#AO Arena - 🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom - 11 May 2025

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tired kiln
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that meme

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has been such an inside joke w my friends for so long

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i love it

tired kiln
strange sail
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woah

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your handwriting kinda looks similar to mine

tired kiln
strange sail
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yes

shut trail
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the las thing you want is for the writing to wipe off 😭

strange sail
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looks like a whiteboard pen

tired kiln
strange sail
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oh dam

shut trail
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ahh yeah youll be all good

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are you doing bags like that for all albums?

strange sail
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I made this with sharpies a few months ago (it was harder than it looks and it was such a coincidence that I had the exact orangey-red for it)

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I have a sharpie for every color basically

shut trail
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thats actually such a cool coincidence ngl

tired kiln
shut trail
tired kiln
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LOL you should’ve seen me when i made 92 bracelets for slaughter beach dog

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18 hrs of bracelet making

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i was so done with everything for a week LOL

strange sail
shut trail
strange sail
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about a fucking christmas carol

tired kiln
strange sail
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😥

shut trail
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the book as in, not the band

strange sail
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we also read that

shut trail
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no thanks

strange sail
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I imagine 😂

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but we also did romeo and juliet

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and had to memorise like 12 poems

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with all the quotes and meanings 😣

shut trail
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haha romeo and juliet was funny for me

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we got the chance to watch the film with leonardo dicaprio being romeo

strange sail
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it was harder but more enjoyable

shut trail
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that film was so unnecessarily ghetto 😭

strange sail
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yeah

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they didn't make us watch it because it's not accurate to the play and would get us confused

shut trail
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i think they let us watch it as we kept mocking the old english when trying to read it

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the teacher would pause it to give acurate points where and when needed

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other than that, we watched the film

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which oddly helped me more lmao

strange sail
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oh wow

shut trail
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because most of the times i was able to remember when the teacher paused and gave accurate info

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whereas when it came to reading it, i found it difficult only because od the use of old english

strange sail
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that's pretty useful then i guess 🙂

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we did watch a christmas carol like 6 times though

shut trail
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funnily though, if someone asked me to do an assignment on either of those 2 topics, id fail so quickly 😭

strange sail
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i probably watched that movie like 20 times in my entire lifetime

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oh and an inspector calls

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that shit confused me forever

shut trail
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for me, i couldnt understand macbeth for AGESSSSS

strange sail
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yeah eventually i did get most of it

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(AIC)

shut trail
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yeah it takes a while with aic

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but i think i found that the most fun, along with of mice and men

strange sail
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i see

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the teacher did have to say the n word in it

shut trail
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yeah our teacher did the same

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there was no way he was letting us, the kids, have to say it

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it is odd to see though, how easily they used to throw that word around

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like damn people, chill pleaseeeeeee 😂 😭

strange sail
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yup

fleet cape
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Trauma

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I loved inspector calls too though ngl

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Now im procrastinating on uni work instead of procrastinating on gcse revision </3 how the times change

shut trail
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i dont think i could ever do uni

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gcses stressed me out enough

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i dont need further educational trauma 😭

rugged elk
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Studying a subject at a higher level just to find out what you learned previously was wrong grief grief grief

vagrant thistle
deft sedge
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19 days

keen bloom
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guys.. how the fuck do you actually buy legit concert tickets on twitter 😭😭

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i think that’s my last option for djo tickets atp

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never second hand bought tickets before everything else sure but never tickets 💔

deft sedge
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I recently found out that Djo is that actor from stranger things

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extremely shocked

keen bloom
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he is!!

deft sedge
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yh

keen bloom
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i had a MAJORRR stranger things phase in 2017 so i’ve been listening to him since he first released solo music in 2019

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i was never one for post animal

deft sedge
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i’ve actually never watched stranger things

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i’ve watched like one episode from the first season

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Don’t even remember what happens in the episode but i don’t think i was a fan of it

keen bloom
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no because i can’t even judge the amount of times i’ve stopped watching a show or movie after 10 minutes of the first episode

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it’s gets sooo interesting though i won’t lie, but the first season is real confusing you don’t find out what the fuck goes on until like couple seasons after

strange sail
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I try to get people to watch it because it does really get good 😭

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I have two big posters in my room

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I know I will cry when season 5 comes out

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Some things got leaked a couple of months ago

tired kiln
shut trail
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Ooooo I see stranger things

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The first season is SUCH A SLOW BURNER

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But it does get better from season 2

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I’ve rewatched the first season so many times because I just couldn’t get through it 😭

keen bloom
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it’s so sad because i had SOOO many things

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like posters and soooo many pop funkos

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but i took my posters down to make room

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and sold EVERY. SINGLE. POP FUNKO. because i wanted my shelf for kpop albums

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only to go back into my phase.

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i’ve said this every single season since season 3 but i fear steve might actually be a goner this season

strange sail
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He's in my death prediction list

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Along with Murray for some reason

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Is this a twenty one pilots reference

tired kiln
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yes of course

strange sail
tired kiln
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(im delusional)

strange sail
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Nuuuuu

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Setlist changes confirmed in the building I'm currently in

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Funny thing is every day on my bus I see a mulberry drive sign

keen bloom
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he’s a character nobody will feel sad over

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these predictions were made in november some views have changed since then

strange sail
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Why would have Karen been elevens mother

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The dream sequence thing would be very bad writing and the duffer brothers said they wouldn't do that (if your view hasn't changed)

keen bloom
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nooo a lot of people were saying that karen would be alice creel

strange sail
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Oh

keen bloom
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i’m saying if it’s a possibility els mother will be alice creel

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but i dont see that now

strange sail
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I read the books which aren't completely canon but yeah that wouldn't really be possible

keen bloom
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and i’m only thinking of the leaked ending because i kinda want it to be a dream sequence because no way all them characters survives atleast two main main characters are dead

