Summary: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Rachel Berry, Nick Duvall, Jeff Sterling, and Elliott Gilbert make up Pamela Lansbury, a rock/pop band that hit it big after their first single was featured on popular tv-show Sing. A little over two years later the band is still dealing with the pressures of fame, their differing dreams, their fans, "shippers", and finding love.
Author's note: This one was a fun one to write. Enjoy.
Chapter Seven
PLislife:
Just got back from Pamela Lansbury: OMG, how am I still alive?
Okay, okay, I'm trying to calm myself down some. It's so difficult, though, guys, you don't even know. Well, maybe you do. Alright, so needless to say I had the best time. Best Day Ever. Period. They're all just so freaking fantastic. I fell in love with Elliott even more than before. His voice is velvet and to hear him take on so much more was fantastic. We all know all the boys can sing but when Rachel was around it was just Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine singing and it was just such a change.
Nick and Jeff were being silly and just having fun the entire time. They kept switching on the drums and at one point even taking Elliott's guitar from him. Bless them, they're just so playful with each other. I'm not like a Niff shipper or anything, but I can see why people think they're together.
And, oh, Blaine played the guitar too and the keyboard. It's just like wow are they all super talented they can just like switch instruments and roles and it was perfect.
So Kurt seemed to be in a really good mood. He was just happy and just went all over the stage but like he kept going back to Blaine all the time and they would just dance together? It was the cutest. They also all still do that thing where they whisper to each other between songs. Not just Kurt and Blaine but like the whole band.
The new songs. So good. I'm trying to get video off my phone. Honestly the two they did were amazing and I can't wait for the studio versions so I can listen to them on repeat.
I don't even know what else. I guess just they are just as good live as in a recording if not better and while it was weird to hear some of the songs without Rachel's voice, they still sounded so good.
Off to bed now, this has been an exhausting day. Vids and pics coming soon.
After a successful first show, Pamela Lansbury took to a bit of celebrating. All five members of the band were seen at a midtown club last night, arriving there after their first show. Joining them was their managers and a few friends including an unidentified male who was previously seen in a blurry photo with lead singer Kurt Hummel.
Now we don't know if Hummel has found love at last, but interestingly enough pictures from a month back show that the two were dancing and seen leaving HK Lounge together. So, is this the end of the dream that Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson may be more than friends? Our Klaine hearts would not be able to take it. Say it isn't so.
HummelAnderson: This is all bs. The band was there with their crew. Cassie was there and so was Puck and a few of their sound guys too.
NiffKlainer: did anyone see the MTV video? They all said they were single and it was taken right after the concert. My friend had M&G and she said MTV was filming them during so…
Singfan: Okay but like there are no pictures of Kurt with this guy from last night? Cassie and Jeff instagramed a lot.
HummelAnderson: any way to find out if he's working with them on the tour? Remember when everyone thought Elliott was dating Whitney.
Klaine5eva: so any guy that shows up in pictures with Kurt is suddenly with him? Does anyone remember how we got the pictures from HK lounge to begin with?
KurtEHummel: Had an absolute blast last night. Thank you to everyone that was there. #PLtour #havingthetimeofmylife
Starchild: So I guess I should sing more? Thanks for last night NYC #thebestcity #PLtour #justwaittillyouhearthealbum
JeffSterling: Here's a pic from last night. Amazing first night. #PLtour #Roseland [image link]
JeffSterling: Just a celebratory drink Starchild #PLtour #putthatpoutawaysir [image link]
NickDuval: Won't forget this night, NYC. #PLtour [image link]
KurtEHummel: JeffSterling I will tweet pictures if you even think about tweeting that. #ihaveblackmail
KurtEHummel: a shout out to our amazing tour crew. Couldn't do this without you Puckzilla Cassiopea WitWhit #youreallthebest #exceptSS #PLtour
BlaineAnderson: Thank you all for joining us last night. #PLtour #leteverynightbelikelastnight [image link]
JeffSterling: But the pics are lovely KurtEHummel #spoilsport
Cassiopea: Aww, you're the very best KurtEHummel, #Ihavethebestjobintheworld
BlaineAnderson: in agreement with KurtEHummel our crew rocks! Thanks guys #exceptSS
They kicked off their tour and they're just as good if not better than ever. We were lucky enough to be in attendance at Roseland Ballroom last night where Pamela Lansbury basically sent us all to our graves, revived us, and then killed us once more.
