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I’m Julia and I’m 18 years old! I never thought…

I’m Julia and I’m 18 years old! I never thought I’d get the chance to post an MBE as fast as this happened. This past February, Justin came to NML at MuchMusic in Toronto and I wasn’t able to get wristbands. I cried for so long, so I thought I’d try my luck! My friend and I ended up being 2nd in line so we got autographs when Justin came outside to see fans. All I wanted was a nice picture with Justin. So finally, the MMVA’s came around in June and I heard that Justin may be making an appearance. I freaked out. I went to a hotel and saw Kenny, Ryan Good and some of the crew around it. So obviously Justin was there too! I died inside. We waited about 3 hours until the red carpet time and we saw Justin leave his hotel in an escalade with Ryan Butler and Kenny. I got a cute picture of them in the car, but I wish he stopped! This past month, Bell Media announced that Justin would do a secret show in Toronto . The secret came out when Justin tweeted the location of it, Massey Hall, the Sunday before. Tickets came for sale and I managed to get 3 tickets with a pretty awesome view! I was happy I got tickets to the show. A lot of my friends didn’t get tickets because they sold out in minutes and the venue was small and intimate, so only a small number of tickets were released for sale. Wednesday, December 21st came around and I was so nervous and sick to my stomach this whole week before. I wanted to meet Justin soooooo bad! We thought it would be smart to go to his hotel in the morning early, so we did. My four friends and I were first there and waited over an hour in the rain. Right when we got to the hotel, we saw Jeremy was waiting for his friend to pick him up. A few minutes later we saw one of Justin’s bodyguards go to Starbucks. A few minutes later we saw Alfredo and Vanessa go to Starbucks and we said hi to Alfredo smiling, balancing a tray of coffees.  We saw press start coming into the hotel so we didn’t think Justin would be leaving any time soon. All of a sudden we saw Allison, Chaz and Alfredo get into a car and then it parked closer to the doors. We saw the press start leaving so we were really confused because they just got there. Then we saw Scooter, Justin and Kenny come out of the elevators. Justin and Kenny waved at me and my friends and then pointed, directing us to come to the side door where Justin would be leaving to say hi.  Unfortunately, at this point, other fans that came called all their friends to come so there was over 20 girls screaming so loud and freaking out. Us five were calm and content, but obviously dying inside. So then, the hotel security made sure no one went near the car.   KENNY POINTED AT ME AND MY FRIENDS AND DIRECTED US TO COME TO HIM. HE MOVED THE CAR DOOR SO WE COULD GET BY AND HAVE A PICTURE WITH JUSTIN. MY DREAM CAME TRUE. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GET A PICTURE. HE WAS SO SWEET. HE PUT HIS ARMS ON MY SIDE.  I had my camera and Nicole C was taking our picture with hers so I put mine in my pocket and Justin arms were still around me. I was shaking inside because it was my first time I got to meet him!! I forget exactly how it went but I said thank you for doing a show for us or something like that. And he said something like, “I’m so happy to be here and excited for the show tonight”. My other two friends, Nicole C and Jenny got a picture as well. After that, no one else got a picture because Justin went right into his car. Vanessa and Nicole M really wanted a picture and Vanessa also had a gift to give Justin so Kenny grabbed her arm and pulled her through to talk to her. While Justin was in the car, Vanessa gave Kenny the gift. We’re hoping we see him wear the shirt and hat someday in pictures! I think I made Nicole and Jenny deaf after we met him because I screamed so loud of excitement. Vanessa and Nicole M obviously wanted a picture because they didn’t manage to get one at the hotel, so we thought we could go to the venue. There was so sign of Justin. We saw all of his Instagrams and were trying to figure out where he was. We went to eat lunch and walked around but then on Twitter, I saw a tweet that Justin was in the Maple Leafs dressing room . We couldn’t believe it. We went to the Air Canada Centre as fast as we could and waited at the private exit. After waiting only a few minutes, we saw a huge van with people inside leaving. We thought we recognized Scooter inside by his hat because the windows were tinted. He clearly saw us waving.  THIS WAS A NEVER SAY NEVER MOMENT. I REGRET NOT RECORDING THIS . So there was traffic as they were turning out of the exit. We waited and kept watching the van. It slowed down when it turned at the lights and pulled over to the side. We saw the door open and bam, Scooter came out of the van and walked towards us . We tried our best not to run and freak out, but c’mon we were excited. So Scooter came and gave Vanessa and Nicole M tickets to the show! It made up for them not really meeting Justin earlier in the day, like Nicole C, Jenny and I did. We were so thankful and happy Scooter gave them tickets to the show! Scooter told us that Justin probably wouldn’t stop because he has to go straight to the venue when he leaves. They hugged and we were all so happy. We left the ACC and went to Massey Hall. We all got to go to the concert, which was amazing. It was my first Justin Bieber concert. I cried when he came out and was so happy! Justin brought up Jazzy on stage and it was the CUTEST thing ever!!!!! Justin also sang for us a new song that may be on the Believe album. It was amazing.   I’m extremely thankful I got the opportunity to finally meet Justin. My friends and I had such a long day, but it was all worth it and we had a lot of fun. I love how everything worked out in the end. If you haven’t met Justin, don’t give up. Your chance will come someday, I promise you! -@juliaaa_xo Continued here: I’m Julia and I’m 18 years old! I never thought…

