I've been going to concerts regularly since I was 16, at which I went to a Red Hot Chili Peppers gig, and since then have only not gone to one Reading Festival. There's something about live music that I really love and some of my happiest moments have been crushed by a crowd, surrounded by good friends, a few drinks in, singing along to some of my favourite music. The last time I saw the Manics was May last year- the weather was just hotting up and my friend and I went for a pint in a Camden beer garden before the gig. I was wearing a pink sundress and we managed to get almost to the front of the crowd. I could hardly breathe throughout the gig and came out soaked in sweat, but absolutely elated from the experience.
We started drinking on the train both nights
Waiting outside the venue on Friday night...
It was freezing!
On Friday we got to the venue about an hour before the doors opened and were absolutely freezing! On Saturday we were much more sensible and went to Nandos and the pub, arriving at the venue just before the band was due to come on. We managed to get quite near the front both nights and had a brilliant view. Unfortunately my camera doesn't really like nighttime and the best photo I could get was this:
But hey at least you can see how close we were! They played a mixture of oldies and newer songs and we all had an absolutely brilliant time. I am of course now covered in random bruises and scratches but it was definately worth it!
Rather tipsy me in the pub on Saturday evening!
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