30 Seconds to Mars live, This Is War and tour planning!

I just realised that I haven’t blogged in FOREVER!

So much has happened.

I finally got to see 30 Seconds to Mars live! It was an amazing experience. It was a long, long day but so worth it. Got to meet a load of new friends and I’ve never been hugged by so many people I’ve never met before!

These are my Cornish Echelon mates who I love dearly, proudly displaying the T shirts I designed for us!

The bands touring bassist walked the queue at around 12.30pm which was totally unexpected. He happily had a chat and took pics with everyone, just a lovely bloke!  This is me and Tim.

Usually I wouldn’t post pics of myself but I just love this picture. Me looking genuinely happy and excited. Good times!

The band were incredible live, lots of banter from Jared. I kept trying to watch Shannon drum as the guy is all *flaily* arms and is as fascinating to watch as he is to listen to. Tomo and Tim were bouncing around the stage like loons! Instead of trying to explain it I will post Karina’s videos. These was taken over my right shoulder!

Intro and A Beautiful Lie.

Lost my mind somewhere around 2mins 22!

Kings and Queens

Jared talks a lot. Music starts around 3mins 15.

*sigh*

Got to say a brief hi to the band as we went through the signing line afterwards. Nice!

I also turned 35! Great birthday, was thoroughly spoilt. Got to spend some serious quality time with my cousin as well. 3 days of awesomeness.

2 days after the gig at Koko, 30STM tickets went on sale for a UK arena tour in 2010. Woohoo! More road trip madness is ensuing as we are going to 4 of the shows! All dates are for February ‘10.

Nottingham Trent FM Arena – 19th
Manchester Evening News Arena – 20th
Cardiff International Arena – 21st
London Wembley Arena – 23rd
Glasgow SECC – 27th

We’re going to all bar Scotland! That’s a little too far to travel from the South West! So another countdown will be starting in due course and the planning has already started.

Chances are that you’ve heard Kings and Queens on the radio recently. Midweek charts suggest it be in somewhere in the 20’s. It’s the first single from the album This Is War out in the UK on Monday December 7th. I got my copy in advance which was a surprise but a great one! Have to say that I was afraid I wasn’t going to like it but I have totally fallen in love with it.

Am supposed to be out promoting today but the weather has called a temporary halt to that plan. Bloody rain!

That’s it for now. Will be posting up random interviews and stuff a little bit later! Have a feeling this will turn into a 30 Seconds To Mars blog entirely!