Third time's the charm!

So, last night was the Michael Buble concert in Green Bay. We made the four-hour trip, then had dinner with my aunt at Margarita's restaurant--which was playing all Michael Buble songs, I noticed--then went to the show. His opening band was "Naturally 7", and they were actually very good. They all could sing, plus they each had an instrument they could mimic, so they sounded like an entire band. Here is a clip of one of their songs:


Then it was time for the main man to take the stage! Michael never disappoints; his shows are always fantastic. He has the best sense of humor, so in between songs everyone's laughing. At one point, when all was quiet, this woman screams out "We love you Michael Buble!!", and without missing a beat he says "I love you too stranger in the dark!"

He did perform a "new" song, that will be on his next album:


And here he is doing his Elvis impersonation, which I think is great:


Towards the end of the evening, Michael stopped to say how grateful he was, with the economy being what it is, for all of us that shelled out our hard-earned money to be there, which was so touching. He really appreciates his fans from the bottom of his heart and gives so much of himself at each and every concert. I read on his forum that he was sick the few shows before Green Bay, but he went out each night because he didn't want to disappoint anyone. He was drinking tea during the GB show, but his voice was at 100%.
The best part of the night was when he started singing "Save the Last Dance", and he let people come up to the stage. I of course was up there like a shot, even though we were in the 9th row. You can never be too close! He was spending a lot of time at the other end of the stage because there was a camera guy there filming him for the jumbo screens, but he finally made his way towards where I was at, and before I knew it he was right in front of me! I threw my hand up the air, and I almost couldn't believe it when he held out his hand to me! I grasped it and stood there transfixed. He let go so he could touch some of the other girls standing next to me, so I put my hand on his knee (he was squatting down on stage to reach us). Then I finally came to and took a few photos before he walked away. Yay!!!!! Sir B and I went around to the tour buses after the show, but a guy back there said Michael wouldn't be coming out to sign autographs, which was a bummer. During the show he said he has a bunch of family in Green Bay, and a group of them were there at the show, so that was probably why he didn't come out afterwards. Maybe next time!

Photos (click to make bigger):


Throwing cheesehead hats into the audience:



This is my favorite shot of the night:


Introducing some of the band using a Packers foam finger:


Close close close!