Good Charlotte
Suddenly the lights dimmed... I felt massively excited, having waited a year and a half. I grabbed Elli's hand as we heard the opening chords of A New Beginning. Chris walked on, then Billy, Benji and Paul. Elli screamed something about Joel at me, and I thought she said, "He's on stage!", whereupon I began to panic as I couldn't see him and I was like, "I must be going blind!" However, he then walked on and Elli later told me that she said, "Where's Joel?" But anyway...
Oh. My. God. I know I keep saying that and I sound really teenie, but give me a break. GC are my favourite band, have been for a year, and this was only the second gig I've ever been to (the first being Reading Festival), plus I was only about eight rows from the front and... *breathes*. Look, it was exciting, OK?! But I have to say, I think I behaved quite well as I didn't scream until I actually saw them on stage, seeing as I always make fun of people who scream for no reason.
I can't remember the exact setlist, but they did play these songs: A New Beginning, The Anthem, Wondering (before Wondering, Joel asked "How many people here have dogs?" and everyone laughed, then the opening chords of Wondering started and we all got it. Very funny), Say Anything, Hold On, Festival Song, East Coast Anthem, Little Things, Waldorf Worldwide (renamed London Worldwide), The Story of My Old Man, Girls and Boys, My Bloody Valentine, Movin' On, The Young and the Hopeless, the Day that I Die, Riot Girl, and they finished off with Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous. They also played an Oasis cover but I can't remember the name. They didn't play Seasons, my second favourite song after Waldorf Worldwide; so I was a bit disappointed but never mind.
I was quite surprised at how moshable (word?) they were. People even moshed to Hold On. I have decided that even though moshpits are hot, sweaty (eugh factor 9 outta 10), uncomfortable painful, etc; they are actually really fun. I got really into it and mashed myself around and screamed the lyrics at the top of my voice- unfortunately I'm small and ended up nearer the back. This meant that I couldn't chuck my Snitch onto the stage (yeah, I bought them a Golden Snitch. Sad or what?!).
They were also quite funny- someone chucked a tie onto stage and Joel picked it up and wore it- then he said, "You know who else wears ties? Avril Lavigne!" (at which point Elli, the useless dolt, cheered. She does this all the time. She said Matt Bellamy looked like Gareth Gates, in the middle of a Muse crowd. Useless child. Oh, and Avril is a loose whore for suing GC about the Girls and Boys video.) Then he said something like, "Benji wears ties," and attempted to make Benji wear the tie, saying, "Benji needs a new style, dontcha, Benj? Stop copying Kelly Osbourne!" Eventually Billy took the tie and gave it to Chris. Joel also said that he loves London, and he always lies to people and says that he comes from London; whereupon he adopted a seriously dodgy Cockney accent and said, "I'm from London!" Benji also said that he walked along to Buckingham Palace and saw the Queen in her 'little yard' and 'made out with her'. Apparently it was 'awesome'. That was funny (no disrespec' to the Queen or nuffin'). So yeah. Although Joel did also say that when he was little he thought that English people were scary because of the things he saw in "movies, guys, I'm just going on the movies". Oh, and near the end Joel was like, "Usually at this point we'd walk off stage to hear you scream..." and then Benji cut in and said, "Yeah, that always makes me feel good!" and Joel finished off with, "But we respect you guys so we won't do that."
Joel had his new hair- black with a red fin. Benji wore a black beanie hat so I couldn't see his hair, but anyways. Billy was wearing a really wicked t-shirt, and I couldn't see Chris or Paul properly from where I was. Although I have to say, both Benj and Paul look a lot thinner in real life. Oh, and the Halo Friendlies were on the side of the stage. Benji or Joel, can't remember who, said something like, "I'd marry any one of those girls!" Elli reckons Joel is going out with the one named ...something, I don't remember.
Billy had his green guitar, the same one as in Girls and Boys. However, when they actually played Girls and Boys, he swapped it for a black one (Benji swapped his too, but I didn't see the colour). Benji had a cream guitar with stickers on, and Paul had a blue/green bass (I didn't see it, this is what Kate Hiley says).
Eventually (too early!), they played Lifestyles and the show ended. And now I'm depressed 'cos it's OVER. But damnnnnnnnnn they played a good show. I bought a poster outside to remember them with, and we all went home, ate noodles and fell fast asleep. The End.
