I would like to thank everyon who sent in their fan encounters, if you have any contributions (pics, stories, poems, art work etc.) please e-mail them to me! Thanks!

Sarah
     When Lifehouse was touring with Fuel I saw them at the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT with some friends. I had just bought their CD and absolutely loved it, and being a huge fan of Fuel - we of coourse had a great time. We decided to duck out like 10 mins. early and when we got outside, Jason and the boys were standing right there. He and I talked about his home-schooling and music and stuff, and he signed a CD for me, my ticket stub, and I got a few pictures with him. It was pretty cool. He's such a nice guy!!

Andrea

     I was so psyched to be seing Lifehouse two days in a row in concert. Matchbox Twenty and Everclear are cool but the main reason I was going was to see Lifehouse. Just for a little background info, I (Andrea) am 19 and I went with Kyra who is 16. I picked Kyra up from school on February 28th and we were on our way to Milwaukee. When we got to the US Cellular Arena we decided to look around to see where the tour buses were because after the concert we were going to see if we could meet Lifehouse there.
     When we got inside we found our seats. They were on the 4th level, 4th to last row. But we were right off the side of the stage so it could have been worse. Lifehouse performed first, of course. They were so awesome but the crowd sucked. Only about 1/4 of the poeple were actually there and no one even stood up. When they first came out I stood up and screamed and everyone just looked at me like I was weird. And then they yelled at me to sit down! Anyway, here are the songs they played (not in this order, though):
  1. Cling And Clatter
  2. Sick Cycle Carousel
  3. Hanging By A Moment
  4. Somebody Else’s Song
  5. Quasimodo
 I sometimes try to remember what the band is wearing at concerts but all I can remember now is that Jason was wearing a yellow shirt with a black 87 on it and the black shoes he is wearing in the Hanging By A Moment video. Not that that matters any...After the concert we went out back where the buses were and there were probably about 10 people there. But they were all waiting for Matchbox Twenty.
     Nothing was really happening when all of a sudden Jason walked out of the building and started heading towards their bus. No one even knew who he was and I yelled, "JASON!" and he turned around and waved at me.      I was jumping all over and screaming. (Why do I make such an idiot out of myself sometimes?) Just imagine how mad I was when I later found out that Jason had actually come over by the fans RIGHT after I had left!
     So now it's the next day and Kyra and I are on our way to their concert in our hometown of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It was way too hard to sleep the night before because we had Meet & Greets. (And, no, sorry, I'm not going to say how we got them. It's between us and Lifehouse. :) When we got to the Kolf Arena we went to the Will-Call window to pick up our guest tickets and Meet & Greets when all of a sudden Rick just walks by. He was just standing about 4 feet away from us talking to some security guy. I don't know why, but I was too scared to go talk to him. It was probably shock!
     The concert started and Lifehouse rocked, of course. The only thing that sucked was the fact that I couldn't breathe. I started out up front but before the concert even started, people were moshing. How lame is that? That is how boring my little hick-town city is. People think they're cool moshing before there's any music. So by the time Lifehouse came out I had moved back a lot. The view was really bad and my pictures didn't turn out too well. They sang the following songs (not in this order):
  1. Hanging By A Moment
  2. Sick Cycle Carousel
  3. Unknown
  4. Somebody’s Else’s Song
  5. Only One
  6. Cling And Clatter
  7. Quasimodo
  8. Somewhere In Between
  9. Song I didn’t know (It's not on No Name Face and I haven't heard the Blyss demos yet.)
  10. A new song
My favorite song live would have to be Cling And Clatter. They opened with it at both concerts and it just sounds really awesome!
     The Meet & Greet was right after Lifehouse's performance and we were all supposed to meet in this certain area to the right of the stage. None of us knew what was going on when all of a sudden Jason, Stuart, Sergio, and Rick just popped out from behind a curtain and were escorted to the Meet & Greet area. They just walked right past us. Of course, I just stood there in shock!
     The Meet & Greet was actually more of an autograph signing. Anyone could go over to the table and get an autograph, even if they didn't have a pass, but no one really knew they were over there. The table was really crowded and I went over to Jason's side first. He was just kind of sitting there between autographs so I stuck my hand out and said his name and introduced myself. Then he signed my CD cover and passed it down to Stuart. I talked to Jason for a little while but didn't talk to the other guys too much because it was so crowded.
     After we met them we didn't want to leave that little area. LIFEHOUSE was RIGHT by us and how often is this going to happen? So we stood my the merchandise stand and just kind of watched them, from what we could see.      After about 5 minutes they got up and walked back across the room behind the curtain again. The only thing I wasn't happy about is that we couldn't get a picture inside because cameras weren't allowed and security was right there. Although I was able to sneak mine in and did have it with me.
     Kyra and I finally decided to skip Everclear's performance (Matchbox Twenty wasn't playing here), since we saw them the night before anyway. We went out to the back of the building where the tour buses were to wait for Lifehosue to get our picture. After waiting in the freezing cold, wearing only a sweatshirt, for about 45 minutes, the guys finally came out. Stuart wasn't with them, though. We yelled for them and they stopped and we held our cameras up and went over by them. Jason's wife was also there but she went right on the bus. She's really pretty!
     I asked them if we could take a picture because I really wanted one and we couldn’t take them inside. So they said sure and we all just kind of stood there not knowing what to do. It was so funny. Rick was like, “Where should I go?” And at first Jason was kneeling down in front and then he stood up and said, “We’re so bad at this. I never know what to do for these.” Then he walked over to my right side and put his arm around me and I put mine around him. :) Then we thanked them and said bye.
     The night was, by far, the best night of my life. I didn't want it to end! The only regret I have is never complimenting them on their music. WHAT A MORON! I said stuff like, "You guys are awesome." I guess everything just happened so quickly I just forgot to say how much I love Jason's songwriting and how much their music means to me. I was just in a daze or something. But that's the whole story and if anyone has any questions (besides 'How did you get the Meet & Greets?') you can email me at [email protected].

