Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Snoop and more...

Night Three Lineup: Dubioza Kolektiv, Ms Lauryn Hill, Basement Jaxx, and Snoop Dogg.

As you can see from the picture below, we stuck to our plan and made it to the front row for a second night in a row. What does being in the front row mean?

(Link, Me, Megs, Dennis, and Elena)

It means ....you get to meet Snoop Dogg!!! Oh yeah, that's right. Megs and I were some of the cute girls picked from the front row to go back stage and meet Snoop and his crew. We hopped on stage, had our IDs checked (must be 18), and met the band mates. Snoop was not actually hanging out as he was in his private room, but we did chat it up with the others. But to be honest, the back stage party was totally lame. I would have pictured all kinds of booze and partying, but there was simply water and fruit plate. Maybe that is why they even invited us back to their hotel rooms where the real party was at. But can you say SKETCH. No way were we going back with them..but it was cool meeting them. Finally, just was we were leaving Snoop came out and I asked if we could take a picture with him. He just kind of grunted and that was that. But hey, how many PCVs can say they met Snoop?

(Megs, Snoop, and Me)

Night Four Lineup: Mala Vita, Van Gogh, Audio Bullys Live, Wu-Tang Clan, and Pendulum DJ set & MC Verse.

The final night. Another night of fun. We weren't really pumped about any of the bands playing, but thought it best to get our money's worth. Van Gogh turned out to be a pretty good group and had an amazing turnout. They are the most popular Serbian rock band out there right now so that could explain it. Audio Bullys was aweful. All the music sounded the same and it was this one guy singing almost monotone like. He had no energy and nearly put the crowd to sleep. He was the only guy who was booed at the whole festival from what I heard.

(Megs, Me and Link, front row of course.)

Then it was Wu Tang Clan. They sing very violent rap and we were expecting the worst from the crowd. We were pushed and shoved, hit on the head and had to fight back a little more than other shows. The show was quick but good. They were very into the crowd spaying champagne all over and just saying how great it was to be in Serbia. Well you know what, it was great being in Serbia. The show wrapped up with a DJ who had amazing energy for 4 in the morning. If I didn't have a 5 am train to catch I may have just stayed.

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