We arrived at Roseland with an hour anticipation to find a long line of fans that went around the block. Naturally we stopped to talk to some of them. Their excitement was palpable but the best part was seeing the sense of community that these fans feel with each other. They were all joking and singing and just keeping each other company.
Roseland was packed, as expected for a sold out show, but nevertheless it was a bit of a shock to see the sea of bodies staring at the stage that Pamela Lansbury would soon be on.
They played a set list of songs from all of their albums with the addition of two new songs. The lack of a female voice was hardly even missed with the new arrangements and Elliott's presence within a lot more of the vocals which is something that we want more of.
So if you haven't bought tickets to the show nearest to you, you should, this is not one to miss.
PerrythePLfan:
Guys, I was there last night at the club. It was my brother's birthday so we were out celebrating when PL and a bunch of other people just showed up. There were so many of them. And I guess the owners knew they were coming because they lead them up to VIP. My brother's girlfriend had gotten us up there earlier. So anyway, no one should worry about the mystery guy. He was definitely there with them but as part of the crew. I don't think any of the boys even spoke to him the entire time except for maybe Blaine?
Mostly they kept to themselves and I guess no one really approached them so we didn't. Jeff was taking pictures with everyone and of everyone and they kept trying to get him to sit down but he just wouldn't. At one point I think they were dancing.
I do remember that the mystery guy left the VIP area at one point and only came back for a few minutes before leaving again. He really wasn't there with them. I wish I'd gone over to say hi, though, but I just was too shy and didn't want to bother them.
#I'm an idiot #yes this is all true #Pamela Lansbury #I think my brother may have a few pictures of them so I'll put them up if I find them
Klaine5eva:
One question what does that hashtag mean? #exceptSS? Anyone have any ideas?
#so confused #Kurt Hummel #Blaine Anderson #PL #klaine?
HummelAnderson:
As some of you know, I got the chance to meet Pamela Lansbury last night. And it was as glorious as I expected. I had the best time at the show. OMG all the klaine looks and just the way they play off of each other. I could not get enough. If I didn't ship them before last night I definitely would have started.
But, anyway, meeting them went by super quick and it was after the show so there was that as well. I wish I'd managed to get the other level of Meet and Greet tickets but money! So anyway, I hugged all of them and they're all so sweet and surprisingly tall? Like, I don't know if it's because we all just think Blaine is short or whatever, but he's definitely taller than me.
Anyway, I just took a group photo because I'm lame and couldn't come up with something epic. Oh, and Blaine didn't have any gel in his hair for the M&G and his hair is just SO curly. It's precious. I think I saw Kurt pulling at it at one point while I was in line but IDK.
It was just the best night ever and I can't believe it even happened. So I'm definitely still trying to get tickets for tonight's show if anyone has a spare or knows of someone trying to sell. I need to go again.
Oh, and Kurt called me "sweetie". Cutest thing ever. And they're all like really attractive. So much more so than in real life.
#THIS IS HOW I DIED #I met Pamela Lansbury #yup that's a thing that actually happened #how am I even breathing? #aONlfsbjnlk #also Kurt's eyes? #pictures don't do those beauties justice
There are still rumors of a possible break-up for Pamela Lansury? How will we ever survive?
