Saturday marked the start of the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend event in Bangor! Sarah and Ashley won tickets for Sunday and were bringing Molly and I to the concert with them. We left early to catch the 10am to the site and waited in line until noon when the gates finally opened. It was crazy inside, with people rushing to the stages to wait for the performances to begin. We walked to the Main Stage Tent and got pretty close to the stage to watch Paolo Nutini, the first performer. People began to fill the floor, pushing closer and closer to one another until it was almost hard to move. It wasn't long before we were all sweating from all the body heat. After Paolo they had to evacuate the floor due to technical difficulties. As people lined the tent waiting to go back in, with security guards guarding the entrance, we waited for them to let us back in. As soon as they let us go, everyone was running to the stage to get close. Before we knew it we were all running as fast as we could without tripping on one another or loosing our shoes. At one point i lost my shoe and we were getting pushed into people. It was scary but we finally got a good spot toward the front and caught our breathe. The next performance was Pixie Lott, with more people crowding closer and closer. She was good and right after was Jason Derulo. It was getting really hot in the stage area and many people were passing out, which was scary. We all made sure to stay hydrated to avoid that situation. We saw Nikki, Charlie, and Liz in the crowd standing a bit behind us! How ironic that we found them in a crowd of over 20,000 people. Right after Jason Derulo, Paramore performed. She was really good! And Sarah even got the guitar pic of the guitarist after he threw it into the crowd and it landed on her shirt. We got to watch Ke$ha, Biffy Clyro, and Rhianna perform on the main stage before leaving to go to the smaller stage to watch Vampire Weekend. We left at a good time since mosh pits were beginning to occur and people were getting a little crazy. Vampire Weekend was my favorite performance of the day and people were dancing around. At one point during the concert a person tried to body surf over us, but Molly and I were the only ones in the section and they fell on us. I couldn't help but laugh at how scary yet funny it was, but we made sure to stay out of the way. By the end of Vampire Weekend's performance it was 9:30pm and we had been standing for 11 hours, and after climbing Snowdon yesterday, and were hungry and tired. We got some tasty Chinese food to refuel us after a long day and headed back to the bus stop to go home and sleep. Ashley and I noticed that our ankles had swollen up from standing for so long and looked like cankles, I just laughed at how ridiculous it looked. Sunday was great fun!
Monday May 24, 2010-
Tonight we went out for a flat dinner before we all left to go our separate ways for the summer. It was sad to think that would be the last time we would all get to eat together, but I had fun spending time as a flat. I'm going to miss them all very much and I don't know if I'm ready to say goodbye yet=/
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