Back from Tampa!!!

[diamondsnake]

Oh, what a night! It was magical, hot and sticky at the same time. The show rocked and Stevie was great vocally (she looked a little tired but with the hot humid weather, who could blame her?)

Okay, it was about 100 degrees, everyone was sweating and every redneck in town was there! If I had a dollar for every mullet I saw tonight, I'd be rich! I had no idea Tampa was so hick-ish!

Anway, Vanessa's set was short and sweet. I was really impressed with her vocals and piano and thought she was great! Very pretty girl and has a wonderful sense of humor. I felt bad though since everyone was still lingering around the venue and very few people were sitting down watching her set. I really enjoyed her songs though, but thought that some of them started to blend together and sound the same.

Stevie finally came out around nine o clock and looked beautiful!!! Enchanted was great! I loved the "It was a shame that you wanted me, you didn't try!" thing. Stop Draggin my Heart Around was great also. She did this fake punch/bitch slap towards Waddy during this song I believe.

OTR was pretty good, but nothing can touch Vegas 5/14/05's version of this song! It was still pretty strong, as was Dreams.

Rhiannon was great, as usual. The ending was really good. I was pissed that people started to sit down by this point in the show. I was in the 7th row and I was practically the only one standing!

Sorcerer was great! Very fun song! When she was like "I'm tired, thirsty, in my misery!" I was like "So am I! Why isn't this show indoors in the air conditioning?" LOL

HAEWAFY was the best song of the night, in my opinion. Her vocals were far superior to the album version and she was just so intense and passionate during this song. I loved it! I almost wanted to cry...

Circle Dance was pretty good. It was not the amazing thing everyone said it was. Her vocals were steller, but I like songs actually written by Stevie to be quite honest. It was nice hearing something new though!

Landslide- this was actually one of my favorite performances of the night. I loved seeing her do this song and seeing the old Stevie footage as a backdrop. Is this all the old footage that was supposed to be shown in Vegas? It was amazing! Seeing old footage of her from 20 years ago and then hearing Stevie "I'm getting older too" just gave me chills. (FYI- Stevie says that Landslide is now called "The Cat Song" "you think it's gone and then it creeps back up onto your bed" says Stevie. Implying that the song was kicked off the setlist and now it's back! Oh, and she dedicated Landslide to me! Well, actually she said "you" meaning the whole audience... so not just me.

Fall From Grace- I really loved this song. It was better then in Vegas in my opinion. The ending was fantastic! She held the note for so long!

Gold Dust Woman- Great song, as always. I loved the ending. I think she kept saying "You can't save me now, can't save me now" which suprised me because I was expecting "can't see me now"...

Stand Back was really awesome! Luckily, the drum solo only lasted about 45 seconds tonight!!! The vocals were great and she did a lot of twirling, but she twirled somewhat slowly. I have a feeling this has to do with the 100 degree weather. Who would want to get all hot and sweaty twirling across the stage? Not me!

Edge of 17- I was in the 7th row, center section, seat one. So, I was in an aisle seat, which meant easy stage rushing access!!! The second people headed towards the stage, I bolted for it and secured a spot at the stage. The stage was really tall. I would say at least five and half feet tall. So, I wasn't sure how the Edge walk was going to work, but it did!!! Stevie started making her way towards the left of the stage and I was getting so excited! I held both arms out to Stevie and she grabbed both of them and squeezed them so tight. While she was doing this she smiled right at me so hard and I mouthed the words "I love you." I didn't want to let go of her hands but eventually I had to! Then, when she leaned over me to shake hands with a guy behind me, her chest was right smack in my face. God, Stevie has a nice rack! Sign me up to be in the SOTB/BOTB club!!! Also, I got to touch her leg warmers and reeboks! LOL

Her Edge wail was really incredible. As was the Edge ending. I loved the "It sounds like you!!!!" part.

Rock and Roll was really great. Stevie was in great spirits during this song and I loved the pants! She loooks so great in them. Her legs are really lean and pants really work for her. She threw her hat off during this song and threw her tambo across the stage. Also, there was a lot of pulling the mic stand way back and belting out the notes. This was an awesome song!!!

Beauty and the Beast was magical! Stevie looked beautiful. Best delivery during this song was the line "If you don't tell her, tell her now!" I loved it!

The show was great!!!! It was muddy and raining and hot and sticky at the amphitheater though. But that's nobody's fault really...

Yes, there were tourbooks!!!! I almost purchased one but I really wanted to buy a shirt. Which, I just tried on and it doesn't fit me very good anyway! I almost purchased Curtis's favorite rainbow shirt. It was on clearance for ten dollars. I was like, "Well it would make a good gym shirt" and then I was like "I don't want to be seen wearing that at the gym... people would talk!" So, no rainbow shirt for me!

Off to Miami tomorrow. Third row center so my seats will be better. I only got one picture from the show tonight. The person that was with me got a picture of me and Stevie holding hands via their camera phone. It is pretty blurry, but it is pretty coool to have a picture of me and Stevie togehter!