The Blackout!

I went to see The Blackout for the 13th time on Wednesday and as always they were amazing, they just never get boring. I could go see them everyday and it would never get old.
They were supported by The Proxies and Sonic Boom Six. The Proxies were quite good and I've heard some of their songs before so I knew what to expect. But then Sonic Boom Six were awful, their songs just sounded so messy and all of the place. They really weren't my cup of tea.
Before the gig The Blackout did a signing so I got to meet them again for the third time, as before I'd had a backstage pass to one of their Sheffield gigs after I'd pledged money for their third album Hope, which was really cool. As usual they were really sweet to everyone and really appreciated that I'd bought the album. I also got my photo taken with Snoz :)


The intro started and everyone went wild, the band walked on except Sean and Gavin. The rest of the band started playing Start The Party and on run the front men who then blow confetti everywhere causing everyone to go a bit crazy and try and catch it as well as singing their hearts out and beaming like lunatics. As always they were so energetic and exciting. One thing I love about this band is that they always involve the crowd, if someone shouts something out they respond, or they get you to do some crazy dance and sing a long, they are always so much fun. They then went on to play We Live On; another new song from Start The Party which still got a great reaction even though not everyone had heard it before. Then they went straight into Higher and Higher which was fantastic and followed by The Devil Inside, one of my favourite songs of Hope! Sean then dedicated This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things to a little kid who was on the side balcony area, telling him to not be in a band and to "become Tony Stark and then turn into Iron Man instead". This was the first song they played from The Best In Town. They chose a great selection of songs from all their albums not concentrating too much on one album. This was followed by Running Scared which is apparently about Gavin's experience with Heroin according to Sean, showing how much they can joke around (I think anyway) and make the gig that much more enjoyable. They played another of my favourites from Hope; The Storm so I was super excited 'cause they were playing loads of my favourites :). Then straight into Shutthefuckuppercut which is a super energetic song showing just how phenomenal their stage presence is. And before going into It's High Tide Baby, which I am so glad they played, Sean said they would play a song from their old album 'cause that's when they "used to be heavy" and when they "used to be good", basically taking the piss out of everyone that says their old stuff is better. They go into The Last Goodbye and then another song from Start The Party; Radio. They then go into another much loved song Hope. They went into Children Of The Night showing that Gavin and Sean work really well together on stage and all their parts are perfectly on time. This was another great sing-a-long song, and was great to hear so many people chant "We Are The Children of The Night, We Are The Children!". After that they played my favourite from TheBlackoutTheBlackoutTheBlackout;  I'm A Riot? You're A Fucking Riot! causing everyone to go absolutely insane especially The Blackout themselves, singing/screaming their hearts out and jumping around the stage not really caring if they get hurt showing just how much they love playing. They ended on Save Our Selves (The Warning) getting everyone to crouch down on the floor, as they always do, and then leaping up in the air when after they've chanted "Going Out, Going Out, Going Out", and is just incredible to see everyone all jump up together.

Like I said before The Blackout always communicate with the audiences Sean asked everyone if they had behinds, to which most people were a bit confused as to why he was asking that. He then asked in an American accent if we had asses, and then asked us if we had bums which got the best reaction. He went on to tell us that we all needed to shake our bums on this next song even if it meant we were thrusting the person in front, saying that we shouldn't worry if they are the same sex as us 'cause all we have to do is "look up and it's not gay"... God I love this band haha. (I can't remember what song this was before. I'm useless!)
They are always so funny on stage and don't take themselves too seriously which is great to see as there's nothing more boring than a band who doesn't look like they are enjoying themselves on stage!

So basically it was one of my favourite Blackout gigs. They just get better and better every time I see them. It was a great gig to start the year with, bring on the next tour!  Giving it 9/10!

Setlist:

Start The Party 

We Live On

Higher & Higher

The Devil Inside 

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Running Scared

The Storm 

ShutTheFuckUppercut

It’s High Tide Baby! 

The Last Goodbye

Radio

Hope (Scream It Out Loud) 

Children Of The Night

I’m A Riot? You’re A Fucking Riot!