After last night's epic first night on tour, Pamela Lansbury seems to be right on top of things again despite everything that went down months ago with former member Rachel Berry who will be starring on Broadway in just a few weeks. When Rachel left, everyone was left pondering if the band would remain together at all. Naturally we were all excited when they announced their tour and their new album which still has not gotten a release date. We're eagerly waiting for an announcement on that any day now.
So, it comes to a surprise that an insider at Pamela Lansbury's label has mentioned to us exclusively that the label is in talks with the band for a new contract but that the band is being a bit reluctant to sign it.
What does this mean for PL? Could this mean that they will be over after this tour and album? Say it isn't so.
We will try and keep everyone posted as soon as we learn more.
"What are you doing?" Nick asked and he stretched his arms out over his head.
"Just looking at everything that's made it online from last night," Blaine said, "David sent me the links to few things. Lots of good press over the tour. Fans loved the show last night."
They were sitting in Blaine's living room and it was just an hour or so before they had to head out to New Jersey and to their second show. All of their things were already packed up and they would be returning to the city after the show but only to have a meeting with their label in the morning before getting on the bus and being out on the road officially.
"That's good," Nick said, "anything interesting?"
"Not really. I'm not looking at the gossip sites or anything just places like Billboard and Rolling Stone. The stuff that matters, you know."
Nick nodded. "So you haven't made it over to tumblr yet?"
"Nope. Should I?"
Blaine didn't really like being on tumblr too much. It was just on the side of odd to get to see for himself how the fans reacted to the band and to anything that they heard or perceived about them. He had been avoiding it since all of the Rachel stuff, but he found that he was a little bit curious as to what he might find there.
"Usually fun to get appreciated by them," Nick said with a shrug, "not to mention that they're probably having a blast doing analysis on any time you and Kurt even glanced at each other last night."
Blaine groaned and Nick laughed. It was another reason to not venture too far into tumblr. The shipping.
"It happens to you and Jeff too," Blaine said.
"Not as much," Nick said, "which is a good thing because that isn't ever going to happen and neither of us is even keen on it for that matter. You and Kurt though, if it's obvious to them…"
"And I have no more interest in looking at any of this," Blaine said, "so where are the others?"
"I think Kurt is still trying to convince Wes to fire Sebastian," Nick said, "and I have no idea where Elliott got to last night but Jeff is sleeping in your room."
"Of course he is."
Nick had started to stretch his legs. "He was going to crash at some point and it's better now than later."
"Sure. But I think for all his trouble, this needs to be documented and shared," Blaine said and he grabbed his phone from the coffee table, "he's done this enough to the rest of us. Come on."
Blaine heard Nick scramble to follow him and they both made it to his room and sure enough Jeff was curled up on Blaine's bed half covered by an afghan. His mouth was open and his hair going in every direction. Blaine took a quick picture and then a few more for good measure.
"Come on, we're tweeting these," Blaine said.
Nick laughed as they left the room back to the living room just as Elliott and Kurt arrived.
"Oh, good, you guys are here, we're tweeting pictures of Jeff sleeping," Nick said
Blaine waved his phone at them with one of the pictures he'd taken and Kurt snatched it from his hand. "This is perfect. But I think it would be even better if we all posed with him while he slept."
They snuck back into Blaine's room and Kurt mastermind that he was made them all arrange themselves for the perfect selfie which meant that they were all pressed close together. But for an added bonus, Elliott had grabbed a sharpie and drawn a quick mustache and circles around Jeff's closed eyes.
Nick was the one to take the pictures with Blaine's phone held out away from them, but they managed it, and it was only after the last picture that Jeff moved and almost woke up. They all scrambled out of Blaine's room and Blaine caught up to Kurt who was trying to pick a picture to tweet.
"The third one," Blaine said.
In it, Elliott's face was pressed against the top of Jeff's head and Kurt and Blaine were framing him on either side with Nick's head almost resting on Jeff's shoulder.
"Yeah, alright."
