ROCKTOBER - Week One - Aiden and The Blackout
1st Oct...Aiden Manchester.
Surprisingly enough I got myself and 2 friends on the guestlist. It was at Manchester. The show was ok but it felt strange without JW. I stood on a box thing and was later told I'd been spotted by singer Will Francis lol. Met up with lovely Scottish Lorna briefly afterwards and got to hang with Gemma and Anna which is always good. Paul picked me up and I went home. I emailed JW saying I thought the band were wank without him which was true. They were playing in a smaller venue than when I saw them earlier this year plus because JW wasn't there it meant that Will had to play guitar for some songs so it spoiled his showmanship a bit but nevermind. It was night out with good friends and I paid £1 to get from Picadilly to Oxford Road on the train as I wasn't charged going from Leeds to Manchester. Cool.
2nd Oct...Aiden Sheffield.
Was waiting bloody ages for Jess as she's always late lol, though to be fair she was stuck in traffic from her house. I found kfc then walked about a bit. As I've possibly said before (dependent on whether I post this before or after TBO Stoke show) I love being guested, it is in fact a privelege but there's always the worry that I'll get there and they'll say nope sorry you're not on the list. This happened at Sheffield. Jess had arranged guestlist with her friend Trox so all shouldve been fine as he was working with Aiden. As she was late she said go ask...which I did...to be told 'nope no Jess on the list'. Fuck!! After many phonecalls and panicking I got called back in to be told I was on it after all. I'd emailed Angel a few days previous and he said remind him so thankfully the latter of the emails he thought I was asking for Sheffield so Jess was on it with me as her plus and I was on it with a plus 2. Awesome. She arrived, we dumped coats, stood at the bar and danced but remained cool haha. I hung out with Lorna a bit as we had to do my "its in our heads, its in our hearts, the world by stoooorm" dance which I made up on the last tour. As Jess was taking me home after Sheffield I got to see Lorna a lot after the show which was good. We'd bumped into Jake D before the show who said he missed JW as he was always like an older brother and that letting it get like the Blink 182 boys was "the last thing I want". After the show Will came out which is when he said he'd seen me dancing the night before. I was a little embarrassed but hey if I didn't want to be seen I shouldn't have been dancing on a box above everyone else lol. I told him it was strange seeing him play guitar to which he replied "well we used to have a third guitarist remember" and proceeded to launch into a rant about JW saying how the guy couldn't play guitar and how Will played everything himself on the albums and they'd then have to teach JW for touring. I subtley tried to change the subject asking about his solo album but he continued to verbally bash JW saying how he was two faced and would be your best friend to your face then slag you off behind your back. I replied with everyone does that though but he continued ranting. Cock! Angel then came out and I explained about the guestlist mishap and he apologised saying he gave the names to the promoter himself but it obviously didn't get passed to the box office in time. We discussed diets lol as he looks really good now, he's still not attractive in my eyes but looks well. I spoke to Wiggins very briefly but as ever he was with his girlfriend so we hugged and that was it. Jess then went to talk to Will in private...then eventually it was time to go home. I had about 4 hours sleep. Harsh!
3rd Oct...The Blackout Brum.
The last time I'd seen TBO was at Leeds Festival so I was excited to see them again, of course mostly Sean because as I informed everyone on their December tour, his Hips are my kryptonite. I love/hate that guy! I wasn't too bothered about the support acts who were We Are The Ocean and From First To Last...there was possibly a third act but I can't remember. We met Anneka there who I met in February in London and we've been friends online since. She's known the boys a long time and they're her favourite band. We also met the lovely Ceri Collins and his girlfriend Jody who is supernice and her friend Claire who I now speak to online a bit (and her boyfriend is doing my hair this weekend in Notts lol). It was good to see Ceri he's cheeky and winds me up. After the show we had to stand about in the cold as usual so Ceri left as they were flat hunting the next day. Thankfully Anneka brought her car round and 5 of us sat in there. Eventually we saw all The Blackout boys but Sean was taking his time. He came out, abused me for having my hoodie up and coat collar fastened right up so all you could see were my eyes " its a good look for you Lynz". Twat! He informed us he had to say goodbye to his friend and would be back in 5. He wasn't. We sat in the car and eventually he turned up, taking his hoodie off and lifting his shirt up to reveal his bare chest and stomach. I nearly died lol. He tried to open the car door but it was stuck so I opened it. He dived across me Anna and Elz then said budge up to me and got in the back. I was half sat on his knee. I may have included a picture below to show him me and Anna in the back seat of the car. He was with us for nearly an hour, we talked about all sorts, at one point he was like pushing himself against me because I'd said he was too close so he was almost, for want of a better