I (we were halfway through our meals) and said with that cute Flemish accent "Tot straks". She then turned to me and said "See you later"
Woo-hoo! She set the tone of the show by kicking it off with Amy Ray's "Put it out for good". I was pleasantly surprised to find this track on her new album "Shine"; even though it's an audience favorite, I didn't thought she'd record it. (Whereas the original is a little more "punk", Sarah's a bit more "rock", and I don't mind a bit either way
) Like last year in Berlin she caught my eye, held it for a bit longer and did some barely seen nod to acknowledge she's seen me. Isn't that nice?
She divided the crowd into boys and girls to sing the chorus to "Scream". You can guess the outcome: there weren't many boys singing. Heh.
She also joked about "Feel me break": I explained to my friend Mirthe that people were guessing about what it's about on the forum (someone thought it was about sex, to which bass player Eric replied "That's correct". Bwahahahah).
She ended the night with a new song called "I can do better than you". (I noticed that one particular line got lost in translation: I certainly got it and I snickered, but I doubt whether the rest of the audience got it
) Anyhoo, Sarah announced she'd be signing at the merch stand... So, I got something signed as well; I didn't have much in my wallet, and in a spur of the moment grab a Canadian $10 bill.
Heh... I'm going to frame this sucker.
Her "Hey!" before signing definitely sounded like she recognized me. Yea, kinda hard to miss that little Asian dork... I'm glad this time my mom didn't ask whether I got Sarah's number. Heh.
PS here's the setlist:
put it out for good
fine
shine
come over here
daddy's gun
not insane
just another day
it's alright
believe
chasing cars
go
not an addict
paved away
feel me break
scream
I can't get out
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favourite adventure
everything for free
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I can do better than you
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