Today’s little slice
of “happitude” is...
A gorgeous day at the Bastille concert... Blue skies, festival shoes, a quick thunderstorm, an unforgettable
show and an incredible sunset to top it all off!
I fell in love with
Bastille the first time I heard Pompeii on 5fm while I was making the long trek
home to Pretoria (when that was still home) last year. When I found out they
were playing in Joburg I was thrilled. I was short on cash but I vowed that I
would save up every penny I could and buy myself a ticket as soon as possible.
Luckily for me, the fabulous Ruby and Jackson were a step ahead of me and
sponsored half my ticket cost as a birthday present. So Ruby, Jackson, the
Greek and I managed to snatch up tickets before they sold out and the countdown
to the show began.
When the day finally
arrived it was an absolute scorcher! But there was rain forecast as well so we
really had to be prepared for all the seasons in one day. We missioned over to
Emmerentia Dam and set up our picnic spot for the afternoon. Though generous
amounts of sunblock were applied, we still got horrid short-tans on our legs
and strap-tans on our shoulders but awesome opening acts, including the amazing
Beatenberg, had us boogying and helped us ignore the heat.
About an hour before
Bastille was meant to start their show, we got absolutely drenched with rain. We
went from boiling hot to freezing in just a few minutes and our raincoats were
no match for the rain that came bucketing down with a vengeance. The final
opening act had to stop their set and get their instruments off the stage and out
of the rain and the DJ took it upon himself to entertain the crowd with
classics ranging from The Beatles to The Jackson Five to the Spice Girls to
Outkast to Eminem, and we loved every second of it!
After about half an hour
the rain stopped and the sun came out as bright as it had been just in time to
welcome Bastille on stage.
They were FANTASTIC!
That is all I can say because words simply cannot do their performance justice.
I am so blessed to have
been able to experience one of the best shows of my adult life and I’m so #grateful
to Ruby, Jackson and the Greek for sharing in the awesome day with me.
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