9th Nov 2010
Linkin Park were spot on as usual, but unfortunately I was still feeling ill from a few days before and didn't really enjoy them playing. Bit of a shame but I'm sure I'll go see them again.
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Saturday, 13 November 2010
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
Linkin Park at Nottingham
24/01/08
Yaaay! I was so excited to go to this gig. I went with Dad up to Nottingham, i was a bit worried our seats wouldn't be very good - but we could see everything!
Biffy Clyro came on first and were really good, i enjoyed their set and knew quite a few songs.
LP had a huge white 'kabooki' (i know thats not how you spell it, but i can't be bothered to find out) which casted their shadows all big and funky. They came on with 'What I've Done', in itself is an amazing song but not a really strong opening song in my opinion. Again i met some lovely people so we were dancing and singing together. I think my highlight was 'Bleed It Out', which surprised me because i wasen't a huge fan of that song before. Also 'A Place For My Head' was really exciting because they hadn't played that in a while - "you tried to take the best of me - GO AWAY!!!" ahh heaven. 'My December' was a nice surprise as well, Chester was incredible on that.
Yaaay! I was so excited to go to this gig. I went with Dad up to Nottingham, i was a bit worried our seats wouldn't be very good - but we could see everything!
Biffy Clyro came on first and were really good, i enjoyed their set and knew quite a few songs.
LP had a huge white 'kabooki' (i know thats not how you spell it, but i can't be bothered to find out) which casted their shadows all big and funky. They came on with 'What I've Done', in itself is an amazing song but not a really strong opening song in my opinion. Again i met some lovely people so we were dancing and singing together. I think my highlight was 'Bleed It Out', which surprised me because i wasen't a huge fan of that song before. Also 'A Place For My Head' was really exciting because they hadn't played that in a while - "you tried to take the best of me - GO AWAY!!!" ahh heaven. 'My December' was a nice surprise as well, Chester was incredible on that.
Linkin Park at the Astoria
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03/05/07
Best gig i've ever been to, EVER!
First reason why was that i was lucky enough to get a meet and greet, which meant i could go and actually meet the band face-to-face. Which is amazing on its own. Went up on the train with my mum, she didn't have a M&G pass so she had to go off into another line. It was cool because i met some really great people in the queue, who im still friends with after over a year. So we waited for a while, then we got let into the Astoria and got given stickers to get into the M&G. Ran down a few stairs into a small room with a stage at the back. I was expecting to go into another room to meet them so i was caught completely off guard when the band just walked onto the stage! Everyone went crazy yelling and taking pictures. Joe was the last to walk out, messing around posing for pictures on the stage :) The first lot of people went through then it was my turn!
Pheonix was the first on the table,so i handed over my Hybrid Theory cover and said hey. He was really cool, he started talking about football it surprised me he knew about it, so i was a bit lost for anything normal to say! Next along was Mike, it was just unbelieveable to meet him, i kind of stared at him for a second then tried to pull it together and gave him a probably manic smile! Then said something about my art (i used him as my artist in GCSE) After mike it was Rob and Brad, my album cover had already been passed along so i had a second with me just standing like a moron in front of them, i said hey and they smiled and thankfully they said hi back!
Then it was chester, to be totally honest it meant the most when i met him, i love the rest of the band but chester is what got me into them and i just think he's lovely. I half expected him to be small and scrawny in real life, but he was so gorgeous! So i tried to take in the "moment" and gave a half sane smile and said hi, to my amazement he didnt call for security but reached out and shook my hand! Being pretty shocked at the whole thing i asked him if he wouldnt mind if i took a photo, but really really REALLY politely- i think i said please about a million times!
so that was that, joe was sort of busy posing for a photo and the guy was trying to get me away (ha!) so i said hi and had to run off, after i think i ran up the stairs and yelled " OH MY GOD!!!"
So the actual show:
We ran out into the main pit area and stood around there for a bit, at that point i had forgot about my mum so i called her up to try and find her. It was a tiny venue only like 2000 people and i was already freaking hot so i left and went up onto the balcony which had a way better view of the stage. Waited for around an hour then the lights went out and Joe came on and started Scratching his decks, the riff of one step closer keep banging out then the whole band came on and played OSC, you can imagine how mental the whole place went!
set list was:
One Step Closer Lying From You Somewhere I Belong No More Sorrow Given Up Papercut Don't Stay From The Inside Numb Pushing Me Away Breaking The Habit What I've Done Crawling In The End Faint
They were beyond amazing and chester had superman pants on which he showed to us all, which was nice of him.
Good night overall i think
Best gig i've ever been to, EVER!
First reason why was that i was lucky enough to get a meet and greet, which meant i could go and actually meet the band face-to-face. Which is amazing on its own. Went up on the train with my mum, she didn't have a M&G pass so she had to go off into another line. It was cool because i met some really great people in the queue, who im still friends with after over a year. So we waited for a while, then we got let into the Astoria and got given stickers to get into the M&G. Ran down a few stairs into a small room with a stage at the back. I was expecting to go into another room to meet them so i was caught completely off guard when the band just walked onto the stage! Everyone went crazy yelling and taking pictures. Joe was the last to walk out, messing around posing for pictures on the stage :) The first lot of people went through then it was my turn!
Pheonix was the first on the table,so i handed over my Hybrid Theory cover and said hey. He was really cool, he started talking about football it surprised me he knew about it, so i was a bit lost for anything normal to say! Next along was Mike, it was just unbelieveable to meet him, i kind of stared at him for a second then tried to pull it together and gave him a probably manic smile! Then said something about my art (i used him as my artist in GCSE) After mike it was Rob and Brad, my album cover had already been passed along so i had a second with me just standing like a moron in front of them, i said hey and they smiled and thankfully they said hi back!
Then it was chester, to be totally honest it meant the most when i met him, i love the rest of the band but chester is what got me into them and i just think he's lovely. I half expected him to be small and scrawny in real life, but he was so gorgeous! So i tried to take in the "moment" and gave a half sane smile and said hi, to my amazement he didnt call for security but reached out and shook my hand! Being pretty shocked at the whole thing i asked him if he wouldnt mind if i took a photo, but really really REALLY politely- i think i said please about a million times!
so that was that, joe was sort of busy posing for a photo and the guy was trying to get me away (ha!) so i said hi and had to run off, after i think i ran up the stairs and yelled " OH MY GOD!!!"
So the actual show:
We ran out into the main pit area and stood around there for a bit, at that point i had forgot about my mum so i called her up to try and find her. It was a tiny venue only like 2000 people and i was already freaking hot so i left and went up onto the balcony which had a way better view of the stage. Waited for around an hour then the lights went out and Joe came on and started Scratching his decks, the riff of one step closer keep banging out then the whole band came on and played OSC, you can imagine how mental the whole place went!
set list was:
One Step Closer Lying From You Somewhere I Belong No More Sorrow Given Up Papercut Don't Stay From The Inside Numb Pushing Me Away Breaking The Habit What I've Done Crawling In The End Faint
They were beyond amazing and chester had superman pants on which he showed to us all, which was nice of him.
Good night overall i think
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