BASTILLE - Presents "&" (Ampersand) Candlelight Sessions
Manchester Cathedral
Wednesday 17 October 2024
Last night I went to see Bastille again on the last stop of the "&" Candlelight Sessions with Holly in Manchester Cathedral. Super lucky to be seeing Bastille for the 7th time! t was never planned to go again last night but Holly was away in Lisbon on Sunday night and she landed back in Manchester at 6pm so on a whim she got tickets for it. I've always wanted to go to more than 1 night of the same tour so here we are ticking that off bucket list!
It was absolutely pissing it down when we queued and we were quite far back. We should have queued earlier but I went and got food. It's different as it's not standing and seated in sections but it was first come first serve for your section. We were in Zone D which is the furthest away as Holly did have section C in her basket but that sold out as she went to pay then ended up with D. We were on the 2nd to last row. If we queued earlier we could have been at the front of the section.
Doors were are 8:45pm but we didn't start moving till about 8:55pm. The venue was a lot bigger than St George's Hall but not as many candles.
It was due to start at 9:30pm but didn't start till near 9:40pm.
We were so far away and it was really dark so my photos aren't great sadly!
They played a 11 song set - the same as Liverpool on Sunday but did an extra new song with Bim as she was down. They did a set the night before that was lived streamed on Amazon Prime which she was at.
Even though we were right at the back and couldn't see (the seats weren't as comfy either as we had cushioned seats in Liverpool) we could stand up it was still amazing to be there. The sound felt better but not sure whether it was because I was further away as on Sunday I was really close to the speaker. Dan didn't talk as much and the set still lasted an hour - might have been because his mum and dad were in attendance.
The crowd was very different it was a lot rowdier which Dan made a comment about cos people were heckling and we were sat in the section with super annoying people so Liverpool was definitely the better night - without being biased being my home city and being right at the front...
It's a great way to promote the album and can't wait wait for the album to come out next Friday! Excited to hear all the songs and getting the limited edition candle lit CD that I've pre-ordered! Might do more dates once the album comes out so could see Dan again soon...
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