Emily
I saw their show at the Patriot Center in DC and they were so good. Jason has great stage presence - he looks so comfortable. Anyway, I went down by the buses after the show and they came out to sign autographs and talk to their fans. I had all three guys sign my shirt - Rick said I was ruining a perfectly good shirt, but I told him it wasn't perfect until all of them signed it. He asked me how I was going to wash it and I said easy: dry clean! They were so humble - it was freezing cold outside and they stood there and talked to everyone for about half and hour. I got a hug from Jason - he is so adorable! When he was going back inside, he turned and asked if everyone wanted Rob from matchbox twenty to come out and we all yelled yes. Then he looked right at me and asked if I wanted Adam and Paul and everyone else. Of course I said yes, and he pointed at me and said he was going to ask them just for me - I thought I was going to melt into the grass. They are officially my favorite band!

Tessa
Last night I went to the Lifehouse, Everclear, Matchbox20 show at Madison Square Garden (I live in NJ), and I met Lifehouse with three of my friends and we got their autographs, it was awesome, their set was great and they sounded amazing. We originally went to the show to see them but Matchbox20 was goo too.

Christin
I have a story to tell about Lifehouse and my friend Nicole and I. Our radio station 101.5 the Zone was having a mini concert at Arizona Mills Mall, in the food court. We were trying yo get our moms to let us skip school to go down there and see them and try to get to meet them. They said No! But we went anyway, they gave in.We drove down there at 7:30am, it was a morning thing. When we got there we parked and started running to the door to get in and there are two doors to get in to the food court we came in the south doors and at the same time we came in Jason, Diff, sergio, and Stuart walked in the north doors. I got so nerves when I saw them. So anyway we keeped walking into the mall. Then they all crossed over us to get away from the crowd. Then they walked to the to sing some of their songs. They sand Hanging By A Moment and Somebody Else's Song. Then After that they said they were going to sing stuff for everyone. There were so many people there but Nicole and I waited in line for about 2 hours and we finally met them and got a poster signed and I got my journal signed too. That was the best day of my life!

Christina
I have a boyfriend who just loves Matchbox 20. (yes this story is about Lifehouse) So for a gift I said I woudl go t the concert for with him at the Target center ( Mineapolis MN )for the concert that opened their new tour. Well, we went not kowing was playig with them. Their was this big banner over the stage that said Lifehouse and there werent many people there yet. ( later i found out that the banner was the CD cover ) Eventually they came on stage and thanked everyone for coming to see them and everything and when they started playig I fell in love. I thought about THEIR music and stuff the whole concert and thought they were the best part of hte whole night. Better than Everclear and Matchbox 20. I know they just got off tour with Pearl Jam but I still thought it was so cool when I heard the song "Hanging on a Moment" on the radio a few weeks later. I immediately went out and got the CD and listen to it all the time. Another cool thing is that I read Jason Wade's interview through a link and he said two things I can totally relate to . One is that he lived in Washington. That is so cool because I was born in Seattle and was adopted into a family in Mn. Another was that he liked to go to Barned and Noble adn watch people. I DO THAT TOO!!! Barnes and Noble is the onyl book storearound there so I go, get a coffe from STARBUCKS in there and pick up a classic like Jane Eyre or The Bell Jar and never get very far because I start to watch people and what they pick up. Anyways, you said you wanted to get emails on peoples incounters with Lifehouse and this was mine. They are my favorite band and I cant wait to see them on MTV and a big name forever.







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