Showing posts with label Enter Shikari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Enter Shikari. Show all posts
Friday, 2 September 2011
Monday, 30 August 2010
Reading Festival 2010 - Saturday
Finally the sun came out!! I celebrated by having a shower at home before the drive up and wearing a nice dress. The day was really nice, I can't believe that a pint of cider was £4! Disgusting, but I did enjoy it very much though. We started the day a little later so we really just saw the bands which we wanted to see, which was nice to do.
Saturday -
* Mystery Jets -
Really good set, me and Nay were very excited they played 'After Dark'. I danced a lot. Blake did look like a scarecrow though.
* 3OH!3 -
Ahhh they were brilliant! Loved their set, lots of TUNES.
* The Maccabees
* Dizzee Rascal -
Only saw a bit as Katie got hit in the head with a wellie!
* Crystal Castles -
Pure insanity.
* Enter Shikari -
Mental live, loved shouting at a guy pushing past me during 'No Ssssweat' "YOU DO THIS EVERY FUCKING TIME!" Classic timing.
* Pendulum -
Spot on as always.
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Reading Festival
Reading Festival Saturday 29th Aug 2009I went up for the day with Chrissy this year, I learned my lesson from last time and we got the shuttle boat to the festival! Really lovely day and the weather was perfect too.
Dinosaur Pile-Up
We weren't familiar with this band before Sat, and just went to watch to fill time. They were pretty good and i enjoyed their set. They played rocky stuff, which went down well at Reading.
Spinnertte
Brody's voice is amazing and we both really liked their set, even if the crowd was a little dead.
Fightstar
Ha I know, busted?! Despite laughing about the band they were really good! They were quite heavy and Charlie has a good voice, so we had fun. They started a few decent pits as well.
Enter Shikari acoustic
This was a nice surprise on the BBC introducing stage, we wandered past and saw a load of people stood in front - more than normal - so we stopped to find Enter Shikari were about to play. They were introduced by Edith Bowman, I didn't see her, only heard. They played three songs - Juggernauts, No sleep and adieu. I really loved the acoustic versions especially 'No Sleep'.
Ha I know, busted?! Despite laughing about the band they were really good! They were quite heavy and Charlie has a good voice, so we had fun. They started a few decent pits as well.
Enter Shikari acoustic
This was a nice surprise on the BBC introducing stage, we wandered past and saw a load of people stood in front - more than normal - so we stopped to find Enter Shikari were about to play. They were introduced by Edith Bowman, I didn't see her, only heard. They played three songs - Juggernauts, No sleep and adieu. I really loved the acoustic versions especially 'No Sleep'.
Eagles of Death Metal
I think we missed the first song, but we managed to catch the rest of their set. I love them anyway so it was cool to finally see them play. I was expecting Josh Homme to be on drums but they had they guy from Queens. We later found out that Josh and Dave Grohl were side-stage watching with their kids! Eagles were brilliant and the crowd kept chanting 'Eagles! Eagles!' which was nice. Me and Chrissy had a good dance to most of their songs.
I think we missed the first song, but we managed to catch the rest of their set. I love them anyway so it was cool to finally see them play. I was expecting Josh Homme to be on drums but they had they guy from Queens. We later found out that Josh and Dave Grohl were side-stage watching with their kids! Eagles were brilliant and the crowd kept chanting 'Eagles! Eagles!' which was nice. Me and Chrissy had a good dance to most of their songs.
Enter Shikari
The front, where we were, was total chaos! Brilliant though. Pits kept erupting right by me and Chrissy so we had to slide over to the left quite a bit. Really good set, especially loved it when the band told everyone to crowd surf and about 40 people went over the front!
Them Crooked Vultures
The NME tent was too packed for us to actually get in so we watched a few songs from the outside on the screen. Of what i saw they were very good.
You Me at Six
I know a few songs of theirs and they were really fun to watch. Best song was 'Kiss and Tell', the 'Poker Face' cover was cool too.
The Maccabees
We were a little tired at this point so we went and got some cider and watched from outside. I managed to catch my two favourite songs - 'Toothpaste Kisses' and 'Can you give it', so i was happy.
The Prodigy
This was the only let down of the day! We got a good spot quite near to the front, but we didn't even realise they had come on stage it was so quiet! It didn't get any louder and we felt lame dancing to such quiet music so we left! I imagine they were actually good, its just the sound didn't carry at all, and most people in the crowd were yelling 'Turn it up!!'. I was a little sad we didn't catch White Lies instead, who are pure awesome.
Glasvegas
When we saw the line up we laughed about seeing Glasvegas again, but as the Prodigy were lame we went and watched them play. We got right on the barrier and had such a good time! We were both surprised we liked their set so much.
The front, where we were, was total chaos! Brilliant though. Pits kept erupting right by me and Chrissy so we had to slide over to the left quite a bit. Really good set, especially loved it when the band told everyone to crowd surf and about 40 people went over the front!
Them Crooked Vultures
The NME tent was too packed for us to actually get in so we watched a few songs from the outside on the screen. Of what i saw they were very good.
