Partying WITH the rock stars!

Last night was amazing! My friend here Kelsey has an acquaintance who is currently playing back-up keyboard on the Depeche Mode tour, and he gave her three free VIP tickets to their show and she invited me and our other friend. Depeche Mode's playing three nights in Paris and it's a HUGE deal because since they're British, all Europeans go crazy for them. All the shows sold out right away apparently, but we got to go for free and we had second row seats!

They put on a really entertaining show, and the whole time I kept thinking, I'm in Paris at one of the biggest rock concerts of the year... in the second row! It was funny though because it was definitely an older crowd... a few people around our age but more in their 30s, which makes sense since Depeche Mode did start their career before I was even born. The Bravery was the opening band, at that was a pleasant surprise since I really like their music and it was fun to see an American band perform.

The second best part of the night was we got backstage passes to the after-party. We thought it might be a huge thing that a lot of people get into, but it was actually pretty exclusive and it was the band's private party! It was in a small room, probably about 50 people, and their was lots of free drinks. The whole band didn't show up since it was their second night in Paris, but some did and we met Kelsey's friend in the band. We were in awe the whole time just to be there.. I've never had an experience like that before! Only in Paris I guess...