Go backstage at a concert

“I’ve been lucky enough to go backstage at a concert on occasion because I’ve emceed so many shows and interviewed so many musicians over the years that they’ve been nice enough to invite me. Let me tell you the one word that sums up The Backstage Experience: boring!! Here’s what happens. After the show is over, you are led to a holding room somewhere in the bowels of the arena, usually next to the visiting team’s locker room. There, you stand around with a bunch of other people who also have huge “I’m so special” grins on their faces. Meanwhile, the performers hit the showers, change clothes, have something to eat, etc., all in their dressing rooms.”

“For me it wasn’t a band. It was a DJ. Tiësto was voted the world’s best DJ three years in a row (2002, 2003, 2004), and I had been in love with his music for some time. During his ‘Elements of Life’ tour in Australia, my cousin helped me and some of my friends get backstage before his concert to meet the man himself. He was soft-spoken, very modest, and almost embarrassed by the attention. A genuinely nice guy, and one of the greatest DJs the world had ever seen! He signed our tickets, my DVD and my girlfriend at the time. I instructed her that showering was no longer ever an option.”