Our London Experience: The McBusted Concert in 02 Arena

Mette
Notice: English translation at the very end

Sidste del af vores lille London-serie! Har i nydt det/fundet det interessant? Det har i hvert fald været nogle spændende indlæg at lave skrive- og billedmæssigt. Man kan jo kun drømme sig tilbage.. Suk! 

Sidste indslag bliver om McBusted koncerten lørdag aften, som faktisk var hovedgrunden til, at vi hoppede på et fly til London. DET VAR SÅ FEDT! Der var lidt stress inden koncerten, fordi vi, på vej til koncerten, opdagede, at der var nogle ændringer i undergrundsplanen for some reason. Så vi skulle finde en ny rute! Men Nin var pro og fandt selvfølgelig ud af, hvordan vi kom derhen, mens vi andre (okay, mest mig) bare gik forvildet efter. Vi ankommer endelig til 02 Arena - WOW, en kæmpe enorm arena, der indeholder shoppingmuligheder, restauranter.. Og nå ja, så lige en kæmpe koncertarena. Jeg har aldrig set noget lignende.

 Det var helt vildt skønt at have en fast plads, så man ikke skulle stresse med at stå i kø i lang tid, osv.. (Det har vi nu alle tre gjort utroligt mange gange, haha! 10 timer er vidst rekorden.. Ups?). Vores pladser var anden øverst i arenaen. Ja, vi snakker højt oppe. Rigtig højt oppe. Mit gæt er nok 20 meter, men jeg ved det ikke præcist. Resultatet var så også, at McBusted optrådte som små Lego-mænd. Men vi gætter på, at det var fordi, vi så dem langt væk, og ikke fordi det var Lego-mænd. Hm. Jeg kommer off track nu.. 

Vi venter og venter, og kl. 21.00 går de på. McBusted består af bandet McFly (som har været mit yndlingsband siden 2007) og Busted (som Carina og Nin elskede helt vildt som teenagere, og som gik fra hinanden i 2005 ca.). Så det var win-win experience for alle. Busted kommer ind i en bil, og McFly flyver op af gulvet på springbræt. Så er scenen ligesom sat! Flere gange måtte jeg holde mig til hjertet, fordi jeg ikke fattede, at det egentligt var Tom, Danny, Harry, Dougie og så også James og Matt vi kiggede på. Også fordi de var små mikro mænd i vores perspektiv, men stadig. Nogle af højdepunkterne var en stille sang, som hedder "Sleeping with the light on" (Busted sang), hvor alle lyste med deres mobiltelefoner - rimelig magisk øjeblik. Og i midten af showet spillede de Star Girl (McFly sang), mens de kom ned på en UFO midt i arenaen - dvs. tættere på os! Vi fik vidst skreget en hel del... Her kom der hurtigt fokus på Harrys (trommespiller i McFly) gun/overarm. Det var sygt?! Den var kæmpe. Måske skulle jeg sige overarme, da den anden nok også var ligeså stor. 

Men alt i alt, showet var for vildt, og før man så sig om, var det slut, og folk var på vej ud fra arenaen. Så måtte vi gå med vores koncertdepression tilbage til undergrunden og begive os hjem til lejligheden. Jeg synes, koncertabstinenserne kom allerede efter en time. ØV! 

WE WANNA GO BACK! 

Jeg har venligst lånt nogle live-videoer fra koncerten, så i lidt kan få en fornemmelse af det hele. 

Galaxy Defenders stay forever <3

Hi guys! Last part of our London series.. Did you like it? It's been some pretty exciting blog posts to write for us. We wanna go back to London for sure! 

The last part of this series is dedicated to the McBusted concert we went to Saturday night, which was the main reason for us jumping on a plane to London. IT WAS SO COOL! We were a bit stressed out before the concert, because we found out that the plan for the tube had been changed for some reason. So we had to find a new route! But Nin was a pro, of course, so she figured out a new way to get there, while Carina and I (okay, mostly me) just tried to follow along. Finally, we arrive at the 02 Arena - WAUW, a giant arena with so many shopping possibilities, restaurents.. And oh yeah, then the giant arena. I've never seen anything like it. 

It was so great to have a seat already chosen for you, so we didn't need to be stressed out about waiting in line for so long.. (But we've done that plenty of times all three of us, haha. I think 10 hours is the record.. Oops?). We were seated almost at the top of the arena. Yes, there was a long way down. Long, long way. I think we're talking like 20 meters, but I don't really know exactly. Because of this McBusted kinda looked like Lego Men performing on stage. But we're guessing that's because they were so far away and not because they actually were Lego Men. Hm. Getting side tracked now.. 

At 9 PM they went on stage. McBusted consists of the band McFly (which has been my favourite band since 2007) and Busted (which Carina and Nin loved as teenagers. They broke up in 2005-ish). So it was a win-win experience for all of us. Busted arrived in a car and McFly entered by jumping up through the floor. That set the scene!  I had to touch my heart several times, because I couldn't grasp the fact that it really was Tom, Danny, Harry, Dougie and then also James and Matt in front of us. Also because they looked like micro men from our perspective, but still. Some of the high lights were when they played "Sleeping with the light on" (a Busted song), and everyone lighted up the arena with their cell phones - a pretty magical moment. Half-way through the show they played Star Girl (a McFly song), while they came flying down on a UFO in the middle of the arena - which was closer to us! I think we screamed quite a lot.. When they were playing on the UFO we quickly noticed Harry's (drum player in McFly) gun/overarm. It was crazy big. Maybe I ought to say overarms, since I assume he has two of them - both just as big. 

But all in all - the show was so great, and before you could count to five, the concert was over, and people were heading out of the arena. So we had to walk back to the tube carrying our concert depression and head back home. I believe the concert withdrawals arrived already an hour after the concert. Sigh! We wanna go back.. 

Watch the videos above to get a feel of the concert!