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Posted on May 23rd, 2009 under Entertainment, Life
Nickelback: Live at the MEN Arena in Manchester
As the title clearly gives away, I went to watch Nickelback last night at the MEN Arena in Manchester. My girlfriend bought me the tickets as a birthday present, knowing that I really like their music, but because I don’t go to many concerts or live events I’m not ashamed to admit I was a little nervous, not least because I thought we would like out of place amonst a massive crowd of rock fans wearing all black clothes and crazy T-shirts that would ouly be out done by the mental hair styles they would have on display.
As the day went on I did get quite excited and was really surprised when I arrived to see a totally mixed group ranging from heavy rockers to average joe’s and even a load of girls who were dressed in a way that would have seemed more at home at a Maria Carey or Take That concert. What did worry me though was the amount of kids! I don’t mean 14 year olds who are starting to grow up, I mean primary school kids. Surely the parents must have known what a gang of lads, playing heavy rock music, on a stage, whilst no doubt being high on something and spurred on by thousands of fans was going to result in at least a few choice words… needless to say, they didn’t disappoint, quite a bit of swearing, but with a lot of humour to back it up. My and the girlfriend enjoyed it, but I think a few parents were blushing at the end, haha.
Overall the concert was a massive surprise to me, I knew they had musical talent, but I was blown away by how good the show was! The interaction with the crowd was excellent and really funny, the pyrotechnics and lighting/video show was outstanding and the T-Shirt cannons topped it all off nicely. I would definitely recommend going to see them if your a fan of their music.
The whole set of poorly taken photos can be found here.
Fantastic start to a weekend I’ve been looking forward to for months. We’re setting off on a weekend away in Wales with the whole family now, cant wait!
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