The Killers - Manchester Arena

The Killers - Manchester Arena

Monday 13th November 2017

On Monday night I went to see The Killers for the 3rd time (5th seeing Brandon - seen him twice on his own) in Manchester Arena with Kelly from work. I'm still sad I didn't get to see them in my own home city of Liverpool but I was in Malta last Thursday it should've been an original tour date!

As always Brandon was on top form the best front man loving every minute of it. His stage presence has just got better over the years and is ageing so well! This is a collection of some of the 200+ photos I took. I recorded The River Is Wild which I've not seen live as Brandon did say it's one that's not usually on the set list. Runaways and of course Mr Brightside at the end. 

I'm still sad it's only half the band no Dave & Mark it's just not the same without them. I miss Dave doing the Mr Brightside riff that just makes my heart skip a beat every time I hear it!

Support act Alex Cameron - wasn't feeling him or his dance moves which were definitely questionable. Me and Kelly were pissing ourselves laughing at him but no-one else seemed to be which we didn't get!

Wonderful Wonderful

They played Be Still in tribute to those that were effected by the Ariana Grande gig back in May. I cried which I've surprisingly never done at a gig before. Like I thought I'd cry with happiness at some point but that just touched a nerve. It didn't help the fact Brandon looked like he was going to cry! Also every one put their phone lights on around the arena! Be Still is an emotional song as it is but I don't think I'm going to be able to listen to it now without wanting to cry.

The Man

For Reasons Unknown

Encore

Loved the gold suit!

We paid around £60 for our tickets but there was the option to buy VIP which were £120 which gave you early access, a lanyard, a bag, a piece of merch chosen by the band, check in with the host (don't know what that was). It wasn't even worth it as I managed to be 3rd row! Somehow we manged to get in front of the VIP people without even trying. We just gravitated to the barrier cos we didn't push or anything and I don't even remember moving forward but I'm not complaining! The downside to being so close was I wasn't able to get a photo of the stage set up which was so good. I wish I recorded The Man cos the visuals were amazing!

I said this last year when I went to see Bastille - Manchester Arena's organisation/set up has got to be the worst it just doesn't make any sense! The only good thing is you get to queue inside but apart from that if I had the choice I really wouldn't go there! We queued down in Trinity Way by the car park. Had to go through airport style metal detectors and get your bag searched - which I get after what happened. Then you go upstairs and have to queue at a door for your ticket to be scanned. Then you queue again to have you ticket taken off you and got given a rubbish wrist band telling you to look after your belongings. Then we got escorted down the stairs into the arena with a woman shouting at us to slow down and that everyone going down from the different stair cases needed to be in line. Telling the steward at the front to put their arms out even though no-one was trying to push past?? Then we were told not to run along the arena floor. Pointless queuing like 4 times?! At the end of the gig you can have a ticket back but it's not the one you paid for I just don't get it? I'm hoping the VIP people got to keep their actual original ticket they paid £120 for cos I wouldn't be handing that over.

Setlist for the night. They played a strong set with a mixture of songs from all the albums. 6/11 songs from Wonderful Wonderful.

It makes me even more sad knowing they played my second favourite song Shot At The Night in the encore in Liverpool!! The sound quality is also a lot better in The Echo Arena as it It's a smaller more intimate stadium.

Anyone who says The Killers aren't a stadium/arena band and are only good at festivals go and you'll know they are. If you're going to see them on the rest of the tour you're going to love it!! If not try and get tickets but I think it's sold out so if the venues release tickets definitely try and get some. They really are the best band in the world and are so much better live! They're more than just Mr Brightside and Human that everyone knows!

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All photos were taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone.

Posh Pizza

I'm a rubbish friend and didn't know what to get Danielle for her birthday which is on Monday - I told her that I'd take her out for food for her birthday present. I know she likes food and she could choose where ever she wanted I'd just be there to pay the bill!

We settled on Crust on Bold Street. We went for Gamberi & Astice - Tomato, prawn, lobster & lobster sauce. We thought we were getting a pizza with lobster meat on it with some prawns. We ended up with half a lobster on top of the pizza which we had to tackle ourselves & 3 large prawns!

Danielle did a good job taking the lobster apart & sharing it out evenly onto the pizza. The sauce was really nice but we definitely would've rather had lobster meat on the pizza rather than an actual lobster just sitting there that we had to take apart ourselves. It was nice but I definitely preferred the smoked salmon one we had last time which you can read about here. 

Looking at the menu now I've just noticed at the bottom can't see the pizza of your dreams? Construct your own masterpiece by asking one of our servers for more details didn't notice this! We shall be back soon to make the most of this!

Down the side street of Primark going up to the Bluecoat on Church Alley they are umbrellas suspended. A new art installation The Umbrella Project is to raise awareness for ADHD foundation - which is celebrating it's 10th anniversary. It looks really good especially when the sun is shining with all the different colours. I took this photo after we'd been for food when the sun had gone down so doesn't look too good but it's up for a while so I'll get a better photo!

I got tickets on Tuesday morning to see The Killers in November in Manchester Arena! I managed to get them in the first pre sale and I'm so happy & excited! I needed a gig for this year as I've been to one every year since my first one back in 2010 when I seen Brandon on his first solo tour. I had an inkling that they would go on tour soon to promote the new album Wonderful Wonderful which is due out in September & hoped it was going to happen this year - but didn't think it actually was going to happen. Before getting them tickets I felt like I was going to an exam I wasn't prepared for buying gig tickets is the worst feeling ever it's so stressful. 4 months today the countdown begins!!

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