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i feel like we need to know more about els mum

strange sail
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Hmmmm

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Maybe

strange sail
keen bloom
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i have absolutely no idea where this seasons going

keen bloom
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i know all about andrew rich whatever his name is and everything

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but more like where tf did she go

strange sail
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When

brazen voidBOT
strange sail
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Btw I have all books and comics in PDFs 😂

keen bloom
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oh damn

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i got like book can’t remember what it’s called it’s got hopper on the front

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don’t think i ever read it though

strange sail
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Darkness on the edge of town

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It's pretty good imo

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I enjoyed it

keen bloom
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YES

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i still got it somewhere

strange sail
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Andrew died in Vietnam which was all part of Brenner's plan

keen bloom
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i’ve listened to rebel robin as well

keen bloom
strange sail
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Oh yeah 😄

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The podcast is a very condensed version of the book's main storyline

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I have a very strong feeling the season releases in October

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And if they do split it it'll be on November 6th

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(the second part)

keen bloom
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oh for sure it’s gonna be stranger things day

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people are saying 27th which i get because it’ll be thanksgiving in which this season will be set in

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but how iconic will it be to release it on the last ever active stranger things day

strange sail
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Yeah

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Every year I have to rewatch it on the 6th

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And I have a hellfire club shirt

keen bloom
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i never had a hellfire shirt

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i didn’t want to be seen as one of those people

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which is so sad because no matter what joseph quinn is in now he’ll always get judged and seen as eddie munson

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half of these people haven’t even seen him play eddie let alone him playing any other role he was FANTASTIC as eddie

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but i call it the eddie munson tiktok effect everybody just judges based on that

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like he was amazing in gladiator he was BRILLIANT in a quiet place

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and they judging because he’d johnny storm and one of the beatles 😭😭

strange sail
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Oh yeah I understand that 😔

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I wear it once a year 😂

keen bloom
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i had one of those cringey tv show tshirt where’s it like

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“i only care about food, like two people and stranger things”

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wore it on holiday and everything. the amount of pictures ive got of me by the beach wearing that.

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13 year old me was onto something

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oh i miss 2017 actually

strange sail
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Waaa

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I miss 2019

keen bloom
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2019 was sooo

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season 3 forever

strange sail
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Yessss

keen bloom
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i stayed of school during EXAM week just to watch the whole season that day

strange sail
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I had an awesome summer

keen bloom
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genuinely

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i miss 2019

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that’s the year i got back into pilots

keen bloom
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whenever someone mentions that year i just remember stranger things, popcorn & vessel

strange sail
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Yeah

keen bloom
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don’t be dramatic now

strange sail
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Is that your picture

keen bloom
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i didn’t speak for like a week straight after hoppers fake death

keen bloom
strange sail
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I have a season 3 poster on my door

keen bloom
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my whole room was full of st posters but some of them ripped, kept falling down and then i took the rest of the make room

strange sail
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And a S3 eleven + Henry creel Funko Pops and every time I walk past Eddie's I wanna buy it so bad

keen bloom
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i’ve still got that 1st season 1 poster on the left still up and that’s it

strange sail
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Oh nice

keen bloom
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you just abt see my funko pops peaking out the corner there

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i had SOOO many

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but i sold them all like just under two years ago 😭😭

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was worth it cos i got £245 back for them 🤪

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i lowkey want them back though

strange sail
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I feel you

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I got a Josh funko pop on Amazon for only £40 recently

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Everywhere else it's £50+

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Used

keen bloom
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cool!!

strange sail
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Yess

dire scroll
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ive just realised the show is 6 days before the exact 10th anno of blurryface

dire scroll
magic heart
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1,596,527 seconds!

deft sedge
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18 days

shut trail
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Loving the stranger things convo but I’m going to be a whole different level of quiet today

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This bro is hanging today 🤣😭

strange sail
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@keen bloom have you heard the stranger things heathens mashup

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The one from romania

tired kiln
shut trail
strange sail
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I didn't notice it at first and was very surprised to see it

shut trail
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Damn now I need to listen to it again

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I forget this exists

keen bloom
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it’s so insane

shut trail
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It all works so well!!

strange sail
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yoo

fleet cape
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Lmao bless my mum she’s preparing for the show

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Are balu brigada still the opener?

strange sail
fleet cape
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Thanks!!

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They’re actually quite good idk why i didn’t listen to them before

strange sail
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i didn't know them before ngl 😬

tired kiln
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when i was younger and had just gotten into tøp in like 2017 or something i thought it was the best idea to blast car radio in my moms friends car and she just goes “THIS IS SO VIOLENT” and turned the radio off immediately LMFAOOO

strange sail
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hahahaha 🤣

tired kiln
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this is the mood today

strange sail
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I only know it's mha

sudden pebble
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hi chat i have not been on the bracelet grind bc ive been at my dads i am cooked i fear

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and i accidentally forgot to add an s in my midwest indigo bracelet so it says midwet indigo. im too tired for this

shut trail
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i shouldnt be giggling about midwet so much but its too funny 😭

keen bloom
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penny loafer squek 💔

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forget about spelt wrong the amount of bracelets i’ve got where you can obviously tell i’ve gone over with a sharpie because i didn’t have certain letter beads left

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i’ve been using F’s as E’s since august 💀

shut trail
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I honestly love the dedication

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So many would give up after a few bracelets having the wrong spelling

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And I’m also sure you’re not the only one replacing letters with other ones 😂😭😭

strange sail
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I mean most probably

shut trail
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I would be very surprised if they don’t have one

tired kiln
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i’ve been using like rubber glue to hold the knots together since i only have the plastic string stuff

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i have 2 singular dollars to my name right now

deft sedge
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17 days

keen bloom
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in fact i have 6 pantaloon bracelets

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dedication

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gonna give one to tyler so he at least acknowledges the song

quiet creek
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Anyone else in the pit willing to make a mosh pit with me for navigating?

