16. Falling in love with Natives (Bristol 18.05.2011)
At the time Natives were known as Not Advised but whatever their name is they are amazing live. The first time I saw them was when they supported VersaEmerge on their first headline tour over here in the UK. They played the back bar of the Bristol O2 Academy and despite being a relatively unknown band they managed to get the crowd going with fun pop-punk songs. They had stage presence a lot of bands lack and seemed to genuinely enjoy being there. People that walked in not a fan definitely walked out with the intention to download every last one of their songs.
17. Wearing onesies to You Me At Six (Southampton 13.10.2011)
We decided it would be a good idea to wear onesies to You Me At Six. We were wrong. I ended up being the only one wearing one and I was baaaaking. They did keep me warm though when we waited outside in the cold for 2 hours after the gig to meet them. Max was the first person to appear and he was there for a good half an hour then he went and got the others for us, bless him. The flash on the camera wouldn't work when we were with Max and so it took about 6 attempts to get a photo which was funny. Matt told me he liked my onesie and that they wanted to play Bristol. Dan was extremely high and hilarious and Josh told us their tour dates for the tour they did in March which hadn't yet been announced. We didn't meet Chris though, but we did see him. Overall they're lovely, down to earth chaps and I miss them a lot. Oh and when Josh went to the bus to get something my dad went with him and they had a huge conversation and Josh thanked us for coming all the way from Exeter and to this day I still don't understand how he knows that's the area we came from.
18. Meeting Jack Barakat for the first time (Bristol 30.01.2012)
After the Bristol gig we waited outside to meet All Time Low and whoever else came out. We met Garrett Nickelsen of The Maine and then Rian and Jack. It happened to be my Dad's birthday and so Jack said "Happy birthday Dad" it was adorable. He is adorable. The entire band is adorable.
19. Hearing Panic! At The Disco play Always (Bristol 31.01.2012)
The gig was was insanely epic and when Brendon got out his acoustic guitar and performed Always I thought I was destined to become a puddle of tears on the floor. Somehow I managed to keep it together but if anyone has a time machine that would allow me to go back that'd be great.
20. Sean Smith calling us dicks (Cardiff 11.02.2012)
When Sum 41 had to pull out of the Kerrang Tour I was gutted. But the news that The Blackout would be filling in wasn't all that terrible. I'm not their biggest fan but I have always appreciated them live. They're famous for their "going down going down going down" part of the gig whereby everyone has to get down. Sean told everyone to get down and if we don't we're dicks. It happened to be me, my brother and a couple others who got stuck and couldn't really get down. So like we were told Sean pointed right at us and called us dicks. Honestly it was hilarious.
Part One here.
Part Two here.
Part Three here.
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