{"id":645,"date":"2014-10-17T12:05:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T12:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garrard.com.au\/usa\/?p=645"},"modified":"2015-02-23T22:21:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T22:21:02","slug":"for-king-and-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.garrard.com.au\/usa\/uncategorized\/for-king-and-country\/","title":{"rendered":"For King and Country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While our taste in music differs as a family, For King and Country is one band that we all really like, so it was brilliant that they were performing in LA while we were there. \u00a0 They’re an Australian duo who have made the USA home.<\/p><\/div>\n

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We had taken a rest day from the theme parks and spent a leisurely morning at home, watching the boys in the pool. \u00a0Later on we visited the Citadel outlet mall, and totally lost track of time. \u00a0We realised that we’d left hardly any time to get to the concert, which was about an hour’s drive away. \u00a0Petrol was low but we thought we’d make it, and we didn’t have enough time to fill up\u00a0anyway. \u00a0Well, we ran out about a kilometre away from the venue. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Too funny. \u00a0John and Josh had VIP tickets which allowed them to\u00a0attend\u00a0a question\/answer session with the band an hour before the concert, so they raced off so at least Josh could get there on time, and John could seek\u00a0some fuel. \u00a0Shortly thereafter\u00a0John\u00a0returned with a super-nice guy who had taken\u00a0John to a petrol station and returned him to where the rest of us were marooned on the median strip. \u00a0By the time the caper was\u00a0all sorted out, the concert was due to start, so it was all good\u00a0in the end.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The concert was packed and consequently we were slightly scattered in where we sat, but generally in the same vicinity. \u00a0The concert was so good. \u00a0For King and Country’s\u00a0album was the unofficial soundtrack of our trip, which made going to the concert extra cool.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Afterwards, Josh lined up for about an hour to meet the lead singer, while the rest of us flaked out (some more than others!) and chatted to fellow concert-goers. \u00a0For the most part of our trip, we found that our accents and our being Australian held a distinct fascination for many Americans – a built-in conversation starter.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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