"And They Say London Is Dead..."

After going to Wireless Festival last year and hearing the likes of Jay Z, Wale, Lily Allen, Chase & Status and Roll Deep live, seeing Tinie Tempah, Mr Hudson, Dru Hill and BlackStreet in their respective concerts, I made a vow at the start of this year to go to more concerts, festivals and live music events...

This year started off on a real vybe...J.Cole and Usher were seen in January and February and I thought I was on a roll...then it slowed down...

Enter: 'Festival Season'

This year there has been so many things happening in and around London, it's hard to keep up to speed...

A couple weeks ago I went to this years Wireless Festival in Hyde Park...

The line up included:
Tinie Tempah
Bruno Mars
Example
Plan B
Far East Movement
David Guetta
Yasmin
Jodie Connor...
headlining were the Black Eyed Peas

Here are some snaps from the day...

Kwarbs

Somebody had a nice time...but it had just started

This guy really wanted to see David Guetta

Buabs

Tinie performing

Kwarbs, Buabs and Ines

As i'm sure you know I've recently become obsessed with making videos... *queue playback*

The other day myself and my partner in crime went to the Orange RockCorps concert as a reward for volunteering with them for 4 hours one random Sunday afternoon in May...

This was a real vybe, 11,000 people (mostly teens - probably at their first ever concert) packed into Wembley Arena to hear:
Eliza Doolittle
Professor Green
Primal Scream - we'd never heard of them so that was a real 'toilet break' moment
Wretch 32
Kelis
AND
Diddy Dirty Money! With special guests Chipmunk and Skepta

I dunno if you can detect the excitement here but please believe it was a fantastic evening...and it was free!

Here's some footage from the evening...

Old school garage in Hyde Park, David Guetta in a tent and Diddy Dirty Money for free...

...And they say London is dead

Cougar In The Making?

In uni I used to be a real ravers clavers, chicken and beer #NoMrVegas - but yea, you name a coach rave held between 2006 and 2008, I was there... 


Liquid on a Monday? Course!
Marinos on a Wednesday? Pssshhh! 
A random talent show/fashion show/MC battle with an after-party in the Student Union? Fuhgeddaboudit!


However, after I graduated and moved back to London, that whole aspect of my life really calmed down...I went down the drinks-after-work-in-a-trendy-Liverpool St-bar route instead...


Now I know all the stereotypes about raving and the kinda people you meet in raves yada yada yada but that doesn't mean one can't look and occasionally engage in a bitta lighthearted banter right? 


The last rave I went to was a couple months ago during which I got talking to a really cute guy, just finding out his gist or walleva...about 10 minutes into the convo, I found out that he was 19 years old...I blinked twice rapidly and then made a hasty retreat outta there...


It did get me thinking about how all these youngsters are looking alot less young and alot more...my age...


Then you have the ones that you know are younger than you but can't help admiring...


Below I have listed the three main culprits who are guilty of making me take a trip to Cougar Town - even if it's only in my head... 

First of all we have Chris Brown -born in 1989, more like NineteenEightyFine!

Debonair in black

Phwoarr!

Second of all we have Tinie Tempah born in 1988 - let's go on a date! 

A bitta ruff'n'smooth...

Lookin all geek chic...

Bringing up the rear is Zane Malik from last years X-Factor - born in *covers face in shame* 1993... but in my defence yea, he goes out with Rebecca Ferguson who is older than me so yea...

Look at that bone structure...

Cor blimey! 

 I'm not a cougar in the making...am I?