My London adventure started on the 21st June, I was originally meant to be travelling up with a friend but, unfortunately she had to work last minute so instead I went by myself. I'd been to London by myself before but, had never been to a concert there and I had never experienced Camden. I went to London with an open mind and low expectations, so I couldn't get disappointed but, overall it went really well! After a long day of travelling on the Tuesday, I went for a wonder around the quirky Camden markets, visited the Amy Winehouse statue, then went to grab dinner before heading back to the b&b I was staying at.
When June 22nd came, I just couldn't contain my excitement! After counting down the months, to weeks, to days, I was finally counting down the hours and the minutes until the Tegan and Sara gig. So instead of sitting around in my b&b all day having existential crisis and stalking their Snapchat page, I thought I'd go and have a little shopping spree not only to distract me and calm me down but, I thought I could use a little treat too! And to see what I bought, check out my 'What I Bought Wednesday' post tomorrow!
After my shopping trip, I went back to my b&b to change and grab my tickets, I was staying in central Camden, the concert was held at Koko which was pretty close to where I was staying so there was no need to rush and there was no last minute panicking. Before I left however, I did have this overwhelming rush of anxiety, as excited I was to go to the concert I was scared, you know the phrase 'never meet your idols', I was scared that they were going to disappoint me and I'd leave being less of a fan if you know what I mean? As strange as it sounds, the thought did cross my mind but I thought of a lot of random stuff that evening.. I was worried about passing out, having a literal heart attack for seeing Tegan and Sara, not being able to see and being stuck behind a tall person making it the worst night of my life, being hit on or chatted up (which to be fair wasn't a major concern ;), getting robbed, dropping my phone from shaking too hard.. basically I thought a lot! The one thing that did calm me down was that, there was never going to be another June 22nd 2016, for me or Tegan and Sara, there was going to be one evening, one moment that I could share with them making me feel close(r) to them and that really comforted me at the time. So I got myself together grabbed my stuff and started walking...
I can safely say that they didn't disappoint and that night I fell even more in love with them! They were everything I expected and more! They started their set with a couple of acoustic numbers including 'Call It Off' and 'Now I'm All Messed Up', I particularly enjoyed the re-vamp of their song 'Nineteen' and I liked the fact that they played a lot of old songs as well as the ones off the new record. It was honestly one of the best nights of my life and the next time they play a gig in London I am so there, I wouldn't miss it for the world!
Shortly after the concert I posted this on my Instagram ^^ along with a clip of their performance of 'Stop Desire'. I mean every word of what I wrote. After this tragic year filled with hate and negativity against the LGBTQ community, we need to rise up and become aware of what's happening around us, at the end of the day we are all human, equals and we only have 1 life to live, so why not have a good time while we can?
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