Save Ourselves (The Warning)

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Lostprophets Live

 I went to see Lostprophets on the Weapons Reloaded tour again as I just couldn't wait until next year to see them again. I'm so, so, so glad I went as like they promised the set list was different so it was definitely worth seeing them again. I basically booked the tickets a week before the gig as we hadn't planned to see them again until the next tour, and it provided us with a great little road trip and a great day out in Cardiff too :)

Yet again they were so energetic and the atmosphere was insane! Everyone around me was going crazy and were loving it. And as always when Shinobi came on everyone went wild. Everything about the gig was amazing and worth every penny, they have got to be one of the best live bands I've ever seen.
Lostprophets seemed to have done everything they did wrong at Wolverhampton right at Newport. They were so energetic and interacted so much more with the crowd than they did when they played Wolverhampton a few weeks earlier, which was one of my only faults with that gig. Ian also seemed like his old self from previous concerts a few years ago, as he was joking around a lot more and seemed way more chatty, one of the things I love most about a Lostprophets gig! (apart from the music). They also said goodbye and goodnight this time unlike in Wolvo where they just walked off without saying anything so everyone was expecting an encore which was an improvement as it seemed quite strange for them to just leave.

But like in Wolverhampton there as still issues with the sound, as Ian and Luke's in ear monitors weren't working very well and you could just tell how pissed off Ian was about it to begin with, as I imagine it's pretty damn hard to sing when you can't hear yourself or the right levels of the rest of the band aren't being heard  same goes for playing drums! But Luke still stayed in time and Ian still sang in tune so all was well. Yet again during some songs you couldn't quite hear Ian enough over the rest of the band as some parts kind of got drowned out.
The venue was quite odd too it was like a sports centre turned music venue! There was a swimming pool there and we were standing in what I think was a basket ball court or something similar but it was a still a good venue if a little unusual. We were at the front next opposite Jamie and therefore right next to the speakers so we literally couldn't hear for the next few days but it was so worth it.
Roll on next year! I cannot wait for the next tour. Giving this gig 10/10 again! Wow.

Setlist:

Where We Belong

 New Transmission

Can't Catch Tomorrow

Kobrakai

Fake Sound of Progress

We Bring An Arsenal

Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja

I Don't Know

A Better Nothing

 Last Summer

A Town Called Hypocrisy 

 Jesus Walks

Rooftops

Sway

 Bring Em Down

Everyday Combat

Last Train Home

Burn Burn.

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Urban Decay 15 Year Palette

I bought the Urban Decay 15 Year Anniversary Palette a few months ago and have only just got round to doing my review of it... But I guess that means I've used it a lot so I can give a proper and honest review.
You obviously get 15 different eye shadows in this palette and has a great choice of colours. I bought this because it basically has every colour I would need all in one palette so I don't have to take 3 or 4 palettes with me when I go on holiday or stay at someone's house just so I can do my make-up the way I like it.

I own 5 Urban Decay palettes now and this is by fair my favourite one! Although there are colours in this palette which are very similar to my other palettes especially the Naked Palette and any of the Book of Shadows palettes.

Midnight Rodeo: This is a very light brown with a lot of sparkle. There is a lot of fallout with this colour so I advise putting something under your eyes, like tissue, just to cover the underneath otherwise you'll get covered in glitter. The only problem with this colour is that you need to layer it up a bit as it's not as pigmented as the other colours.

Midnight 15: Is a really pale cream/light beige with a soft shimmer plus some glitter. It's great for highlighting your brow bones for a night out but maybe not so much in the day because of the glitter. Something like Sin from the Naked palette would be better. It's also really similar to Midnight Cowboy Rides again.

Vanilla: Is a yellowish cream colour and is similar to Midnight 15 just without the glitter. It also has a soft shimmer and would be good for highlighting which is what I use it for. It's very similar to Virgin from the Naked Palette just not quite as pale.

Flow: A light, shimmery peach colour, which is very different from other shadows I own.

Chase: Is a warm shimmer bronze colour, like a mixture of Half-Baked and Smog which are both in the Naked Palette.

Tainted: Real pale pink with a light gold shimmer, it's really pretty.

Junkshow: Is a really bright hot pink. I have no idea when I'd ever use this colour even though it looks amazing its just a bit too extreme.

Omen: Is a blue toned light purple with a light shimmer. I'm pretty sure this is my favourite colour! It's so beautiful.

Evidence: This is a deep blue, nearly navy but with some green tint too, another of my favourites.