tired kiln
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kind of rowanposting rn but yesterday someone asked me “if i could hear any song live just once and never hear it live again, what would it be” and i immediately thought of this masterpiece of a song

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this specific part too

strange sail
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There was this guy on the bus that was phasing in and out of sleep and we kept touching and every time this stuff happens I try so hard not to laugh 😭

wild linden
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Looking (to buy) 1 spare ticket for HMV signing any date

Any date is ok. Please reach me in DM. Thank you

strange sail
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no way even more stranger things 5 things have been leaked

keen bloom
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i literally don’t understand what they’re supposed to be

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like i get the merch

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but what the fuck are those graphics supposed to be

strange sail
# keen bloom but what the fuck are those graphics supposed to be

|| a couple of them confirm volume 2 although I'm not 100% sure if they are real, then there's another one that is probably the 'sentence' of the season (like season 3's is "one summer can change everything") but this one is possibly "one last strange adventure" or something similar. Then there's an advent calendar that's supposed to be released on the 30th september and an animated spinoff is apparently in the works but those aren't leaks||

verbal night
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i had set myself a goal when making bracelets for the show and im almost done 😭 i'm trying to make at least 1 bracelet for every song

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currently finished blurryface, vessel, clancy, sai and trench and im nearly done with self titled

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then RAB and the singles and im ready 🫡

tired kiln
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currently laying in bed crying in disbelief that i’m flying out to see this show

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so excited bro

arctic quail
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not seen them since bandito tour so am really excited !!

magic heart
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this is my first time seeing them!

olive island
strange sail
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16 days

tired kiln
shut trail
verbal night
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also my first time seeing them after being a fan for 10 years!! SOBS

fleet cape
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Same! Been a fan for 7 years

tired kiln
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this COULD be twenty one pilots

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(i just really miss this show)

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CONSTANT FATIGUE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

keen bloom
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it’ll be my 2nd time seeing them but my first tøp concert!! (i saw them in festival)

spare wren
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YOU SAW THEM IN A FESTIVAL???

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im so jealous

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outdoor concerts are so much better UGH

tired kiln
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nothing will beat the summer heat and somewhat chilly wind while vundabar played their set last summer

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it was so awesome

spare wren
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i went to my first weekend music festival last year and its changed my entire perspective on concerts

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i saw fall out boy live like 10 rows from the front and somehow managed to get on their instagram which is wild

keen bloom
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my biggest flex 🤩

spare wren
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WHAATTT

keen bloom
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yeah and i got trampled on and almost died and it was all worth it because pilots & post malone

spare wren
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im actually so jealous

keen bloom
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i got barricade and all 🤪

spare wren
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on the topic of festivals

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download fest put out a survey asking who people would like to see perform next year

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and twenty one pilots was on the headliner list!!

keen bloom
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no way.

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i swore i would never do a festival again

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might have to

spare wren
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i put them in for the first section and then i GASPED when i saw them as an option for the second section

keen bloom
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NO WAYYY

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bandito era was not real 💀

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why’d i lowkey eat that actually

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2019 picsart do NOT come back

spare wren
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rocking the twenty one pilots shirt while waiting for my mums bus to come

tired kiln
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hell yeah ❤️‍🔥

magic heart
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1,312,441 seconds!

brazen voidBOT
tribal epoch
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Anyone doing signing and fpe have any idea how we’re meant to do both?

deft sedge
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no idea tbh

strange sail
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why are square letter beads 10x more expensivee 😫

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than the circular ones

shut trail
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I had to look that up as I didn’t believe you

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But now I do

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And wtfffff

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Why is it such a difference?!?!??

strange sail
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idk 😂

shut trail
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That’s so odd and annoying 😂😭

analog bone
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warning: semi-rant
i bought 2 tickets because i wanted to go with someone else for this concert but my issue is none of my friends are twenty one pilots fans and although they would go with me, i don't want them to just tag along i want to invite someone who would go for the music
so i had my sister who would come with me but she has university deadlines right around this date for her final year and manchester is a ways away from where she lives so it's not looking good for me 😔
she says she'll try to fit it in but i don't want her to have issues with her work but i have no friends that like twenty one pilots, gang this is a tragedy what do i do

strange sail
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🤞

analog bone
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thanks for the advice

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i'm just stressing out a lil since the day is getting closer and i still dont know for certain what im doing with the 2nd ticket

shut trail
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Omg stressed out mentioned

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I’m sorry 😭

analog bone
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nah i noticed that after i sent it and it activated my neurons dw

shut trail
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Yeah the best you can do is keep an eye open for anyone that’s willing to buy the ticket from you

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And if not then probably give it to someone if it’s too close to the day

analog bone
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my sister is insisting it would be fine but is also talking about how bad timing it is
i wanted to get 2 tickets so i could go with someone i knew to lessen the stress of a day out in another city and not being completely alone

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why must this be so complicated

strange sail
analog bone
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well not the deadline but its very close to around there and its an entire day she could be spending on working on it, she's already working daily and says she's running out of time and its a couple weeks away, so, whatever she's doing theres a lot that needs to get done

strange sail
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ooh I see

analog bone
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long story short: this is complicated

shut trail
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Is it her final year?

analog bone
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yes it is

shut trail
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Ahhhh that makes sense

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Yeah the last year takes EVERYTHING out of you when it comes to assignments and dissertations

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Not a uni student myself but do know many friends that are, and they all went through hell for their final year

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There’s so much that needs to be done and I feel for anyone that reaches the last year of their study 😭😭

analog bone
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im a uni student too but i only just started so i dont have as punishing assignments yet

shut trail
analog bone
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i'll need it

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although i'm doing a very practical course so, it will still come with its own challenges of course, but i think our final assignment is a monitored exam showing our practical knowledge and skills and whatnot

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fun fact: i'm studying music production
and its twenty one pilots' music that got me interested in pursuing music myself in the first place
hence why i am NOT giving up on getting to this concert

shut trail
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That’s actually really cool and I love that for you!!!!