word, bumming me haha, saying "oh you loves it you loves it". I have no comment there on my feelings regarding this lol. I'd like to say that Sean Smith from what I know of him has these rare sincere moments and whilst in the car he showed his vulnerable side. When I'd met him after they supported Mindless Self Indulgence we chatted and I said that he'd put weight on. Earlier last year I was off sick and as I was bored I went through hundreds of his pictures and saw that a few years back he was chubby but I didn't know this when I said he'd put weight on. So when in the car I said "I owe you an apology, I saw some of your old pictures on facebook from when you were chubby" to which he replied "oh no no no" so I said I was sorry and he said "see that's the thing Lynz all the stuff I've ever said to you, I've never been personal" which he's right it would be so easy for him to say something about my weight for example, he winds me up, slags off my taste in music, has spoken to my bloke and said that he'd like to 'offer him money as support because you're married to Lynz and she's fucking mad' but never been personal so I felt bad. Eventually he got out of the car, not before other activities involved him discussing his erm self abuse on the tour bus (resulting in him making an URRGH noise in my ear...bluntly put he was making his orgasm noise), also my finger went in his mouth because I gave him chuddy "what the fucks chuddy??" its chewing gum FYI. My friend Lorna made a fake newspaper story which I'll try and add because its frikkin hilarious. He got out the car and Anneka drove us back to the hotel. Oh for some reason he also had no underwear on. Niiiice. 4th Oct...The Blackout Manchester. Anna and I got the train back from Brum and met up with Elz again and Lorna who had been in England still after seeing more Aiden shows. She's not big on TBO because Sean is an arrogant dick to her on the forums so she likes their music and is happily still modding the official forum so I stood at the side with her whilst the band were on. She didn't hang around after as they were travelling back to Glasgow. Elz went too. We hung around, saw all the boys even though it was pissing it down they stopped to chat. Gav put Anna on the guestlist for Sheffield because me and Elz were already on it and then went to Big Hands which is where all bands go after playing at the Academy, to meet friends. We saw Sean and I was trying to be nice because I felt bad from the night before but he doesn't make it easy. I bought him Haribo and he said "oh haribo I don't like those I'll sell them to Snoz" so I asked what he did want and he didn't answer at first. We later caught him by the tourbus and I asked again. He replied "ky jelly, it'll make mine and Matt's love making smoother" just as Matt Good from From First To Last was just getting on the bus stopping him mid step to say "what?!!!??" hahaha! So I thought right I'll get that for him. We were about to leave when Pablo got off the bus, he's their tour manager and sound guy and Matthew got off too. We walked towards Anna's car with Matthew and Pablo and ended up being invited to Big Hands. Pablo even gave us AAA passes so we could get in for free but as we were talking to Matthew more Pablo went inside and we stood outside with Matthew and ended up sitting in the takeaway next door eating chips. Funtimes. He's a lovely guy always seems so quiet but he's not. He was telling us about his love of vests and that his girlfriend is the sister of Joel from Kids In Glass Houses. He also told us how come Ian Watkins ended up singing on Its High Tide Baby (boredom apparently lol). We saw Gav leaving Big Hands absolutely trollied. He's such a funny drunk. We then made our way to Anna's and tried to dry off. 8th Oct...The Blackout Newcastle. Kind of a last minute thing but we ended up on the guestlist for the Newcastle show so we met up with Anneka and some other people we know and went to the gig. I'd brought Sean's present with me and as we went to the ladies we met Rhys who plays bass with the boys. I told him what I'd bought Sean to be informed that he himself has that and proceeded to tell us how noisy Sean is on the bus. But to be told he uses this with his girlfriend was like eww too much information. We'd heard that Gav had to pull out of some shows as he had a throat infection so he wasn't onstage tonight. Poor Sean seemed so lost on stage. Some of the other bands came out to help with the songs, Matt Good murdered Its High Tide Baby but Jay Smith, Sean's brother saved I'm a Riot. Hilarious. The venue was really strange, the tourbus was kept in a parking area that no one was allowed to go to and monitored by Security. Ridiculous. So we waited and saw all the boys except Gav who was in a hotel room, sick. We waited for Sean who knew we were there but he didn't come over. Apparently he was in a foul mood because he lost his case or something, even though we saw him get changed behind the tourbus. He didn't come over. I was furious, he just walked past us all talking on his phone. Git. He text Anneka though saying "tell the goths I'm sorry I didn't say hi". 5 seconds for him to come over. Ian Watkins was djing in quayside so we were gonna go over. We knew the boys would be there but we didn't want to appear stalkery lol so decided not to actually go in. I text work the next day saying I had an electrical emergency and had to stay home because my bloke was away. I was actually on the National Express coming to Leeds haha.
