Saturday night was the biggest concert of the year in Valencia. Every winter, MTV España hosts a concert called "MTV Winter" in Valencia. Entrance is free, so a ton of people come. They said they would stop letting people in when it got to 30,000--but I found an article that said something about 35,000 people there--so I don't think they stuck with that. The main act of the concert was the Arctic Monkeys, a British band that my brother had introduced me to. Before they played, there were 3 other acts...Fuzzy White Casters, Mystery Jets, and Lightspeed Champion.
The concert began at 8:00. I arrived around 8:30 with Marli, Allison, Jenna, and Megan. There weren't a lot of people there then, and we slowly wormed our way through the crowd to see how close we could get. We really liked the Fuzzy White Casters and Lightspeed Champion. Mystery Jets were okay, but we were ready for them to be done after a few songs. Somehow Brian managed to find us after a series of phone calls and directions like "Do you see the black umbrella with paisley butterflies?" and "Well we're near a light tower..." and "Wait...you weren't just waving at me?". I am still astounded on how he managed to find us. Finally at around 10:30--the Arctic Monkeys came on. At this point the crowd had grown, but we weren't really sure how big it was until later. Everyone was super excited for the Arctic Monkeys, and people started jumping and pushing, and I guess you could say "moshing." Somehow during a really intense, upbeat song with lots of jumping and moving around--Marli got taken off with a group and ended up really close to the stage. Brian somehow fell back. Then Megan and Jenna ended up somewhere else too--which left me and Allison. After the end of that song, we were ready to be done with the "moshing" experience. So we decided to get out of the area--which probably took 20 minutes of weaving in and out of people who were all dancing. When we finally "resurfaced," we saw how immense the crowd was. We were in the front 1/5 of the crowd--pretty close to the front--the main "mosh pit" area. It was an unforgettable experience and a ton of fun. Then somehow, we managed to run into Sean and Tanner--and then found Chris, Billy, other Chris, Max, and Heather. When the concert finally finished--we met back up with everyone and headed out.
It was a crazy, unbelievable experience. There were people EVERYWHERE. It was the largest concert I've ever been too. Imagine Hilton Coliseum and fill it and then double it--then add another 5,000 people. That's how many people were there. INCREDIBLE!!! Marli and I called it a night early, since we had a big day planned for Sunday (see next blog entry)!!
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