So guys, on an entire night without sleep in order to fix my sleeping pattern ( I haven't been able to fall asleep before 5am for awhile) I headed off to the train station today. After a nice 30 minute bike ride along the riverside, I shackled up my bike and wearily headed to the ticket office.
As I approached the counter part of me was kinda excited, I mean although I do get nervous, I genuinely do enjoy speaking French when I have to. So after double and triple checking that I was indeed heading off to Paris this Saturday (30/10/2010) and not Bratislava next April, I arranged to leave this Saturday, and return the following day.
Now, why am I going to Paris? A day trip? Kinda. To sight see? Hell no.
For those of you who haven't been victim to my constant Tweeting, this Saturday is the Paris leg of the Never Say Die tour. If you're into similar music as me you'll be well aware of what this tour is and how many awesome bands are playing it.
So, why trek all the way from Strasbourg to Paris for a gig? Well this isn't just any gig.
This is Never Say Die 2010
So, why am I spending a ridiculous amount of money on train fair and probably on merch? And spending a long time travelling?
Well all of these bands to me are AWESOME! That's why. And being a hugeeee fan of Your Demise I am so stoked to see these guys live again. Oh and after Tweeting them about how excited I was and how far I was having to travel, they said they would try and get my on the guest list!
However, this gig has it's ups and downs for me. When this tour once announced I practically exploded with excitement. Halloween with all my friends and all these awesome bands and only 45 minutes away! AMAZING! Then I realised I would be in France for these dates and felt disappointed that I couldn't go. At a stretch I joked 'Ha. I'll just go to the Paris leg,' although this was just to kinda hide my jealously.
As October loomed nearer, the goal of going to Paris for an all day Hardcore festival didn't seem to hard to achieve. And now, I hold the tickets in my hand.
This Saturday, I am going to bouncing off the walls like a little kid. I am going to go absolutely mental. Going to show these Frenchies how us UK kids do it best!
The slight downside, well I'm going to have to kip on the station floor again, but this is so going to be worth it!
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Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Never Say Die tour - Paris this Saturday!
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holy shit i wish i lived in europe, what a sick tour
ReplyDeleteNice that you're going, it would have been a shame to miss it just because you weren't in the UK. Never been to a gig in another country :(
ReplyDeleteI've read that one of the better ways to adjust/realign your sleeping pattern is to also alter your eating patterns. Like get your full calories (1200-2000) in before when you usually like to be asleep.
ReplyDeleteApparently food > sleep when it comes to circadian rhythms.
While I have no clue who the bands involved are. Seems like fun.
Also, I had to look up what 'kip' meant because I am not well-traveled. :)
Nice that you want to learn Russian! It's the first language I picked up seriously, and while challenging, it's crazy hard. I learn German too, but could never get my head around French in school.
ReplyDeletenice read man ty for info!
ReplyDeletegreat article!
ReplyDeleteLet us know how it goes!!
ReplyDeleteI've only heard of two of those bands. I'll have to give the others a listen. Glad you were able to work out a way to see this!
ReplyDeleteHaha. Have fun, man!
ReplyDeleteWish i lived in Europe, one train trip and your in a different country, have fun touring bands!
ReplyDeleteomg, nice!
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I am so jealous of your planned travels.
ReplyDeletesiiiiiick. enjoy man!
ReplyDeletehave fun man! :)
ReplyDeleteNice, have fun!
ReplyDeletegotta love paris! have a blast
ReplyDeleteI really hope you will be having much fun mate ;)
ReplyDeleteDoesn't look like my kinda thing, but lemme know how it goes.
ReplyDeleteWish i could attend the Never Say Die tour man. Europe gets everything....
ReplyDeleteEurope is a far superior Continent
ReplyDeleteThere's always a good excuse to go to Paris. A concert can be a good one.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be an awesome tour!
ReplyDeleteIf you love the music. You can't travel too far to hear it live.
ReplyDeleteparis is lovely you should site see a little
ReplyDeletethis sounds like a cool event
ReplyDeleteHow good is your French? My foreign language skills is completely forgotten even after doing 4 years of Spanish in high school.
ReplyDeletenice one
ReplyDeletewow thats really great
ReplyDeleteDang if i lived the euro i would totally be there!
ReplyDeleteat least you were able to fix your pattern.
ReplyDeletewow..just wow..
ReplyDeletei'm also staying awake for the night because i'm going to Zagreb on a show. No Age and Abe Vigoda for me, though. and i'll spend some time there with my friends there, so t should be fun. have fun, dude!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll have fun, I personally wouldn't bother going to France for ANYTHING.
ReplyDeletenice, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHope you have fun man!
ReplyDeletethis looks like a crazy event!
ReplyDeletelooks awesome!
ReplyDeletewoha nice!! love your blog, dude!
ReplyDeletei love UK h/c, how did you get the twitter button on the side? i like :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I lived in central Europe, being in Portugal I miss all the fun. Bleeding through and Comeback kid are awesome. Take some photos and post them here! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteseems awesome, what kind of music is that?
ReplyDeleteHere in Chile big bands are coming like there's no tomorrow this year, but the prices are ridiculous.
Yes! I got my tickets just in time!
ReplyDeleteSounds pretty cool
ReplyDeleteNice, I'm looking forward to the weekend!
ReplyDeletelooks like fun
ReplyDelete;_;
Screw france. I was there before. Not impressed
ReplyDeletesounds rad man. make it a show to remember
ReplyDeleteI envy you, man. Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see some of these bands live
ReplyDeletenice!! have fun at their concert!
ReplyDeleteI'd want to go to this event
ReplyDeleteawesome post.keep em coming
ReplyDeleteI love Paris!
ReplyDeleteSo cool to go see a band in another town.
ReplyDeleteohhh make sure you get some sleep
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