BlaineAnderson: just some PL shenanigans JeffSterling with some artwork from Starchild #napsarefun #andalsodangerous
JeffSterling: this means war BlaineAnderson
JeffSterling: I'm coming for you too Starchild
"Can I get tickets to tonight's show?" Rachel worried on her lip as she waited for Santana to respond, "I just think it would be a good idea to show that I support them."
She was sitting in her dressing room despite the fact that rehearsals had ended much earlier. The rest of her co-stars had already left. Rachel thought that even Jesse had left because he had a dinner to attend. He hadn't invited her which was fine because it was with the writers and producers and backers and those dinners were always awkward and just a little boring.
"I can get you on VIP," Santana said at long last, "we couldn't let you be out in the audience considering, but if you stay in the VIP area and promise to not make a scene I'm sure Wes will allow it."
"Right," Rachel said, "because Wes always has the bigger say."
Rachel tried not to roll her eyes, but she just hated how the power dynamic between Santana and Wes worked. Wes always seemed to put himself in charge to the point of ignoring everyone else's opinion including Santana who was supposed to be his partner in managing the band.
"That's not fair," Santana said, "Wes and I work together but I can't just agree to something without checking with him first. Him and David, actually, you know how this works. We're a team."
Rachel had never expected those words to come out of Santana's mouth, but then the person that Santana had turned into still took Rachel by surprise.
"Sure, sure," Rachel said, "just as long as the band doesn't know I'm there until after."
"I'll see what I can do," Santana said, "call you in a bit."
Rachel dropped the phone on the table in front of her and then she stood up. Things hadn't been going too well since that interview with ABC news. People had been misconstruing her words left and right and she hated that it was still a good thing because any press was good.
Santana called her back twenty minutes later. "Wes says it's fine but you have to stay out of the way and not draw too much attention to yourself."
Kurt,
Just e-mailing because I'm going through all the press about yesterday. We have to have a quick chat. I'll be at the show tonight and we can hopefully speak before you guys go on. It's a bit of a problem. Not sure how big yet. See you later.
Check this out: [link]
David
"Shit," Kurt muttered, "I hate these gossip rags."
He was in a car with Elliott and Blaine and had just managed to open the e-mail David sent him a few hours earlier.
"What?" Elliott asked.
Kurt sighed. He had been trying to keep the whole one-night stand with Sebastian thing quiet, but of course someone had noticed Sebastian the night before. It was almost to be expected with the fans they had. Naturally they were assuming he and Kurt were together. It irked Kurt. Now the rest of the band was going to find out.
"David e-mailed," Kurt said, "just press stuff from yesterday."
"Anything bad, then?" Blaine asked, "I was looking at a bit of stuff earlier and most of it was pretty positive."
Blaine had definitely not run into the article about Sebastian, but it was a matter of time before it was brought up. Kurt just didn't know how he was supposed to just blurt that out to Blaine. It was hard somehow to get those words out even though Blaine was his best friend and it should have been very easy to.
"Um, well, remember that one-night stand I had?"
Blaine made a face and Kurt had to look away from and at Elliott whose eyes had widened and Kurt knew that he was starting to get it. He mouthed, "are you sure?" at him.
"What about it?" Blaine asked.
"He was at the club last night and some paps and possibly fans saw him so now they think he and I are together or something," Kurt said.
Kurt had no idea how he was going to tell him that it was Sebastian.
Blaine gasped. "Oh," he said, "well there's nothing going on there, right? It's just going to blow over."
Kurt took a deep breath. "Yeah, um so, about that. He, um, he kinda works for us."
Kurt saw Elliott wince and Kurt bit down on his bottom lip, taking a glance at Blaine who looked a bit shocked and confused, a frown marring his forehead.
"Come again?" he said.
"I – I slept with Sebastian."
Once the words were out there was no taking them back no matter how much Kurt wanted to.
"You did what?" Blaine said and it was the look of disappointment in his face that hurt Kurt the most.
Author's Note: Well, then, that cat is out of the bag...
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