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There’s nothing I love more than live music- I like to be right there, at the front, crushed against the barrier, close enough to smell the sweat of everyone around you in a mesh of bodies.

I saw Foals twice on their last tour, at Southampton Guildhall and at Brixton Academy. But, due to the box offices, quite frankly, being shit as always, there was a mix up with my Brixton tickets and I was given the choice to have a full refund or go seated. So I chose seated. Worst. Mistake. Ever.

For me, the enjoyment of a gig- aside from the obvious fact of the band live- is that feeling of being amongst a huge crowd of people. You belong with these people, all sharing a common love for the band playing, the feel of the music pumping through you, not knowing whose sweat your covered in, and god knows what else. The punches and bruises of a lively crowd don’t deter from the chance to see your idols up close, as Yannis runs around the crowd, jumping into the audience for your chance to be as up close as you can get to a stranger without gaining a restraining order.

Seating gives you none of this thrill; it’s like watching on a TV screen. Only instead of watching the action, I found myself wistfully staring at the crowd below having the time of their lives, made worse only by the fact that a week before I’d been in that crowd, having the fun times that I was now missing. And there was me, sat surrounded by the chaperones who clearly do not want to be there and spend the gig tutting at the people who are actually enjoying themselves. There are signs and security enforcing that every stays seated, and stays having no fun. 

So- my advice? Don't waste that precious student loan on seated tickets, save it for the standing ones!

Amie x