Whoa! I cannot believe that it is THAT time already. 2 hours of sleep on my lovely sofa. It's time to go now but I can't will myself out of the sleepy position not even for tea... Meh!
Okay, up and about and dressed and out and don't we all; Stefanie, Renee, Artur, Linda and myself; just look really awake and rested.
Driving today is a total bitch, I'm cranky and there is winter sunshine bouncing off of every available snowflake and directly into my eyes... I can't see so we have to change drivers.
After a food stop and buying sunglasses (yes we sell them in Scotland but to have them in the winter? Who knew) I am able to drive some, that's much better for me. I'm not a fan of being driven... I'm OCD girl, I like things as I like them. And when it comes to being a passenger... I'm bad at it hehe. It makes me uneasy.
Manchester! We arrive, later than planned but we made it. Hostel check in, get dressed in gig type things, make up on and off we go.
Holy crowd control batman... The queue is massive. So erm yeah, what's this little queue here?
As we join the little queue, about 100 or so other people join behind us and then even more after that... Ooops hehe
Within 10 minutes of queuing we are inside. Clever? YES!
Shannon's side, not barrier but spacious (for the moment) all 5 of us together. We devise a plan... When the crowd move during the support and go into mosh-mode, we push forward. Let's just see what happens...
Funeral Party - Still have no clue what the name of the songs are but I am beginning to like them. (We sneak forward a few inches)
Enter Shikari - same setlist as in Aberdeen, just perhaps a few songs in a different order. (I will be downloading the setlist tracks when I get home to see if I still like them or if its only a tour thing)
Mosh-mode and Puuuuuuush
Holy crap, I'm in the pit and we've lost 2 people... Puuuuush... Holy crap, I'm in another pit, ouch, OMG, puuuuuush... Okay slightly outside of the pit but hell, I'm seriously squashed...
Okay surely I can deal, I've had worse (Koko last November and Wembley in February for example) So I try to just tune it all out and concentrate on the music.
30 Seconds to Mars Setlist:
Escape
Night of the Hunter
A Beautiful Lie
Attack
Search + Destroy
Vox Populi
This is War + 100 Suns
Closer
L490
From Yesterday (Acoustic)
Alibi (Acoustic)
Bad Romance (Acoustic)
The Kill (Part Acoustic)
The Fantasy
Hurricane
Kings and Queens
Well that was one for the memories. All in all, ending up 2 rows from barrier behind Lisa, Sian, Karina and Claire (who btw, were dressed up in the leather bunny outfits from the Hurricane video... Cool, I know)
So many people I know and have been waiting ages to see again at this show. Manchester is always a great location for reunions. Best of all, I get Hilde hugs here yay.
Reluctant to leave and say goodbye to everyone. It's the last show now in the UK for a while and don't know when we will all meet again but we need sleep and I have a drive home to Glasgow tomorrow to survive.
Stefanie, Renee, Linda, Artur and I travel to our hostel and after Tanya arrives we all head off to bed. Of course, it wouldn't be the same if there wasn't some stupidity and hilarity before sleep. That occupies an hour or so before I finally fall from consciousness into a coma-state.
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