Okay. Anthony. OMFG. He was scheduled to go on at 3 PM, and I got there around 2:30 and met up with Amy, Del, and Josh (Hi you guys! *waves*) We talk, and then they point out Anthony randomly walking backstage. To be completely shallow... the man is hot. He has gotten much hotter since Rent/yagmcb. Meow. Anyway, we stand there pretty close to the stage, and this guy is standing next to us, so we start chatting with him. Well, turns out, the guy was Ant's dad. He kept trying to tell us stories during the concert, but I couldn't hear him at all. I wish I could have, I bet He had some great stories. He walked out, talked a little about how he's from Joliet (really near Chicago) and then played "Living Alive," which was great. Then he played a cover of some Radiohead song, but I wouldn't know Radiohead if I tripped over them, so I don't know what it was. Then he played... um... oh, yeah, "Just Some Guy." then he played "When Doves Cry/Losing My Religion" and it was soooooo amazing. Wow. Then... I forget what he played. Um... oh, he played "You Oughta Know" just out of nowhere, omg, omg, I could have died right then. Soooo amazing. Some other songs I don't remember... and then he ended with this amazing rock version of "Seasons of Love." Everyone was just jamming along, it was great. Afterwards, he was at a table signing autographs and stuff, and I'm afraid I was a little bit gushy *hangs head* I was like "oh.. I'm such a fan, I'm soooo glad I got to see you, you were soooo amazing..." while he was signing my cd. I mean his cd. I mean... my copy of his cd. then, I was like, "Umm.. I have a lot of friends who were dying to come to your concert, but they couldn't make it, so could you sign stuff for them?" And he was like "Of course." So... well... I didn't have anything for him to sign, sooooo I grabbed some "Women in Rock" flyers that were sitting right in front of him (apparently Sophie B. Hawkins had been using that table earlier) and was like "Ah... here." and he looked confused for a second, and then started laughing. So. It was great. Then we all wandered around looking for all the free things, and then we just sat down and ate, drank, and talked. We all discussed how tragic pride festivals are ("So many hot, hot, hot, gay boys...") Yeah, and he was having another show that night at Uncommon Ground, but I couldn't make it. Alas.