So this is not a post to brag but I even I will admit I have been through quite a lucky patch lately. I truly thought after the SATC2 premiere I was done but fortunately not so!
I happened to enter a competition at work to win tickets to the 2010 Wireless festival in London Hyde Park to see Jay Z and Lily Allen live. I was actually tossing around the idea of buying tickets when the email popped up in my inbox that I had won VIP tickets to the Sunday show!
I decided to take my new flatmate as a nice bonding session and I thought she deserved to get out and enjoy London!
We arrived in the afternoon and headed straight to the VIP area to check it out. Let me set the record straight right now, VIP does not include a special spot in front of the stage, nor does it guarantee not having to line up for drinks and the food/drinks are just as expensive as outside the area- there is just more fancy varieties.
The main benefit of the VIP area was that there were nice toilets with toilet paper and mirrors (at a festival yes believe it or not!!!) and there were plenty of hot hot people.
Once we picked our jaws off the ground we went out to check out Slash on the main stage. Slash is an amazing guitar player, one of the best in the world, however he isn't really a people person and he left the talking and crowd motivation to his main singer- who can I say sounds a lot like Axl Rose. To be honest it was hard to get into his solo stuff but it was super cool to hear some classic Guns N Roses- Sweet Child O'Mine and Paradise City!
We were really pumped to see Friendly Fires so we got drinks and found our positions in the crowd. For some reason our bladders decided this was a perfect time to play up and we spent the first 3 songs in the queue for the toilet. In the end their set got cut short as Slash had played over his allotted time so we only got to see 2 songs however they are a fantastic band and one of the highlights of the day in my mind.
We decided to get more drinks and some food (standard festival Cider and hot chips!) and head back to watch Lily Allen. As some of you may know I have a bit of a problem with Lily Allen. I think she is way too opinionated for someone who has been in the industry about 10 minutes. However that said she has a good catalogue of hit songs so the set was enjoyable and I did find myself singing along!
We got more drinks and settled to rock out to Jay Z- 5 ciders in I was in a very jolly mood and we were to discover the ladies behind us were also. This particular lady only knew about every 3 words to a song and decided to sing lalala in between to make sure she was singing every song. To say this became annoying is a massive understatement!
Jay Z is a brilliant artist and is an icon for our generation, he has so many amazing songs- 99 problems, Empire State of Mind, Show Me What You Got, Run This Town etc.
About an hour into the set we decided to leave, partly due to the company behind us but mostly as everyone knows festivals are a night mare to get home from.
I was glad I got the chance to go to a UK festival this year however I'm glad I didn’t pay to go to that one, I think maybe I am getting old when I start to whinge that I spend a lot of the time lining for the toilet and getting drinks. I do love a great concert though so this won’t be my last festival!
A big thanks to my lovely friend for coming, it was loads of fun with you and I'm glad we got to share that together
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