Summer 1999
Jones Beach
July 14, 1999
by Meri
This was my third 'N Sync concert and probably the most exciting. I went with my three friends Brooke, Michelle, and Jimmy(a boy who likes 'N Sync : �). Since I only ordered my tickets on the 12th I honestly didn't expect them to be that good. But when I found out they were orchestra seats I thought I was being fibbed but I had awesome seats.
The first opening act was 3rd Storee. They had a cute opening and their songs were ok. Next was the Sugar Hill Gang. Their set was a little too long though. There was a quick break and then Jesse Camp(MTV vj) came out and introduced Jordan Knight. Jordan was awesome and looked really hot.
Following a really long break came 'N Sync (yay). They had a really kewl opening which was supposed to be like Mission Impossible. They had a helicopter and they entered from the ceiling. They sang everything except for I Need Love, Sailing, and Everything I Own.
I went with my sister Allison, and my two cousins Hillary and Brittany. We had lawn seats but we had such a blast out there. We had good lawn seats though. We were right in front of a screen and we could actually see the stage. *LOL* We had binoculars so those helped too. :) The opening acts were the Sugar Hill Gang and Jordan Knight. The Sugar Hill Gang cracked me up because they kept saying that they are celebrating their 20 year anniversary this year and thanks for supporting them. I'm like most of the fans here aren't even 20 years old!! *LMAO* It was funny.
Then Jordan Knight came on. OK, his show totally let me down. I was expecting this awesome show. First, they put down this backdrop that was his CD cover...with his picture on it. To me, that's a little conceited but hey whatever. He sang one song and danced along with his dancers. (They reminded me of the Gap khaki commercials cause they all had khakis on.) Then he had his dj, DJ Finesse, mix for like ten minutes. I was like who cares?!?! *LOL* Then he sang some slow song, which was stupid and no one was even listening. Then he did "Give It To You" and that was good. Maybe I was let down cause I only knew one song, who knows...but I wasn't too impressed.
Then everyone was setting up for *N Sync. My sister and I went to the merchandise stand (they have two or three new tee shirts, a poster, the singing IWYB keychain, neckchain, photos, necklaces, hat, folder, and some Jordan merchandise) Well there were these girls next to us and they're like Oh my gosh, I'm so excited to see 5ive. The other girl goes I know!! I love them. Then they were talking about why there wasn't any 5ive merchandise up there since they had Jordan Knight stuff and there was Tatyana Ali stuff at the last concert. (These were teenie boppers...*rolling eyes*) So I turn to them and I'm like, "Um, 5ive dropped out of the tour. It's just Jordan Knight tonight." Their mouths practically hit the ground. It was sooo funny. They go, "Oh my gosh, I'm so upset now....etc." It was too funny. OK so anyways! *LOL* :)
This tour is the 2nd leg of the "Aint No Stoppin' Us Now" tour. It's basically the same except the beginning!! OK the show starts off by this terrorist coming on the screens saying that there is to be no more *N Sync and he was taking everyone in the venue hostage because he wants *N Sync. Well, he goes on for like ten minutes. Then this black guy (couldn't tell cause of the glare whether it was Johnny Wright or a bodyguard or who!) comes on and is talking into a walkie talkie going, "*N Sync...don't come to the venue. I repeat...DO NOT COME TO THE VENUE!!" Then Chris comes on and says that they are already on the way and that they're coming anyways. Then they start playing the Mission Impossible theme and they show on the screens for each guy like in spy movies where their head is like lines and spinning and then it slowly forms the person. then they stop it and show their stats. (WAY COOL!!) So then there's flashing lights and stuff as if a helicopter is right above us. Well Lance says there's no way in cause the terrorist has every door guarded so these five ropes drop and here come the guys climbing down the ropes. They land, stand there and then fireworks/cannons/confetti go flying. The beginning was really awesome!! :)
OK, I can't totally remember the order of the songs but they did perform: Here We Go, You Got It, Crazy For You, I Drive Myself Crazy, Sailing, God Must Have Spent a Little More Time On You, I Want You Back, and Tearin' Up My Heart. They also did the medley of the 60's, 70's, 80's music. For the 60's they dress up as the "wonders" and sing "That Thing You Do", the 70's they dress up as the Jackson 5 and perform "ABC" and "Stop", for the 80's they dress up in total Miami Vice outfits and pimpish clothes and sing "Celebration". :) Joey sings that one so that's awesome. They play the "U Drive Me Crazy" video and I FINALLY got to see it. THANK GOD!! *LOL* See at the last concert there was this huge speaker right in the way of the screen so I didn't get to see it. I was sooo mad. But I saw it this time and I was so excited cause I wasn't shure if they would play it or not. I was very happy. *LOL* During "Sailing" they flew!! If you saw the Blockbuster awards, they do just that except minus Christopher Cross. *LOL* :) It was really cool.
On "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time On You", Justin takes forever at the end to finish the song. It was so adorable. He's just standing there, rubbing his face and smiling. He paues like three times adn then Chris goes, "Justin, I think these nice people want to get home so would you care to move it a long a little? How about if we pick someone out of the audience to inspire you a little bit and then you can finish the song." So Chris picks this little girl out of the audience and asks her name. She is about 8 years old and goes, "Me Megan." Chris goes, "Me Megan?" She says, "Megan Galow". Chris goes, "OK everyone and Justin...this is Megan Galow." So he tells her that she needs to act real pretty and bat her eyes so Justin can finish the song. Well, she's like totally not understanding why they are talking to her. She kept looking back at her mom and stuff. It was too cute. Well Justin sits down on the edge of the stage and holds her hand and sings the rest of the song to her. It was really cute. I was like WOW. :) Hmmm...what else?! *LOL* I did take pictures but I don't think they will come out too well since I was in the lawn. *LOL* They guys looked great! Joey still has the red hair, guess he likes that!! So do I! :) There were these girls next to us who had a beach ball that had been thrown around and everyone had signed it and they kept it. I thought it was a cool idea though. I think I'm giong to take one to the Cleveland one and then have it thrown or given to someone to give to the guys. Wouldn't that be cool? OK, well I think that's all for my review. I hope everyone who goes to see them has a blast.
