Haley Reinhart Opening For Steven Tyler July 7th

[Tusk]

Haley mic checked 6-7 songs? I didn't record more than two... *enjoy yourself..you don't have to video everything* I brought 3 battery chargers w/ me. My iPhone battery is starting to lose power quickly. If I wanted to get video of the show, I needed to conserve power, memory space on my iPhone. It was only 1pm or so and the first act wouldn't be coming on until sixish, so we settled in.

Steven Tyler made an appearance after Haley's mic check

There were maybe 15 other people there with me, so we started chatting about what we were excited about. Most there were obviously there for Tyler, although a young couple knew Haley and her Idol season. I showed them some of my videos from my channel, Steven Tyler was amazing, but I was there to see Haley, I showed them why . It was a great time talking about who we've seen, my last time seeing Tyler, I might have been 19/20 years old and stupidly chugged three "Mickey's" Green beer bottles w/ Vodka, Rum and Tequila in each. When we realised we couldn't get them pass security, my two friends and I thought of the 'bright' idea of chugging and passing each bottle until they were empty....yes, young and stupid was an apt description. I don't remember much about that Aerosmith/Judas Priest show because I was too busy vomiting... the stage looked like a broken TV where everything was scrolling up .

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One of the things I've learned in my many outings with Greg when we get access, especially for Morgan James, you can learn alot from Greg. When we had access to Morgan's show at St. Michelle, we arrived very early, got to skip the thousands in line and park behind the stage. We were instructed that we were only allowed to photo/video the first 3 songs and the encore. Because of Greg's experience we ended up being able to record, photo Morgan's whole show

Why was this? I watched Greg figure out where he wanted to take pictures from, people were coming in. As soon as people sat where he wanted to shoot from, he approached them. They saw the HUGE lens and camera he brought, they saw his pass, so in their eyes, he was an official of the venue. Greg struck up a conversation w/ everyone where he wanted to shoot from . Took their photo, gave them his contact info and told them to contact him for their photo. He did this also with Security around our designated area (I stayed, Greg roamed)

Greg knew before hand that he needed those in the section to not get upset at him when he moved into their areas for his photo. Instead, they were pleased to see him come, talked about what he was doing, he was now part of the experience.

Why do I bring this up, completely unconnected to Haley and Steven Tyler? I made friends w/ everyone around me. There was Al and Tricia, blogger and photographer, really nice couple, she's loved Tyler for years, this is her first time seeing him Live. There was Greg, Donna etc.... why was this important, why did this executing of what I observed Greg do make a difference?

As we were waiting, Jay texted me that they decided to make a Meet and Greet and gave me the details to tweet out.

Tusk @HaleysTusk 11h11 hours ago

*NEW @HaleyReinhart #Ribfest meet and greet times *
Sign up at merch table 4:30pm. Must be ready by 5:45 - enter backstage at 6:pm. $30 for sign and Photo

Haley was to come on at 6:45, so maybe you see the conundrum? I would of course lose my spot that I arrived so early to claim BUT, the lesson I learned from Greg paid off. My new friends would keep my spot for me

Rich (Haley's tour manager on all 3 of her recent tours) and Jay were setting up the merch booth, I went and bought my new friends beers ($7 a piece is actually a bargain at these kinds of things) and headed to see them at the Merch Table. I wanted to discuss what's to be done w/ my Channel while I could talk to him face to face instead of over text.

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On the way to talking to Jay at the booth, I met up w/ Babbs and her daughter, that's when she told me that Steve won VIP access to the VIP section, "free" food and non alcoholic drinks. I also met up w/ Grandpa Fred, a long time friend of the Reinharts who I've met several times over the years. He gave me a hug, I didn't expect (I promised him a Blu Ray to Haley's Troubadour show and sent him discs for the BGDays and Idyllwild "Movies") He was confused why he couldn't get into what he had purchased for. He showed me his receipt, it said he paid $300 for VIP yet they gave him a 'general admission' ($50 worth) so I talked to some officials of the venue, eventually, we got it straightened out and Fred got his full access bands.

While there, I heard that Patti, Angie and family were having problems getting their tickets. Jay went to figure things out, since I was already there, I figured, I'd hang out, say Hi to Patti and Angie. Babbs, her daughter and Steve joined us. They got there a couple hours before the show, but I texted Babbs about the Meet and Greet, so they knew where to go. Another young couple from Ohio also signed up, the young man w/ Haley's mugshot T-Shirt. I had given him the "HALEY" yell of solidarity earlier lol. So when I found out about the Meet and Greet, I told them about it.

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Soon enough, Patti, Angie and Haley's friends came out to the booth. I'd just seen Patti at the Troubadour, so she gave me a hug and a peck on the cheek. At the Troubadour, she hoped that I would post video of her performances on my channel. As I said earlier, there's no plans to post any more videos from the Troubadour, for now. I told Patti, BUT I had emailed Harry (when I asked him if he was performing Sunday) the videos I've already edited for Team Haley to hopefully post (hope is less now ) which also included Harry, Patti, Alex Frank and Haley performing their 3 part harmony "Centerpiece". I told her to tell Harry she wanted to see it But they weren't there to have fun, Patti and Angie were being asked to Man the merch booth, so I asked them for a photo and left them to what they had to do...

I returned back to my area in front of the stage, to see if it was still mine, and sure enough, they had kept their word. I told them I'd be back, the Meet and Greet was about to start.