KELLY CLARKSON AND THE FRAY!!!

Tim has gone to a few concerts over the years since we've been in AZ. During the last concert he was at I started thinking, "Why does he get to have all the fun at concerts?" So I looked up some of my favorite artists and found a couple concerts I wanted to go to. The first one was Kelly Clarkson and The Fray (co-headlining). My dear friend Charlotte went with me and we had a great time. We had dinner together at Burger King. I had sweet potato fries for the first time and decided they are soooo much better than regular fries. I had gotten reserved parking right across from the arena. It was so easy to get in and out. We even splurged and got lemonade while we were at the concert. You may laugh but a small bottle of water was $5.00. We felt like we got a better deal paying $6 for our lemonade that was 2 times the size of the water.

The actual concert itself was totally awesome!! We were hoping Kelly would close the show since it was a co-headlining thing but she opened it instead. No matter, it was great! She sang all of her greatest hits and some that weren't. We enjoyed all the songs (mostly) and screamed and sang our hearts out! We even danced a little bit too! The seats were awesome. They were on the second row of the stadium seats, so about 3 ft. off the ground. High enough to see over all the people on the floor and a straight on shot to the stage. At one point Kelly came out to a platform about 20 ft. away and sang a few songs. I got some great pictures! I didn't realize she had such a twang. I don't pick up on it when she sings but when she talks you can definitely tell she's from Texas!

After she finished, The Fray came out. I will admit I had no idea who they were and had only listened to one of their songs on youtube when I bought the tickets. Charlotte had heard a few of the songs, so she was more excited to see them than I was. It was fun though. The lead singer walk around the crowd, passed right in front of us, so about 3 ft. away before he went back on stage. Later, he sang on a platform to our left about 20 ft. He ran right in front of us a 2nd time. It was exciting. One of their songs is pretty well known. The TV show "Gray's Anatomy" uses The Fray's song "I Could Save a Life" as their theme song. All in all it was a great night. We got home around 1 am. The next day I had a sore throat from the screaming, hooting, hollering and singing. I also had a cold, which I was getting before the concert but the 2 am bedtime (Jake got up at 1:20) was too much for my body to overcome.

I'm really excited to see Carrie Underwood in Oct. with my sister! Enjoy the photos!

Charlotte and me. I took the picture myself,
so if it looks funny, that's why.

The opening lights!

Kelly in outfit number one.

Cool lights.

Outfit number 2 and about 20 ft. away from us.

I REALLY like her strappy shoes.

More lights. The blue lighting was cool but
the camera didn't like it. 

More fun lighting.

This was perhaps my favorite lighting.
I really like red.

The green light! Those often blinded us.

Pretty blue lights towards the end of the concert.
Kelly in outfit number 3.

The Fray. The lead singer plays the piano.

More of the group.

The lead singer about 30 ft. away.  My favorite was the
3 people on the left of him. The two ladies were so
excited and the man looked bored out of his mind!

Not a great picture but the lead singer running past us.
Seriously, I leaned over and my fingers were 3 inches from touching him.