Let’s be real…
by Kait on 5/10/22Landmark Theatre - SyracuseRating: 3 out of 5So! The concert. Let’s talk about it. I bought close seats plus the vip which was close to $300 after everything. When I got there, I was scared out of my life because I went alone and I was anxious. I was frozen for a bit but knew I needed to ask for help/directions once I got the courage to, there was a few staff/security there to direct me to the vip lounge which was upstairs. There was a smaller section for the vip and a staff checked my ticket, however in the vip email it stated some type of photo op? I ended up asking anyone and everyone working there and no one knew what that was or just told me to ask someone else. They also put more of the food options upstairs but where regular seating for the balcony was without checking peoples tickets for the vip. So it was very clustered/busy and I couldn’t try most foods. Now they did have people check your ticket once and then tell you to walk to where you were seated, but once the events/singers started, people were hopping over seats, stealing others seats and standing all in the aisles. To know that I paid extra money for my experience and seats, and then have people stealing mine if I went up to get a drink or use the restroom and for so many people clustered in the aisle ( which my seat was two away from where the aisle started ) was also pretty disappointing. Now let’s get into the music. Carl Thomas didn’t end up showing so I think they were trying to fill in some time and space with a lady chatting with us here and there and a band. I didn’t mind since the band was pretty well, I didn’t know who Carl Thomas was and the DJ they had to kind of play for intermission parts was amazing! I’ll be honest, I splurged on this event for Vedo. I knew of few of K.Michelle’s songs but my heart was for Vedo 100%. I’m not sure if because people think he’s not more known, but he did sing a few covers instead of his music. Which made me sad a bit because I’m addicted to his albums, listen everyday to commute to work and just wanted to hear his amazing songs. But he sang those covers and his own perfectly, so I was still happy to see and hear him. K. Michelle like I said I don’t know as well, but her music overall was pretty good and she had moments speaking to the crowd about loving yourself and not messing with lame dudes which I did need to hear and that felt nice. So… was I a bit bummed that I didn’t experience a few things for the vip and for the messy seat hopping? Yeah. But… I don’t think Vedo will be around me again and I did not want to miss the opportunity to see him in concert. So I’m happy to have this memory to remember forever.