NKOTB at MOA

Get Ready!

New Kids on the Block, one of the original boy bands, is coming to Mall of America! They will be signing autographs and performing, all set up by Best Buy, a new addition to the mall, it is part of their grand opening. The boys will be there this Friday, 8/8/08. I read over the RULES for getting an autograph, and boy there are a lot, and they are strict. I have summarized them here:

• Only if you pre-order the new CD ($9.99), starting at 10:00am, you will get a laminate poster and the first how-many-of-them will get a special bracelet. You need the bracelet if you want an autograph. You are limited to four bracelettes, but not for laminates.
• There will be someone monitoring the line, and you can only stand in line if you have the bracelet, (or under 12, I guess for now 30-something fans with kids) and there appears to be no tampering.
• You MUST stay in a single file line.
• To save your space, you must be in line, only leaving for bathroom breaks and short trips for food, but one in your party must stay behind, in line. If you do leave, you go to the back of the line.
• NKOTB will not sign memorabilia, and no personalization is allowed, and no photos.

You can start lining up at 4am on Friday morning, doors open at 5am. They start selling the CDs at 10. If you get there too early, you are told to go away. I'd hate to have that job, getting to work probably by 3am, it would be a full seven hours of babysitting until they open the doors for sales. The performance/signing doesn't start until 5:30pm

Wow!

I have to go buy my hairspray and find some safety pins for my pant legs. I also need to warm up my voice so I don't get too hoarse screaming all that time while in line.