'Twilight' meets Blue October: Stephenie Meyer fans can't get enough of Justin Furstenfeld

For Blue October, the timing couldn't be more perfect.

As the band put the final touches on its upcoming album "Approaching Normal," Stephenie Meyer wrote the final installment in the "Twilight" saga "Breaking Dawn." She listened to Blue October while she wrote and when the time came to put together a book tour, Meyer decided all the screaming from fans that she had not grown used to could be put to better purpose. Why not, she thought, invite one of the artists that inspired her final novel to tour with her?

Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld quickly agreed.

During the show, he repeatedly thanked Meyer, whom he called "the literary jesus" twice, for allowing him to share the same stage. Here's an excerpt from the night's coverage (which you can find in full on the Hero Complex blog):

Meyer was giddier than most of the "Twilight" tweens that packed UCLA's Royce Hall Thursday night for the 'Breaking Dawn' concert, a sort-of mini book tour set to the acoustic sounds of alt rock band Blue October, one of the author's favorite bands. The Los Angeles appearance was the third in a four-stop journey for Meyer and Blue October front man Justin Furstenfeld.

"The music is a part of (my writing process)," Meyer said later in the evening. "I could not do without it."

Before she took the stage, Furstenfeld, dressed in all black, eyes circled in black eyeliner, opened with three songs, "Fairy Tale," "Ugly Side" and "Blue Skies," the last a new track from his band's forthcoming album "Approaching Normal." Shrieks pierced through each of the performances, but the singer didn't seem to mind, even playfully whispering to himself between numbers, "Please don't mess up." He seemed content to get lost in his own music, even while understanding that these girls who'd been listening to him for years (thanks to the play lists Meyer provides to each of her books on herofficial site) were probably reading meanings about tortured vampires and perfect teen love into each song.

-- Denise Martin

Photo of Furstenfeld performing at the Breaking Dawn concert series in New York by Brad Barket / Getty

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post referred incorrectly to the book title as 'Breaking Band.'

Comments

[Epcot Girl]

There's a song called "My Heart with You" by an LA band (The Rescues) that should be the Twilight series anthem.