The Donnas First Ever Rock Show at LAX

The Donnas First Ever Rock Show at LAX
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Richard Branson’s Virgin America kicks off their inaugural flight from LAX to Seattle with a bang as the rockin’ all girl group “The Donnas” performs at the Virgin America terminal at LAX. The Donnas consists of Brett Anderson on vocals, Maya Ford on bass, Allison Robertson on guitar, and Torry Castellano on drums. Hosted by Jill Wilderman.
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Welcome to Young Hollywood. com. Give it up for the all-American, the all rock and roll legends, The Donnas.
Everybody, we are The Donnas. Thank you all for being here. If you're not about to get on this plane, we feel very sorry for you.
Hey, Young Hollywood, we are here with The Donnas. So, I gotta ask, is this the first playing at LAX?
Definitely. Yeah. First time ever. Yeah. We're the first band to ever play at LAX. It's pretty bizarre. But it's awesome. I play drums. I play guitar. Bass player. I sing.
And I gotta ask, how did you guys come together?
Well, uh, next month, actually, we're having our 15th anniversary. And we were all friends and we started in eighth grade. So, we've just been a band for a lot of years. It's been really fun.
Start in someone's garage or
My parents' garage. Yeah. We walked home from school everyday and would practice and talk. Yeah. We played in the garage for years, like five years or something like that. We wanna thank Virgin America for having us play here. I think we might be one of the first bands ever to play at LAX.
How do you feel about Virgin America?
We're pretty excited. I think it's gonna be fun. The description sounds awesome. They have all kinds of crazy features. It's like a disco. Mood lighting. We're excited about the mood lighting. They call it a multi-million dollar iPod of the sky. I mean, if you're sitting, we don't usually let people do that at our shows. Yeah. It ain't rock and roll and we don't like it.
Tell everyone a little bit about what you've come into today.
I mean, it's a party. They they set it up for us, you know, food, champagne, mimosas. A lot of champagne. Yeah. So, uh, it's just good that we're gonna play soon, or else we'd be like under the table in a little bit. Yeah. It's it's noon. And uh, we've had some champagne. Yeah. Oh god. It's gonna be a rough one because it's gonna be a long party, but we're into like endurance partying. So, I think we can do it. This song is called, "Take It Off." Oh. I'm tired of playing safe bitch. And I think that one's gonna be
Hey, Young Hollywood, we're The Donnas and we love Virgin America!
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Brett Anderson
Vocalist for The Donnas
- Maya Ford
Bassist for The Donnas
- Allison Robertson
Guitarist for The Donnas
- Torry Castellano
Drummer for The Donnas
- Richard Branson
Founder of Virgin America
- Jill Wilderman
Host of the event
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