finally...utada is here♥♥

finally...! my most anticipated show in a while♥
i'm a huge jpop fan..always have been..since i was a kid growing up in japan.
utada is popular in japan..'tis a fact.
the girl is talented...she's a singer/songwriter..from an early age.
she's also bilingual in japanese/english... and she's my age!
wow..i can totally relate♥
she released 2 US albums thus far...and to promote her most recent one, she's on a US&UK tour at the moment... and i was stoked to find out she would be performing in seattle:)
i promptly purchased tickets for myself and erika.

it being a thursday nite, erika and i were already in the seattle area.
after work, we decided to head over early...only to find a HUGE ass line of people!
woa...i mean yes, it was a sold out show..but the line wrapped around the whole block!

here's the line... lots of asians i must admit..
we even ran into erika's old elementary friend from japan, amy♥

we then found out that if you purchase a drink and chill in the 'green room' (a bar inside the showbox) they let you into the show BEFORE the line outside...
thank god i'm over 21! ♥ gotta love these advantages♥

we got in and found ourselves an awesome spot up front...
now maybe it was the few drinks we had beforehand, or the fact that we were up since 7 working... but erika couldn't take the crowd. she had to step out and watched the show from the back... halfway through the show, i felt dizzy and almost fainted..literally. it was so weird...i've never had that happen to me before... it had to be the drinks. i think we dehydrated ourselves.. :(
but back to the show, utada was amazing! i got to see her really close♥
she was cute, adorable and wow..her vocals were amazing! i thought she sounded better than on CD. she came out in a cute pink dress with thigh-high black boots.. very nice♥
she mixed her chats with both english and japanese. even performing both US and japanese tunes... (awesome)
i'm trying to remember some of the songs she sung:
devil inside, FYI, on and on, me muero, sakura drops, stay gold, passion, simple and clean, automatic, can you keep a secret, first love, hmmm... and a whole lot more! the show was a good 2 hours long♥
i felt real lucky to see her because concert tickets in japan can cost anywhere from 80~couple hundred bucks... we got to see her for $30. very lucky♥
i really hope she comes back for another show

the only thing i was bummed about was that they didn't have any merchandise..or shirts/posters/cd's to purchase :(
i usually like to purchase a little something at shows...as a souvenir

but really, no complaints♥ utada, you rock girl!