Splashes of Tartan: Arctic Monkeys Gig ~ Marlay Park

I have a huge interest in music and I love going to gigs and seeing my favorite bands live. I'd say I'm more of a band lover rather than individual artists. I went to see Arctic Monkeys in Marlay Park last saturday and oh my gosh. They were amazing. My friends and I left for Marlay park at 10 in the morning and got there at 10:45. We thought there would be at least 60 people in line ahead of us but to our surprise there was only around 7. We were told to move to another line and we ended up running and being at the very top! After a lengthy 5 hours, the gates finally opened! We ended up right at the barrier!! I still can't believe that there was 37,000 people at the concert and we managed to stay at the barrier. Royal blood, Miles Kane and Jake Bugg supported Arctic Monkeys! I really like Miles, he was really good and Josh from The Strypes watched his performance from the side of the stage! Jake Bugg was amazing too! He is one of my favourite solo artists at the moment. His performance of simple pleasures was beautiful! At 9pm Arctic Monkeys finally appeared on stage. The crowd went crazy. The atmosphere was ecstatic! Unfortunately, people were fainting or were causing trouble so they were taken out over our heads many times which was quite scary & distracting.

Overall it was without a doubt my favourite concert so far and a different experience to usual gigs. I also bought a T-Shirt! The songs they performed that I enjoyed most were 'Snap out of it', 'Brainstorm', 'Dancing shoes', 'My Propellor', 'Why'd you only call me when you're high?', 'A Certain Romance' and of course the final ending song and crowd engaging 'R u mine?'. I would do anything to go back to the concert- it was incredible! If any of you are seeing Arctic Monkeys live soon, I am so jealous of you and have a wonderful time! However, if you haven't listened to them GO, GO, GO!