Macklemore Live O2

I recently have become a big fan of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. I have enjoyed their songs since Thrift Shop but only recently listened to their albums properly! With the announcement of their new album at the beginning of the year I looked up to see if they were doing any live shows and hurrah they were! I was really happy to see some tickets were still available so I got Matt and I some.

I took a half day and thanks to the train strike (bloody inconvenient!) I drove up there. We had seated tickets which was nice as I didn’t feel rushed or feel like a needed to queue to get near the front. We had a lovely dinner and headed inside with enough time to catch the support acts. I really enjoyed the first person called XP and the second support wasn’t quite my cup of tea but still very talented!

Outfit of the night - Sugarhill boutique dress and new grey brogues 

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis then came on stage about 9pm and were amazing from start to finish! They played all their big hits and lots of songs from the new album. A couple of songs in Macklemore got everyone who was in the seated area to stand up, which I was pleased about as it meant I could have a good dance. He really is an outstanding showman and what I really really liked was how humble he is. He genuinely seems so grateful to his fans and he seemed almost overwhelmed to be playing to 10,000 people in London!

Warning onto the rest of the post which is picture heavy!

The show was fantastic, the atmosphere was great and I did as much dancing as I could without risk of falling down the seats in front! It was over so quickly but I enjoyed every minute of it!

He really is a very talented artist and the show went flawlessly The pace of the night didn't stop or slow down at all. He also sported some pretty interesting outfits throughout the night!

They ended on Downtown which was awesome (unfortunately my camera died at that point so no photos) as the crowd went crazy and streamers were released into the air.

I was gutted it was over as it went far too quickly and it was totally worth being exhausted at work the next day. I will definitely go and see them live again when they tour next and I might even try and get standing next time so I can dance my little heart out!

2016 plans!

I haven’t been blogging this past week! Things have been really quiet for myself the last couple of weeks. I am excited though as spring approaches we have some nice plan ahead of ourselves soon!

In the New Year I made a few resolutions again one including:

Making sure I enjoy my free time and get out and do more 

This year I haven't done much, and my social life has been next to non due to moving and saving. Next year I want to make sure I get out more. Enjoy trips to London and go to see some live shows have some lovely date days and nights with Matt as well as some more wild nights out with friends! 

Matt and I have some time booked off in March to celebrate his birthday, although we have no plans I think some time off and just time to relax will be nice!

However on the 20^th March we are off to see Video Games live which I am super excited about. I think we will head up there and have some dinner. It is also our 10^th Year anniversary together on Matt birthday (14^th March) so it’s a night out to celebrate his birthday and our anniversary. It is a good excuse to get dressed up nicely and head up to town for dinner and a show.

Then in April we are seeing Macklemore live, I booked tickets a few nights ago on a whim and I am SO EXCITED. I cannot wait to go. They are seated tickets but I don’t mind and then just 2 days later on the 29^th April we have the day booked off and we are off to Nottingham for the bank holiday weekend to stay with Laura and Sammi and Matt and I will be attending EM Con and I have a joint photo shoot with some of the Stargate Atlantis cast.

I started this year without a single plan and I am excited to say that I actually have some bits to look forward to now! The summer I plan on attending a few conventions and the NFL again in October which should be fun.

Hopefully we will make further plans during the year I think I am making a good start on my plan to do more this year. I hope we can attend a few more live shows be that music or theater or conventions. Fingers crossed for a beautiful summer and days down at the seaside or just wondering around in the sunshine.

Has anyone made any plans for the rest of the year yet?