New Found Glory at Chalk

Managed to hugely luck out on last minute tickets to see New Found Glory at Chalk. This venue is too small for them (825 cap); it was crazy. Almost as scary as Callous Daoboys.

But first, some advice. I would recommend to not sit for 2 hours thinking about all the stuff in the house you could have for breakfast. That is not conducive to a healthy breakfast. You know it's going to be a big day when there's a photo of breakfast. It meant I could skip lunch which is alright. I'm not bothered by lunch usually - it upsets the rhythm of my day, most days, and I would skip it if being hungry didn't physically hurt me. Unless it's an alternative to an evening meal. My appetite is atrocious.

We took the dog out for what would've been a lovely walk, had we not had a dog with us. He did the absolute classic, taking a crap after the final bin for pretty much the entire walk, so I was carrying a stinky bag round for nearly two hours. Rude. Nice walk though; lots of wild flowers out.

So, pop punk shows. Pop punk was my gateway to alternative music. My cousin had Americana by The Offspring and I just thought that was magical. End of the Line, Feelings, The Kids Aren't Alright; those songs opened me up to music making me feel in my bones. But I don't think I've ever been to a pop punk show. I mean I saw Busted and McFly at the NEC but arena shows don't count.

Pop punk fans are now my least favourite fans (apart from Sleep Token). So many obnoxious characters at this show tonight. Obviously you have everyone needing to film the entire thing on their phone; that's a given at any show, but you never see the Stacked Dude Throwing His Weight Around at metal shows. That's a horrendous figure.

I know I'm old but I also hate crowd surfing. I don't even care. If you crowd surf, you are selfish. I don't want to have to be prepared for someone to just grab my head, or put their foot in my pocket, or kick me in the back. Call me a radical but that's just not why I go to shows.

Also vaping. Venues need to start kicking people out for vaping. I'm getting sick of inhaling people's second hand strawberry breath.

I remembered another horrible thing: a woman, for some reason, wet wiped her face, arms, neck, then her boyfriend threw the wet wipe into the crowd. I would have preferred to never remember that one.

Anyway that's more than enough complaining but come on: "second hand strawberry breath". How often do you get to write things like that if you're not complaining?! Basically never.

I'm not the biggest New Found Glory fan but I enjoyed their show. Charlotte is the biggest New Found Glory fan and she had fun which is all I really care about anyway.