Anyway, this post is about the day of the 5SOS concert and I have soooo much to tell you guys!
I went to the Melbourne concert with my 2 friends, Kasey and Laura (we flew over on Thursday night and the concert was on Saturday). Since the venue was directly across the road from Luna Park we went there in the morning and managed to go on about 2 rides before it started absolutely bucketing down with rain (we literally looked like we had had a shower). So we soon bailed on that idea and decided to go and wait outside the venue for 5SOS to arrive from the airport.
We probably waited around 3 hours but time seriously flew with all the fun we were having with everyone else waiting. Everyone was chatting and sharing all sorts of food around; from macca's to pizza and fairy floss. We even tried to make friends with the security guards!
No one even noticed their car coming up the street until they drove through the gates and then the eruption of screaming started. Ashton was the first one to get out of the car and he looked so happy to see all of us and was waving and smiling. He was wearing a tank top and it was like 10 degrees (Celsius)! And then Luke came out and he was wearing a snapback, don't even get me started on this. Luke, Calum and Michael were all wearing flannels and MICHAEL WAS WEARING A BEANIE. EXCUSE YOU MR CLIFFORD WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO CUTE? Alsoooooooo... CALUM WAS WEARING THE SAME BEANIE THAT HE WAS WEARING IN THE BUTT PIC MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.
To be completely honest I actually started crying after seeing them because I had actually seen them in person, less than 10 metres away, and it was completely different to seeing them in concert because it kind of hit you that they were actually real and they were just so normal. Like I can't explain how much they make me happy with their music and how genuine and kind they are. I don't know how but whenever I'm not feeling happy I can listen to their music or watch one of their videos and it immediately puts a smile on my face. They're something in my life that can never let me down and is always consistent.
Michael and Calum came out on the balcony a couple of minutes after they went inside and were eating bananas and threw some down to us. They went back inside and then Michael came back out with a couple of water bottles and threw them down, but the first one he threw hit one of the cars in the car park! You can't see it very well in this photo but basically this was his face after he hit the car.
When the door was closed Calum kept coming up to it and making faces through the window and it was so cute and everyone was screaming. Ashton came out and took a photo of us and put it on twitter (and you can see me in it!). I'm just behind the girl holding up the white box!
Calum came out again with his phone and was making an instagram video but it ran out of time as soon as he tried to film us.
We stayed there for probably another hour without them coming out so one of the mum's starting playing 5SOS really loudly from her car and everyone was singing along and having a great time. There was also 2 girls who had come out of hospital just to try and meet them so we all started chanting "5SOS meet Megan and Paige" to try and get them to come out. A couple of minutes after the chanting had died down we decided to make our way back to our hotel to get changed for the concert. We were near one of the cafe's down the road when we heard screaming and so we sprinted back to the venue to see what it was but we were too late! One of the girls filled us in that Michael and Luke had come onto the balcony for a bit but had to go back inside for soundcheck. We were a bit dissapointed but it wasn't that big of a deal as we had already seen all of them when they arrived.
I think we stayed for another 15 minutes before we really had to get ready for the concert and during that time we were all pressed up to the wall outside of the venue listening to their soundcheck. We had to be really quiet so the security guards didn't come and shoo us away!
We got to the venue about 30 minutes before the doors were opened so we could meet one of our friends from twitter who we were going to the concert with. Once the doors were open it was like a mad rush to get in and we had seating in the stalls which was actually pretty close to the stage so I was very happy!
Mike Dignam was the opening act and he was so good! He kinda reminded me of Ed Sheeran actually. Mike did around 5 songs before he left the stage and I really recommend checking him out.
I think 5SOS must of put together the playlist for the interval, because there was Stacy's Mom, some All Time Low, Teenage Dirtbag, etc. During a Nicki Minaj song one of the girls ran into the aisle and started twerking and dancing! Everyone was laughing and cheering her on until one of the security guards escorted her back to her seat (everyone booed him!).
Finally the lights went off and the blue stage lights started flashing around and you couldn't see the stage properly. We were chanting "5SOS" and all of this went on for about 2 minutes before they came onto the stage and went straight into Eighteen. This is one of my all time favourite songs and the perfect one to start off with.
They did Voodoo Doll, Teenage Dream (by Katy Perry), Heartbreak Girl, Heartache on the Big Screen, Out Of My Limit, Good Girls are Bad Girls, Lost Boy, Disconnected, Beside You, Amnesia (which they said would "maybe definitely" be on the new album) and finished off with She Looks So Perfect, or so we thought. After some more chanting they came back on stage with What I Like About You and finally, Try Hard.
Their performance was electric to say the least. The energy that they had on stage was amazing and you couldn't help but dance along.
When they stopped to talk for a bit Ashton decided that he wanted to give us a touchdown (look up Mark Holden touchdown if you don't know what it is) for being the best fans in the world. He gave us a drum roll and then the whole audience did one, which looked amazing all together!
During Amnesia a whole lot of the audience held up A4 pieces of paper with "THANKYOU 5SOS" on them and it was so cute. And during SLSP people were throwing clothes around to reenact the music video!
Overall it was 100% the best day of my life. I cannot believe that I had this amazing chance to see them live in concert and to see them in person, it was honestly the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Love, Maddy xx
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