The last day of London, we ended off in style. We were to go to the Milton Keynes Bowl with my friends two friends to watch Swedish House Mafia's last show in the UK, as they will be breaking up after their summer tour.
We were supposed to catch a coach departing from Victoria Station at 11 am, but we somewhat overestimated our time available. When we got out of the metro station, it was already 10:55 am and it was a mad dash to get to the bus station in time. After dodging crowds and literally running two blocks, we came to the train station and was lucky to catch one of the last buses leaving. An hour and a half later, we were at Milton Keynes Bowl!
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| Our tickets!!!! |
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| Look at the amount..... |
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| ....of people!!! 50,000 in a football field |
Milton Keynes Bowl did not seem as large as the BBC Radio One Hackney Weekend Venue. Worst was that it had been raining early during the day and as a result, the ground was very wet and muddy. People were legitimately wearing boots, waterproof pants and jacket in preparation for the eventual muddiness. I was wearing white Converses that eventually got ruined. But Mandy was much more unprepared - she was wearing open toed Croc shoes and by the end of the day, her shoes + feet were extremely muddy. [Mandy: Everyone was pointing and laughing at me :( At the end of the night when everyone was running out of the field I really thought I wasn't going to make it. My feet sunk so deep into the mud when I was trying to jump onto Norm's back. But I made it through successfully AND I was able to wash the mud easily off my rubber shoes! =P]
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| MANDY'S FEET!! (This wasn't even at the end of the night) |
The line-up for the MK event was good - Calvin Harris, Alesso, Madeon, Example and Pete Tong played before Swedish House Mafia came on. SHM came out with a two hour set and absolutely rocked the house. When I looked at my watch and saw that the time was 10:50 pm and "Save the World" started playing, I was getting sad that it was finishing. Alas, all good things must come to an end and afterwards, we took the long muddy walk back to the coach buses.
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| Bright colours for SHM |
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| One of SHM's last shows forever |
The buses didn't end up leaving the venue until 1:15 am and arrived in London at 3 am. Of course, with the sheer number of being people dropped off and the time of night, taxis were very rare. Mandy and I had to walk 30 minutes before we found a taxi to take us ho me. When we got home, we showered, did our last minute packing, slept for an hour and then took the train to the Airport. (Mandy: Why do we never have time to rest after a concert, lol)
Cheerio London. I'm sad that I couldn't stay for the Olympics, but it will feel good to be back in Toronto.
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