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MY TIMES WITH THE BOYS
1997
February 7th
Brussels-Belgium
Me and Cee managed to get hold of some VIP tickets for their concert in Brussels - Belgium. It wasn't at all what we'd expected. We got to sit in a Box and everything, but the seats were to far away, and we coulnd't get anywhere near the Backstage Area. But the show was gr8, so we did have fun, but it was the first and last time we bought VIP in Belgium....VIP da Belgian way huh,....tsk!
After the show we went to their Hotel but it was incredibly crowded, so the boys came shuffling through the lobby, sqeeuzed together surrounded by their bodyguards. I managed to give the "very early"B-Day card that we got Brian, and he gave me a smile and a 'thank ya sweety' while being mobbed....hihi
If ya look close, you'll see me in between AJ & Dee....*lol*
February 8th
Paris-France
The next day the boys left Brussels for Paris really early. We were still snorring in our hotelroom :-p We hadn't planned on going to Paris, but in the morning, Cee and I just look at eachother and it was done....we HAD to see 'em again, so......we took the Thalys-Train to Paris. When we arrived there we booked a very creepy room in a very creepy Hotel. When we were entering we heard this Big dog barking and we stopped but I was like: "He's probably on a liece"....but when we got upstairs, there was this Huge dog, and he was deffinetly Not on a liece. So, trying not to move and be very calm...*lol*...we booked a room. It was the creepiest one we've slept in over the 5 years. When you flushed the toilet it was like the whole ceiling would come down and every one in the block would know that Karin or Cee had went to the toilet....ghighi...*lol*
Our Friends who followed the boys by car told us which Hotel they were at. So after we saw the Show (smallest venue ever next to the one in Milton Keynnes....really kewl) we went to their Hotel. We got inside with a few other girls, just before the Hotel got mobbed. What happened was that the Hotel was next to the venue and all the fans who were running along with the bus with the boys in it, just blocked the street and everything once they figured out that the bus was stopping at the Hotel. Conrad even drove a few extra blocks, just hoping that some fans might go away....AHUH...sure...DUHUH, no way ! So all we saw that evening was some Backstreet Flashes of them running through the lobby, jumping into the elevator. Kevin actually got hurt getting through the crowd outside...Awww....and Brain was really scared. Guess it's not all good, is it Boys..:-( My camera decided to stop working that day, so I did not get to make any pictures of those fabulouse few seconds....*lol*, but Cee did);
some Pixies I took off the concert that night
Kevin, catching his breath after his 2 meter trip from Bus to Hotel Brian, running for his life, well, sort off :-P
May 31st
Dortmund-Germany
Cee and I were in some desperade need for some money so, we decided to to go to the Charity '97 Concert in Dortmund - Germany. I can see you thinking "erm....in my country it COSTS money to see a show":-p....What we did was sell a bunch of enlarged pictures of the Baxx. We made a lot of money so we thought we'd go and see the show as well. It was actually pretty crap. Bad line up with weird German groups (no offence people!) and AJ wasn't with the boys. Brian had an Amazingly Bad hairday (like...."what shall I do today?...Yeah, let's put 3 tubes of Gel in my hair...i.e.u.w.!!!) and their intro got messed up.
June 28 & 29 & 30th
Amsterdam-Holland
It was Touring time again!! The Boys came to Holland to do 3 show in a row. 1 in Maastricht and 2 in Utrecht. All three shows were gr8. It was the same show they did in Brussels and Paris in February so we knew the show allready, but that did not take away any of the fun :-)) The boys were at an Hotel in Amsterdam and this was the first time that Cee and I had rented a car. This way we could follow the boys wherever they went. Exept when they left by cab once for a little party for Denniz Pop or something (try following a cab in Amsterdam....like NO Way!!!) After the first show we followed the tourbus with our guys in it to the Hotel. when we got there, there we about 10 fans (all followers). The guys came out one by one and all exept Kevin walked right inside. Kevin took the time to take pictures with everyone and sign stuff. This one girl had a dog with her and she wanted Kevin to pose with the dog..*lol*. And he actually did it too!!. He bent down beside the dog so the girl could take some pixies (how is that for ya fan lovin'!!!) I got my second picture with Kevin and he did the back-rub-thing...OMG!! When the pixie is taken, he turns to ya, smiles soooooo sexy and then he rubs your back :-p He did it with Cee too so we were like drewling all ova the place once he got inside...hehe
The Hotel was in a small street and since the word got out pretty soon about where the boys were staying (still don't get it why other fans go and call every one they know, they're just ruining it for themselves) it got very crowded the 2nd and 3rd day :-( We got to really meet Brian and Kevin again by accident actually. It was about 2:00 at night and me and Cee really had to go to the loo. So us and a friend went to Burger King which was right around the corner of the Hotel (which we had been waiting at all that time). So we were walking up the stairs when I spotted Brian who was queing up and at the same time Cee spotted Kevin. We freaked out a bit and for a few minutes we didn't know what to do. But since they were now walking towards us on the steps we turned around and just walked to a table and sat down. Offcourse we had no food which is a bit weird when you'r in a BK so Leo grabbed an empty plate from another table pretending we had just finished. By then I had almost wet my pants from laughing.....we were just dying on the spot...checking out how the boys were adorably eating their french fries and how Kevin goes through a 1 Liter of Coca Cola in 1 minute (unbelievable, he set a new record). We waited for them to leave and followed them outside. We didn't wanna bother em for a picture but when some girl asked Kevin for one, we thought "now WE want one too!!" So while Cee and Leo took a picture with Kevin, I kept my eye on Brian who was trying to sneak away, being very moody. No need to say that that picture with Brian was one for the "let's not show it to anyone-archives" :-p hehe
Cee, Me and Cee's Sister and the car we would be drivin' the next 8 days :-)......why start out small eeh...whehe!!!