Deep End: Is a bright turquoise/teal kind of colour and is so, so gorgeous! Yet again another of my favourites and is quite similar to Haight by UD but a little brighter and not as deep.

Deeper: A dark shimmery brown with some gold tones. Very similar to Hustle by UD.

M.I.A: This is an even darker brown, yet again with shimmer and is also very similar to Darkhorse by UD.

Ace: Is a dark grey with shimmer and to me looks exactly the same as Gunmetal by Urban Decay.

Blackout: Is a matte jet black shadow and is super pigmented and probably the best black eyeshadow I have ever used.

Half Truth: Is a grey toned dark purple, which looks great with Omen. Also has a slight shimmer.

What I love about UD's eyeshadows is that they are always well pigmented which is why I always buy them even though some other brands do great colours too such as MAC, I never think they are pigmented as much as UD and it's always a bit of a let down.

The packaging is a bit annoying as it's very bulky and deep when it could be a lot thinner. UD have said you can reuse the box after you've finished but I don't know what on earth you'd use it for...Any suggestions please comment below 'cause I haven't got the foggiest.
So it comes in the velvet box as you can see in the picture above, which you can take the palette out of to reveal the lovely pattern on the side of the lid. There is also a mirror on the inside of the lid even though the whole of the packaging is like one huge mirror. You can take the eye shadows out of the palette but they are all joined together and I don't know what you would then store them in but it just shows that the packaging didn't need to be as bulky.
This palette was only £35 for 15 eye shadows which is think is a great price and I'm so happy I got it. All the eye shadows stay on all day and even longer if you wear a primer which will also emphasis the colour so the shadow stands out even more.

All in all I'd give this product a 9/10 purely because of the packaging and due to the fact that a lot of the browns/neutrals are similar to some from Naked and Naked 2. But other than that everything else is fantastic.

The Almighty Lostprophets

Last night I went to see Lostprophets for the 9th time and wow were they good. Yeah you're probably thinking I'm only saying that cause I'm a huge fan, blah, blah, blah, but seriously they were fantastic!
The set list was totally different to what they usually play whereas with most bands you can guess every song that's going to be played but I was so surprised!

The first time I saw Lostprophets was at Wolverhampton 6 years ago and I love this venue, I've never been to a bad gig at the Civic Hall yet so you can properly guess how excited I was when they announced they were playing it again meaning its the 5th time I've seen them in Wolverhampton.

They played a really good mixture of songs from each album and most of them were songs they don't play too often either which was a treat. A lot of people around me were chanting for them to play "Shinobi" (even though they'd already played it WTF?), and then changed their minds and wanted them to play "Ode to Summer" which is cool but when Lostprophets did play songs from "The Fake Sound Of Progress" the people around me just fucking stood there...Why ask for songs from that album if your not gonna react? Fucking mental.

Anyway they played a mix of sing a long songs and some of the heavier stuff too which was great for a fan girl like me, I especially loved "Sway", I always love hearing that song live. So this set list is definitely the best they've ever played. Was great to here more stuff from the first album even though not everyone knows the songs. It was also the first time I've ever seen them play "Can't Get Enough" live which was really exciting. Apparently they are gonna change the set list every night which is a great idea and makes me want to go see them on this tour again even more, really wish I could.

They were all on top form last night as well, especially Luke, God is he a fucking great drummer! He always smashes it. Everyone else was incredible too, the only faults I can think of was that Ian's vocals weren't high enough in the mix and kinda got lost in some areas, which isn't the bands fault its the sound technicians. And also it would be cool if they interacted a bit more with the crowd, I know it means they can play more songs but it would have been good if they had spoken a bit more like they used to when Ian used to talk forever, bless him. I thought it was a bit weird how they just left without saying anything as it made me think they'd play an encore but they didn't which is fair enough 'cause I guess it meant they could play more songs...But those are the only negative things I can think of, all in all it was the best gig I have been to I think ever! They are such a great live band and I don't think I will ever get tired of seeing them. I can't wait to see them again.
This gig deserves 10/10, totally immense!!!

Also sorry if the photo's aren't that great, I'm 5'1" so its not too easy to get great shots unless I'm at the front.

What did you guys think, if any of you went? What was your favourite song?

Setlist from last night, not my photo I found it on Tumblr.