DAY 51: George, WA

Second to last day of tour. George, Washington... yes, really. The venue was called The Gorge, and I am not sure I have ever heard a more fitting name for a place. The scenery was absolutely beautiful but the incline was no joke. Everyone had to load in and out on a really steep hill which caused for some really close calls with losing carts and such. The Glamour Kills and AP Advent stages were housed in an ampitheater down at the bottom while other booths and stages remained at the top. I checked out Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band after they told me they would be having an "All Star Jam" during their last song. They weren't kidding. Members from The Pretty Reckless, Reel Big Fish, The Casualties, Haste The Day, Andrew WK, and more flooded the stage for the bands hit "Two Bottles of Wine." The crowd went crazy and everyone was having a blast. After that I caught up with Alesana, and You Me At Six who had Tay Jardine do guest vocals during their set. Check it all out below.

DAY 38: Shakopee, MN

Shakopee, MN was one of the smallest venues we have been at and was surrounded by hills so as we got off our buses we could look down into the park area. Everyone was pretty crammed together and there were crazy clusters of kids everywhere. It was almost impossible to get across the venue while certain bands were playing and the hot weather had returned so people were a little grumpy. Regardless, I had fun checking out Deas Vail on the Kevin Says stage, watching some of the Hey Monday kids do acoustic in the Kia tent where they covered a Jason Derulo song, and heard from Skullcandy stage manager Brooklyn who claims he hates everything... (except me & Tay.) I also caught We Are The In Crowd's set where the crowd did some choreographed sitting... no really, and hung out at The Summer Set's show where The Angry Penguin made an appearance. I hung out with some of you guys and helped some girls cut there new band tees into cool tanks, then closed out the day by watching Reel Big Fish.