Surprisingly enough I got myself and 2 friends on the guestlist. It was at Manchester. The show was ok but it felt strange without JW. I stood on a box thing and was later told I'd been spotted by singer Will Francis lol. Met up with lovely Scottish Lorna briefly afterwards and got to hang with Gemma and Anna which is always good. Paul picked me up and I went home. I emailed JW saying I thought the band were wank without him which was true. They were playing in a smaller venue than when I saw them earlier this year plus because JW wasn't there it meant that Will had to play guitar for some songs so it spoiled his showmanship a bit but nevermind. It was night out with good friends and I paid £1 to get from Picadilly to Oxford Road on the train as I wasn't charged going from Leeds to Manchester. Cool.
2nd Oct...Aiden Sheffield.
Was waiting bloody ages for Jess as she's always late lol, though to be fair she was stuck in traffic from her house. I found kfc then walked about a bit. As I've possibly said before (dependent on whether I post this before or after TBO Stoke show) I love being guested, it is in fact a privelege but there's always the worry that I'll get there and they'll say nope sorry you're not on the list. This happened at Sheffield. Jess had arranged guestlist with her friend Trox so all shouldve been fine as he was working with Aiden. As she was late she said go ask...which I did...to be told 'nope no Jess on the list'. Fuck!! After many phonecalls and panicking I got called back in to be told I was on it after all. I'd emailed Angel a few days previous and he said remind him so thankfully the latter of the emails he thought I was asking for Sheffield so Jess was on it with me as her plus and I was on it with a plus 2. Awesome. She arrived, we dumped coats, stood at the bar and danced but remained cool haha. I hung out with Lorna a bit as we had to do my "its in our heads, its in our hearts, the world by stoooorm" dance which I made up on the last tour. As Jess was taking me home after Sheffield I got to see Lorna a lot after the show which was good. We'd bumped into Jake D before the show who said he missed JW as he was always like an older brother and that letting it get like the Blink 182 boys was "the last thing I want". After the show Will came out which is when he said he'd seen me dancing the night before. I was a little embarrassed but hey if I didn't want to be seen I shouldn't have been dancing on a box above everyone else lol. I told him it was strange seeing him play guitar to which he replied "well we used to have a third guitarist remember" and proceeded to launch into a rant about JW saying how the guy couldn't play guitar and how Will played everything himself on the albums and they'd then have to teach JW for touring. I subtley tried to change the subject asking about his solo album but he continued to verbally bash JW saying how he was two faced and would be your best friend to your face then slag you off behind your back. I replied with everyone does that though but he continued ranting. Cock! Angel then came out and I explained about the guestlist mishap and he apologised saying he gave the names to the promoter himself but it obviously didn't get passed to the box office in time. We discussed diets lol as he looks really good now, he's still not attractive in my eyes but looks well. I spoke to Wiggins very briefly but as ever he was with his girlfriend so we hugged and that was it. Jess then went to talk to Will in private...then eventually it was time to go home. I had about 4 hours sleep. Harsh!
3rd Oct...The Blackout Brum.
The last time I'd seen TBO was at Leeds Festival so I was excited to see them again, of course mostly Sean because as I informed everyone on their December tour, his Hips are my kryptonite. I love/hate that guy! I wasn't too bothered about the support acts who were We Are The Ocean and From First To Last...there was possibly a third act but I can't remember. We met Anneka there who I met in February in London and we've been friends online since. She's known the boys a long time and they're her favourite band. We also met the lovely Ceri Collins and his girlfriend Jody who is supernice and her friend Claire who I now speak to online a bit (and her boyfriend is doing my hair this weekend in Notts lol). It was good to see Ceri he's cheeky and winds me up. After the show we had to stand about in the cold as usual so Ceri left as they were flat hunting the next day. Thankfully Anneka brought her car round and 5 of us sat in there. Eventually we saw all The Blackout boys but Sean was taking his time. He came out, abused me for having my hoodie up and coat collar fastened right up so all you could see were my eyes " its a good look for you Lynz". Twat! He informed us he had to say goodbye to his friend and would be back in 5. He wasn't. We sat in the car and eventually he turned up, taking his hoodie off and lifting his shirt up to reveal his bare chest and stomach. I nearly died lol. He tried to open the car door but it was stuck so I opened it. He dived across me Anna and Elz then said budge up to me and got in the back. I was half sat on his knee. I may have included a picture below to show him me and Anna in the back seat of the car. He was with us for nearly an hour, we talked about all sorts, at one point he was like pushing himself against me because I'd said he was too close so he was almost, for want of a better word, bumming me haha, saying "oh