 When
it comes to booking shows the Forestry Commission
really know how to please everyone as last night
Westonbirt Arboretum hosted the legendary new
romantic rockers Spandau Ballet and tonight they
had super boy band McBusted rocking out to thousands
of fans and for many of the fans in attendance
tonight it was like a dream come true coming out
to see one of their favourite bands and only having
to travel a couple of miles down the road from
the various villages they come from to see McBusted
perform live in a beautiful forest setting, however
it was clear to see that there was only one thing
on the fans minds tonight and it was nothing to
do with the beautiful forest surroundings but
instead the fact that they were so close to their
heroes in McBusted.
Since the formation of Mcbusted in 2013 the band
have had a really impressive journey within the
music scene where their original 11 date tour
sold out within seconds and then got extended
to 36 shows which also all went and sold out really
quickly and included a show at British Summer
Time in Hyde Park and since then the band have
completed another
headline sold out UK arena tour and also travelled
to mainland Europe and Australia with One Direction
as main supports for their stadium tour which
finished off with shows at the Millennium Stadium
in Cardiff and Wembley Stadium in London.
McBusted took to the stage at 8.40pm which featured
them band members running on one at a time and
frog jumping over each other and striking various
different poses and within seconds they got straight
down to business as they smashed straight into
their debut single ‘Air Guitar’ which
was met by loud screams and sings from the eager
fans in attendance and from this moment
right up until the final seconds of the show the
energy on stage was immense as each and every
member gave it their all even Tom Fletcher who
had been suffering from a sore throat and took
more of a back seat vocally allowing his fellow
band members more vocals yet he totally made up
for it in energy as he spent the majority of the
set jumping and bouncing across the stage with
his guitar.
The set that McBusted played was a perfect set
for any teeny bopper as they played various songs
from the Mcfly and Busted back catalogue aswell
as songs from the debut McBusted album and it
was the likes of ‘Thunderbirds
Are Go’, ‘Get Over it’, ‘You
Said No’, ‘3AM’, ‘Air
Hostess’, ‘What I Go To School For’,
‘Crashed The Wedding’, ‘5 Colours
In Her Hair’ which went down amazingly well
tonight and also proves that no matter what you
think of these boy bands who try and be a bit
pop-punk that they are actually good at what they
do can pen a catchy song and also know how to
entertain a crowd of thousands of people.
Through the set there was a lot of banter within
the band with the band members laughing at Dougie
for his hair cut and skin tight white jeans, they
also caught an badly timed female fan
walking into the portaloo at the side of the field
and continued to make jokes about her having a
poo and then got the whole crowd to cheer when
she finally re-emerged from the toilet 5 minutes
later.
It wasn’t just the fans and the band who
were having fun tonight as even the police officers
patrolling the grounds took their serious hats
off for the night and joined in the fun by photo
bombing many members of the audiences selfies
and also dancing like idiots at any given opportunity.
The
show came to an end with the song that everyone
had been waiting for ‘Year 3000’ which
happens to be one of the catchiest Busted songs
ever written with the most silliest lyrics ever
written and the fans loved it as they sung along
word for word with many fans leaving and rushing
back to their cars singing whilst eager to beat
the well known Westonbirt concert queues.
Overall tonight was a fun night for all in attendance
even the parents who were forced along by their
kids, they may have looked bored out of their
head for the majority of the evening and night
but by the time McBusted were in full flow you
could see cheeky little smiles creeping through,
once again The Forestry Commission completed another
solid year of beautiful forest setting concerts
and I am sure tonight was one that the kids will
be talking about in school way into next term.
McBusted 5/5
Review By Trigger
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