Record Store Day 2020

5 months later finally reunited with Holly! The last time we seen each other was back in March the weekend before lockdown happened where we went to Tiny Rick's Cafe to play board games.

For my birthday Holly said she would get me the special Record Store Day 2020 release of  Bastille - All This Bad Blood. Go to town to get the record and have lunch at Naked Noodle which was pre planned before I went with Jo on Wednesday night. We got to town for 10:30 there was a small queue. We were so lucky because we got the last record in the shop! Holly joked while we were outside "what would you do if the person in front got the last one." It was the last one at the front of the shelf as well and they said they did sell a couple already this morning so we got there at the right time as it was open from 8am.

It's Bastille's first album but the extended version. I already have Bad Blood on vinyl that Callum got me 2 years ago for my birthday. This also has Other People's Heartache which is the first mixtape of cover mash ups they put out that has never been on vinyl.

I finally own a record player! But actually really scared to open my record's I do have and play them on it. It's nice and compact so doesn't take up much room which I will need to try soon as I can't just leave it to collect dust.

We went round and did some shopping then went to Naked Noodle for lunch at around 1. Everything felt so much more expensive without the half price discount.

Grilled Salmon Roll - Salmon, avocado, sweet sauce, crunch - £12

Avocado Maki - £4

Tempura Roll - Salmon, Avocado with Teriyaki Sauce - £12

Chicken Gyoza - £6

Matcha Mochi Ice Cream - £2.80

The sushi was really nice but the gyoza wasn't as good as when I went with Jo. These were overcooked and looking a bit burnt. The mochi ice cream was nice and refreshing for after.

It was so nice to finally catch up and see each other face to face. It was also weird being in town as it was busy but we never actually went to Liverpool One. Not really a fan of having to wear a mask in all the shops and having to use hand gel when you enter as it dries my hands out. But this is the new normal. We had to queue to go into most shops but it went really quick even for Primark even though the queue was long and around the shop.

Thanks Holly for the best birthday presents!

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Bastille ReOrchestrated

BASTILLE - ReOrchestrated Tour - O2 Apollo Manchester

Tuesday 10th April 2018

Last Tuesday night I went to see Bastille on their ReOrchestrated tour at the O2 Apollo in Manchester with Holly and Kelly. I drove there straight from work. I was stressing about getting there as we got to Manchester at 5pm needed to find somewhere to park then needed to get food but couldn't decide where to go! We ended up going to Shoryu in Piccadilly Gardens. 

It was an all seated gig which was really strange because I've never sat at a gig before! But it made sense as it was a full orchestra set. Our seats were better than I thought they were - we were in stalls so on the ground and a couple of rows back from the sound desk. Obviously I wished were front row or at least in front of the sound desk but these were the best seats I could get. We were sat in the centre and got end seats.

Charlie Barnes

Doors opened at 7pm and Charlie was on at 7:30pm - there was no way that was enough time to get everyone in as it really annoyed me that Charlie was singing and people were still coming in finding their seat and we had to move to let people in!

We got in just in time for Charlie Barnes to start. Charlie's the touring member of the band for the Wild, Wild World Tour they did. He's so good and plays so many different instruments I really didn't want to miss him! 

I love Charlie! You should definitely listen to him and I hope he does do well on his own!

To Kill A King

The lead singer of To Kill a King - Ralph is one of Dan's best mates. I've been listening to them since I heard of Bastille as Dan and him have loads of videos on YouTube of them together before he started Bastille. Some of Bastille's songs were originally sang by them two! Dan joined them for a song as well. These are definitely worth a listen too!

Bastille

It was the first night of the tour so I didn't know what to expect and what songs they were going to do. Didn't know the whole etiquette of the sat down gig either like were we all going to jump up once they come on stage... Turns out you don't! 

They started with Pompeii which really threw me and I wasn't ready for! Dan sang the song acapella with the choir completely stripped back. Then went into Send Them Off! They did a 22 song sent with an encore and did songs they don't really play live that often like The Anchor, Laughter Lines - My favourite song!! I went to record it but cos my memory card ran out of space it crashed my phone and didn't record which I'm so sad about! 

They brought Ralph from To Kill a King out to do Cut Her Down as Dan and Ralph have their own little side project band called Annie Oakley Hanging. (True Bastille fans will know about it). No Angels which is No Scrubs which both Holly and Kelly didn't believe me until Dan started singing the words! They finished the set with Good Grief then a 3 song encore with Get Home, World Gone Mad and Weight of Living Pt. 1. It was such a good set which you can see the list here.

It was such a good gig! Bastille are definitely better live which I said the last time when I went to see them on the Wild, Wild World Tour. The fact they can do a completely stripped back full orchestra set as well shows they are true musicians and I don't care what anyone says. 

They played Edinburgh's User Hall the night after but the set list was so much better they played bad_news, These Streets and Bad Blood - on the pip organ as the first encore song! I wanted to hear bad_news and These Streets! I've not heard either of them live and are also 2 of my other favourite songs! This is only a small tour with 8 dates - 5 UK and 3 in Europe. So if you manged to get tickets to see them you're lucky!
I'm so happy I managed to get tickets as it's sold out! I can't wait for album 3. Hurry up we need new music and I need another tour!!

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All photos were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone.