Chapter 459: 459

The end of daylight saving time seems to have brought the arrival of the morning sun a lot earlier, and when Samora-Casway felt the light of the rising sun, he habitually got out of bed. I woke up startled, ready to start a new day, but when I looked back at my alarm clock and realized I still had an extra hour of sleep, I realized that two weeks ago, daylight saving time had ended and winter had finally arrived in California.

Samora sat in the bed and was confused for a while. He hesitated whether he should fall down to catch up on sleep or get up and go to school, but he couldn't remember whether there were any classes in his school today. Suddenly, the door to Samora's room was pushed open, and Eli's familiar voice suppressed his excitement and said, "You still haven't gotten up? We still have a long way to go."

Samora's chaotic brain just woke up, "Oh, God! We're going to be late!" Samora quickly picked up her glasses from the bedside and put them on the bridge of her nose in a panic. The whole world became clear in an instant, and then quickly Jumping off the bed, "I'll start washing now, where's Liam?"

"He called me just now, and he and Andy are ready." Although Eli maintained his usual calmness when he spoke, the speed of his heartbeat made him a little overwhelmed.

Samora didn't have time to sigh, she rushed to the bathroom and started to wash up, while commanding her brother, "Go downstairs and get ready, I'll be right here." Compared with Eli, Samora's fuss is more direct and vivid. His excitement at the moment.

Today is the day when Glory to Death returns to Los Angeles, and it is also the end point of Glory to Death's round-trip road tour across the United States. In order to wait for this day, Samora and their loyal fans have been waiting for too long, and they, as fans , also prepared a special gift for the band. Samora and the others will arrive in Los Angeles in person to be part of this special day.

It only took three minutes for Samora to get ready, and she rushed outside while putting on her coat. After getting into the car, Samora didn't even have time to say hello to the Pinkman brothers who were also ready not far away. Go forward. After gasping for breath, Samora had time to ask Eli, who was sitting in the passenger seat, "Has everyone else left?"

"I don't know." Eli shrugged, "We made an appointment to meet at our destination at 1 pm, they won't be late."

"Huh... I hope so." Samora didn't have time to think about it, she could only pray like this.

Samora and the others greeted nearly 200 loyal music lovers in San Francisco and went to Los Angeles to congratulate the last stop of the Glory to Death tour, but most of these people had not heard the Glory to Death music, just heard about it. , it is unknown how many people will arrive at the scene by then.

The Caswell brothers and the Pinkman brothers left Los Angeles and soon took to Interstate 5, racing towards the City of Angels. The nearly 400-mile journey took six hours to complete, and Samora couldn't help but regret that she had come to Los Angeles early yesterday. When approached, the trace of regret disappeared, replaced by the surging joy.

The Hollywood Bowl (Hollywood. Bowl), located on North. Highland. Avenue in Hollywood, is a public performance theater that is very familiar to music lovers, because the most famous feature of this amphitheatre is its shell-shaped open-air stage. , which is considered one of the best acoustic architectural designs and is one of the top three amphitheaters in the nation. Here, top singers such as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Cher, Frank Sinatra, etc. have all performed on this stage, and the northeast side of the theater can be seen faintly. The Hollywood Sign has also become a unique and beautiful landscape here.

The Hollywood Bowl was formed in 1926 with a shell-shaped dome. Due to the defects of the original materials, the sound design of the theater could not be fully presented, which also restricted the number of audiences that the entire theater could accommodate. Official figures say it can accommodate 17,000 people, but in fact, in 1936, 26,000 people crowded into the amphitheatre to hear singer Lily Pons perform. It is a pity that the problems of acoustic design and the choice of materials have always restricted the capacity of the theater. Over the past 60 years, the theater has been rebuilt many times, but it has never been able to reproduce the gathering of 26,000 people. The style of a hall.

Samora and his party arrived on the Northern Highland Avenue, and soon they could see that the tawny hillside in the distance looked dry and wild in the hot noon sun, and the trees that were unknown whether they were pines or maples stretched out in sight. Open, this looks like a quiet town, you can see residential houses, coffee houses, and an Italian restaurant similar to a villa, but you can't see the famous shell-shaped circle. Arch, if it weren't for the road sign just now showing that this is the North Highland Drive, Samora would have thought she was going the wrong way.

