The Road To Wembley: A Trip To London: Frank Turner Concert Review (Part 4)

So, after a week of writing about my trip to London, we finally get to the reason why I went to London in the first place: Frank Turner's gig at Wembley Arena.

April 13th


Since I didn't have anything else to do I decided to go queue early in the morning, and by early I mean 10 a.m. and surprisingly there was already some people around, not many, mind you, but some. Since there was nothing there to do I took some pictures.

After some time queueing the organization staff came out to put some order and also to tell us that we would be given wristbands before getting in so we wouldn't have to get our tickets checked afterwards. Also one hour before getting in Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo came to sing a song to everyone queueing, I think I just can't say how nice it was, these girls are really cute and sweet.

The photo quality is awful I know, my camera kept doing silly things.

So after queueing for 8 hours I finally got inside of Wembley Arena and I could make it to second row!

First onstage was Beans On Toast, I've to say that I checked some of his songs before the concert but I wasn't prepared for what happened. This guy is hilarious, he would stop a song to say something or sing a song inside of another song I think I've never laughed so much in a concert! Also he made a song just to say "Hello Wembley", so you all who just happened to stumble in this blog, go check his music! When he finished he decided to do some old crowdsurfing and I believe he did get to the end of the arena!

The second supporting act was Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, I've to confess that although it was not my kind of music I ended up enjoying it (and for the looks of one of the security staff he was enjoying it too!) even if I couldn't understand half of what the lyrics where about (well it was listening practice for CPE). And since crowdsurfing wasn't a challenge enough for the security guys Scroobius Pip got out of stage to sing closer to the crowd. 

The third supporting act was Billy Bragg, whom I didn't know before the concert (hey! I live in Spain, this kind of music usually doesn't get here). He was great, it's nice discovering music live and liking it. The bad side of this is that I couldn't understand some of the politic references since I'm not familiar with the British political system. 

Again, awful photo quality.

And finally the reason why I went to London: Mr. Frank Turner! I cannot say with words how good it was. His songs, everyone singing along... It was really, really good. It seems blurry now and for most of the concert I was crushed by the people around me, but still it was worth it. He sang old songs, he sang new songs. I loved that he played Substitute, Father's Day, If Ever I Stray and Photosynthesis (of course he had to play it) and for sure I'd have liked some more (One Foot Before The Other, Worse Things Happen At Sea,...) but I'm really happy I went. I loved that he asked his mum to get on stage to play the harmonica (she was so cute! And shy too!) and that he played a new song. He also did one of the craziest things I've ever seen on a gig, which is getting a tattoo backstage between the set and the encores, but that's him.