Friday, July 12, 2013

Mumford & Sons, Gentlemen of the Road.

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On Saturday we hit up the Gentlemen of the Road, Summer Stampede Concert at the Queen Elizabeth park - Mumford & Sons, Vampire Weekend, Ben Howard, Bears Den, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and HAIM. i know, can you even handle? The whole Olympic Park was created to resemble an old school fair ground with different rides, tombola stalls, food stands, photo booths etc. I loved all the signage - esp these "cheer people" (below) who had signs along the way telling us how many more steps (from the train station) until we reached the concert gates -

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We had an awesome chilled out afternoon listening to Ben Howard, Edward Sharpe, Bears Den, HAIM in the sunshine -

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THEN. Mumford and Sons came on - 
We raised up our drinks and went crazy!

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"Woooohooooo!!! We love you Mumford!! etc etc!!! wooohooooo!!!"

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Yep. That's right. I got doused in sticky vodka lemonade. All over my head.
By my own husband.

That one.
He's lucky I'm so forgiving.

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Am having problems with getting youtube to embed my videos  - 
but this is a link to the mandatory "oh, lols. it's not a picture, it's a video"

And here is the actual picture picture -
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Side Note: Definitely invest in a husband the next time you go to a festival or concert - they have very handy shoulders for when you need to get a better view. Also, if you let them "accidentally" spill their drink all over you, then you will have extra shoulder time as retribution.

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Husband took this picture of me while I was on his shoulders.
I had no idea.

Somehow feel the deserving caption is: KAa KAAAW.

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Saw guy with an awesome t-shirt. 
Approached guy with awesome t-shirt and said:

"Hey Guy-with-an-awesome-t-shirt,
you have an awesome t-shirt!
Imma take a pikcha of it, K? K."

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I tested it for you.
totally legit.
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Oh Hey bald guy.

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A few other of our video links if you're interested:
Edward Sharpe and the Magentic Zeros - Home.

And this video - where they released confetti. Kerry and i were on our way back from the bathroom and we thought they were butterflies. You guys, BUTTERFLIES. We died.

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Picture left: AMAZING naked fairy light bulbs.
Picture Right: amazing picture of nothing. And exactly everything of how the night was.

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{my very own gentleman of the road}

And my fave pic of the night - completely unedited:

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London Summer for the Win.