Brian and his Wildcats hat....it was gleued to his head for 7 days ;-)
July 1, 2, 3 & 4th
Brussels-Belgium
We followed the boys as they left for Belgium. It was an easy drive since us and our m8ees in another car were the only followers. Unfortunatly , the boys didn't stop on the way, so we went straight to the Hotel in Brussels. They had a rope-line inside which only worked the first day. The boys came down one by one and Kevin and Brian stopped a few minutes to sign some stuff, but the other days, all we saw were some Backstreet Flashes. We spent 4 days there, and saw their concert again 3 times ( we could do every routine, like...gr8 stand-ins...hehe). The best moment of the whole 7 days was yet to come. The boys were supposed to leave on friday. And they did leave, but just by cab. The hotelmanagement tried their best to convince everyone that the boys had left for the airport. They did a gr8 job so we ended up being about the only fans left inside the Hotel. Offcourse the boys hadn't left for real. They just went to do some rehearsing because we saw some of their bodyguards hanging around the lobby and the whole band was chilling there also. After waiting for a few hours, we spotted some cabs and it was the boys again. They were all sweaty (which we did NOT mind AT all :-p) They were really relaxed since the lobby was almost empty. We got a chance to take some pictures with Kevin and we chatted with him for a while. He told us about the new tour they were already planning and about their new single ("Everybody, backstreet's back") Me and Cee tried really hard not to stare at him looking very dumb, but he just looked So Incredibly HOT!!! That day we had been having some fun on how the guys pernounce stuff sometimes. I had been going.."huh..COOL"...all day...and when I stood besides Kevina dn he answered my question on when they would be comming ova again...I went "huh, COOL"...He looked at me and grinned and I thought I would die on the spot. *lol*.
Brian signing some autie's Kevin, talking to me and my m8ees (left pixie; ignore my "I'm on drugs man" look *lol*) ) ..ow..and there's that hat again...*lol*
August
Open Air Tour in Germany
23rd Hamburg / 25th Hannover / 30th Herne
The boys were doing an Open Air Tour in Germany and because they would not be doing that show anywhere else, we decided to go ova their. If the BacktreetMountain doesnt come to us, we go to the BackstreetMountain..hehe. Unfortunatly, it wasnt all as good as we hoped it would be. We did not find any Hotel...there were like 50 in one city..maaaaaaan. And the concerts in Hamburg and Hannover werent that gr8 either. The fields were way to big and the sound sucked, because it was outside. And on top of that, all these anoying little german kiddies had those boxes with them with mirrors in 'em ...ya know, you hold them up and look in it and you can look over the crowd that way. Totally screwed up the so little view we had.
