However, the other day in school, while i was bored out of my mind in Entrepreneurship class, Megan told me that Imagine Dragons were coming and i did not even hesitate to go for the concert. Of course, the first person i told was my sister since we both loved them so much.
Imagine my joy when i found out that exams ended 4 days before the concert!
On the 25th August, i have already made up my mind to head to the concert venue early to queue because we got mosh pit tickets and i wanted to be as close as i possibly can to the stage. After having mopped the entire house and having lunch with the mother, I took a train down to Stadium and queued outside the Indoor Stadium at 2pm all the way till 7pm. Megan came to join me at 5pm-ish and we were one of the first few!
After having our bags checked by security, we ran into the pit where there was only one "row" of people in front of us. I started to worry that the sister wouldn't be able to make it in time and constantly messaged her to get her to leave the office. Doors officially opened at 7pm and the concert was supposed to start at 8pm but we waited half an hour before the concert started officially. I guess this is a blessing in disguise because the sister reached the front of the stage just as the lights turned off. There were so many people we couldn't locate each other so i just stayed at my spot with Megan and enjoyed myself tremendously.
I would post videos that i took (i recorded every. single. song.) but i think it would take eons for it to upload.
this was how close we were!!
I have never screamed my lungs out in such a long time and Megan and I were technically just in front of the speakers so we had our ears blown off. By the end of the concert i couldn't hear myself anymore! I guess its safe to say i have officially "rocked out" to a concert.
Honestly i thought i would start bursting into tears when Demons was played but surprisingly i didn't and that (in all honesty) was not my favorite song live that night :( i can't decide which was my favourite though. Maybe Friction, Warriors, Gold or Shots. :/
When ID played Radioactive, it felt so surreal. I fell in love with the band because Demons was the first song i ever heard. And i hardly have songs that i would listen to everyday, let alone multiple songs per day. But Demons was that song. And when i watched Radioactive music video, i made up my mind that i Must see the band live at least once in my lifetime.
here's the accidental front camera shot i took because i was trying to record ourselves through out the concert. :(
Because of how close we were, i took so many great angles of the guitarist and there was a shot in the video that he actually saw my camera, then saw me filming him then SMILED AT ME. I smiled back so widely my cheeks hurt but i don't think he will ever remember :( megan said that people were chanting "Jesus" whenever the guitarist started playing because of his hair.
he really is adorable
here are all the shots i managed to capture of Dan.
At first i thought having Wayne (aka, rocker Jesus) smiling at me was enough to make my night, Dan actually ran off the stage and came to OUR side of the audience and he stood on ledge of the barricade and WE ACTUALLY TOUCHED HIM. Yes, i had that on tape too. Not my hand touching his outfit drenched in his sweat, but him running toward us and singing on top of us.
more accidental front camera shots. look at the number of people there are. And can we all just take a moment to gawk at how HUGE my forehead is? Just look at it! My forehead is taking up 1/4 of the photo -_-
Even though the band didn't play the entire Smoke + Mirrors album, and the set list was pretty short, i still enjoyed myself because most of the songs played were songs i liked! Like Friction, Warriors, Shots, Gold, Demons, Radioactive, Hopeless Opus, I Bet My Life.
Dan and rocker Jesus. The moment i saw this i was reminded so much of Chester and Mike of Linkin Park. If i ever had a band, i want it formed with my bestest friends. So i can do what i love with the people i love.
Never thought i'd actually enjoy being in a mosh pit when i spend majority of my days cursing the amount of people there are wherever i'm at. But hey, i guess thats what concerts are for right? Get moshed and drowned in each other's sweat and living in every moment of it.
Gonna end this post with:
Dan looking straight at me!
Thank you, Imagine Dragons. My first ever concert was spent with you guys. Thank you for being one of the bands that don't make everything revolve around sex drugs and booze. Thank you for your songs. Demons is still my favourite song among all my songs. I related to the lyrics so much. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