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Hi, my name is Nicole, I’m 18 years old from Toronto! This…

Hi, my name is Nicole, I’m 18 years old from Toronto! This is actually my third Bieber Experience I am writing. I was lucky enough to have this happen to me last year. (This is about the picture on the right) On December 20th, I was on Much Music to compete for tickets to see Justin Bieber at his “Home For The Holiday’s” Performance . I got second place but was still lucky enough to get a pair of floor seat tickets. Right after Much Music, I had found out that Justin arrived in Toronto and was doing rehearsals at the venue! So of course, we ran there and got there as soon as possible. No one was outside except Scrappy, then came along Alfredo and Allison; we knew we were in the right place. After saying a few things to the crew, they all went inside the venue. I put my ear against the door and all I could hear was Justin rehearsing! It was amazing of course! About an hour after three security guards including Kenny came out of the door. My heart started racing because I knew that wherever Kenny was, Justin was too. Just 5 minutes after security came out, Chaz, Ryan and Caleb walked out. Then Alfredo, Allison, Jeremy, and finally Justin! He said Hi and then quickly went into his car. We were all yelling, “Please Justin we’ve been waiting here in the cold, all we want is one picture!” Justin opened up his door and took pictures. I had asked Kenny to take the picture with my iPhone, and he didnt put on the flash, thats why its so dark! After Justin was done, he left and said bye. (This is about the picture on the left) The next day, my alarm went off at 8:30am because I had a huge day ahead of me! As soon as I got downtown, my friend and I were meeting up with two of my good friends downtown. We were walking to pick up something and we saw Justin’s security walk into Starbucks, and then we see his hairdresser Vanessa, and then Alfredo with three drinks in his hands. Not long after that, Justin comes out. I saw him through the window and I waved. I said, “Can we get a picture Justin?” Him and Kenny both said yes but they pointed to the side doors because they wanted us to go there. I quickly got there and as he was coming out he smiled and took pictures with three of my friends but two didn’t because about 15 screaming, obnoxious girls must of scared him and he went into his car. Later on we experienced a Never say Never moment! We saw a van drive by us and right away it pulled over to the side of the road. The doors open and Scooter Braun came out. He asked us who didn’t have tickets, and who did. Two of my friends didn’t have tickets, so Scooter took down my friend’s name and gave her Row 2 tickets! I was so happy for them! At the concert, tears did not stop falling from my eyes! It was the best performance I have ever seen Justin do! The night ended amazing by running into Scooter Braun again and thanking him one last time for the ticket’s he had given my friends! Never Say Never! -@nicolecampea You can watch some videos from last night here The rest is here: Hi, my name is Nicole, I’m 18 years old from Toronto! This…

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I’m Poppy and I’m 14 years old. My dream came true…

