"When you smile, the whole world stops and stares for awhile, cause you're amazing just the way you are"

Last night was fantastic. I got to do one of my favorite things. What is this you ask? I got to go to a concert! Not just any concert but the Hooligans in Wondaland Concert starring Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae. The concert was in Independence, Mo which is an hour and a half from where I live. I had never been to the events center they have but it was really nice. We arrived to a really long line with crazy amounts of people. I bought this really cool Bruno Mars shirt and we entered the arena. It was general admission so we decided to stand on the floor. The opener was Mayer Hawthorne and he was actually really good. I think he was a combination of an R&B, pop, and jazz artists. He was really unique and rocked a red suit with a red bow tie. It was pretty awesome.

After Mayer Hawthorne was Janelle Monae. To be completely honest with you i'd seen her perform at the BET awards but that was it. I had absolutely no idea what to expect from her performance but I really enjoyed it. Janelle also couldn't be placed into just one musical category. She's a little bit of everything and was very unique. She had a really big strong, voice and I wouldn't put it past her to become the Aretha Franklin of our generation. She could really hold those notes. I really enjoyed Tight Rope, and she also covered Smile and I Want You back by Michael Jacksons and the Jackson Five. The best part was when she jumped into the crowd and started crowd surfing. I got to help hold her up for part of it. She looked pretty terrified the entire time though. At moments of her performance it felt like a rock n roll show. She had strobe lights and was going crazy break dancing on the ground. The whole thing was hard to explain.

Bruno Mars was AMAZING! He stole the entire show. He had the cutest little smile and the cutest little laugh I have ever seen. I just wanted to aww the whole entire time. He came out wearing jeans with a green and blue and white striped t-shirt and a jeans vest over it. He had this really cool light blue guitar and a grayish-brownish hat. Bruno was really sensual. He did slow motion grinds to the ground that were so sexy...he also sang ushers song with the part "I'll freak you right I will, I'll freak right will". All the girls in the audience almost fainted it was so attractive. He had a really great voice, it was way better live then on the album. He was a mad awesome guitarist. He played all my favorites, Count on Me, Marry You, The Lazy Song, Grenade, and Just the Way you are, We were only like four or five rows away from the stage and could see him really clearly. He dedicated the last line of nothing on you to a girl in the audience then he was all like, "Don't think I'm fooled adrianne. I know about girls like you. In fact I wrote a song about one" and then he started singing grenade. I also figured out that me and him have the same favorite part. In lazy song, its when the guy says "Oh my god this is great" in a funny voice. He brought out the guy that did that on the cd and it sounded awesome and very authentic. All in all I was really impressed with Hooligans in Wondaland. It was a night I will never forget.