FESTIVAL SEASON!!
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Friday, 25 March 2016
Monday, 19 October 2015
Reading Festival - The end of festival season
May be a little bit late in posting this. But nevertheless, here we go. It took me ages to upload the photos. Oops.
For me Reading Festival signals the end of festival season. It is the last festival of the summer that I usually attend, and it means that autumn is coming. I have been to Reading Festival numerous times, and each time I come back, feeling like I cannot wait until the festival next year.
This year I was super excited as I didn't get to show my presence at last years Reading Festival and I missed it! I went with 1 friend and we had early bird tickets. I had never bought an early bird ticket before. But having a regular festival weekend camping ticket means waking up ridiculously early on the Thursday to get down to Reading for the morning to secure a good camping spot that isn't drowning in mud. Having now experienced an early bird ticket, I can safely say that I would get this every time from now on.
It should only take less than two hours to get to Reading from my home, so at 2.30PM we set off... and didn't arrive in the camp site with all out luggage until 9PM! Yes, that's right. It took us 6 hours in the car due to traffic. We couldn't believe it!! We were so frustrated by the time we got there we just wanted to crack open a can and chill out. However we had to choose a camping area to set up the tent, we already had a camping area in mind so we headed to green camping area. We then had the challenge of choosing a good spot and setting up the tent, however it was dark, so this involved stamping around the soggy ground to see which was the least soggy and then making good use of the head torch to set up the tent.
After this mishap, everything was fine. We woke up the next day to sun. Then rain. Then sun. We were incredibly lucky with the weather for the whole weekend. It did rain, and the place pretty much turned into a mud bath at some points, but there was a good bit of sunshine and dry weather too. I have previously been to festivals where it has rained non stop. During this festival I tanned... a lot!!
For me Reading Festival signals the end of festival season. It is the last festival of the summer that I usually attend, and it means that autumn is coming. I have been to Reading Festival numerous times, and each time I come back, feeling like I cannot wait until the festival next year.
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| On the way to Reading Festival... the cleanest we would be all week! |
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| Our home for nearly a week. |
It should only take less than two hours to get to Reading from my home, so at 2.30PM we set off... and didn't arrive in the camp site with all out luggage until 9PM! Yes, that's right. It took us 6 hours in the car due to traffic. We couldn't believe it!! We were so frustrated by the time we got there we just wanted to crack open a can and chill out. However we had to choose a camping area to set up the tent, we already had a camping area in mind so we headed to green camping area. We then had the challenge of choosing a good spot and setting up the tent, however it was dark, so this involved stamping around the soggy ground to see which was the least soggy and then making good use of the head torch to set up the tent.
After this mishap, everything was fine. We woke up the next day to sun. Then rain. Then sun. We were incredibly lucky with the weather for the whole weekend. It did rain, and the place pretty much turned into a mud bath at some points, but there was a good bit of sunshine and dry weather too. I have previously been to festivals where it has rained non stop. During this festival I tanned... a lot!!
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| Gin and beans for breakfast! |
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Foo Fighters - Broken Leg Tour
Last Sunday I was sitting in my apartment wondering what to do with my day, then I remembered that the Foo Fighters and Royal Blood were playing locally later on that day. I was on holiday when the tickets went on sale and I just assumed they had all sold out. I rather dubiously looked online, not expecting there to be any tickets left... and there was!!! Without hesitating, I bought the ticket, and that was the plan for my day!!
I drove over there, normally it would only take 30 minutes but due to the concert traffic it took hours!! I started panicking that I was going to miss the first band on, Royal Blood, who I love. Eventually I managed to park up and only ended up missing one Royal Blood song.
Walking into Milton Keynes Bowl I couldn't believe the amount of people there!! I headed straight for the crowd surrounding the stage to catch Royal Blood. It was a lovely sunny day and the crowd was packed tightly around the stage meaning I couldn't get very close, and the sun behind the stage was blinding. That being said, I do love a gig outside in the sun, and it was Royal Blood, I love this band!! They put on a good show as expected, playing well known songs like Figure It Out and Little Monster with added riffs and jams. They played some of my favourites and I was super happy to see this bands, one of my favourite bands at the moment.