I’m Poppy and I’m 14 years old. My dream came true on May 3rd 2011 at the My World Tour concert in Melbourne . The night before the concert, I could hardly sleep. The fact that I was going to see my biggest inspiration and hero live was absolutely amazing! I didn’t really have very good seats, but I was still stoked that I was just there supporting Justin, even if I couldn’t see him as well as some people could. On that day, I couldn’t keep still. I couldn’t possibly go to school because I wouldn’t have been able to shut up about how incredible the concert would be. The whole day I kept reminding my Mum that I had only 3 hours, or 5 hours until I was going to see Justin. I live a couple of hours away from the venue where the concert was so when my Dad and I was driving down there,  I got a phone call from my friends’ Dad, named Eddie. I was going with his son named Lewis, and immediately I thought they were going to say they couldn’t come to the concert. Then he said, ‘Do you want to meet Justin Bieber?’ I remember those exact words and I think I died then came back alive again because I was so speechless.  ’Oh my gosh’ I cried, ‘Are you kidding me?’ But he wasn’t joking, he was full on serious. ’Justin’s waiting for you backstage’ he said. Justin is waiting for me backstage? Justin Drew Bieber is waiting for ME? ME, Poppy? We met up with Lewis and Eddie at the venue and this guy gave us wristbands which indicated that we were allowed backstage. And mind you, I also still have those wristbands, haha. This man took us backstage to this door, where Kenny was standing. Kenny was so, so, so tall. I looked like a little ant compared to him, but he is so nice, like a friendly giant.  Kenny took us into this room backstage, Carin was there with a photographer. She smiled at me, but Justin was no where to be seen. The all of a sudden.. .BOO! Justin had jumped out behind a curtain and scared the living daylights out of me. He smiled at me and said hello. He asked me what I was up to, and how I was. He wished that he hoped we liked the concert. Although I hadn’t seen the concert yet, I knew it was going to be amazing anyway. Justin hugged us, and we took a picture. I was crying. Once we got out from backstage and where all the other beliebers were, these cameras and microphones surrounded us. It was a television station and they were wondering why we were backstage with Justin and what we were doing. I should’ve said, ‘Oh, I’m secretly Justin’s girlfriend’, but I thought I’d better keep it real.  All these beliebers surrounded us when we were walking, asking us questions, asking us for hugs because we had met Justin. It was such a surreal moment and I felt like a celebrity.  The concert was amazing, I loved every second of it. But the Bieber experience hadn’t ended after the concert…When I got home to my town, it was CRAZY! Everyone knew about it and everyone knew me! All my teachers were amazed, all my friends were amazed and random people in the streets were amazed! I had people coming up to me and touching my arm because I’d touched Justin Bieber. I had phone calls asking me about Justin. I even had an interview with some newspapers with the headline ‘Biebers Girl’. It was absolutely crazy, and even now I get asked about it at least once a day. After I could think straight for a while, I was asking myself, ‘How on earth did Eddie organize me to meet Justin?’ It turned out that him and my dad knows people who know Justin, we had connections with Justin Bieber! I still think to myself that this must be a dream because I honestly never thought I’d meet Justin. Now I know never say never works, and anything can happen if you just believe ♥   -Poppy @BeMineKidrauhl Visit link: I’m Poppy and I’m 14 years old. My dream came true…

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Evanescence Plan More U.S. Tour Dates For 2012