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Wish you all the best on your studies

analog bone
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thank you

shut trail
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And I hope you can figure out what to do with the gig

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And if it comes to it, if no one grabs a ticket, I’m sure you won’t be alone either way!!

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Me and my bf would be more than happy to take you under our wing

analog bone
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lmao that'd be nice

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i do have a seat ticket though because it was the only ones that were available (and affordable) when i went to check tickets. which means if i sell the ticket to someone i dont know we're gonna be sitting next to each other that whole time

shut trail
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Ahh fair! I’ll be down in the pit

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But we’d still be happy to look after you till doors!!

analog bone
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i wish i could but i think i got to ticket sales a little late

strange sail
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i mean maybe you can sell it from the app but idk how it works

shut trail
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Was just about to say, I’m pretty sure you can sell one off on ticketmaster (if that’s where you got it from) if it comes to it

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As I got stupid lucky with my put tickets, my bf was still looking for put tickets and he found resales for us

strange sail
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'put tickets' x2

shut trail
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So if you feel the need to sell off the second ticket, it shouldn’t be a problem at all

shut trail
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Immediately corrects it to put

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And I just don’t fight it anymore 🤣😭

strange sail
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haha

analog bone
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what if it says resale unavailable

strange sail
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after you press on sell?

analog bone
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ticketmaster just says unavailable at the moment

strange sail
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oh

analog bone
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and it's said that everytime i've looked at the tickets

strange sail
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maybe you'll be able to do it when the tickets become available but that's too risky as it's too close to the date 🫤

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as in when they become ready

shut trail
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I think it’s a case of them closing off sales now, or at least limiting them as it is quite close to the gig

analog bone
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i dont think so because its been saying this for the past several months for me

strange sail
shut trail
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On that note, I have no idea what’s going on 😭

analog bone
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my sister has known about the concert for a long while, and she does say its fine. maybe i'm just overthinking things, i hope one day wouldn't be too much of an ask

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im just a ball of anxiety 😅

strange sail
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😔

tired kiln
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matter of fact that show was at a 250 cap venue…

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but it was so worth it.

tired kiln
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the defeat i felt bro

deft sedge
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15 DAYS

keen bloom
shut trail
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THATS SO CUTE WHAT THE HELL 😭😭😭😭

tired kiln
keen bloom
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it was an anime shop and cafe!!

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i literally bought out the whole shop

magic heart
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1,242,178 seconds!!

shut trail
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Watching everyone lose their minds in the song battles channel is so funny to me 😂😭😭

fleet cape
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IM SO EXCITED GUYSSSS

gentle hearth
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we all gotta post pics when we're suited up for the show so we can be like "omg that person from the discord"

keen bloom
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i’m definitely pre posting my outfit so people can find me/know who to look out for when handing out bracelets!

shut trail
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I’ll post a photo of me and the man when I’ll get the chance, as I’d definitely love to meet some of the people I spoke to in here, especially over the last few weeks

keen bloom
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i wanna meet most of you guys so baddd but most of you are in the pit and i’m in seats 💔💔

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doors open at 6 so i’m gonna plan to go about 5.30 so i can meet of you some in ques

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or if you guys are in town like for fpe or signing i’ll hopefully see you guys

strange sail
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hobby craft prices are crazy

wooden stirrup
strange sail
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I just got a ton of beads on Shein for only £15

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because of a discount code

spare wren
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is shein actually good

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some people say its just shitty fast fashion but other people say its okay clothes and you just pay for what you get

strange sail
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I mean, yeah it is like a cheaper version of amazon and you do get what you pay for. personally i've only used it today for the first time to get beads so I don't have much to say but my parents used it a few times and didn't complain

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the only thing is the desktop ui which is confusing

cold harness
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been a while wsg manchester gng

strange sail
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it's the wotsits guy no way

cold harness
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💪

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I'll tape a pack of wotsits to my leg or smth

fleet cape
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I’ll post a pic of my outfit but i do think it’ll just be a T-shirt lmao

tired kiln
strange sail
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@cold harness did you change your name to the wotsits guy or was it already like that 😂

shut trail
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Omg no way @cold harness you’re still with us!!!!!!

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Pookie where have you been?!?!?!

deft sedge
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14 days (2 WEEKS EXACTLY)

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happy birthday stressed out

keen bloom
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idk if it’s just because i’m a cheap bastard and simply refuse to pay 40 odd £ for a tshirt but i always get concert outfits from shein

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and tbf i think my pilots outfit is very obvious that half the shit is from shein 😭😭

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the beads are amazing quality though!!! most of my prettiest charms are from shein

magic heart
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also 1,171,391 seconds

keen bloom
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which seats/blocks are all you guys in?? i’m in 115!!

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my chemical romance ghost

cold harness
spark pike
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anyone going fpe?

shut trail
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But like brooooo you just dropped from the earths surface 😂😭😭

tired kiln
tired kiln
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holy crap. 2 weeks

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WHAT IS GOING ON WASNT THE COUNTDOWN 300 DAYS?????

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this is CRAZY

keen bloom
#

2 weeks is CRAZY

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wdym it’s two weeks times im literally MEETING them.

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what the helly

magic heart
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im gonna make my younger self so happy

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ive been waiting to see these guys for so long

strange sail
cold harness
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pray for me fellas 🙏

strange sail
fleet cape
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Good luck!!!

shut trail
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Good luck out there @cold harness 🫡

magic heart
shut trail
#

Do you guys think the UK leg will have a big lore drop?

