Hello lovelies!
Birthdays. As we get older, I believe birthdays should be
about experience. As much as I love
cake and presents, I’ve realised that what I really enjoy doing on my birthday
is experiencing something new, whether that be a theatre show, live rock
concert or taking part in a new sport or activity. Last year, my mum treated to a showing of the Whitney Houston inspired musical ‘The Bodyguard’ and it was
pretty darn good. I didn’t think I’d manage to top that this year, but oh, how
I was wrong.
One word: Adele. She announced that she was playing
the Glasgow SSE Hydro, and the date of the concert? Yup, you guessed right – my
birthday! I knew I had to get tickets but also knew that everyone else would be
wanting tickets too. I’m sure many of you will have experienced the ticket frustration
like I did i.e. the constant page buffering, the agonising wait to get through
to the ticket page, the extreme disappointment felt when you finally got
through, but suddenly Ticketmaster alerts you to the fact that tickets became sold out after
two minutes. Yup, it was shit. Thankfully, I had a birthday guardian angel half
way across the world in Australia – my friend Katy had been out there
travelling and managed to purchase tickets for the Glasgow show, and kindly
offered one to me – what a hero!
The concert. It was such a magical evening and I don’t think
I’ll experience a concert like it ever again. We were seated the entire night
and just soaked up the wonder that is Adele and her voice. She was hilarious
and spoke to the crowd the entire time, laughing at how she had broken a nail
before coming on stage, and wore a Scottish flag across her shoulders during the evening. At the
end of the show, confetti fell down with ‘handwritten’ notes from the lady
herself, making it a truly amazing birthday experience.
Did any of you guy get to see Adele perform?
Let me know what you thought about the show below.
More soon,
Helen
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