‘We’re gonna be all over the world,’ frontwoman Amy Lee told us backstage at the Hollywood Palladium. Amy Lee of Evanescence Photo: Matt Elias/MTV News LOS ANGELES — Backstage at the historic Hollywood Palladium on Tuesday, Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee was beaming. She was just hours away from playing to an army of eager fans (who, by the way, started forming a line around the venue early in the day). And of course, her band released its long-awaited third album, Evanescence , on the same day. “There’s a big line out there for sure,” Lee told MTV News. “I don’t know what to say, it was really cute. I went and bought my album at Amoeba [Music] and then I was on my way back and I had my little album on my lap, and they were all looking at their albums too. I think they just came from there.” “We’re really excited,” Lee continued. “You know, we’ve been working on this record forever and today’s the day that we’ve been looking forward to for a really long time. It’s great to be in L.A. We’re gonna play a great show and just have fun.” The show was just the second stop on the tour, which sees support from opening acts the Pretty Reckless (which Lee called “a great fit”) and Rival Sons (whose sound she described as “that Zeppelin, trippy, awesome rock”). Both bands were handpicked by EV, no doubt due to their impressive live sets. As far as what fans can expect from Evanescence’s stage show, Lee promised plenty from the new LP. “We’re definitely focusing mainly on the new material,” Lee said. “We’re really excited about that music the most — obviously it’s the newest — but of course we’ll be playing some from both of our other albums too. I guess I’d say in general, our show’s on the heavy-energy side, so we’ll be running around singing a lot of fast songs.” While it’s been some time since fans have had a chance to see EV live, Lee hasn’t forgotten her favorite thing about touring. “I love the fans!” Lee said with a smile. “I think the shows — I guess that’s a boring answer — but definitely the thing that we’re looking forward to when we’re on the road is the concerts. Seeing the fans — hopefully getting them to lose their minds.” Which is exactly what they did when the band took the stage later that night at the Palladium. A seeming sea of black shirts filled the venue to near capacity. Of course, the band echoed the same dark wardrobe, punctuated by a burst of plaid on Lee’s dress. Capturing every moment were a throng of cell phones and cameras hoisted in the air. Oh, and plenty of devil horns. The energetic L.A. show was one stop among a slew of U.S. cities that the band will hit from now until November 1. But if your hometown isn’t on the current schedule, don’t fret: EV is already planning the next leg of the Stateside tour. “We’re still booking it, but I think we’re gonna be doing another U.S. run next January, late January, somewhere in there,” Lee said. “That’s kind of the plan. If not, it will be soon after. We’re gonna be all over the world, so — we always tour the world, but this time we’re making a point to try to hit a lot the countries that we’ve always wanted to go to and have never been to, or that we see fans tweeting us or whatever and saying, Why don’t we come there? We’ve never been to Indonesia, or whatever. So yeah, we’ve got a big list of places that we’re gonna be touring for the foreseeable future.” Related Videos Stories Beyond The Band Related Artists Evanescence

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My name is Myles and I’m from the Bay Area, CA. I found…

