Social Butterflies

Last night Lo and myself made our way to the Grove of Anaheim to see the Disco Balls & Blow Up Dolls Tour featuring, Cash Cash, A White Tie Affair, Tyga, and Metro Station.

The concert began at 6:40 with Cash Cash, a band from the East Coast which sounds more like high school pop trying to sound different, than anything-though we loved them! They had a lot of energy (and dirty mouths) that had the crowd very entergetic given they were the opening act. Check out their myspace for some ear catching, easy listens-but just be warned not all of their lyrics are suitable for younger listeners including ‘Party In Your Bedroom’. If Cobra Starship made a lovechild with The Maine and they were aged 18 years, Cash Cash would be their baby…and a hot one at that!

The second performance, was Shwayze’s substitute, A White Tie Affair. You may have seen them from the MTV episode of The Hills, or their catchy songs on many underground playlists, but even for those who stray from MTV, WTA was just remarkable. They played amazing song after amazing song, their energy was unstoppable, and the lead singers voice was remarkable. They were the only band that engaged with the crowd by shaking hands, getting close to the audience, inviting some fans on stage, and spitting on the crowd. We were one of the people that their guitarist spit on, so while it wasn’t the sexiest move he could have made, we still enjoyed the show.

Tyga took the stage next, after a very long wait by which his d.j. had to keep spinning songs including Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl”. When Tyga finally took to the stage he performed about five songs, of which only one I have previously heard, in which it goes “put the lime in the coconut and stir it all up”. While I respect all forms of rap music, having a 19 year old rapper on the same tour as Metro Station just seemed fairly out of place. He did carry his own however, and made a lot of female fans happy when he took his shirt off and walked through the audience letting girls caress his stomach-which was rock hard mind you; I joined in.

As Metro Station prepared to perform their set, Miley Cyrus walked out onto stage (looking beautiful as always) and introduced her brother, Trace, along with all of Metro Station. Her introduction was short, but she stayed to the left part of the stage their entire set dancing and singing along. We ended up running into her, Billy Ray, and the rest of the Cyrus family when we were walking to our car after the concert and recognized Brandy walking to a black SUV. We were able to walk right by Miley and her family and Lo was able to talk to Miley for a few moments before walking off as I filmed it. They’re still uploading on youtube along with the entire Metro Station concert, so I’ll do a second post when they’re completed.

If you were there, what did you think of their performance, and if not, does their concert seem like an event you would attend?