#cantonhall

Today is a great day. Today is an amazing day. I have been looking forward to today for weeks. Today is the day that I get to see one of my favorite bands!! [party-emoji-series]

Years & Years, a British band who makes electronic dance music, is coming to Canton Hall. I have no one to go with but I don’t care, I’m too excited to see the band. They are coming to Belgium next year and was really sad that I will miss it since I’ll still be here in America. Luckiky a friend of mine noticed they were coming to Dallas, so I asked my host family if I could go and they bought my ticket. (I couldn’t buy the ticket when I was still in Europe.)

An Uber takes me to the venue and I arrive 15 minutes before the show starts. I’m beyong excited! Canton Hall is as big as De Casino in my home town.

Which is very small!! OMG! In Belgium, Years & Years plays in the Lotto Arena which has a capacity of 8.050 people! Canton Hall can only host up to 1.100 people at concerts. So this is like a private concert. How cool is that?! I will be able to see my favorite band from so close, almost touch them, smell their sweat, feel the wind as they dance over the stage. [star-eyed-emoji]

I was even more excited now! Especially since the room is not even filled entirely with fans! So no pushing or being too close to strangers, ideal situation. But then, it appeared they had 2 guest performers. So by the time it was 10pm, my feet and my back were hurting from standing up for so long. I was a little bit disappointed. The longer the guest performers were on stage, the less time Years & Years would perform after them, right? Next to that, I was alone and bored and too shy to start a conversation with anyone.

Finally, Years & Years entered the stage... And I forgot everything. They were amazing. They played their awesome new songs as well as their golden oldies. And I danced and sang my heart out. I was alone, but I didn’t care anymore. The music was so good. Their performance was so good. Everything was good. So I had the best 1,5 hours on my own, ever. It feels surprisingly good to not care and just dance and sing along. I am so happy I got here.

After the show I bought myself a t-shirt. Normally I never buy any merchandise at a concert but this occasion is so special, I want something to remind me of it often. I was at a concert of my favorite band. They’re British and I’m from Belgium and I saw them in Dallas, USA. I am so lucky. I love my life.