Last gig of the year goes to my favourites, The Story So Far!
I saw them last year for the first time supporting New Found Glory and they were perfect then; theis year was something else.
Easily one of the best gigs I've ever been to. I was right at the barrier and sung my heart.
Supports were Drug Church and Turnstile. I've never listened to either of them before, but they were both pretty good.
I've been full of anxiety for a few days now, and I definitely needed Wednesday night to let all the nerves and anger and worries out. Thanks TSSF.
Will also gave me his guitar pick at the end of the night which is always lovely.
I finally got to see Clairvoyant played live as well and it was amazing! The whole room was silent for the whole song and everything was perfect.
I have a massive bruise on my arm now but it was so worth it.
Much love.
If you know me, then you'll know I'm a big fan of One Tree Hill. I have been since I was 13.
It finsihed a couple of years ago *sniff* but it had a pretty impact on my life. That sounds strange right? A tv show had a big impact on my life? Well it did. It taught me alot. Basically helped me through high school and, so far, my 20's. It also introduced me to a ton of music.
Two of the artists OTH introduced me to: Tyler Hilton and Kate Voegele.
Sunday night saw them co-headline my favourite venue- Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms.
I actually saw Tyler Hilton headline there about 18 months ago now but I've never seen Kate live.
Both of them we're perfect. Made conversations with random people in the crowd, played beautifully, made sure they met everyone, and were just genuinely lovely friendly people.
Also, they played "When The Stars Go Blue". Which is a song Tyler sang on the show with one of the main characters, and well, I almost cried.
I'll post some videos I took down below.
A chilled acoustic evening.
Favourite People.
Favourite Venue. Perfect.
If this is as close to a One Tree Hill reunion as I'm going to get, I think I'm okay with that.
♥
Listening to: Great British Bake Off (I bloody love this show!)
Tyler Hilton- Kickin My Heels Tyler Hilton- You'll Ask For Me
Kate Voegele- It's Only Life Kate Voegele- No Good
Kate Voegele & Tyler Hilton- When The Stars Go Blue
I honestly can't believe it's been a year since the first Mcbusted tour. That's mad. Where the hell has the past year gone?!
I went to two dates on that tour, one with my best friend and one with my aunt.
This year me and my best friend took a trip down to Bournemouth for a night to relive last years experience. And yes, it was just as perfect!
The support acts were Symmetry -they were ok- and New City Kings; I received a free EP from them a few months ago and fell in love -their live performance was just as great.
The McBusted boys put on an incredible performance, as always. This was my 14th time seeing Mcfly, and 5th time for both Matt and James.
If you've never seen any of them live, you can expect plenty of dancing, laughing and of course, talented musicians.
The only disappointment for me was that they didn't play Sleeping with the Light On. And they seemed to play loads of Busted songs but not many Mcfly songs... maybe that was just me.
Me and Katie left the venue covered in streamers and singing Year 3000 as loud as we possibly could.
Thursday night saw me taking a trip to Brighton to see some of my favourites, Neck Deep!!
I got there just after Trophy Eyes had started. These guys are from Australia. I had heard of them but never listened to them. They were really good. A lot of fun and I quite enjoyed their set.
Next was Seaway. Again, I've heard of them but never really listened to them. A lot of people seemed to like them but I don't know. I didn't dislike them, I just couldn't get into them.
The third support were Chicago's Knuckle Puck. These guys are pretty big news right now.
Going in I already knew some of their songs. Their set was amazing and I highly suggest you check them out if you haven't already. I doubt they're going to stay underground for long.
I posted a video of them on my instagram, which you can view here
Finally, it was time for Neck Deep.
I haven't seen these guys since the We Are The In Crowd tour a year ago. They played to about 300 people, and maybe 5 people knew who they were.
2014 saw the release of their debut album, a kerrang award, multiple festivals and tours in Australia and America. Whilst Thursday saw them headline to 600 people.
I'm incredibly proud of how far they've come; they're pretty big stuff right now.
Their set was easily one of the funnest I've been a part of. Neck deep are raw, energetic and if you're debating going to see them- just go. I guarantee you'll have an amazing time.
Wow.
I've gone a month without blogging again.
I don't know. I've not been myself lately, I won't go into detail.
I've spent some time in Brighton -been to a few concerts.