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Because I’m definitely expecting some big lore moment for the London shows

keen bloom
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i think the last three shows for sure (us included)

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but like the last show

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big big lore

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like blurryface tweet and more and sht

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also somewhat of a story ending

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if there isn’t a leg 2 tour or double album drop then for sure 100% last show is a big lore show

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it’s also like 3 days before the 10th anniversary of bf so..

wooden stirrup
spark pike
tired kiln
spark pike
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😭😭

tired kiln
#

i was about to punch in and bought them cuz why not

spark pike
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idk what im gonna do with my goodies though, i’m in GA

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should’ve booked fpe for birmingham, got a seated ticket there

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the inconvenience of carrying a goodie bag around a concert is worth it considering i’ll be able to see their grammy underwear tbf

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i had a ticket for london n2 but had to sell it off which is a shame considering they’ll probably be doing something big

tired kiln
spark pike
tired kiln
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LOL real tbh

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i’ll be stuck in manchester until end of show so i have no other choice really haha

spark pike
#

im stuck in birmingham after the show

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i got a hotel for the glasgow show

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but i was too cheap to get one for Birmingham

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so im staying in the train station until 6am when my train back to manchester comes

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i could’ve thought this through but i just blindly bought tickets and never thought to create a schedule of sorts

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adds to the fun

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the threat of spending 6 hours at the train station in birmingham at night adds a sense of adrenaline

keen bloom
#

errr sorry just to jump into your conversations and be a grumpy pants but tote bags aren’t allowed in the venue 💔💔

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their SO strict with their policy it’s INSANE

spark pike
#

oh yeah isnt there that A4 size bag rule?

keen bloom
#

i think

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it’s like

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really small ass bags

spark pike
#

speaking of ass

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i know where to store my stuff

keen bloom
#

so real

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i think you run out of fpe with josh’s grammy boxers

spark pike
#

PLEASE

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ITS WORTH THE POTENTIAL CRIMINAL RECORD

strange sail
#

do they even have lockers to keep your stuff in? i remember reading it somewhere that they don't but idk

tired kiln
#

trying to see if my tote follows the rules cuz

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it’s relatively small it’s not huge huge

spark pike
#

tbf it can be folded down

tired kiln
#

i’m wearing my cargos most likely so i can also just shove it in there

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ik its off i backed up for the pic 💔

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i think i should be fine imo

keen bloom
#

i’ve seen somewhere something abt sore rooms but you gotta pay and also all this yap abt “we’re not responsible for your stuff”

grand plinth
#

hey guys 😜

strange sail
#

hey

cold harness
strange sail
cold harness
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I think you can't

strange sail
#

they won't even reply to your emails

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so what do they mean when they say 'bags that can be worn on the back' 😭

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I have a bag like the second one in the image but it's within the size limit

cold harness
#

ight im confused again

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I'd prolly js not take a backpack js to be safe

strange sail
#

hmmmm

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what if i wear it on the front instead 😎

cold harness
#

lmao

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wait do they mean drawstring bag type shi

strange sail
#

idk

cold harness
#

this is also weird to me [prohibited items]

strange sail
#

yeah

keen bloom
#

genuinely there is only a little amount you can take

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no waterbottles

#

no pens

cold harness
keen bloom
#

really really small bags that can only fit your purse

strange sail
#

are phones allowed.

keen bloom
#

no batteries

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yes

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but no chunky phone cases

cold harness
strange sail
cold harness
strange sail
#

so no power banks

keen bloom
#

it annoys me really because they have this strict rule policy but they don’t even fully check

keen bloom
#

you can sneak things in it’s very easy

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they don’t check small bags at all only medium bags, there’s no walkthrough scanners, no pat downs

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but real strict policies

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when i went to my two kpop concerts in january and march i couldn’t even take lightsticks because “people could sneak knifes in there”

strange sail
#

where does it say about the batteries

keen bloom
#

it doesn’t but they take it off you

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i think like

strange sail
#

nice

keen bloom
#

actually batteries

#

there’s so many stuff as well that’s not on the no policy list but they’ll take off

strange sail
#

and they don't give you them back? what do they do with those things

cold harness
keen bloom
#

also a concert i went to like two years ago they fully wouldn’t let me go since because i was wearing doc martens

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so be careful what you put on your feet

#

idk if that still counts

#

but yh

strange sail
#

what did you do then

keen bloom
keen bloom
#

so i just went home

strange sail
#

oh 😦

keen bloom
#

contacted ticketmaster

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never emailed me back

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so i wasted over 100

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never worn boots to that venue since

strange sail
#

so they dont check small bags but they are worried about lightsticks

keen bloom
#

pretty much yeah

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idk about the other entrances i always go in the one in victoria station, once you get up the stairs, they’ll put you in either of the two lines, one of them you can just go straight into the foyer, the other you have to queue to get your bag checked

strange sail
#

😬

strange sail
#

pockets?

keen bloom
# strange sail pockets?

honestly, you just have to hope and pray your bag doesn’t get searched or you don’t get randomly selected for the scanners when they have them. you can put them in your clothes or in the bottom of your bag

cold harness
#

also if ur gonna get merch its best to get it before the show right

strange sail
spare wren
strange sail
#

this one

spare wren
#

the arena???!

keen bloom
#

but if you leave till after then you’ve got little choice because most of it often sells out

cold harness
#

noted

keen bloom
#

or they’ll just get taken off you

strange sail
#

mm ok

keen bloom
#

like waterbottles for example

#

just say you didn’t know

cold harness
#

legit I'm hyped asf but also stressed out asf

strange sail
#

ill bring a 20 inch knife and say 'oh I didn't know'

keen bloom
#

i gen don’t know why they wouldn’t let me in

spare wren
#

i mean i get why but thats actually insane

keen bloom
cold harness
#

100% I understand the waterbottles thing but fuckin doc martens is insane

strange sail
#

im short tho so maybe they'll not think about me being dangerous or smth

cold harness
#

my grand height of 5'4 intimidates many

keen bloom
#

i’ve sneaked a whole ass camera set up in before when i wasn’t working/photographing. my bag didn’t get checked and i never brought it out/used it so nobody took it off me

strange sail
#

dam

keen bloom
#

honestly you just gotta hope and pray

spare wren
#

the arena security is heavvyyyy on concert days (for obvious reasons)

