Jonas Brother Hit Vancouver

While The Jonas Brothers are best known for their screaming preteen fans, last night’s performance at GM Place was anything but childish.

As the Jonas Brother prepared for their first Vancouver concert, the streets surrounding General Motors place were already packed with thousand of adoring fans.

With line-up’s spilling into the streets and girls from all across the Lower Mainland crowding like sardines in the stairwells of the Stadium, it was already apparent that crowd-control was going to be an issue.

After an announcement was made delaying the show by almost an hour-and-a-half, the crowd was not impressed and began heckling the announcer and the security at the door, but it was only a matter of time until the Jonas fans went back to what they know best: Kevin, Nick, and Joe.

Murmurs about The Jonas Brothers could be heard for miles as fans designed cardboard signs and waited for the doors of the Stadium to finally open.

“I wonder if Nick will look at me”

“Kevin Jonas is by far the best Jonas Brother”

“I like Joe Jonas more, Nick is the serious one. Maybe he’ll make that silly face he made in camp rock”

Camp Rock was their first film and Musical aired by the Disney Channel in 2008.

After waiting outside for an hour, the doors of GM Place were opened and thousands of bodies pushed their way inside and scuffled off to find their seats.

First up was Honors Society, a jersey-based based band with a so-called “Modern Pop” vibe.

While the older audience tapped their feet and danced along for a couple of songs, the bands strong “Rock and Rock” style of performing appeared too intense for the younger fan base.

After playing a small string of powerful tunes, the band headed out and several minuets later American Idol Jordan Sparks ran through the audience and hopped on stage.
Wearing a short and shaggy black dress the American Idol Cutie belted out her hit “Tattoo” as the whole audience sang along.

Running across the Stadium-long stage in black heels Sparks reaches out to fans and thanked each and every one of them for coming out to the show.

After her high and powerful voice preformed several of her hit songs, Sparks left the stage and the room went dark.

A long-period of screaming later, an announcer came on stage and introduced a special performance by a South Korean girl group called “The Wonder Girls”.

Dressed in matching outfits the five girls taught the crowd their dance moves in broken English and got the crowd to dance along to their mediocre performance of “Nobody”.

The five girls were talented beyond doubt, but appeared nervous on stage as they finished their song, gave a bow, and left.

This is when the real screaming began.

The Stadium was jet-black and the fans were screaming more than ever.

Hands were clapping and feet were stomping against the cement floor as Queen’s “We will Rock” began playing throughout GM Place and the Jonas brothers ran through the crowd and under the stage.

The Brothers were sighted several minutes later, heads rising as they came out of an elevated trap door and broke out into a performance of “Paranoid”.

The fans went crazy.

The centre stage spun continuously in circles as Kevin, Nick, and Joe ran up and down the ramps, from one side of the Stadium to the other, rocking hard on their instruments and and surrounded by screaming fans, green smoke, lasers and disco balls.

The stage was spectacular.

As the band moved to some of their older songs, the centre stage would disappear and come back with drum sets, band members, backup singers and trampolines.

The vocals were pitch perfect as curly haired Kevin spun around in circles and power-slid across the stage, grabbing fan’s hand and interacting with his fellow brothers.

While heartthrob singer Joe Jonas danced from side to side and reached out to his fans throughout the show, it was 16-year-old Nick Jonas that impressed the crowd with his musicianship.

Switching between drums, guitar, vocals and piano, the youngest member of the band even did a solo performance to the song “A little bit longer”, and talked to the crowd about his struggle with type one diabetes.

Telling the story of how he was first diagnosed on tour four years ago, Nick gave a heart-felt speech on his determination to find a cure.

“The first thing I asked was, “I’m I going to die?” said Nick.

The crowd was silent as the young heartthrob became very serious.

“I told myself they would find a cure, just a little longer and I’d be fine.”

“That day I decided I was not going to let this slow me down, and that’s what this song is about.”

Cell phones broke out as the lights dimmed, and fans joined the singing of a tear-jerking performance of “Just a little longer”.

Behind a white piano Nick’s solo performance was the highlight of the night, being pitch-perfect and inspirational beyond belief.

After a several emotional moments by both the fans and Nick, the band was re-united on stage for a more uplifting performance and more surprises for the fans.

The stage elevated the band for an acoustic balcony-level performance of “Gotta Find You” and then lowered back down to later perform “Look me in the Eyes” with Nick once again on piano.

The girls in the audience were still proudly holding up neon signs reading “I want to look Nick in the Eyes” and “Kevin, tell me that you love me” while smiling their heart away and belting out every lyric of every song.

The band had an incredible power over the crowd, as fans watched their every move, hands raised in the air and swaying from side to side.

As they move on to “Live to Party”, the theme song of their new Disney television show, Nick hit the drum set one more time, as Kevin and Joe appeared to be strapping themselves onto a small black box.

Within seconds the box begins to rise and a large lift spun the two brothers all around the right stage, as they grabbed large fire hoses and sprayed the crowd with white foam.

The crowd went wild as the teenaged band appeared to be having a riot, hovering around the stadium and impressing their fans.

Finally the band broke out into one of their biggest hit, “Burning up” and had the crowd jumping up and down, as Kevin spun around the stage with his guitar and Joe ran from side to side, his vocals barely heard over the belting of the crowd.

He was smiling.

After a final performance of S.O.S the show was over, and band ran to every position of the stage to thank and shake hands with fans, leaving them screaming, and several in tears of joy as they disappear into the centre stage.

Murmurs of the Jonas Brothers could still be heard as fans siphoned off into the night with smiles on their faces and left the streets of Vancouver waiting “Just a little longer” for tomorrow’s second and final performance.