The 1975 were fantastic as always. I saw them at the Alexandra Palace in London with my brother. My brother had never seen them before and I had never seen them at a venue that holds more than 300 people. Ally Pally holds over 7,000. And they had TWO sold out shows there.
I am incredibly proud of them. Considering the first I saw them was 4 years. they were supporting One Night Only in a tiny club in a corner of Brighton. Me and my 2 friends were the only ones that knew them and the only ones that were interested in them.
Now they're selling out huge venues in the capital.
The following day we travelled to Brighton to see some of my favourites- The Maine. A band who are to ridiculously talented for their own good.
Nick Santino was supporting and it was kind of strange seeing perform solo (I've only ever seen him in A Rocket To The Moon) but was fantastic none the less.
Also supporting was Lydia, a band who I've heard of but only know one song of. They were very good and I enjoyed their set immensely.
A week later we went back to Brighton to see The Vamps.
I saw them supporting Mcfly last year (see here and here) and they have a similar approach to their live shows as McFly do, but with their own twist.
Supporting was E of E, a band who I've seen supporting multiple people throughout the year. I won't talk about them too much as I like to focus on the positives on this blog. I guess I just don't really like them all that much...
Next was Luke Friend. I raved about him on my "Ones To Watch" List and supported him all throughout X factor last year. He's going to go far. I can feel it.
Also supporting was Nina Nesbitt. I know the name but none of her songs. She was very good through and would highly suggest checking her out.
Well this is very wordy and not very picture-y. That's not a word.
I posted a few videos on my instagram page here.
I'm sorry i've been gone. Like I said I haven't been feeling myself. And the blog posts I do write, I delete because I really dislike them.
But October's here now, which means Halloween and an endless amount of Tim Burton movies. So I'm kind of in my comfort zone.
I have a couple of beauty reviews coming up soon! I promise they'll be up within the next 2 weeks!
All photos are mine. Please ask/ give credit if reposting.
When Katy Perry brought her California Dreams tour over to the UK in 2011, I missed out on tickets. When she added new dates, I missed out again.
I brought her DVD and was insanely jealous of anyone who got to see the tour in person.
On Wednesday, I finally got to see her live at London's O2 Arena for her Prismatic tour.
My hopes were high. And she did not disappoint.
Her vocals were on point. Production was crazy, and her outfits were perfect.
It probably sounds biased coming from me since this woman is literally my Queen (not joking) but I've never been to a show like this before. Sure, I've been to plenty of concerts over the years, and many have had a big stage set up. But nothing on this level.
She had gladiators with neon mohawks, a giant cat play area, floating emojis, a garden and a MASSIVE birthday cake. She dressed up as cat (hence play area), danced around in an inflatable car, covered Madonna's Vogue, and floated around the whole arena with balloons (see below)
I had standing tickets and managed to get third row. Everything was perfect.
The whole venue was filled with love and happiness. I danced my socks off and sung my heart out.
I've seen alot of people bashing on her recently and that kind of upsets me. She clearly had a lot of fun creating a magical show filled with weirdness and I for one, completely love her for it.
Please ask/ give permission if you're going to post these photos else where.
I will be the first to admit that I had a lot of doubts about the McBusted tour.
At first I loved the idea, but then I started adding about a million extra dates. And I started to wonder what the tour would be like. But honestly, last night was one of the best nights of my life.
If you read this post, you'd know that 10 year old was obsessed with both Busted and McFly. I was a bit to young to see Busted live 10 years ago, but being in my favourite city, seeing my two favourite bands live with my best friend of 16 years, yeah, you could say this was about as close to perfect as it could get.
I won't post any spoilers as I know there's still lots of people waiting for their dates to arrive, but I swear to god it was incredible.
It makes me so happy seeing them in this amazing place. Mcfly have so much energy performing and this McBusted thing just kind of makes sense right now.
I know I'm not the only in Mcfly's fan base to have doubts about this tour, but believe it is something that's really special.
I definitely don't think it will be a permanent thing (and I'm glad about that) but honestly, when it's gone I'll probably miss it a ton. So right now I'm going to carry on being happy for them.
Also, Dougie looked extra perfect last night. (See top pic)
Much Love.
I've just posted my FIRST EVER video on youtube. Well not including concert videos that is.
