MCBUSTED!

Last night i went to see Mcbusted in Bournemouth and it was amazing!

On the Mcbusted tour they have a section at the front called the OMFG zone which people can buy tickets for to be extremely close to the stage. These tickets normally cost £110 but last night something amazing happened......I WON OMFG TICKETS! This meant i got to upgrade my tickets so instead of being crushed at the back, I got taken down to the front bit ahhh!!! We were so close to the stage that we could interact with the band - although i embarrassed myself by dancing my heart out only to look up to see James Bourne stood on stage just watching me haha! Awkward!!! I clearly won him over with my amazing dad dancing....

They opened up the night with their single Air Guitar and immediately got the crowd bouncing up and down - i soon discovered how unfit i am! The concert was full with a mixture of Mcfly and Busted songs and then a few Mcbusted songs.There was many entertaining moments such as them all dressing up with wedding dresses for the song 'crashed the wedding', wearing ice hockey tops in a sort of tribute to the retro film Mighty Ducks and then of course the arcade machine - The stage set was a giant working arcade machine in which half way through the concert they had a game of street fighter! Mcbusted have actually broken the world record for the largest working arcade machine.

After alot of dancing, singing, jumping and sweating (from us and mcbusted!) they got to the final songs and ended with Year 3000 and a explosion of streamers falling onto the crowd. This has to be one of the best nights! 

If you get the chance to see mcbusted/mcfly at some point...go!!

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Eurovision Anniversary Concert

I have a very sad confession - i LOVE Eurovision! Yes im one of those sad people who sit and watch the entire show whilst waving my flags and then vote and hope and pray that we get more than 2 points.....If we get over 10 points then i'm practically screaming with excitement!

So you can imagine how excited I was when they announced there was going to be a special one of concert in Hammersmith, London to mark the 60th anniversary of Eurovision....60 years!!!!!

Tickets sold out within minutes as they went on sale all over Europe at the same time - after much panicking I managed to secure 3 tickets for me,my sister and my friend. We waited weeks for the concert but then the morning off it disaster stuck...i woke up with a swollen face resembling the elephant man and nearly ended up at A&E but thankfully after having a ton of antibiotics given to me i started to look normal again so we finally got to head off to London -phew!!

When we got there we instantly spotted people from all over Europe carrying their countries flags and wearing some very funky suits made out of flags (!) We felt very under dressed! We went in and found our seats and got our flags ready and then it began.....ahhhhh!! Graham Norton presented the concert with Petra Mede.

They had loads of different singers from all over Europe - Some of the artists performed in the contest at the very beginning of Eurovision and some from the more recent years but everyone got the same brilliant reaction! There was cheesy singing and dancing and flag waving for over two hours!

Half way through the concert we got treated to a routine by Riverdance who first performed on tv during the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994! I have never seen them live before so this was a nice added bonus!

The concert ended with all the artists coming on to sing Abbas Waterloo which was hilarious watching the zombie rocker group Lorde trying to look cool singing along to this!

My highlight (and everyone elses!) was singing along to the current winner Conchita Wurst who has an incredible voice! Who knew a woman with a beard could sing so well?!

The only downside was the horrendous drive home.What would normally take 2 1/2 hours ended up taking 5 hours due to all the motorways being shut for road works argghhh!!

But it was worth it as we had a brilliant night and its the closest we will ever get to going to the actual Eurovision Song Contest!

Photo credits: BBCOne

The main Eurovision Song Contest is on BBC One 23rd May at 8pm

Dinosaur Zoo LIVE!

Today I took the disabled man I support to go and see Dinosaur Zoo live at Bournemouth pavilion (click here for my review on the pavilion!) and we LOVED it!

Dinosaur Zoo is by a company called Erth and is a show aimed at children (and adults!) who love dinosaurs. The dinosaur keepers take us through the story of how dinosaurs became extinct and introduces us to several dinosaurs starting with the baby ones and gradually building up to the giant ones!

The keepers welcome children up on stage to meet the dinosaurs and to interact with them which the kids loved! (apart from one poor girl who ran off stage terrified!) and at one point they had giant insects flying round and landing on the audience - we had one land of our head! 

The dinosaur puppets used in the show are incredible - you completely forget they aren't actually real even though you can clearly see the blokes legs sticking out of the costume!

We met up with my sister Elaine and my nephew Elliot who is 2 1/2 and both loved it although elliot did get a bit scared when the big dinosaur ran towards him - but to be fair I was petrified too and i'm 27 years old!!!! 

Elliot being brave and meeting the baby dinosaurs and a couple of
photos of the dinosaurs on stage!

After the show had ended, everyone who wanted to meet the big dinosaur could come up to the front of the stage for photos - we waited until all the kids had finished having their photos taken and then got up close to the dinosaur. The staff were lovely and made sure we could get as close as we could in the wheelchair without feeling rushed. We then headed out to the main foyer where we could meet the baby dinosaur puppets which were a lot less scary! We had loads of opportunities to have photos taken and once the crowds had vanished the staff bought a baby puppet over to us to get a better look and to have a chat which was lovely!

The show is approx 50 mins long and there was loads of merchandise to purchase. We bought a programme and a keyring for £6.50 and got a free sticker but there was loads of things to buy like mugs, door hangers, diy models and games. These can also be purchased online here.

Dinosaur Zoo is currently on tour round the UK so make sure you go and check it out. All prices and tour dates are on their website: http://dinosaurzoolive.com/

We had such a good day that will be remembered for a long time!

You can also check out my sisters blog about Elliots adventures at Entertaining Elliot!

Show reviews

I see quite a few shows/concerts- some through work and some with friends or family. Even though this blog is mainly about accessible places and days out, I'm going to have a separate section dedicated to shows/concerts and do some reviews on them as this is a massive interest of mine!

The latest concert I went to see was The Eurovision Anniversary Concert at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith London - very embarrassing to admit but I love Eurovision! I'll do a separate review on this concert as there's alot to write about!

Photo credits: wikipedia / open air theatre
love belfast / eventim