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Frank Turner & Billy Bragg Busking @ Granary Square, 17/12/2013
This was my favourite gig ever, it’s going to be pretty hard to beat. It was a last minute tweet I happened to catch on the 17th December so I headed down to King’s Cross not entirely sure what to expect other than the info that Frank Turner would be busking for Shelter with Billy Bragg.…
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England v Germany @ Wembley Stadium, 19/11/2013
Happy early birthday present to me! If there is one football classic it is England v Germany. Though we (Germany) always win… well, most of the time anyways. And we did win again this time. This was also my first football match in the UK, and at Wembley. So special. It was a girls’ night…
Read MoreLua – Bright Eyes
NFL @ Wembley Stadium, 29/09 & 27/10/2013
You can’t deny the atmosphere of American sports, especially the NFL. If you have ever been to a sporting event in the US, you’ll know what I mean. It’s very different to sports in the UK or Europe in general. Here, sports are mainly attended by males, and it is always a competitive, sometimes hostile…
Read MoreThe Spirit of Jazz – Gaslight Anthem
Bruce Springsteen @ Wembley Stadium, 15/06/2013
When I say I could write pages and pages on this, then believe me. I actually will be writing about 100 pages on this gig. It’s the topic of my master’s thesis and if you want to read the finished thesis, drop me a line, happy to share.* I will try and be as short…
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Bruce Springsteen @ Red Bull Arena Leipzig, 07/07/2013
Have you ever been to a gig where, the minute the band comes on stage, you know it’s going to be epic? Yes, this could have been one of those. I had just seen Bruce play Wembley Stadium and it was amazing, but he didn’t seem too much on form. I made my parents wait…
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Robbie Williams @ Wembley Stadium, 02/07/2013
I genuinely don’t have too much to say about this gig. It was as expected – not horribly bad, but not mind-blowingly good either. Part of my bucket list was hearing Robbie Williams perform ‘Angels’ live and hear the entire stadium sing along. I’m not sure £80 was worth that. It was a fun gig,…
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High Fives & Stage Dives 