Friday 11 July 2014

BST Hyde Park - 6/7/14

Last Sunday I went to BST Hyde Park where McBusted were headlining.

When we got there, we got upgraded to premium view, which meant closer to the stage!!


Me and my friend arrived pretty early as we were hoping to see as many acts as possible.
We started off seeing Only The Young, who are a new 4 piece british pop band from Margate.
They covered alot of songs as they haven't written many themselves yet, but were claiming to be in the process of writting an album (eekk!)
We were running back and fourth from the main stage and the village hall and got to see Scouting For Girls, Diversity, Ollie Marland, Elyar Fox, Rixton, The Vamps and a few others.


The general atmosphere of the festival was pretty chilled and this felt more like a family day out kind of festival than your usual rowdy/messy festival (ahem ahem reading).


When it got to the Backstreet Boys it started raining and we found shelter in the Barclaycard Unlimited tent where Rixton were playing a more intimate set. I think they just gained a new fan, they were really good and I love their song 'me and my broken heart'!
One of the band members also had a pair of sunglasses that read 'Lads on tour' and he threw it out to the crowd at the end of their set and my friend caught it haha. Well it kinda landed at her feet and she picked it up; the girls infront were giving us evils, so funny when you don't even try yet you still make people jealous, hashtag hellyeah.


McBusted were playing a 2 hour set and we were so excited. Although it was raining, it didn't dampen our mood! Their set was exactly the same as their arena tour and the vibe was amazing!
They sang 'Air Hostess' twice! And when they were singing '5 colours in her hair' a rainbow formed! Such a beautiful end to a beautiful day! :)


When the festival finished we walked to Marble Arch station only to find out it was closed. So we walked to Bond Street station where we passed illegal merch people and me and Kim fangirled so hard when we saw a poster of 5SOS hahahahaha. Literally screamed in the middle of the street, I don't even know why. 

Anywayyyyyy, it was a perfect day to end the week and I'm really happy I got to go!

Did anyone else go?! If so, who was your fav?

BST Hyde Park continues this weekend, with Neil Young & Crazy Horse headlining! They also have Tom Odell and Lucy Rose on the main stage (ahhhhhh!)

Friday 4 July 2014

Meeting 5SOS at HMV London - 1st July 2014

I was lucky enough to be picked to meet 5SOS and get their album signed on Tuesday!
I was one of the lucky 300 that got to meet them at HMV's flagship store on Oxford Street.


I won a signing only wristband and although I didn't get to see the band performing an intimate acoustic set, I feel so lucky to have met them at the signing anyway as the demand for those wristbands were so high! (I heard there were 4,000 people that wanted them :O)

We were told to arrive there at 5pm. I thought HMV handled this event SO badly.
There were no instructions on what to do when you got to the store, no specific timings and no extra info.
I started to queue until a lady told me to go to the front to get my name ticked off.
The people infront and behind me had performance and signing wristbands but they arrived late so weren't allowed into the show. They then queued to get into the signing but the security guards thought they had already been in and cheekily wanted to sneak in another time. Everyone was getting to angry at the complete shambles of it and I totally agree, they should've stamped the wristbands afterwards or even taken them away to show that you had already gone and met the band. They then did this later on as I was one of the last to get my CD signed and they started cutting off wristbands once you met them. (A bit late!) HMV should've thought of this earlier and it wasn't thought through properly.

Anyway, when it came to actually meeting the band, I found it very rushed and security was very strict. (Unlike ymas, which was so chilled and we were aloud to hug them!) I spoke to all of them briefly (apart from Luke, won't go into detail but it involves a handheld fan and an inflatable banana ahem ahem mr hood), and Calum said I had a beautiful name..... I repeat...

CALUM HOOD SAID I HAD A BEAUTIFUL NAME

!!!!

Holding my signed CD in my hand, I walked out of HMV and there were masses of girls outside waiting to catch a glimpse of them. I felt so lucky to have been picked by HMV.
So in a way, i love you HMV, but you did annoy lots of people and events should be thoroughly planned beforehand (esp if it's something as big as 5SOS!)


Eeek, here's my signed CD :D




Anyway, enough of 5SOS for one day, I'll leave you with this picture (little blurry, sorry!)....
Do you think Michael was looking at my camera?!
Also, any fans of 5SOS here and if so, what's your favourite track from their album?! :)