You Me at Six
I know a few songs of theirs and they were really fun to watch. Best song was 'Kiss and Tell', the 'Poker Face' cover was cool too.
The Maccabees
We were a little tired at this point so we went and got some cider and watched from outside. I managed to catch my two favourite songs - 'Toothpaste Kisses' and 'Can you give it', so i was happy.
The Prodigy
This was the only let down of the day! We got a good spot quite near to the front, but we didn't even realise they had come on stage it was so quiet! It didn't get any louder and we felt lame dancing to such quiet music so we left! I imagine they were actually good, its just the sound didn't carry at all, and most people in the crowd were yelling 'Turn it up!!'. I was a little sad we didn't catch White Lies instead, who are pure awesome.
Glasvegas
When we saw the line up we laughed about seeing Glasvegas again, but as the Prodigy were lame we went and watched them play. We got right on the barrier and had such a good time! We were both surprised we liked their set so much.
Rise Against
This set was in the lock-up tent which is really tiny compared to the other tents. It had a nice atmosphere and Rise Against were great. We had enough room to dance around without getting crushed which was nice as well.
Again we met some lovely people this year and I LOVE Reading!
This set was in the lock-up tent which is really tiny compared to the other tents. It had a nice atmosphere and Rise Against were great. We had enough room to dance around without getting crushed which was nice as well.
Again we met some lovely people this year and I LOVE Reading!
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Linkin Park at Projekt Revolution
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Projekt Revolution, its Linkin parks summer tour that they usually just do in the States but they brought it here for a one-off special show.
We left about 9am to go to milton keynes bowl, took about two hours to get there. The longest part was trying to find parking and then queing to be bag checked. Finally got in about 1pm sadly i was too late to get a golden circle band, but i wasen't too fussed. Grabbed some food and headed up onto the hill to sit and much away. First band on was Innerpartysystem, they were ok, i can see that they would be better on CD.
After them it was the Bravery, they were shizz. The blokes voice was terrible and off, so i wasn't impressed by them at all. Next along the line-up it was Enter Shikari, they were alright i suppose, couldn't really understand what he was yelling about and his screaming was crapola compared to the likes of Chester. The drummer was pretty annoying, running around like a right spud - i wanted to ask him to sit down!
Next N*E*R*D came on, i was a bit sceptical about them and expected them to be shizz but i was really impressed! Played a few songs i knew and kept the crowd going really well.
Pendulum were next along, i wasn't as impressed by them compared to when i saw them in Bristol. But still pretty good.
Second to last was Jay-z, i watched him the night before on glasto and he was amazing. So i was expecting a lot.. and i was not disappointed wow, he was sooo good. Loved the part when he rapped over the Prodigy, that was awesome.
Between jay and LP people got bored so everyone started a bottle war, which was pretty funny until we got covered in beer about 5 times!
Between jay and LP people got bored so everyone started a bottle war, which was pretty funny until we got covered in beer about 5 times!
So! the main event...linkin park! They came on about 9pm. all the lights went up and a new intro to One Step Closer started, everyone was really pumped clapping and yelling. Then one by one LP emerged out! As soon as the main riff kicked in everyone went mental jumping and moshing.
After what felt like 5 minutes they went off, we all knew they'd come back so the chanting started...WE WANT MORE!! so they came back out played some more then left us again! Most of us knew well enough it wasn't the last encore so started yelling again, then finally Chester runs out yelling "YOU WANT MORE LP?" *cheers* "YOU WANT MORE JAY-Z?" *louder cheers* "HOW ABOUT FUCKING BOTH?" *even louder cheers* then boom jay-z strolls out and they go into numb/encore! It was so much fun, everyone was singing along and going mad. Jay left the stage then then ended with Bleed It Out, which was so awesome, i felt like the ground was shaking because about 60,000 people were stomping and clapping away. Best bit was the whole sing-a-long part, i was on Mikes side, yelling "ooooo ooo!" Then all of a sudden they were finished! Can't believe Ive seen them now for the third time, its definatly not enough! So I'm just going to have to wait until they're back! 1000/10 for LP
After what felt like 5 minutes they went off, we all knew they'd come back so the chanting started...WE WANT MORE!! so they came back out played some more then left us again! Most of us knew well enough it wasn't the last encore so started yelling again, then finally Chester runs out yelling "YOU WANT MORE LP?" *cheers* "YOU WANT MORE JAY-Z?" *louder cheers* "HOW ABOUT FUCKING BOTH?" *even louder cheers* then boom jay-z strolls out and they go into numb/encore! It was so much fun, everyone was singing along and going mad. Jay left the stage then then ended with Bleed It Out, which was so awesome, i felt like the ground was shaking because about 60,000 people were stomping and clapping away. Best bit was the whole sing-a-long part, i was on Mikes side, yelling "ooooo ooo!" Then all of a sudden they were finished! Can't believe Ive seen them now for the third time, its definatly not enough! So I'm just going to have to wait until they're back! 1000/10 for LP
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