So Make Way, Start the Revolution!

Libor pointed out to me yesterday that I've not blogged in ages, so I've decided to blog again!

And this is entirely random, since I have no idea what I'm going to write about.

So here we go.

So I saw Libor last night! *yay!* We went to see Orange *also yay!* and it was sooo much fun!
I've not been out in....I can't remember how long. I think the last time I went out out was when me and D went to see All Time Low (because I couldn't get tickets for Reel Big Fish and Orange playing at the same venue) and that was January I think...I may have to double check that. I won't. It won't happen. I'm just taking it as January.

As usual, I took about 8 million photos and a few videos (which youtube is taking its time in uploading....for the FOURTH freaking time!) but still, amazing night!

I had not had enough sleep, by far! By the time I'd finished work, I'd been up for 24 hours, and then just got about 4 hours sleep....so by we got let in at 7:30, I was about ready to die! Made it though! I'm pretty sure the guys appreciated the support anyway. Pissed off some fan girls when Joe came and hugged me when he spotted us, but whatever *swoon* I am totally THE Orange fan. I will always be awesome (Y) As usual, I got stuff signed, and I got a third drumstick from Zak (and signed, of course) and I got lots of hugs from all 4 of them! And, of course, pissing off fan girls all round! XD

The support acts were great as well! Well, the first guy was a solo acoustic guitar guy, and he was amazing (video will go on youtube once I find out his name and it starts behaving itself....). Second act, Accidents and Stars. Now, I'm going to be honest about this band. I'm usually like omgz they were so good! Or omg massive fail. This band were really good. The band. Their singer. She was....first of all, thought she was much better than she was, but she wasn't overly confident. She didn't seem to have any confidence in her voice. You know how you have 2 singing voices? A soft one that you can sing quietly, and one that allows you to sing with oomph? She sang with her quiet voice. Which, ok, she could carry a tune with that one....But she kept cracking...We could barely hear what she was singing either, which didn't make it better, since she was singing so softly. I have a theory that she's either dating the bass player (some serious on stage chemistry with him), it was his sister, they've had a fling, or he's badly in the friendzone with her. This is my theory, and if I'm wrong, I'll eat my scrubs. Anyway, the third band, A Story to Tell. Libor and I could not figure out why we recognised this one guy setting up. Then it occurred to us that they supported Orange and New Riot last year. Brain fart. Anyway, they were great. So professional looking and sounding (video has been trying to upload to youtube about a million times, so that'll go up at some point as well), even if the blatant groupies and band moms by the stage (total Mean Girls "I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom!") which just made us laugh. But they really were great, they've got good chemistry on stage, they can engage the audience. Just a really enjoyable set, and by the end you find yourself bobbing along, and just enjoying it a lot. I really recommend them to anyone who enjoys rock music, fans of Green Day, New Found Glory, Orange (of course!), Bowling for Soup, anyone like that, will enjoy A Story to Tell.
And finally, Orange.

 As always, Orange put on a brilliant performance. Joe, Perry, Alec and Zak are great musicians, and can hold the audience really well. They're not a very well known band, by any stretch of the imagination, but they have the most dedicated fan base of any band I know. I met two women who had driven to Peterborough from Ipswich, and Libor and I came from Leicester and Northampton, respectively, and myself on a few hours sleep! The great thing about the four of them is that they're so down to Earth. For instance, they're a punk band from LA that are on their way to stardom, touring the country a few times a year, and they still have time to appreciate their fans. They hang around after shows, no matter how big or small the venue, to talk to their fans, they'll talk to them on facebook, they really appreciate when fans put effort into making posters, t shirts, drawings etc. Orange do have the best fans, and they deserve the fans that love them. I love, and am still amazed, that of all their fans, and all the people that they meet up and down the country, they still remember me, and Libor, and thank us for coming to shows, no matter what. They even gave me a T shirt because I lost my guestlist spot for a show last year, instead of being all douchey and like welp, sucks to be you.

TL;DR - I freaking love Orange. End of. Support acts were pretty great, 'cept for the female singer (seriously, no disrespect love, but work on it). Joe is so great for providing us with entertainment when he's not exactly in the best of health, Perry and Alec play some amazing guitar and look like their having fun on stage, and Zak just tears it up in the background. He seems to get a little left out back there, but you'd notice if he wasn't there! (and thanks for the drumstick dude!) They're all really great guys.

I'm going to stop sounding like a massive fan girl doing a hugely bias gig review, but yea, that's my review of last night.

If I can recommend anything to you, it would be to check out all of the acts (once I find out the name of the first guy, I'll edit this article and link to the youtube video)


Well, thanks for reading guys!
If you're still here then..you are more queer than me. You must have some problems, and a lot of time on your hands!

I may post more gig reviews in future. We'll see if I go to any gigs that aren't Orange. #unlikely.