K-Colors of Korea April 2014 | Page 35

CNBLUE - A NIGHT concert CLOSE UP Review from the CNBLUE Text by Joseph Villaroel; Photos by Joseph Villaroel G eting to the Concert venue was a journey from taking a plane, a bus, and 4 trains to get to Pasadena but it was all worth it. When I got to the Pasadena Civic Auditorium there were fans outside having a fun time with other Boice. hey were trying to win prizes and geting to know other fans, there was a banner for fans to take pictures with it saying “CNBLUE WELCOME BACK”. An hour before the concert fans were lining up for the doors to open and other fans still buying tickets for the show. I had to wait for a friend because she was my fan girl buddy, maybe my date, I’m not sure. Finally she got there and we rushed to get in because the concert was about to start, the roar of fans screaming is always the signal that the concert is going to start. I was very close, front row for CNBLUE, through the whole concert I could see Jungshin, and he gave the fans on my side of the stage an enormous amount of fan service. I couldn’t see Minhyuk because the drum set was blocking my view but when he got up to tell the fans “I’m happy to be here” I could see him. Jungshin was coming over to my side almost every song and everyone would go wild (I included) then some times Yonghwa would come down to our side to rock out with the fans. hey performed a total of 23 songs. When CNBLUE sang “Intuition”, “I’m A Loner”, “I’m Sorry”, “Hey You”, “Love Girl” the fans would chant back best to their abilities. Each performance was illed with such energy and the band would brighten up with such an amazing stage present. Minhyuk was playing the drums so hard as if it was the last time he would play drums. Jonghyun was playing an amazing guitar solos as if he was trying to batle Jimi Hendrix. Jungshin was playing bass and having fun with every song that came up and he let the fans know. Yonghwa sang sot and calmly while also channeling his inner Steven Tyler. 33