I've been thinking about doing this for a while, and half way through January I decided it might be fun to do a haul of things that I had brought throughout the first month of 2014.
I know the quality kind of sucks and I know I'm bit awkward, but this was a really big thing for me to do and it would be amazing if I could maybe get some advice and feedback as I would quite like to make more videos in the future.
Please let me know what you think and I'll love you FOREVER
On Thursday Me and my Aunt went to Brighton to see McFly. Again...
I did warn you this post was coming.
In a way this was better than Tuesday night. We had a cheeky surprise acoustic set from James Bourne. (Top Picture) Who I've actually been waiting over ten years to see live.
He's a big part of the reason I got into music and why I love so many bands/ artists that I love today -including Mcfly. So the fact that he did a surprise set made my entire life.
I managed to get second row for both him and The Vamps. Who, P.S, were even better Thursday than they were Tuesday. If that's possible.
Mcfly never fail to put on an amazing show and I think that's one of the reasons how they're still going strong after ten years. I think they're the only band that I have a huge smile plastered on my face throughout their entire show.
They've gotten me through a lot of stuff over these past ten years and I can guarantee that they'll be the band that gets me through whatever else life decides to throw at me.
I also managed to get a few more videos (in HQ) for everyone.
Much Love.
♥
James Bourne -Beautiful Girls Are The Loneliest The Vamps -Wild Heart
The Vamps -Little Things (1D Cover) Mcfly -I'll Be Ok/Bubblewrap
I've said it before and I'll most likely say it again -you've been warned- Mcfly are my favourite band.
Last night was the ninth time I've seen them live. And I swear they get better everytime.
My tenth Mcfly show will be tomorrow evening so expect another blog post Friday sometime.
The support act was The Vamps, (see second picture) who I actually knew beforehand through youtube and because they're friends with Carrie.
But they were so good live and I highly suggest you check them out if you haven't already.
I did take more photos and a video The Vamps last night. But my camera decided to delete them all before I could upload them. I managed to recover a few though.
Hopefully I'll get some good ones tomorrow night.
Here's a video I took of Mcfly performing Obviously.
Dougie decided to tell a little story of how the band got together and Harry said he should do it in a RomCom way.
So enjoy. And I'll see you Friday with some more Mcfly for you all.
Today I'm pretty sick. So I've been in bed all day. But that did mean I got round to watching The Rolling Stones documentary, 'Crossfire Hurricane'.
I'm someone that loves documentary movies, 'Dogtown and Z-boys' and 'Riding Giants' are some of my favs, and being a big fan of the Stones, I had pretty high hopes for this.
To be honest, my high hopes were reached and beaten.
The whole thing was amazing and extremely well made.
I liked how they talked through the story, rather than having a narrator tell it.
And there was a lot of unseen footage. And of course an amazing soundtrack to go with it.
Being only 19, I'm pretty sure i was born in the wrong era.
My heart craves for a way of life that doesn't exsist anymore.
I wish I could have been there when The Stones started- Watched them really blow up and grow into who they are now.
But lucky for me, good music has no expiration date.
Last week my brother took me and my sister to a surprise late-birthday present -to see Michael McIntyre, our favourite comedian, and honestly I don't think I've ever laughed so much in my life.
And then on Monday I took the train out to Portsmouth to the beauties that are We Are The In Crowd -who were fab as per usual.
Yesterday I took a trip down to Bournemouth to see Mayday Parade and The Summer Set.
Neither of those bands manage to fail to put a great show.
Last night was one of the best concerts I've ever been too.
It was a tiny venue -maybe 400 or 500 people- but I don't think there was a single person not dancing and singing along. There was none of those people that turn up to a gig and just stand there texting. Which is the rudest thing to do in my opinion.
Josh Montgomery (The Summer Set) was just smiling throughout their entire set.
And I also got the chance to find out about two incredible bands.
If you haven't already, take a couple of minutes to listen to For The Foxes and Natives
Apart from a trip into Brighton to see The Wanted live and my best friends 18th birthday, the past week has been pretty uneventful.
Watching the first generation of Skins UK for the 50th time, going to the gym and watching clips from this years aussie open online has more or less been my life for the past few days.
therefore, nothing decent to blog about.
So here's a video from The Wanted's date that I went too.
