Gig Moments I Never Want To Forget (Part 2)

6. Seeing Brand New and Jesse launching himself off stage (Cardiff 17/02/2012)

I've loved and worshipped Brand New for a long time and all I wanted was to see them live. The opportunity came about and I was so excited. They honestly did not disappoint. Their set was intense and apart from Soco they played every song I could of wanted. Usually I don't like being on barrier but it made it 100 times better this time. It was also the last show of the tour so in a drunken and dramatic manner they smashed up their guitars and offered them to us. Security were boring bastards though and stopped them (I NEARLY GOT VINCENT'S GUITAR DAMMIT). Ahem. Then Jesse launched himself off stage into the crowd and when I say launched I mean it - he ended up near the back. Once he was back on stage he jumped into the drum kit which looked, uh, rather painful. Bloody nutters. 

7. Blink-182 "Wasting Time" and "Reckless Abandon" acoustic (Cardiff 10/07/2012)

Again with Blink-182 i've been listening to them for longer than I can even remember and so when they announced they were getting back together and touring the UK I was insanely happy. Then when it sold out and my brother had tickets and I didn't I genuinely sobbed on the floor for a good hour. However, as luck would have it my brother and his friend made the ridiculous mistake as to give me their tickets. Hallefuckinglujah. I had to babysit my sister at the gig which was a huge pain in the ass as she isn't good with crowds but would never admit it, so when we got near the front and Blink came on, the crowd went crazy and she looked like she was going to pass out. I had to drag her to the back which was easier said than done and then I couldn't get back in the crowd. This did have its perks though. Halfway through the night Tom and Mark came to the back and played "Wasting Time" and "Reckless Abandon" acoustically and I was at the front for this. The crowd sang along more content than ever. And not to be forgotten about was Travis'drum solo afterwards which went above and beyond on the epic scale.

8. We Are The In Crowd (Reading 2012)

I had seen We Are The In Crowd 3 times before they played Reading and so if I missed them I didn't think I would be gutted. But, I did manage to see them and I can safely say if I had missed them I would have been seriously annoyed. I don't quite know what it was, in fact I don't think it was any one thing, but they were incredible. The tent was full, with people spilling out the sides, which was the first surprise and then they were all singing along to the songs - and not just the ones Radio 1 had whored out - jumping around and the few people who looked sceptical at the beginning soon seemed impressed too. They were playing their instruments better than ever seeming more punk than pop for once and the vocals were the best i've heard from Tay and Jordan. I'm not even ashamed to admit I was so proud of them I cried. 

9. The Maine's Pat Kirch celebrates his birthday (Yeovil 1/02/2012) 

The show coincided with drummer Pat's birthday. Instead of us just singing happy birthday to him we had to demand the cake to be thrown into the crowd and so of course they did just that. The floor became a spongy slippery cakey mess and more than once I nearly went flying across the mosh pit. After the show Pat informed us it was a Tinkerbell cake. Brilliant. 

10. Mayday Parade play "Miserable At Best" and "Stay" (Cardiff 13/10/2012)

I made a huge post about this gig before but getting to see these 2 songs live was perfect. They're beautiful tear jerkers and there wasn't a dry eye in the audience. 

Part 1 here.