My name is Myles and I’m from the Bay Area, CA. I found out about the College Track Benefit concert through my friend Kaila, her Uncle works at the venue and knew about it before a lot of people. I knew I had to get my  ticket fast considering it was a small venue and the tickets would sell out. My friend Payam and I bought our tickets the next day lol. The week before the concert I was working on a new song with my friend Kalin and I bragged that I was going to see Bieber that upcoming weekend. Immediately he called his friend to see if she was going and if she had an extra ticket. Sure enough she did, and he was in. The day came and Payam and I slapped that JB cd the whole way there, rapping and singing as loud as we could. We got to the parking lot and like any of his concerts, the screams and purple colors were everywhere . When we finally got inside the venue we were complimented with refreshments and a T shirt. We met up with our friend Kaila and found our seats. While we were waiting for everything to start we saw Scooter and Kenny and got even more excited screaming for their attention haha. While we were starting Bieber chants and waving our shirts around, Kalin was just arriving to the venue with his group. When they finally got to their seats, I noticed him directly on the other side from me and greeted him with an “AYYYYYE, WE OUT HERE!” haha. The sun was setting and the seats were filling up, and before you knew it was time to get it started. The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers opened doing some crazy flips and spins getting everybody warmed up. And then… It happened.. The bass drops and opening synths for “Love Me” came on and for the first time I experienced the screams from those  Belieber Girls, they don’t play around . “It’s JB” *echoes jb jb jb*  The doors opened up and Justin Bieber came out marching like a boss and we all went ham.  The overall energy and positive feeling from the fans being together is an exciting experience. Not only is he making humble and positive music, he’s creating unforgettable memories for friends and families. His music goes a long way and that’s something I didn’t realize until I actually experienced it for myself. A couple songs had gone by and I had already gotten in trouble by the ushers for fist pumping and dancing in the aisle. Meanwhile, Scooter was walking around in Kalin’s section of the crowd. Kalin approached him to give him a shirt with his and his friends Twitter names on it and ended up having a 10 minute conversation with him. Scooter talked about how he could relate to Kalin being a boy and supporting Justin. He told Kalin that when he was younger he was one of the only guys supporting Justin Timberlake, so he knows how it is to be a guy in a fan base full of girls.  “I respect you, I really do”  is what he told Kalin. Kalin also brought up how we had been making music and trying to follow our dream. Scooter told Kalin to “continue the dream and to never give up” To hear something like that from him was all we needed to start shifting some gears. But the show must go on, they shook hands and Scooter went on his way. Now back to Bieber, his acoustic performance was impressive. A lot of people said he wouldn’t be able to sing after puberty but he was hittin that thang. It’s good to see an artist that is not only limited to a studio quality sound. He also said “ Swag! ” and “ Woop! ” a couple times haha that Canadian boy pickin up that Cali lingo. Overall I think he did a great job, I was definitely surprised with his live performance. After “Baby” Justin dipped to avoid the traffic, considering there was only one long road up to the venue. Not ready for the party to stop, I sang some songs out the sunroof while we waited in the traffic on our way out. Eventually we made it to the main road and I was back home.  The concert was over but little did we know the real Bieber experience was just getting started . Kalin tweeted Scooter on the way home from the concert saying “had a good talk with Scooter, great team, great cause and a good concert.” Scooter actually replied saying “nice meeting you as well, glad i spotted the tweet.” “ Keep the positive outlook and don’t ever let the passion die .” That’s something we’ll never forget. The next morning while I was finishing my edits on the concert footage,  Kalin got a tweet from Justin Bieber himself.   “Heard about the convo from last night, much respect”- @justinbieber.  All of our friends were going crazy, omg Justin tweeted you! We couldn’t belieb our eyes as we watched Kalin’s followers sky rocket, feeling blessed for each and every one. Big thanks to Justin for helping us establish a bigger fan base than we had. People started to check out our music, our videos and tweeted us with positive feed back.  From that moment on, we were truly inspired to make it happen. Writing and producing “Summertime Love” , finding a great management team and shooting our first professional music video. This song and video is motivated and inspired by everything that happened to us that night at the concert. We are where we are today, because we will  “never let our passion die.” –  @YourBoyMyles and @KalinWhite Read the rest here: My name is Myles and I’m from the Bay Area, CA. I found…

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Andrew Klavan: The Facts of Life for Liberals‬‏

Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : AMERICAN DIGEST Discovery Date : 28/07/2011 10:53 Number of articles : 2

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The Ship Song Project

Sydney Opera House is running “The Ship Song Project“, using a huge variety of performing artists associated with the the venue to reinterpret Nick Cave’s iconic song. Originally performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1990 album … Continue reading → Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Duncan’s TV Ad Land Discovery Date : 28/07/2011 11:16 Number of articles : 2

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Lady Gaga — Show Canceled in Paris Due to Weather

Filed under: Lady Gaga Lady Gaga was forced to cancel a concert today in Paris due to the harsh weather — and Gaga is “furious and devastated” about it. According to a press release on the venue’s website, the Sunday show had to be canceled because her tour trucks were not… Read more

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Similar Tropical Forests Store Much Different Amounts of Carbon: New Report

photo: Lori via flickr While we’ve just learned that over 80% of new farmland in the tropics came at the expense of forests, another new study shows us that when it comes to calculating how much carbon tropical forests store , variable on the ground conditions make estimating how much sequestration potential forests have more tricky than thought. In fact, for some areas this has been overestimated … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Porcelain Factory’s Discarded Products Turn Into Arty New Pieces (Photos)

Above: a piece from the Lifeguard collection. Photos: Courtesy of Leo Battistelli. In 2002, Argentine artist based in Brazil Leo Battistelli began working with the remains of a porcelain factory. During the following eight years, he has experimented with the discarded materials in sculptures, installations, utilitarian objects and prototypes, and has even built his whole studio with the furniture the factory threw away and worked with the venue’s production chain and materials…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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