Next on was Iggy Pop. I wasn't fussed about seeing this band, I didn't know their music. I watched their entire set anyway, I was there so I figured I might as well. I ended up knowing one song, and they weren't as bad as I expected. I wouldn't see them in their own concert though. The people dancing in the crowd amused me when my mind drifted off during the set. They did put on a good show I suppose, but I didn't know their music.
Then, on came the amazing Foo Fighters. I have been wanting to see this band forever. I think I have now seen every band I have ever wanted to see live, I have waited for this moment for so long. They were amazing, it was everything I expected and more. Dave Grohl sat on a specially made chair, due to his broken leg, you could see he wanted to move around. They put on such an awesome show, and had great crowd interaction. The show seemed to last forever, but went by so quickly. By that I mean that sometimes when bands play two plus hours set, you start wanting it to end. But I never wanted this show to end. It was just too good. Seeing as it was outside, it became absolutely freezing, and I started to wish that I hadn't worn shorts. But I didn't mind, I was seeing the Foo Fighters!! They played well known songs, All My Life, The Pretender, Best of You, Everlong, and so much more. I can't even describe how good it was!! I had the time of my life. I didn't even mind that it took me two and a half hours to get home, I had seen the Foo Fighters.
In other news, I have been writing up a post on Reading Festival which I can't wait to share with you, and have been making new additions to my home.. I can't wait to show you the finished thing!!
Have you seen Foo Fighters before?
I drove over there, normally it would only take 30 minutes but due to the concert traffic it took hours!! I started panicking that I was going to miss the first band on, Royal Blood, who I love. Eventually I managed to park up and only ended up missing one Royal Blood song.
Walking into Milton Keynes Bowl I couldn't believe the amount of people there!! I headed straight for the crowd surrounding the stage to catch Royal Blood. It was a lovely sunny day and the crowd was packed tightly around the stage meaning I couldn't get very close, and the sun behind the stage was blinding. That being said, I do love a gig outside in the sun, and it was Royal Blood, I love this band!! They put on a good show as expected, playing well known songs like Figure It Out and Little Monster with added riffs and jams. They played some of my favourites and I was super happy to see this bands, one of my favourite bands at the moment.
Next on was Iggy Pop. I wasn't fussed about seeing this band, I didn't know their music. I watched their entire set anyway, I was there so I figured I might as well. I ended up knowing one song, and they weren't as bad as I expected. I wouldn't see them in their own concert though. The people dancing in the crowd amused me when my mind drifted off during the set. They did put on a good show I suppose, but I didn't know their music.
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| Foo Fighters 6th September 2015 @ Milton Keynes Bowl |
Then, on came the amazing Foo Fighters. I have been wanting to see this band forever. I think I have now seen every band I have ever wanted to see live, I have waited for this moment for so long. They were amazing, it was everything I expected and more. Dave Grohl sat on a specially made chair, due to his broken leg, you could see he wanted to move around. They put on such an awesome show, and had great crowd interaction. The show seemed to last forever, but went by so quickly. By that I mean that sometimes when bands play two plus hours set, you start wanting it to end. But I never wanted this show to end. It was just too good. Seeing as it was outside, it became absolutely freezing, and I started to wish that I hadn't worn shorts. But I didn't mind, I was seeing the Foo Fighters!! They played well known songs, All My Life, The Pretender, Best of You, Everlong, and so much more. I can't even describe how good it was!! I had the time of my life. I didn't even mind that it took me two and a half hours to get home, I had seen the Foo Fighters.
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| Foo Fighters 6th September 2015 @ Milton Keynes Bowl |
In other news, I have been writing up a post on Reading Festival which I can't wait to share with you, and have been making new additions to my home.. I can't wait to show you the finished thing!!
Have you seen Foo Fighters before?
Monday, 13 July 2015
Start To The Festival Season
My prolonged silence doesn't mean that I have abandoned or forgotten this blog. I moved house at the end of May and haven't had any internet. In fact I still don't have any internet. I may be borrowing the neighbour's. Ooops. But I get my own in two weeks. Yay! Then I can start this up properly again.