you loves it you loves it". I have no comment there on my feelings regarding this lol. I'd like to say that Sean Smith from what I know of him has these rare sincere moments and whilst in the car he showed his vulnerable side. When I'd met him after they supported Mindless Self Indulgence we chatted and I said that he'd put weight on. Earlier last year I was off sick and as I was bored I went through hundreds of his pictures and saw that a few years back he was chubby but I didn't know this when I said he'd put weight on. So when in the car I said "I owe you an apology, I saw some of your old pictures on facebook from when you were chubby" to which he replied "oh no no no" so I said I was sorry and he said "see that's the thing Lynz all the stuff I've ever said to you, I've never been personal" which he's right it would be so easy for him to say something about my weight for example, he winds me up, slags off my taste in music, has spoken to my bloke and said that he'd like to 'offer him money as support because you're married to Lynz and she's fucking mad' but never been personal so I felt bad. Eventually he got out of the car, not before other activities involved him discussing his erm self abuse on the tour bus (resulting in him making an URRGH noise in my ear...bluntly put he was making his orgasm noise), also my finger went in his mouth because I gave him chuddy "what the fucks chuddy??" its chewing gum FYI. My friend Lorna made a fake newspaper story which I'll try and add because its frikkin hilarious. He got out the car and Anneka drove us back to the hotel. Oh for some reason he also had no underwear on. Niiiice. 4th Oct...The Blackout Manchester. Anna and I got the train back from Brum and met up with Elz again and Lorna who had been in England still after seeing more Aiden shows. She's not big on TBO because Sean is an arrogant dick to her on the forums so she likes their music and is happily still modding the official forum so I stood at the side with her whilst the band were on. She didn't hang around after as they were travelling back to Glasgow. Elz went too. We hung around, saw all the boys even though it was pissing it down they stopped to chat. Gav put Anna on the guestlist for Sheffield because me and Elz were already on it and then went to Big Hands which is where all bands go after playing at the Academy, to meet friends. We saw Sean and I was trying to be nice because I felt bad from the night before but he doesn't make it easy. I bought him Haribo and he said "oh haribo I don't like those I'll sell them to Snoz" so I asked what he did want and he didn't answer at first. We later caught him by the tourbus and I asked again. He replied "ky jelly, it'll make mine and Matt's love making smoother" just as Matt Good from From First To Last was just getting on the bus stopping him mid step to say "what?!!!??" hahaha! So I thought right I'll get that for him. We were about to leave when Pablo got off the bus, he's their tour manager and sound guy and Matthew got off too. We walked towards Anna's car with Matthew and Pablo and ended up being invited to Big Hands. Pablo even gave us AAA passes so we could get in for free but as we were talking to Matthew more Pablo went inside and we stood outside with Matthew and ended up sitting in the takeaway next door eating chips. Funtimes. He's a lovely guy always seems so quiet but he's not. He was telling us about his love of vests and that his girlfriend is the sister of Joel from Kids In Glass Houses. He also told us how come Ian Watkins ended up singing on Its High Tide Baby (boredom apparently lol). We saw Gav leaving Big Hands absolutely trollied. He's such a funny drunk. We then made our way to Anna's and tried to dry off. 8th Oct...The Blackout Newcastle. Kind of a last minute thing but we ended up on the guestlist for the Newcastle show so we met up with Anneka and some other people we know and went to the gig. I'd brought Sean's present with me and as we went to the ladies we met Rhys who plays bass with the boys. I told him what I'd bought Sean to be informed that he himself has that and proceeded to tell us how noisy Sean is on the bus. But to be told he uses this with his girlfriend was like eww too much information. We'd heard that Gav had to pull out of some shows as he had a throat infection so he wasn't onstage tonight. Poor Sean seemed so lost on stage. Some of the other bands came out to help with the songs, Matt Good murdered Its High Tide Baby but Jay Smith, Sean's brother saved I'm a Riot. Hilarious. The venue was really strange, the tourbus was kept in a parking area that no one was allowed to go to and monitored by Security. Ridiculous. So we waited and saw all the boys except Gav who was in a hotel room, sick. We waited for Sean who knew we were there but he didn't come over. Apparently he was in a foul mood because he lost his case or something, even though we saw him get changed behind the tourbus. He didn't come over. I was furious, he just walked past us all talking on his phone. Git. He text Anneka though saying "tell the goths I'm sorry I didn't say hi". 5 seconds for him to come over. Ian Watkins was djing in quayside so we were gonna go over. We knew the boys would be there but we didn't want to appear stalkery lol so decided not to actually go in. I text work the next day saying I had an electrical emergency and had to stay home because my bloke was away. I was actually on the National Express coming to Leeds haha.