Daily Shenanigans, 06/07/2014: Barclaycard Presents: British Summertime!

I am buzzing so much right now. I woke up pretty early this morning in order to get ready for what turned out to be an amazing day out in London's Hyde Park! I've never really been to a Festival before but this was an awesome first ever one! Mat picked up George (including Bev, we went as a group of four) and then came over to ours. It was really good not only to be off out to listen to lots of good music, but also to spend a day with some of my favourite people! The line-up included:

• Diversity
• Scouting For Girls
• The Vamps
• Backstreet Boys
• McBusted

When we got to the venue, we actually managed to secure a pretty good spot at the railings (so right at the front of the General Admission area) and stayed there for pretty much the whole thing. I have a couple of pictures included but my sister will be posting some really good ones on her blog tomorrow, so I'd advise checking those out. Much better quality! The acts/bands that we saw were pretty good, McBusted were an obvious highlight for me. I also really enjoyed watching Scouting For Girls! It was really good to see McBusted again, they played the same set but in a totally different environment and I'm so lucky that I've got to see them twice. The others really enjoyed themselves too, though the beautiful hot weather we were having lasted until the second to last act, then it chucked it down. It even hailed! Currently, I can't feel my feet or keep my eyes open, so I'm off to bed!

Tomorrow I plan to sleep a lot and really catch up on my reading. Maybe I'll even finish another book! I might see Mat but I have a feeling he'll be far too tired!

Weekly Wishlist #20

So as you may know from my Daily post yesterday, I'm off to Hyde Park for 'Barclaycard presents BST' and I hope to have a really good time! I thought that this week's Wishlist could be music related in the spirit of that!

1) A McBusted Album? So this was definitely hinted at when Mat and I went to see McBusted at the O2 Arena, and I'm hoping we might learn more at the Festival today! McBusted were such a great live act, and I loved watching them revisit the classics. But if they were to make an album with brand new material, that would be awesome! They have already started writing some things and there's a single they are definitely working on called 'OMFG'. Fingers crossed!

2) 'Salute' Album by Little Mix. This is not the sort of music I would normally listen to, but I have a pretty massive soft spot for Little Mix. I loved them in The X Factor and was so pleased when they won, and I thought their album 'DNA' was amazing. I haven't got my hands on 'Salute' yet though! Frankly this needs to change ASAP, I love the track Salute and have every faith that the album will be amazing.



3) 'Pure Heroine' Album by Lorde. So I hadn't really listened to an awful lot by this artist until I listened to her cover of 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'. I fell in love with it immediately and now I would love to get hold of Lorde's album and listen to more of her music! She's become quite big recently and I think she's very talented! I hope I find more great songs from this CD.

4) To see Florence & The Machine live. Now this is probably not going to happen anytime soon! As far as I'm aware, the Florence & The Machine music is pretty much on hold and I haven't seen any Tour Date announcements. But it has always been a dream of mine (since I fell in love with their music) to see this amazingly talented band live! Please? They've sung so many good songs and I want the buzz of listening to my favourites in a live crowd!

5) 'The Hunting Party' Album by Linkin Park. I have always been, and probably will be for a pretty long time, a huge Linkin Park fan. Most of their music just seems to tick the right boxes for me and though their style changes quite a lot, I still find that I haven't really been all that disappointed with any of their albums. This one, I haven't actually got hold of (yet)! I would really like to.

Daily Shenanigans, 29/06/2014: Officially going to 'Barclaycard presents British Summer Time'!

So now I've sorted everything out with work shift wise, I can announce that I'm extremely excited because I'm going to 'Barclaycard presents: BST' in Hyde Park, Sunday 6th July! I'm literally jumping up and down at this news, I wanted to go so much but I didn't think I would be able to because the tickets were so expensive! But a few days ago, a link got leaked to get them for very cheap prices, Mat snatched some up before they went and then it was announced that the tickets would still be honoured despite the leak! Mat and I will be going with our friend George and my sister Bev to see McBusted (again), Backstreet Boys, The Vamps, Scouting For Girls and Diversity! I can't wait!

As for the rest of my day, obviously I had work (we were completely rushed off our feet) and that took up most of my day. I did manage to post my 'Paper Towns' review before I left though, as promised. When I got home from work, I posted my Weekly Wishlist, and then proceeded to make a start on Stant Litore's 'No Lasting Burial'. What happened to 'Divergent'? I really wanted to finish this Netgalley read before the month was out, it's important that I keep on top of those. And I really fancied reading it to see what it was all about! I've made a good start on some other posts too so I feel pretty organised at the moment.

Tomorrow I'm seeing Mat for most of the day and we'll probably be not doing an awful lot other than chilling out. I will be doing as much reading and blogging as possible though!