Bruce Springsteen in Manchester

So as I said in my last post, Caroline and my mum and my mum's friend Dawn and I had tickets to see Bruce Springsteen in Manchester at Co Op Live. My mum and I went last year AND the year before, and last year Caroline and Dawn were both there but not sitting with us. My mum really wanted to go this year so we all decided to go together. My mum booked the tickets ages ago and I've been paying her off monthly because it isn't cheap! But I knew it would be worth it. 

My mum was getting very stressed about getting there so she booked a ticket in the car park which allayed a lot of her worries. We decided we would eat lunch first and then set off mid afternoon, and take sandwiches and drinks for after the gig. The last time my mum and I saw Bruce in Manchester, back in 2012, we ended up having to sit in the car park for well over an hour, so we wanted to be prepared. There's nothing to do except just deal with it! 

I went to my mum's at about 12, because she wanted me to do some work with her before lunch. Then we went down to the Red Kite which is near her house, and met Dawn there. I had a halloumi skewer with chunky chips and coleslaw. It wasn't that nice so I was a bit disappointed, and the server left a lot of room for improvement. But never mind! 

We set off and got to Manchester in good time. I haven't been to Co Op Live before so didn't know what to expect. We had to park somewhere slightly different because there was a Man City game on just next door at Etihad. But it still wasn't very far to walk to the complex itself. 

Caroline and I bought a t shirt each - in fact the same one - and then we managed to get some seats on the terraced seating by the canal. The queues to go in were huge so we had decided to not bother until later. We got a drink each and sat in the sunshine watching the geese and their goslings on the canalside. It was lovely!

We finally went in about 6.30. It was fine by then, and very clear as to where to go and so on. We got to our seats and Dawn made friends with the peopel next to her and my mum talked to the man next to her! Ridiculous!

Bruce and the E Street Band came on about 7.35 and played for three hours. It was a good set; there were lots I didn't know which means I will have to go and check those songs out that are new to me! I really enjoyed Glory Days and a song called House of A Thousand Guitars. I also really liked Bruce's criticism of Donald Trump and his government. I am glad he is speaking out!

The show finished about a quarter to eleven. We went to the loo on the way out and then made our way back to the car. We ate our sandwiches and chatted, and we were absolutely fine. It actually only took about forty minutes to get out of the car park and we then didn't run into much traffic on the way home. We got back to my mum's at 1am. I had taken all my stuff to stay overnight so we all just went to bed! 

I was wearing earrings I had got off Vinted, they are dinosaurs and glittery and I love them

My mum took this photo of all of us sitting on the terrace

And then someone nicely took this of us

Geese and goslings!

This is what I was drinking and it was nice

The rest of my photos are all of the gig. I didn't take any videos this year but Caroline did so I could see those. I was more concentrating on enjoying myself and not worrying about photos!