Well not that my readers noticed due to my not so regular posting schedule but I was actually away on holiday with my family for two weeks in Malta. We stayed in the south east this time in a place called Marsascala. The apartment wasn't as big as the place we stayed last year and maybe not as fancy but it was very nice. It had a lovely balcony with views over the marina, a mini swimming pool and sun loungers where we spent a lot of time relaxing in the sun. We went in September last year and I think it was definitely hotter at this time of the year although there were a couple of days where it was very windy which cooled us down a bit. It was a very relaxing holiday and we didn't really go out much apart from out for dinner and even then we had quite a few take-aways and a few bbqs.
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| View from the upper balcony and pool (stolen from trip advisor) |
It has been a busy week as we flew home late on Tuesday night and on Wednesday and Thursday me and my brother attended the first two days of Tennants Vital. Whilst the line-up wasn't as impressive as last year it was still very enjoyable. On the first day it started off with the Minutes who played last year as well and hadn't improved any, not really sure why they were booked. It was even harder to like them given that the singer kept saying "we are the f****** minutes!!!!" over and over and that was just at the end of the set. The Undertones famous for their song Teenage Kicks was the second band on and were decent enough but they are getting on a bit and none of their songs really has the magic of Teenage Kicks. The Vaccines were the main support and were very good. It was the second time I'd seen them live this year they also played Radio 1's Big Weekend. Kings of Leon were headlining day one and it was the first time I'd seen them live. They were very good and seemed to be enjoying themselves. The second day started off with Foy Vance who we missed but who I've heard is very good and I love his song-Be the song. Then we had Kodaline who seem to be the next big thing and I enjoyed their performance as did quite a few people apparently given the amount of people singing the lyrics to their songs.Jason Miraz was on next, I guess he was ok, wasn't really my cup of tea. The headliners were Snow Patrol who seemed to be a bit of boring choice given how many times they have played Northern Ireland before but it was made up by their great performance and the fact that its their only gig this year. Unfortunately on both nights it rained, whilst it wasn't too bad on Wednesday night, On Thursday night it absolutely poured down, we were soaked despite our waterproof coats. I was glad I wore my wellies, as a lot of the place was flooded and I dread to think what it was like for the third day (Tinie Tempah and other artists which didn't interest us).
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| New songs sounded pretty good as well |
Thanks for reading.
