Biffier than thou

Upon arriving at the venue, around 4pm, i got there just in time to see Biffy emerging from the stage door, much to my delight of course, especially as another friend had been waiting there since 11am after getting the 7am train from Cork!

So after meeting and greeting it was time to find the hostel in which we were staying, (7 of us in all), so after getting momentarily lost we found the place and by this stage it was time to head over to the venue. Once we got there we saw that the queue was massive, many people chanting "we love the biffy, we do" etc.. Seeing as we wanted good places we went right to the front of the queue and stood there, no-one said a thing, we were the first in .

By this stage the anticipation was building amongst everyone, alot of people appeared to be there for the 3 support acts but you could tell the Biffy diehards would show.

I Am Ghost raced through their set, i can't really remember much of them as i wasn't paying much attention, the people that showed up for them seemed to love them and thats cool, but they aren't what i look for in a band.

Next, the Audition, they possibly got the worst reception, their feable attempts to get a "Wall of Death" going and for people to clap along didn't really go down well and people seemed to get bored quickly. It felt like their set went on for ages.

Now, The Bronx, one word, LOUD, oh and one other word, OUCH. For those of you that have seen the Bronx you will understand the loud part, as for the ouch, this stems from personal experience at being kicked in the head by the lead singer launching himself into the crowd. Loads of people turned up for The Bronx and their performance was explosive to say the least.

The time finally came, once The Bronx had left the stage it felt eerily quiet for a while, The Bronx fans dispersed and the Biffy fans started to appear. Gradually the atmosphere grew until people were hoarse from chanting "Biffy". To the right, two friends make a bet on which song would be played first, one says "Glitter and Trauma", the other "Semi Mental". Suffice to say as Biffy grace the stage and the intro chord to "Semi Mental" is slammed by Si, the whole place erupts.
The set seemed to fly past, the new songs were accepted really well and you could certainly tell which people were from the forums, i.e. the people who knew the lyrics to the songs! A nod from James in our direction is accepted with a cheer! Each song was accepted as well as the one before, of course people are hoarse by the end of the first song but that doesn't stop people singing their hearts out. As much noise as possible is made for "Saturday Superhouse" as alot of people are in the knowledge that it is being recorded.

Deafened after a monumental performance by Biffy, we all leave the venue and begin our wait for our heroes to emerge. An air of satisfaction surrounds the place as the crowd thins, after waiting for two hours to meet them i can't help but think to myself,