Laura's Blog: iTunes festival and Ed Sheeran!

Earlier last month I got the opportunity to go to the iTunes Festival at the Camden Roundhouse in London, to see The Script (Squeel!). For those of you who don't know what the iTunes Festival is, it is 30 days of music throughout September each year, where current popular artists play each night. However, all the tickets are free so obviously they are in very high demand, which makes it super hard to get any...however many times you enter all your family members :P. Anyway I was told about an app, called YPlan, which provided tickets as well as iTunes, where they released a few up to two days before the event, and I was lucky enough/quick enough to grab a pair for the 15th September! :D (after all my efforts entering multiple competitions). The gig was (of course) amazing, and probably the best i've ever been to, not only because The Script are my favourite band but because of the small, intimate atmosphere, and how close to the front I was, which I think will be hard to beat. As well as seeing my favourite band, I also got a chance to see an artist that I'd never heard of, Foxes, who were also great. I thought I'd share a few pictures I took. Enjoy!

In February a friend and I managed to get tickets to see Ed Sheeran on the 14th of October at the O2 arena London, where he was playing four consecutive nights. Obviously, Ed Sheeran is a hugely popular artist, and considering this was his first UK arena tour the tickets were in very high demand to say the least! I had also planned to see The Vamps on the Wednesday evening however, on the 13th I recieved an email from Octopus Books publishing company saying I'd won their competition to win two Ed Sheeran tickets for the 15th (which I had forgotten I'd entered) and of course I accepted. Which meant that I couldn't see The Vamps, but who would pass up the opportunity to see Ed Sheeran two days in a row...I certainly wouldn't/didn't. This was pretty lucky as I'd been looking for tickets for a friend for weeks, without luck because all four shows were sold out, and the only tickets available were ridiculously overpriced! Of course I was extremely excited to tell her I'd won tickets and that I was taking her to see him. Both nights were absolutely amazing and Ed Sheeran did not disappoint at all. His stage presence, with only him and his guitar is truly captivating, and I would defiantly recommend seeing him live.