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ive never been stopped before tho

keen bloom
#

certain security just takes it too seriously

spare wren
#

i rememeber going there for billie eilish i think ?? and seeing all the police with machine guns and sniffer dogs and i was shitting myself 😭

keen bloom
#

i get this venue because of what happened them years back

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but some things are way too serious

keen bloom
strange sail
#

how about they improve the security system first

spare wren
#

2 months ago i managed to bring a massive bag into the academy so its just wild that only down the street you can get away with a lot more

keen bloom
#

it was funny though because there were two shows. i went wearing the same boots for both shows. the 1st day i was fine but the 2nd day i got kicked 😭😭

#

yeah but the arena is stricter for obvious reasons

spare wren
#

i feel like just seeing all the mass security measures makes me feel even more uneasy even though im doing nothing wrong 😭

keen bloom
#

it’s a very scary experience

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just seeing all the high security and all the police just makes you more worried that something will happen

spare wren
#

YEAH but at the same time i also feel more at ease knowing they're on their toes constantly looking out

cold harness
#

whens a good time to queue

spare wren
#

like i went to coop live a few months ago and i expected it to be even worse than the arena but i barely even got my bag checked, they just let me through

strange sail
spare wren
#

idk if i just didnt look threatning or if its JUST the arena

spare wren
cold harness
keen bloom
#

when i went to ateez in january this was my first time going to a concert by myself and going to that venue by myself. i’ve been to that venue loads of time since the bombing but with a +1 and i’ve felt fine. but since i was on my own, i was petrified that something was going to happen, convinced even. i haven’t had flashbacks in about four years but that was my first time having a flashback since and it was probably being on my own that set it off, because there was soooo many officers there as well

strange sail
spare wren
#

were you at the ariana concert???

keen bloom
#

i was 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

spare wren
#

oh my god

#

thats actually scary af

brazen voidBOT
keen bloom
#

i was 12 🤪🤪🤪🤪

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i genuinely don’t remember a single thing though i blocked it all out so im fine

strange sail
#

you're alloed on your own at 12?

spare wren
#

i used to live near a major road going into town and all i remember is hearing all the ambulances sirens

keen bloom
#

ohhh no i was with family

strange sail
#

oh ok

keen bloom
#

i don’t remember the actual concert but i remember the aftermath and unfortunately the ambulance sirens and the one thing i can remember

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every time i hear a siren now i still feel like i back there

spare wren
#

thats actually insane

keen bloom
#

i think that’s why i got into concert photography tbh, so i could change a scary memory into something beautiful and not be prettied of going/doing something i love (attending gigs)

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anyways sorry to get all depressing all of a sudden, two weeks until i meet tyler and josh let’s go 🤩🤩🤩

strange sail
#

i might not even bring a bag actually

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hell nah

keen bloom
#

bring a fanny pack if you have one

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or one of them really small purse bags

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over the shoulder things

strange sail
#

i might do

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i might have one

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i could use my cargo pockets

keen bloom
#

if not i know primark sell like certain ones for around £2-3

strange sail
#

unless cargos arent allowed either

keen bloom
#

tbf if you’re only taking your phone and purse you’ll be fine

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if you buy merch i know sometimes they give out little paper bags to put merch in but not always

cold harness
keen bloom
cold harness
#

nah thats mental

strange sail
#

i was planning on bringing tissues, my glasses (i will be wearing contacts), wallet, and power bank

cold harness
#

arrive naked to be safe 😎

strange sail
keen bloom
#

depending on how big your powerbank is that should all fit in a fanny pack or big trouser pockets

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you’ll be fine

strange sail
#

it's 9x6 cm yeah

tired kiln
strange sail
#

my power bank isn't even expensive so i dont mind if I can't even bring it back

tired kiln
#

mines solar powered i don’t remember how big it is

keen bloom
#

it’s so easy to sneak them in though

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and half of the time when they do check your bags they don’t bother taking it off

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but i know there’s outlets where you can charge your phone inside

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idk what the policy about plugs and wires are though i’ve never bought them in i’ve just seen people sat with their phones plugged in

strange sail
#

but i'd have to take my plug yeah

shut trail
#

hi i return

#

damn ive missed a lot

strange sail
#

yooo

shut trail
#

unfortunately AO is weird with their rules on things especially after thr bombing

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but they also dont make it easy to figure anything out as they dont communicate ANYTHING

#

last time i went to that venue was 2 years ago in december, i wore a fanny pack that i starpped over my chest and they had no issue with it

keen bloom
#

that’s the problem 😭 they never email back and the lady at the info desk is always a deaddul and hardly knows piss all

shut trail
#

no water bottles or anything like that FOR SURE

strange sail
#

so is this even true

cold harness
#

state of the art screening system

strange sail
#

🙂‍↔️

shut trail
#

as i didnt have to empty my bag, just slapped it on the table and it got scanned through

strange sail
#

do i have to take any bracelets off since that's how it works in airports

shut trail
#

no i dont think so

keen bloom
#

this is the bag i usually takes, it’s got checked before, and it’s also been ignored and was able to just walk in without it checked. i can’t really remember the measurements of it, but it’s my go to bag

#

anything smaller than that honestly should be fine

shut trail
#

i have a smart watch on which i took off purely by instinct (airports) but as long as they can see all of them then i think you should be fine

strange sail
#

okei 🙂

cold harness
shut trail
keen bloom
#

ABOUT WATERBOTTLES
plastic waterbottles with and without water cannot be brought it. you can take EMPTY REFILLABLE ones like this that you can refill once inside the venue. you CANNOT take the lid however