Offcourse, we did not totally give up, so me, Cee and some friends went to Herne some days later to get a spot in first row. We got there the day before in the morning. The organistion sucked (gosh, what a surprise) so we enden up walking up and down two entrences. We finally decided to take a chance and camp out on the side where no one was at. Eventually we heard that that side WAS an entrence so we were right at the front. Offcourse it would not be that easy (no offence, but german security just sucks big time). The place where people came in to get in line was right up front with us. There were no gates or nothing, just a big field. So peolpe snuck in front and the crowd went terrifying big behind us. When the doors were about to open they made some gateways, which we had to get through. And then this Big Man came out saying that we had to stay calm or else your side would not open. Thinking he was bluffing we didnt care much. But when they opened the gates, offcourse the whole crowd came running and we got stuck in the gates which they were trying to close again. Eventually we all got in and then found out that we had to run up this big hill, then run down these small steps (amazing that we didnt fall down) and then run all the way across this big field. maaaaaaan...dont ya wish you had worked out a bit more at that time *lol*. We did manage to get a spot in the front row, at the side of the catwalk, so that was at least something. Offcourse it could not be all good, ..noooo....they had a section between us and the stage for little kids. So when you think you are in the front row, you are actually not really. Kids who came with their mummies and daddies like an hour before the show, could just walk in and have the best spot in the house. We were pissed...figures...and to top it all...when the crowd dediced to go and stand up...we got crushed and stayed like that the whole evening. It was SO bad, and security offered to get us out, but we were like "NO WAY". We had not been through all of that to get a spot in the back. The show itself was okay. We had a Dutch flag with us and a banner saying"Dutch girls love Kentucky cousins", because we fancy Kev and Brian the most. The cool thing was that Brian noticed the banner (how could he not...it was really big) and smiled and waved ad stuff. Then he got AJ (dunno why..) and pointed at us and said something to him and AJ gave us a smile and a wave also. They were right in front of us, sitting, singing 3 slow songs. And Brian and Kevin happened to be sitting on our side (okay..no coincedence, we planned that one knowing on which side they would be :-p ). Brian kept grinning and smiling and being silly towards us. He was so cute. Kevin placed his hand on his hart and said "I love you too" (stop drewling Cee!!) . One of us, my m8ee next to me, got it bad, when 3 security guys bended over her to get a girl out, and Brian was looking at the whole thing, and he look so worried and kept watching to see if everyone was allright. So, even though the whole sings basically sucked, the boys made it all better. Never the less, we decide to never ever ever ever que up for any concert ever again!!!!!!!!!!!
October 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th
Rotterdam-Holland
It was time for Pepsi Pop '99 and the BaXX were to perform. After some phoning and stressing we found out when they would arrive and that they would be doing a performance on "All You Nee Is Love"on TV. So we were at the airport monday, waiting...and waiting.....waiting....but nothing happened. Then one girl said that she saw one of the bodyguards. I was like:"yeah sure" . But then the crew actually Did walk through the gate...but no Backies. We followed the gang upstairs only to found out that the Boys were allready inside the bus. They had sneaked through. You could say that we were a little bit pissed. There were hardly any fans so it wouldn't have been sucha big deal for them to go and sign some stuff. Nick Actually wanted to get off the bus to say hello, but he got told off by one off the BG's ..grmbl...Anyways. As they left, so did we. We went straight to the TeeVee studio. There weren't many fans in the audience. Some girls that had been invited and who believed that when they saw the Boys on a screen, that it was broadcasted from Spain or something *Yawn*. Offcourse we knew better so we weren't that surprised as the Boys came out. We WERE surprised that when the Boys took the stage to do a song, some sidedoor opened and about 50 hysterical girls came running in. The thing was; they had been invited to attend the show because they had written in letters on how much they love the BaXX and bla bla bla. It was total chaos. There were no gates or nothing and poor Andy and his m8's had a very hard time keeping the girls away from the Boys. As soon as the last note was sung, they just ran offstage. Pretty embarrising. Go figure....why didn't the producers take better masures?...Stupid Cravens!!
The Hotel the Boys were staying at was one off those Hotels From Hell. It had a Zillion Exits and it was the Hotel fans allways check first so it was very crowded. The next day we were waiting in our cars, hoping that the Boys might go out and do something. Offcourse, in the one moment off the day that we decided to go to the MacDee's, Brian and Nick left. Lucky for us, as we came back, two of our m8ees had followed them but had lost them somewhere. So we all drove back to the plays where they had lost them. And whatcha know....there was a sportcentre there. Me and Ilona went inside to check the place out, and we heard some guys play Basketball inside. There were no windows so we couldn't see who it was. As we went outside again, Ilona went in with another friend and after a while they came running out. Ilona had just thrown a door open and had been standing face to face with Brian and Nick who were putting their jackets on. After a few minutes the guys came out and we got them to sign some stuff for us. We followed their cab with out two cars and ended up at a KFC. We didn't follow them inside (even we have our "let's give them some privacy"moments...even if they are very rare...gheghe) but we could hear some parts of the conversation. At one point Brian was telling about some visit to the tendist...using all these sounds...he was pretty funny.
While we were waiting Johhny came out and he chatted with us for a while. Since there were about 8 off us and only two of them, we asked if it was okay if we took a group-pixie with them. Johnny said he'd go and ask and a minute later Brian and Nick came out. They looked so sweat in their outfits and the took the time to have a picture taken with us. Even two, just to be sure. This was the result :-)) :..
