AlexI met with Leah at 11am, inside Seoul Metro. We hopped on the train to Sadang and then transferred to the Green Line and headed for Jamsil. We arrived to find the place absolutely mobbed by teenage schoolgirls who ran off the train like the concert had already started. We followed the crowds and decided to try to get in and sit down. We went up to some guy and he asked us if we were part of a fan club. We said no but he let us in anyway because we were lame and foreign.
We were seated in the Sonyushidae section because they had an unobstructed view of the stage and we weren’t even going to attempt to sit on the top tier with Cassiopeia or E.L.F. We were quickly surrounded by lots of 14 year old boys XD
Some of the guys around us kept getting up and moving around and as a result, they lost their seats which they weren’t best pleased about. I think they probably deserved it though because they were being losers and making a lot of noise and mess. By this time the place was filling up and there were seas of red and blue appearing.
A couple of hours before the start, the Mnet camera crew came around to interview some of the fans. She didn’t come over to us, but there is a chance that I will appear on Mnet and the official SBS broadcast. I’m in the front row of the Soshi group waving my pink ‘heart shaped’ balloon XD
There were reports of some problems with the fans and such but I didn’t actually see anything sinister with my own eyes. All I saw was a lot of people moving their banners around and E.L.F shouting down at the Soshi fans while they made the banners go wonky. For the most part, people got on really well as far as I could see :)
I didn’t take many pictures of the performances because like everybody else [save the V.I.Ps] were pretty far away and my camera doesn’t do too well in the dark. Leah took more pictures than me and even some videos so I’ll send you that way once she’s posted them :)
Artists who rocked [ALL]
Mighty Mouth, Buga Kings, Typhoon, Maya, Peter, Bae Chi Gi, A’STAR.1 [total surprise :D], MC Mong, SS501, Jewelry, Epik High, Wonder Girls, Sonyuhshidae, Super Junior, Dong Bang Shin Ki
Songs that rocked
Circus, 데자뷰 + Fighter + 널 부르는 노래 (Remix Ver.), 1.2.3.4. Back, Breakdown + One, So Hot + Irony + Tell Me (Rap Ver.), 소녀시대 + 다시 만난 세계 (Remix), 갈증 (Remix Ver.) + 돈 돈!, Rising Sun
I’m not sure how to finish off this post other than to say it was an incredible experience and I just want more. I wish I had taken my Nikon D50 and also that I was closer to the stage but I just can’t fault it at all. I was saying to Leah that before, I knew they existed because I saw them on TV shows, but now I know they exist because I saw them with my own eyes :D
As always, all my photos can be found at my .Mac Gallery so check it out.
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