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" I&amp;#039;ve officially been BAMBOOZLED! Last weekend, I endured three days of non-stop concert epic-ness in the parking lot of the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, for the annual Bamboozle Festival. This year&amp;#039;s headliners included Lil Wayne, Bruno Mars, Taking Back Sunday, Thirty Seconds To Mars, and Wiz Khalifa. As well as some of my personal faves like The Ready Set, Forever The Sickest Kids, and The Plain White T&amp;#039;s. The festival was FULL of surprises, special celeb appearances, and enough other random fun stuff (including FREE carnival rides!) to keep you busy all day long. If you&amp;#039;re into the concert scene like I am, Bamboozle really is a dream! My first stop: Forever The Sickest Kids, playing on the &amp;quot;Prom&amp;quot; stage (later transformed into the &amp;quot;Temple of Boozle&amp;quot; stage for days two and three). A Long Island high school actually won a contest to have their prom at Bamboozle! (SO cool!) FTSK also hosted a Karaoke party on the same stage later that night with fans!  Next: Travie McCoy headlined the &amp;quot;Jolly Green&amp;quot; main stage performing his hits &amp;quot;Billionaire&amp;quot; (minus Bruno Mars, sadly) and &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll Be Alright,&amp;quot; and Wiz Khalifa followed his set, playing everyone&amp;#039;s favorite, &amp;quot;Black and Yellow&amp;quot;. Day two: I started out with The Plain White T&amp;#039;s and ended with The Ready Set. His infectious new single, &amp;quot;Young Forever,&amp;quot; will now be stuck in my head for weeks. Surprise celeb moment: Liz Lee from MTV&amp;#039;s My Life As Liz and cast-mate/friend Taylor Terry did a Q&amp;amp;amp;A session with fans talking about the show. I was even lucky enough to snag a quick picture with Liz! Weird but awesome: At one point in the day I found my self watching punk rocker Marky Ramone (of The Ramones) do a cooking demonstration on his own special pasta sauce and also happened to see people walking around dressed up in Elmo and banana costumes. For real.  Day three: I dreaded the final day of Bamboozle, because I did not want in to end. I checked out Black Cards (featuring Fall Out Boy&amp;#039;s Pete Wentz) and up and coming hardcore band I See Stars. My favorite set of the day was The Downtown Fiction, who did an amazing cover of Cee Lo Green&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Forget You.&amp;quot; Oh, and I caught a glimpse of Kevin Jonas hanging side-stage at Ocean Grove&amp;#039;s set. And finally: Bruno Mars headlined the main stage performing all of his hits, bringing a more chill and relaxed vibe to the festival. He was super-interactive with the crowd and even stopped during &amp;quot;The Lazy Song&amp;quot; just so he and his band mates could repeat, &amp;quot;Oh my god this is great,&amp;quot; over again (He said it&amp;#039;s his favorite part of the song!). So, yes. The weekend was just as fun as I&amp;#039;d hoped it would be. Also fun: the people-watching! So check back next week for a round-up of all of the awesome fashion from Bamboozle.  Were any of you guys there? If you could put together your dream festival, who would you want on the lineup? Sound off in the comments below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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