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i think only hard plastic like this one are allowed. can’t remeber the name but not any metals ones or anything like that

shut trail
#

oh damn i didnt know that lmao

#

i was always bollocked for any bottle so i just never bothered with one lol

keen bloom
#

buying water there is sooo steap

cold harness
#

can imagine

keen bloom
#

but the water fountain queue is always so long

cold harness
#

how steep we talkin tho

strange sail
#

i can go without water 💪

shut trail
#

REAL STEEP

keen bloom
#

like £4-5

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sometimes 6

#

for a bottle bottle

cold harness
keen bloom
#

if you get a plastic refillable cup it’s like £3??? if i can remember

#

any other drinks are worse

cold harness
keen bloom
#

fizzy

strange sail
#

yhh

keen bloom
#

do NOT get me started on the alcohol

shut trail
#

yeah the alcohol is SO MUCH WORSE

#

in terms of price, as in

#

tbf the alcohol choice isnt great either

strange sail
#

you can drink alcohol there?

cold harness
#

welp I aint old enough anyway

keen bloom
#

two half pints of dark fruits in a plastic cup came to £17 😭😭

#

AND THEY WERENT EVEN FRESH

shut trail
#

yeah they have bars around the venue

keen bloom
#

THEY JUST GOT ONES RHEY ALREADY MADE OFF THE BACK COUNTER

strange sail
#

what if i get drunk before the concert

shut trail
#

they all have the same stock though so theres not much choice

keen bloom
strange sail
#

how would they know

shut trail
#

you can pre before, just dont go too hard

keen bloom
#

yeah there’s so many food and bars inside the arena

cold harness
strange sail
#

im not but hypothetically

keen bloom
#

oh yeah you can drink before, just not get obvious drunk

strange sail
#

ok

fleet cape
#

I got really drunk before a concert and i threw Up and it was really awkward #Dont do that

shut trail
#

well booze always has a smell to it no matter what you drink 😂

keen bloom
#

that’s what the security are there for also, to catch if anyone’s insanely drunk or really sick

dire scroll
#

so either be thirsty af and get a decent spot in the pit, or get hydration and miss out on a good spot. thanks manchester arena THONK

keen bloom
dire scroll
#

when i went in 2019 they passed out water mid show, but i got a really bad cold afterwards that i blame on that

#

ninjad

shut trail
#

yeah most venues give out water in cups to the front but nowhere else in the pit really gets looked after

brazen voidBOT
shut trail
#

so if youre in the middle of pit, its doom

keen bloom
#

coool

cold harness
#

best song

keen bloom
#

i got pretty close at leeds fest

fleet cape
#

Sooo cool

keen bloom
#

it’s like

#

iced cold

#

but there’s no actual ice

shut trail
#

yeah for some reason the water is FREEZING

strange sail
#

mhh

dire scroll
#

it was bottled

shut trail
#

idk where venues get their waters from to give to the pit but like brooooo

keen bloom
#

it’s refreshing though when you’re sweating your tits off 😭😭

shut trail
#

lmao that reminds me of a gig i went to with my bf recently

#

we bought a 4 pack of ciders, had 2 before gig

#

then we hid the other 2 round the back of a MASSIVE bin

#

went looking for them at the end of the gig and they were still there 😌

#

and they were so damn cold, but sooooo refreshing

keen bloom
#

IVE DONE THAT BEFORE BUT WITH A BAG 😭😭

#

last year at 5sos

#

hid it behind a bush

dire scroll
#

Look where I was for Trees tho 👀

shut trail
dire scroll
#

WHY WONT IT UPLOAD

#

ree

strange sail
#

🦖

cold harness
#

🦖

#

I fw dinosaurs heavy

dire scroll
#

ffs

#

i think its too big for discord

strange sail
#

hmm i see we have a liar

brazen voidBOT
strange sail
#

you weren't there for trees

strange sail
#

admit it

shut trail
tired kiln
#

would someone come up to me and yell at me over my tote ? unless i snag one from the merch stand if they have any

keen bloom
dire scroll
#

FINALLY

keen bloom
#

merch always seems to have a tote

tired kiln
keen bloom
#

let me find my tape measure and measure it for you

tired kiln
tired kiln
keen bloom
shut trail
keen bloom
#

also if your bag gets checked and there’s smaller zips/pockets in your bags they’ll ask if there’s anything in them pockets

tired kiln
#

i’ll hide it elsewhere….evil

keen bloom
#

hide it in your shoes

tired kiln
#

omg wait COULD work

keen bloom
#

unless you get randomly selected for the scanners

tired kiln
#

i hide my sharpies in my shoes

dire scroll
tired kiln
shut trail
tired kiln
#

LMAOOO

tired kiln
keen bloom
#

lDONT GET ME STARTED ON TREES

#

i fear i’ll be a bawling mess

tired kiln
#

there’s one audio on my fyp that’s just the crowd singing with like really subtle synth before they actually start playing it and every time i hear it i sob so hard

dire scroll
strange sail
#

I thought it was the fortnite og music

dire scroll
#

the bass catvibe

dire scroll
strange sail
#

oh ok

dire scroll
#

i actually didnt know it was from fortnite at the time kekw i was vibing

tired kiln
#

making a necklace for josh if i manage to get close to him so he’ll have an addition for his neck stacks dC_PRAY

#

i got a cute J initial charm while grabbing more elastic string

cold harness
#

dope

shut trail
#

lmao thats actually a shout

#

i need to clear my camera roll for the gig

tired kiln
#

SAME

#

i have like 13K pics

#

that’s mostly bc i don’t clear out my photos from my job 😂

strange sail
#

there's a compilation of people singing it on yt

dire scroll
cold harness
dire scroll
#

lane boy

strange sail
#

i calculated i need around 120GB if i want to record it all in 4k60

dire scroll
#

which was very super fun because my jumper fell off my waist and got absolutely trampled and torn 🙃

cold harness
#

yikes

keen bloom
#

random question but is anyone else as excited for balu brigada than i am?? 😭😭

cold harness
strange sail
#

nah im fine

#

ill upload it to yt anyway

tired kiln
strange sail
#

and then delete it off my phone

tired kiln
#

experiencing a band live before their actual studio discography is so much better imo

#

i’ve discovered crazy bands because of this

keen bloom
keen bloom
#

so cold and designer kept coming up on my suggested songs

dire scroll
#

tyler on the bridge during NATN

shut trail
#

like dont get me wrong some bands have better studio versions

#

but hearing them live before hearing the studio?