But soon, Samora's doubts will disappear, because the crowd in sight is still gradually increasing, and with the depth, the noise level increases unabated, and when Samora arrives at the gate of the parking lot, it is completely The grand situation widened his eyes in fright. I saw that the wide and boundless parking lot on the right hand side was almost full, and the few parking spaces were conspicuous. Cars were laid out in sight like Lego blocks, and the surrounding The laughing crowd is like the meandering Sacramento River, slowly moving in one direction.

"Oh, God! Oh, God!" Samora couldn't help but start exclaiming, "I'm such an idiot, I'm such an idiot! We should have come to LA yesterday, and we can't get a good spot today!"

Eli, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was also shocked. He did not expect that so many people would come to the Hollywood Bowl today to cheer to the death of glory. Although the "Rotation" magazine has officially introduced the Glory to the dead before, although the Los Angeles Times used the front page to report today's Glory to the Dead performance yesterday, the Glory to the Dead is now only a show It's unbelievable how a band without an official album can now attract so many people to a show - even for free.

Eli only felt that he had seen at least a thousand people in his line of sight. At this speed, they might not really be able to find a favorable position in the front row. Eli, who was always calm, couldn't help but get nervous, "Samora, hurry up, what are you waiting for, let's stop!"

Samora had to quickly get her attention back, drive into the parking lot, find a spot, and park the car right away. Looking back to see his friend Andy Pinkman who was parking, he shouted anxiously, "Andy! Are you waiting for dark? Quick! Liam, get off, get off, run, run !"

Then the four of them trotted out of the parking lot, then swept into the warm current of the Sacramento River like salmon, heading for the entrance to the Hollywood Bowl.

After entering the theater, you can see that all the seats are in the form of an arc that spreads outward. There are six floors in total, and the layers are advanced. The highest floor is close to the main road coming up from the parking lot. The field stretches out behind the stage, neatly arranged like building blocks. It is conceivable that standing at the highest point can't see or hear at all. It is estimated that the telescope can help a little.

"Grass! There are so many people. Didn't you say this is an underground band?" Andy joined his friends' team for the first time. In the past two months, he listened to Samora and Liam, Eli was talking about glory to death all day long, and his ears were about to grow calluses, but he still couldn't integrate into them, which made Andy very upset. So, today he also came to Los Angeles together, just want to appreciate the style of the band, but just the first meeting, it completely dislocated Andy's jaw.

"They are indeed an underground band." Samora also had an incredible look on her face. Even when she saw the scene of five or six hundred people surging in the whole scene, and a steady stream of people coming in behind her, Samora still couldn't believe it, "Could it be that? We've come to the wrong place, aren't they performing here today?"

In an instant, the other three people looked at Samora with all six eyes. If this is the case, it is really a big oolong. Eli looked at his brother and said helplessly, "You've communicated with Hugo, it's here, right? Eight o'clock in the evening."

"Yeah, Hugo called me back after he made an appointment at the venue, don't you remember?" Samora said quickly and affirmatively, Eli also remembered it and didn't say anything more.

Today's gift, in fact, Samora started planning in August, but at that time the band had not yet determined the time of their return, so it was only on paper. When the recording of the band's album came to an end, Samora entered the implementation stage. He contacted friends he knew in major cities and tried to gather all the fans who like Glory to Death to participate in the terminal of the more than 200 performances of Glory to Death, to send his support to the band, and at the same time It is also a festival for music lovers.

Samora originally expected that 800 to 1,000 people would be a great success, but looking at today's battle, it's only twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and nearly 1,000 people have gathered at the scene. It's hard to imagine that by At eight o'clock in the evening, how spectacular the scene will be.

When Samora and the others walked to the second step in front, the surrounding area was almost full. He could notice that because there was no organization, there was no discipline. Everyone sat randomly, and many people brought Came here with lunch and dinner, it didn't look like I was here for a show, it looked more like I was here for an outing.

Samora thought for a while, then recruited Andy and the others, "Guys, today's gift is a gift from our group of more than 30 fans who followed the band to complete the tour, I don't want this to become It's a disaster. You see, everyone is out of order now, and we have to shoulder this responsibility. I will first go to find the group of partners I met on the way, and you will also talk to the people who have come in one by one to maintain the whole order. , and then, show the band the madness of our loyal fans!"