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Hey guys, what is going on?

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My name is Lily Monroe and you're listening to Escort Confessions.

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And it was the end of August when I went to see the All American Rejects and New found glory. 

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Glory.

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They were on a tour and I've given them a listen, both of them.

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Newfound Glory and the All American V-Jacks, they're a little different, but they fall

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into this category of emo punk rock bands like Panic!

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At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Green Day.

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They fall into that category.

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But also give the All American V-Jacks some love, give them a listen.

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They're on YouTube, Spotify.

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Like their page on Instagram and Facebook, they're pretty cool guys.

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They have, unlike other bands, they have all four original members.

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They have original members still together after so many years.

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And they've been around since early 2000s, if my memory is correct.

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But yeah, I first listened to their songs in 2009, back when I was in Ukraine.

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And I just fell in love with their music.

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If you listen to lyrics, their music style keeps changing, but their old stuff is really

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good.

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I think it's the best one.

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But yeah, give them a listen.

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And yeah, I went on tour, went by myself, which is fine.

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They were playing in Alpharetta, Georgia, which is like an hour from Atlanta.

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It's still part of Atlanta, but it takes an hour from Atlanta to get to Atlanta.

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It's just a common phrase and very relatable.

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So yeah, I went to see them myself.

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Of course, I got the VIP package because I want the merch.

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I want to get there early and I want to leave early, which I did.

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It's always a good idea to leave concerts early to avoid the traffic.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Also, it was my first time bringing the earmuffs.

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No, not earmuffs.

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I'm sorry.

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And it was my first time bringing the earplugs, which I did not forget to bring because I

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always forget to bring earplugs to the movie theater, to concerts.

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And guys, it's a really fucking smart idea to bring earplugs because that's why musicians

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have earplugs, but they have also mics while they're performing.

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And you know, the music can be really fucking loud, especially where I was standing there.

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So I was in the pit.

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I was at the very, very front holding on to the gate, trying to have my spot reserved

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against.

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Yeah.

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So bringing earplugs is really a good idea.

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And I did not get ear damage unlike hundreds of other people at the concert.

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So yeah, yeah.

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Smart.

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I'm trying.

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I try to be smart sometimes.

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Where was I?

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Oh my God.

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I literally have ADD.

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I get distracted so easily.

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But yeah, I went on tour, signed up for the VIP and the All American VJs, they had a little

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Q&A before the show and I was probably maybe 10 feet away from them, but like I could see

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them up close and the guys have not aged.

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It's ridiculous.

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Like they're almost in their forties.

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They have not aged since they were teenagers.

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I'm like, what is going on?

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Whose blood are they drinking?

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But they had little Q&A. So funny.

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They picked my question first.

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Basically, I asked, how do you have time for personal life and professional?

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They said, we don't.

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So what they said was that they went to their high school venue union, everybody had families

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and kids and they were still in a band.

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So but yeah, I'm pretty sure some of the guys in the band, they have families.

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But yeah, it's really hard because, you know, after they graduated college, they've been

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in a band together performing, performing tour after tour when they decided to take a break,

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take their personal life in control and stuff like that.

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And honestly, I kind of get it because when you become famous, you don't really have time

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for personal things like, I don't know, grocery shopping or fuck.

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Yeah, like having any kind of relationship.

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And yeah, so yeah, fame does have its cons.

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But yeah, after Q&A, the show started.

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I obviously there were like three openers.

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Yeah, there was during the second, second opener, I did not feel good.

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The heat started to get to me and the other people's body heat.

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There were there was not a lot of oxygen going around where I was at.

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And I went to use the restroom and I almost passed out in front of other people because

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I started to get a headache.

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My vision started to get blacked out basically.

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So I just kind of slumped in one of the chairs and just kind of sat there with my head down.

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And yeah, almost passed out at the concert.

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It was my first time with such a concert and I was alone.

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And I don't know, it would have been maybe a little embarrassing, but maybe not.

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I went to the restroom, covered myself with ice, cold water, felt better.

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And you know, I made some new friends at the concert.

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So they saved my spot in the pit near the gates, near the security guys.

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I was facing the stage and yeah, I kind of for the until new found glory came up, I just

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sat leaning leaning against the gate because I just did not feel good.

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It was so fucking hard.

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And the gate, which was metal, it really helped me stay cool.

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And after that, I felt really good.

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So I did not feel, you know, like I was going to pass out anymore.

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And yeah, new found glory played and I've never heard this band before.

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I've never heard of them, but their music was pretty good.

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And the lead singer, he has a finale, is a big finale.

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He came out as Elsa and everybody started to sing punk version of Let It Go.

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And it was awesome.

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It was so cool.

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And one of the band members, I think he's a bass player, bass player, guitar player.

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He has some kind of cancer where he, if he stands more than 10 minutes, his legs are

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starting to go numb and he just went to chemotherapy.

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And the fact that he was performing was so fucking badass.

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Like I could not tell you, like the dude has cancer.

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He is going through treatments and he still performs.

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So it's like, yeah, you know, anytime I feel like I'm lazy to go to a gym, I'll just think

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of him.

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So yeah, I know it's not the same thing.

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It's not, it's totally not, but you get my point.

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But yeah, after new found glory, the All American VJX finally came up, they played the songs

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and the most amazing thing happened.

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I went crowd surfing.

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So crowd surfing is basically you go out in the cloud, sorry, not the cloud.

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You go into the crowd and people lift you up and you are carried by people's hands.

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And I would have absolutely loved it if I was not wearing a skirt.

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So a lot of people touched my butt and saw my panties.

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And that day, that day actually I was like, oh my God, I am so happy I wore panties because

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I was literally not going to, because it was so hot and you know, like I had pretty long

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skirts.

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So yeah, so yeah, I am so glad I wore panties that day.

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So yeah, after being carried around, it was probably getting to 11 PM and I know that

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there's like a no noise rules, stupid fucking rule and they had to be cut off at 11 PM.

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Like the concert was supposed to end at 11, but it lasted until 11 30.

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I was not there.

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I left you in Mid-Side because I had to drive home from Atlanta to Savannah, which is a

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three and a half hour drive.

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And yeah, but it was so cool.

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Like I listened to their songs on the way home.

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I had Red Bull with me.

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I ate some candy.

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Yeah, it was great.

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But I am, yeah, mentally I'm still kind of there at the concert hanging out with people.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So that was pretty, pretty good concert.

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Now I have to see Green Day and they are touring right now.

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They have two tours going on, but hopefully, hopefully I'll get to see them too.

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But yeah, if you guys like punk rock, go watch YouTube videos with the All American Beats

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and Newfound Glory.

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My name is Lillian Monroe and I will talk to you guys next time.