We were informed that David was recording two songs for the Fox New Year's Eve show and that tickets were $30. But, they gave us complimentary passes that they said should get us in free as long as we were in line early. We were also informed that the doors for the nightclub didn't open until 10:30 and they didn't know when David would come on.
I was all for it. I happened to be in Phoenix for work the night that the American Idol concert tour kicked off and am still kicking myself for being that close and not going. I thought it might take some convincing for Bill to willingly attend (though he should have thought of that before he pointed it out to me). Bill didn't mind my obsession with DC when he was on Idol. I actually think he thought it was fairly amusing. And he never tires of pretending not to remember which David the one I like is...Cook or Archuleta. I do think he may have thought I was losing it the night I rewound David's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performance at least 4 times. Anyhow, he seemed to be willing to take one for the team because he knew how happy it would make me.
That night, we arrived at the Mirage shortly after 9 and took our place in line outside the nightclub behind about 20 people. We waited and waited, with several fans that were far more crazy than I. Finally at 10:30 the doors opened and we did indeed get in for free. When we got in the club we heard that David would not be coming on till 12:30. We found a good place to stand above the VIP tables right to the side of the stage, and there we stood for 2 hours, watching the craziness around us. It took Bill and I about 10 minutes to realize that our nightclub days are far far behind us now, but it was entertaining to watch all the barely dressed drunk people dance for 2 hours.
When David finally did come out at 12:30, he did not disappoint. In my opinion, he sounds nearly as good live as he does on his CD. He sang only the two songs he was recording for the Fox show, but he sang them each twice, with a 15 minute break in between. He is just a born performer. He has a way of looking in a general direction and making it seem as if he is singing directly to you. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it, even if I probably owe Bill for all of 2009 for coming with me.
Since most of you probably aren't as crazy as I am, I'll only post a couple of my favorites of the couple dozen pictures I took.
(And Julie, though I wasn't going for artistic on the first one, the lighting techs helped me out and I think it looks awesome!)
And two videos if you're interested. First is part of the song that didn't get played on the Fox New Year's Eve show: Declaration.
Second is part of his current hit single that was on the Fox NYE show: Light On.
