The Evendens

Ok, so back in the day I was absolutely insane when it came to these guys. I'm really not kidding. I had every cassette tape, every TV performance recorded on vhs, my walls were completely covered in every image to appear in BOP!, I had the dolls, the huge pins, the comforter and sheets. Get the picture, I LOVED them and was sure that I was going to marry Joe McIntyre. So much so, that in 5th grade my best friend Jenny and I called Boston information (where they are from) and got the number to Joe's parents (We knew who there were from BOP magazine of course). We thought we were so ridiculously cool because they actually gave us a number. However, the number rang busy every time we called, which was probably in the hundreds. We also racked up quite a bill dialing 1-900-newkids. We, being stupid, thought we didn't start getting charged until the first minute was complete.  I also thought I was the coolest kid in school when I got to see them in concert at the palace Christmas of 1989.  Mind you our seats where behind the stage and we couldn't see much but I didn't care...I was there.

So step ahead 20 years, and they're back. I was quite skeptical at first, but when the day came that they were to make the announcement that they were reuniting on the Today show I was all about it. My husband laughed at me and made fun of me but I was up at 6:00am on my day off mind you to watch it all go down. I sat on the couch and was like a giddy 5th grader all over again. I was jumping up and down and freaking out. They announced that they would make their first performance at the Today show. Well, my husband quickly told me (after finding out that I had been researching plane tickets) that I would NOT be in attendance for the show. BOO! Well, to make a long story shorter they announced that they would be touring...YEA!! So, I tried really hard on May 10th to get my friends and I tickets to the closest show, which was Chicago. I really didn't think it would be that hard. So, I sat there all morning all giddy again and the first tickets that came up were behind the stage so I backed out and entered new search criteria only to find that they were now SOLD OUT...in less than 4 min! I literally cried. I was so ready to revisit my girlhood all over again (but then we found out that night that I was pregnant, so I was ok). So, a week later they performed on the today show and it was actually pretty good. Again, I was jumping up and down, singing along and being all together ridiculous for an almost 30-year-old woman. And then the announced that new shows had been added to their tour. I ran to the computer and sure enough they will be visiting the Palace! I freaked out! I mean by that time I'll be all huge and pregnant but I don't care. So tomorrow is the day tickets go on sale. 10am folks. I'm pretty nervous. I'm actually in class at that time so another friend is in charge. So wish us luck, and most importantly don't make fun of me!