That evening we did not think nothing much would happen anymore. Until we saw a bunch of girls run to a side-entrance. We saw Kevin inside, with his jacket on, and through a glass window we saw Brian and Howie, also with their jackets on. We were like "OMG..where are they going??" and started making up al these things they might be going of to. So as soon as they started walking outside, we run to our car. We were driving allready, waiting for the boys to get in some cab or something, but........they didn't! They just walked to the other corner........where there was a cinema...so picture this: the boys, walking, and us, all packed in a little car, on the road, following them.....I thought I was gonna die!! * LOL BIGTIME* So we parced the car again, just one block away, gheghe, and saw the guys get tickets. We looked at eachother, like, erm....shall we?...YEAH! Then Claartje went to listen to what Howie said to the lady behind the counter (to know which movie they went to) Then after Howie she said"8 tickets for..blablabla" She got the tittle SO wrong and the lady looked at her like she was on drugs or something...hahahah We got the right ones though and got inside. We saw Brian getting some popcorn but felt so hyper we walked straight through. Then we went to the restroom, to calm down, and walked to the hallway to get in. Then the door opened and Kevin almost walked right in to his, on his way to the loo *giggling all puberty like..whehehe* We got inside and Ilona (BlonT!!!...hahaha) walked in a row, which did not have enough seats left for all of us. While we were trying to wisper and fight *lol* I looked up and looked right in the face of a very annoyed Brian...gheghee...OOPS! We did NOT do anything weird, really, just getting our seats, and the movie had not even begun, really!!! But he and Howie+girl and some BG got up and got to some other seats in front. Then Kevin came back and just got to his seat right in front of us where he was sitting with Lou Pearlman. The movie was Copland, and it was SOOOOOOOOOOO boring!!! We did not get the storie line ATT ALL....but maybe having the view we had did have something to do with it...gheghe. We saw Kevin pretending to shoot the bad guys with his hand, kapauw *FOR REAL!!!...* and he dropped his watch....we almost all got down on all4 to help him look for it...but we could contain ourselfes..LOL. Some bottles got knicked over that night, all rolling to the front...and we just wet our pants! WE had a blast...I dont know about them. We did not disturb them in any way at all!!...we were very qeuit....but something about being in a cinema with the BaXX just makes ya mind go all funny and makes ya not wanna stop staring and trying NOT to laugh!!.whehehe.It was gr8!
The next day, was the day of the Pepsi Pop festival in Ahoy stadium. We knew the boys would not leave early, so we thought of a way to kill some time. We went to the airport to see Aaron arrive. I know, he is just a lil' kid, but we knew his flight and all, so we thought, f*ck it, let's go! When we got there we expected more fans but, ..erm,...it was just us 4....whehe. *emberrased* It was kinda cute though, because when we saw Aaron, waiting for his luguage wiv his mom, we saw him looking around for some fans. After some "nohooo's" and "yeaheah's"we decided to wave back. His face lit up and he called his mom and pointed us out. That was sweet. He got this BIG coat he had to get on, but it was one of those with no zipper, so he was struggling to get it on, since he was so tiny and his coat like XXXL. When he got out, we made a few pictures and then followed the cab back to the Hotel where aaron would join his Brother.
Later in the afternoon, the boys headed of to the venue. We followed them, and they were taking a D-tour. When we saw the Macdees, we knew why :-p The bus stopped and we saw them all get of. they walked the whole way, one by one, and especialy Nick and Kevin, looked SO HOT!! when they came back again, we managed to get Kevin and Nick to stop for a while, and we got to talk a bit with tem and take some pixies. Nick had this white shirt on, and OMG!! He was in a gr8 mood and made some jokes with us. :-p
Before the show, me and Cee got to go Backstage and we met some bands who were performing that night (like 'N Sync, P.J.A. and some dutch artist) We did not get to see the BaXX, because after the soundcheck they went shopping in Rotterdam. The show itself was okay. It wasn't spectaculair, but the vibe was awesome. The crowd sang along SO loud, it was amazing *Holland Rocks :-p * I allways tape all BsB concerts I go to, and that tape is one of my best ones, it gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it!!
The next day , we missed the bus at the Hotel so went to the airport, driving like mad. when we got there we saw the bus, which was still standing there. When we just got there, Kevin came out and we got to take a pixture with him one last time. He looked very hot. Inside the bus, we could see Brian and Nickee sleeping and Howie and AJ were probably relaxing inside also. We said goodbye, hoping we would meet them again very soon!!!
AND THE STORIE CONTINUES: 1998