Butterflies and Hurricanes

So the weekend was pretty amazing. I went to the new Wembley Stadium to see Muse. Before I went I was thinking that it was a bit of a shame my first time at Wembley wasn't to see a football match but those thoughts went out the window. It was without doubt the most incredible gig i've ever been to. There have been intimate ones like Motion City Soundtrack at Water Rats and all the RXB ones i've been to which have all been amazing but the amount of people all in one place just for 3 people seemed like the best thing ever.

I met Dave at Kings Cross then we got the tube to Covent Garden where we met Guy for Wagamama's! Hadn't seen Guy in about 3 years so was very nice to see him and have a short catch up. We saw a bit of the Red Arrows doing their thing for the Queen, they were pretty ace. then the rain pelted down really hard so we hid under a little shelter. Finally it subsided a bit so we walked hastily to Waga's where I had a chicken ramen - it was lovely!

Dave and I left guy at Green Park where we got the jubilee line to Wembley Park. I love how near the station is to the stadium, it's literally right there when you exit. It was a sight to behold walking down Wembley way (Is that such a thing or did I make that up..?). We tried to get there as early as possible to get in when there was hardly any people to see the ground properly. this is what it looked like with hardly anyone in it -

Rodriguo 'R Gabriella (spelling?) played first and they were fairly interesting but their act got rather boring rather quick. Do denying they were reet good at guitars though. Dirty Pretty Things were 'pretty' rubbish. They had no drive whatsoever. You'd think if you're playing wembley to thousands of people you'd at least make some kind of effort. nobody was moving to their music and the only song anyone knew was that 'Bang Bang' one. Disappointing. The Streets were the best support. They were fun at Reading last year and they were the same at Wembley. Don't really know or like their other songs that aren't released so much but Mike Skinner is kinda funny and I enjoyed their show. I did miss a bit of their set to go and see Lauren who I haven't seen in about a million years (okay one, but who is counting?) we ran at each other like baywatch, then embraced like 2 people have never embraced before. She's lovely and I was very happy to see her.

Muse entered the arena by rising OUT OF THE FLOOR with lots of smoke and glittery bits flying everywhere. It was Uh-ma-ZING. Matt adorning a very lushious red suit and Dom some alarmingly green trousers. Chris was his usual cool self. They opened with Nights of Cydonia much like they did at IOW Festival last weekend and I worried it would be the same set, that would have been a little disappointing. I was obviously wrong though. They proceeded to play Hysteria, Starlight, Invincible, Apocalypse Please, Time is Running Out, Stockholm Sydrome, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Thoughts of a Dying Atheist, Take a Bow, Super Massive Blackhole, New Born, Citizen Erased, Plug in Baby, Micro Cuts, Feeling good, Unintended (They played it! They never play this live, probably the closest i've ever come to crying from someone playing musical toons.), Sunburn. They played more but its impossible to remember. They did a double on-core which not many bands could get away with but it was phenomenal. I can't describe it the way I want to! They had these massive floating balls with acrobatic people on the end whirling around, they were amazing! This is the view after everyone had piled in and they were playing -

Pretty darn good.

Dave and I were pretty hungry after the show so we went to Macdonalds it was a mission to get to through the see of people and horses but it was worth it. We got home at about 1.45am and were so knackered. Sleep was gooooooooood. A very pleasent saturday.