I like the Foo Fighters, but I think it's fair to say I'm not a massive fan. For me this was just as much about doing something different with a new friend and enjoying some live music at a venue I had not been to before. Helen was a great organiser, she booked our tickets and after discussion arranged our coach transport, what more could a guy ask for?
The day came around really quickly, our plan was to meet at Helen's, then get a taxi or lift into town to jump on the coach. I arrived at 9.30am and we discussed the day, working out we would arrive in Milton Keynes four hours before the first act. At this stage we were thinking we could have driven and left later, however it was also in our minds that hopefully being able to sleep on the way back would be the benefit as we would not be returning to Southampton until 2.30am (we actually got back to Helen's for 3.40am!).
The adventure started with a coach driver who admitted openly he didn't know where he was going, he'd never been to the venue before and didn't know if we were being picked up by him or even if the pick up point was the same as the drop off. Then, despite telling us he didn't know where he was going, he informed us that he was ignoring the suggested route he had been provided with. This, was an interesting character!
On the journey we had a good chat and a few discussions about different topics. We entered into friendships and relationships conversation territory, and all I can say is talking about your new bessie mate to her sister is an interesting experience. I enjoyed spending the time together and definitely feel that Helen is a friend, rather than just a friend's sister.
On the coach we had chosen in sit behind the toilet, this meant we had a little bit more space and didnt have some sat directly in front of us. However, it did mean that you had to try and avoid awkward eye contact with the person that was about to sit on the toilet as they went in. Actually it was more funny than awkward.
On arrival at Milton Keynes Bowl we walked around looking at the merch stand, sat and had our lunch before walking around the area and finding a nearby Tesco. We decided to grab a couple of drinks before we went into the Bowl. That four hours seemed non existent, walked back from Tesco and had our drinks by the lake before joining the queue to enter the bowl. Didn't really fell like we did much waiting.
The Bowl is a great venue, but it's just so difficult to move around the food stalls and toilet area, this could really do with being extended or widened.
The first support act was Royal Blood, I recognised a lot of the music but didn't know many lyrics. It was a good start, apart from the blinding sun being right in my eye line, fancy not bringing sunglasses. After the the first act we walked around to the toilet area, where I engaged in a rather humorous conversation about toilet times with a few other visitors in the queue.
We then made our way around to the food stalls and settled on the noodle bar (I'd learnt from Mike at the crew at victorious. Though I am disappointed I didn't take a photo), once we had our food we made our way back in and eventually found a spot to sit and eat. The chicken chow mein was amazing! The second support act was Iggy Pop, who was great. I recognised way more songs than I thought I would, I was even able to sing along to a couple.
We then made our way around to the food stalls and settled on the noodle bar (I'd learnt from Mike at the crew at victorious. Though I am disappointed I didn't take a photo), once we had our food we made our way back in and eventually found a spot to sit and eat. The chicken chow mein was amazing! The second support act was Iggy Pop, who was great. I recognised way more songs than I thought I would, I was even able to sing along to a couple.
Then the main act, Foo Fighters. Loved listing to the older songs as that's a majority of what I know. Dave Grohl is a grand lead man, even if it is from a throne! We sung along and danced on the hill as the tunes ran though. The Under Pressure performance with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) and Roger Taylor (Queen) was a pretty cool surprise too! The best part of the day...The Best Of You performance, some great crowd involvement. There's a pretty decent video on YouTube from a crowd member slightly closer than us (YouTube Link). I can't really say much more about the evening other than it was great.
Once the gig was finished we made our way back to the coach. Finding our driver asleep was quite funny and probably the best part of the return journey. Once the coach was full we were informed no vehicles were going to be allowed to leave the site until all pedestrians had cleared the area. This meant waiting over an hour before even moving. We got back to Helens for 3.40am to round off a pretty cool day trip. It's fair to say we were both quite tired the next day.
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