Anyway, this is something that I have been dying to share for ages. Back in May I went to Slam Dunk Festival in Hatfield (London). I hadn't been to this festival in years, and it was where I used to attend university, so I was super excited.
It was a cracking line up and the official start of my festival season.
We arrived in the afternoon and the first band we caught were PVRIS. They are not a band I would have chosen to see, we just happened to be walking past, heard the music, and stopped for the rest of the set. I was pleasantly surprised, and it was a great start to my festival.
We then went on to see We Are The Ocean, Cartel, Goldfinger and Taking Back Sunday. Another band I was surprised by were Lower Than Atlantis. I had heard them on the radio before so thought I would check them out and they were brilliant, I would definitely see them again. Goldfinger did not disappoint, as usual, either.
We finished the evening off by going to see You Me At Six. I had not seen this band in years, I was a huge fan in my younger years. The band played a great set. Unfortunately it did have to be stopped for what seemed like ages due to someone becoming ill at the front of the crowd, which caused people to walk away. But when they started again, it was still brilliant. They mostly played their older songs which is what I wanted, as I know all the lyrics, and my friend and I were jumping around like crazy. Definitely the highlight of the whole festival.
I was surprised to see how the festival had grown since I was last there a few years ago. There were more, and bigger, stages. But there were also more crowds. Many, many crowds. In my opinion, they had let far too many people in for such a small venue. We also had tickets for the after party, which I was excited about. But we never got to go in. After the festival finished was wandered about for a bit, went to the toilet, then decided to join the queue to get in to the after party. But the queue was so long, it would have taken us hours to get in. I think people must have started queuing before the bands finished. This was also disappointing. Why sell so many tickets for the after party when all those people won't get in. Anyway, we decided that we had, had a great time at the festival and couldn't be bothered queuing, so we went home.
All in all, overlooking the disappointment at the end, it was a great day.
Have you been to any good festivals recently?
Anyway, this is something that I have been dying to share for ages. Back in May I went to Slam Dunk Festival in Hatfield (London). I hadn't been to this festival in years, and it was where I used to attend university, so I was super excited.
It was a cracking line up and the official start of my festival season.
We arrived in the afternoon and the first band we caught were PVRIS. They are not a band I would have chosen to see, we just happened to be walking past, heard the music, and stopped for the rest of the set. I was pleasantly surprised, and it was a great start to my festival.
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| Lower Than Atlantis. |
We then went on to see We Are The Ocean, Cartel, Goldfinger and Taking Back Sunday. Another band I was surprised by were Lower Than Atlantis. I had heard them on the radio before so thought I would check them out and they were brilliant, I would definitely see them again. Goldfinger did not disappoint, as usual, either.
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| Taking Back Sunday |
We finished the evening off by going to see You Me At Six. I had not seen this band in years, I was a huge fan in my younger years. The band played a great set. Unfortunately it did have to be stopped for what seemed like ages due to someone becoming ill at the front of the crowd, which caused people to walk away. But when they started again, it was still brilliant. They mostly played their older songs which is what I wanted, as I know all the lyrics, and my friend and I were jumping around like crazy. Definitely the highlight of the whole festival.
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| You Me At Six |
I was surprised to see how the festival had grown since I was last there a few years ago. There were more, and bigger, stages. But there were also more crowds. Many, many crowds. In my opinion, they had let far too many people in for such a small venue. We also had tickets for the after party, which I was excited about. But we never got to go in. After the festival finished was wandered about for a bit, went to the toilet, then decided to join the queue to get in to the after party. But the queue was so long, it would have taken us hours to get in. I think people must have started queuing before the bands finished. This was also disappointing. Why sell so many tickets for the after party when all those people won't get in. Anyway, we decided that we had, had a great time at the festival and couldn't be bothered queuing, so we went home.
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| My map fell out of my pocket. |
All in all, overlooking the disappointment at the end, it was a great day.
Have you been to any good festivals recently?
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