#

unbeatable

tired kiln
#

when i saw godfuck back in july last year i shit myself because they’ve got insane music i never thought i’d need to hear

tired kiln
dire scroll
#

and of course the best clip, HOTY josh backflip

cold harness
#

ayy

shut trail
#

IM CRYING OVER THESE BRO

shut trail
#

IM NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN MANCHESTER

tired kiln
dire scroll
shut trail
#

MORPH MY BABYYYYYYY

tired kiln
#

i love morph

cold harness
#

morph a top 3 song

tired kiln
#

i hope we get another trench of bf song for manchester

dire scroll
tired kiln
tired kiln
#

OMFG IM BAWLING IN THE MIDDLE OF TARGET

#

😭😭😭😭

keen bloom
#

@tired kiln for my bag in that picture the height is 18cm, width is 27cm & depth is also 18cm so i’m justttt about pushing it. policy is 20cm hgt & dph and 30cm wtdh

#

but like i mentioned sometimes it has been checked sometimes it hasn’t

dire scroll
keen bloom
#

i’m not arsed if i have my bags checked though

dire scroll
shut trail
#

i have no chance of surviving

dire scroll
dire scroll
tired kiln
#

mines about 30cmx40cm i’ll have to find something a lil smaller

#

if i can cry in front of my main music inspo TWICE in one night then i can cry in front of josh it’s ok 💔

#

trees circle warrior.

shut trail
dire scroll
dire scroll
#

p sure i smacked myself in the face with the phone a few times

cold harness
#

roblox avatar has been updated in honour of the show

shut trail
#

brb checking out lore channel rq

dire scroll
cold harness
#

got me levitating fr

tired kiln
#

😭😭😭

tired kiln
dire scroll
cold harness
#

what the dog doin 🗣️

dire scroll
#

i wouldve recorded more but my phones battery was like 8% kek

tired kiln
#

you can see me go down twice when someone with BOOTS crowd surfed over me

#

turns out it was my friend who i haven’t seen in 7 years

dire scroll
#

damn they turned into a beyblade

tired kiln
shut trail
#

again, brb

#

estate cat demands food

tired kiln
#

this exact feeling i felt so alive

#

not that

#

i want my neck to dislocate or anyone else’s for that matter

#

BUT THE ENERGY

#

GOOODDDDD

dire scroll
#

i fully expect to be unconscious halfway through the show 😭

tired kiln
#

i also got my face smashed into the concrete at a microwave show so i really hope it’s a lot more lowkey than that 🥲

tired kiln
#

i get so unaware about how loud i am at shows sometimes i know im gonna tune out myself when i get there lmfao

#

i’m just hoping that my memory doesn’t hiccup and forget a lot of the show

#

cuz my brain likes to do that a LOT

dire scroll
#

lmao i cant remember much of the show at this point

#

i look the setlist up and im like "they played that?"

tired kiln
#

LMAO REAL

dire scroll
#

i def remember some tracks more vividly than others

#

they also played a few on the 2nd stage which was the other end of the arena so i dont remember those a lot

tired kiln
#

oh wordddd

#

i always get so excited for small bands when they play one of my favourite songs

#

the last show i was at i realized they were playing my fav song off their new ep

#

so i grabbed the mic for a majority of the song and they bought me a pack of beer LMFAOOO

#

i love giving someone the ability to realize another person loves what they do

#

makes them 1000x more passionate about it

dire scroll
#

damn 2 weeks to go

#

i really need to sort out what im wearing

tired kiln
#

SAME. i’m almost done with my hoodie

#

i messed up the bleach for the clancy part of the hood but i think i can fix it with paint

#

i might do that bc it’ll stand out w the rest of the hoodie

dire scroll
#

i want to get this printed on a t shirt, but i need to find out if i can even do that legally, because of the copyright etc. sadly the artist is no longer with us which complicates things

shut trail
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if anyone asks id give credits

dire scroll
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im guessing it falls under fair use

dire scroll
tired kiln
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ohhh

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i was about to recommend you my local print shop but realized i’m probably VERY far away

dire scroll
tired kiln
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get me out of america bro

dire scroll
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i do be in the east of england

tired kiln
dire scroll
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imma sort it tomorrow

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i hope it turns up in time lol

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cause itll need to arrive here at latest the friday b4 the show

tired kiln
strange sail
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we've reached 6k messages

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we need to beat london

tired kiln
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just realised netherlands has 11k...

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im back from my shower

tired kiln
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i had to sell my london ticket cuz my plane tickets would’ve been an extra $700 i didn’t have

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Is this where we start spamming the most random things 😂😂😭😭😭😭

strange sail
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dayumm 😦

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n1 or 2

tired kiln
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n2

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😦

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did you go to the boston one

tired kiln
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my flight from the UK landed as soon as top started

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was gonna go to that show after i came home to boston

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did not end well….

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had a delay from heathrow to boston 🙂‍↕️

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did you buy tickets for it

tired kiln
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yep i had pit tickets

strange sail
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so you wasted it?

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yeahhhhhhhhhhh…..💔

strange sail
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nouuuu 💔

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That’s actually so heartbreaking 😭😭

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i would’ve sold it if i knew my gate was blocked by another huge plane