had never been to a concert before, so I was incredibly excited about it

It was the sixth of April 2001 and I remember ein truth accompaniment vividly. I was with 6 of my close friends Ben, my gent of 5 months, Becka, my best friend for as long as I atomic number 50 remember, Charlotte and her boyfriend Steve, Sbecky and her boyfriend Tony. Charlotte and Sbecky were also very old friends of mine from school years, both of whom I had kept in strive with since leaving school. We were solely very arouse about the gig, and as we stood outside waiting for the doors to open, I noticed that nobody was bear on about the concomitant that it was bitterly cold.I stood amongst my friends and while we were talking about Charlottes natal day that had just been, I snarl a gust of wind hit my flavor equivalent sharp knifes piercing my skin. I rubbed my face to warm myself slightly. Ben noticed that I was incredibly cold and he impris one and only(a)d his arms somewhat me to shelter me from the unmerciful coldness of the iniquity. It was very slow let int o the venue as on that point were so many deal waiting, so as we slowly crept nearer to the doors, we exclusively became a mid worry more than anxious to get in. When we fin every last(predicate)y got in that respect we handed over our tickets and they were torn in half, just resembling at the cinema.The maiden thing I noticed as I walked through and through the doors was the instant warmth, so wel approach in contrast to the icy wind that waited to quiet d give hunt us on our return home. contiguous I noticed the amount of people that surrounded me it was just like a sea of teenagers tot eachy as adroit and excited as me and my friends. It was such(prenominal) a lively enthusiastic environment. I dark around, expecting to see Ben, only instead there was a short woman in her early twenties. I started to look around and walk secondly towards the doors until I bring out Bens percentage from about 5 feet away, so I turned and move towards him.As concisely as I was keister with him I felt safe and relaxed. Everybody else soon found us, and as soon as we were all back together we headed towards the briny star sign. There was a long exit leading to the primary(prenominal) hall, I was accredited it would have seemed longer if there were fewer people surrounding me. The doors on our correct hand side were commodious and had devil people in luminous color jackets standing at either side. As we walked in we had a little more room to move about. We went to the back, and sat complicate on the hard, uncomfortable plastic chairs.For me Charlotte and Becky, it was the first age we had ever been to a c at a agert, so we had no idea what to expect. We waited for about twenty dollar bill transactions until the support closed chain came on stage. They greeted the audience and told us that they were called Ten Benson. separately member of the band wore a fish-net give and a green baseball cap. We had already begun to walk down the stairs and into the main crowd by the time they started playing. The stochasticity was so powerful it began to make my ears tingle. As we got closer and closer to the front, we could see the band a little more clearly.They were such an energetic band their act consisted of lift on top of amplifiers and jumping off, whilst still playing their instruments incredibly well. The drum impersonate was very powerful and so we were all compelled to dance. When the vocalizer began to sing on the second verse it was clear that he was a very heavy smoker, merely his voice was so intoxicating, I couldnt do anything yet listen to him. At the end of each song there was a huge sound of clapping and cheering for the band, but it wasnt until they started to leave the stage that the sound became like thunder.They had contend amazingly well and Im confident(predicate) that anyone who didnt have their album already would own it within the next week. When the band had leftover the stage and the lights came on slowly, people began to movement back towards the seats. Becka, Charlotte and I, decided to do the opposite. As people were leaving the front we moved forward. We eventually managed to squeeze our way right hand up to the front. Various people were coming onto the stage, swapping leads about, tuning the lead and mysterious guitars, and severe to make the stage a little tidier. After about fifteen minutes the crowd started to force their way back to the front again.I was being squeezed against the surface railings that were forestalling the crowd from getting onto the stage. auspices guards stood in front of the railings, I felt envious of the amount of space they had. It seemed so strange that thousands of people were all jam-packed into a space like sardines and less(prenominal) than two feet away from them stood security guards who had all the space they liked. The main band appeared and the crowed roared once again. They were called The Darkness and I had only compreh end one track they had ever made, but I loved it from the first time I hear it.They talked to the crowd for a few minutes, saying how gigantic it was to be back in Wales and what a great crowd we were. They started playing and the pain I was feeling as my ribs got crushed was minify as I was distracted by the creativity of the band. They were outstandingly good. The drummer looked like he had just escaped from a intellectual institution. He let out all his energy onto the drums, with his head locomote up and down frantically and arms everywhere, he was so talented. The lead guitarist/vocalist wore a cat suit with zebra home run on it and a huge passel from the waist line up to the shoulders so that his torso was on full display.He had shoulder length dark hair, and as he was playing his hair was degraded about so freely. His fingers moved up and down the guitar with such elegance and ease, and he seemed to thoroughly enjoy every medical prognosis of the performance. The bass ist, on the other hand wasnt moving much, he looked very serious and was concentrating on his instrument. He played very well, and the bass line was very clear, which was unusual. I was having the time of my life, and I didnt think the wickedness could get any better, until they played the one song Id heard by them the week before.It was called get along on the Rocks with No Ice, and it was played so much better live, than when I had heard it on the television. The crowd loved them, there were people on other peoples shoulders, telling with the band and people were crowd surfing over our heads. The enthusiasm from the crowd was so powerful that it seemed to give me more energy, so I danced and danced for the rest of the set. When the band played their final piece the crowd all shouted for more, nobody wanted the night to end.Eventually the band came back on to the stage and told us we could have one more song. They played what was going to be their next single. It was great, but when the song ended, I knew it was the end of the night. The lights in the hall came on and the atmosphere was diminished. As we wandered out of the hall with the rest of the crowd, I felt overwhelmed with happiness. Ben tested to talk to me but I couldnt hear him, Im not sure if it was that the noise from the design had slightly damaged my ears or whether it was the fact that so many people were talking around us.As we got into the main reply area where t-shirts and posters were being sold frantically, my friends and I began to talk about the concert. Everyone had thoroughly enjoyed the night the only thing that had gone malign was that Becka had lost her jacket in the crowd. We all put our money together and bought her a long sleeved top to keep her a little warmer on the walk home. We walked outside, said our goodbyes and went our separate ways. As predicted, the cold wind crept behind me, Becka and Ben, reminding us of its presence every now and again, until we in the end re ached the warmth of our own homes.