Don Broco, Bedord Esquires 6/8/15

Those of you who know me well, will know I'm a big Broco fan, having already seen them headline the Kerrang tour and perform at Slam Dunk Festival earlier this year.

The boys had their new album 'Automatic' (which is a cracking album I must say) finally out on the 7th and they had put together a mini album release tour, which of course I had to go to. 

Me and some friends got tickets for the Bedford show at Esquires as we live around the Bedford area and I guess we felt sort of nostalgic being able to be back there since Esquires was the first venue we ever saw Broco perform at.

So on the 6th we got the bus out into Bedford and arrived about 3ish, from there we grabbed a few drinks out of Iceland and hurried off to the venue where we thought the queues were gunna be huge since we are used to queuing extremely early for decent spots at gigs. (We queued 8 hours for the Kerrang Tour and were at the barrier). 

However we misjudged the amount of people who were gunna be there so so bad as not a person was there.....except Si, Matt and the support bands who were unloading kit and all their magical music things. 

Luckily queuing for 4 and a bit hours wasn't too bad as we had lovely chat with Si and Matt on arrival and later Tom when he arrived. 

People always look at me crazy when I tell them how long I queue for gigs but when really its not even that bad and can actually be quite fun. Especially if the band comes out and its easy to make friends with other fans around you as you obviously have a matching interest otherwise they wouldn't be queuing outside the venue in the first place.

Plus the earlier you wait, the closer you are to the front ;)

So once we were in there, we were on the barrier again (yay :3), this time we stood Tom's side as we were Si's side for Slam Dunk (we take turns on who's side to be on every time we see them). 

Before the Broco boys took the stage, there were 2 support bands, one I believe was called No Moments but don't quote me on that and the other was Light You Up, who were both very entertaining and talented bands (there's nothing worse than a terrible support band). But yes, both their sets were brill.

So now was just to wait for Broco to take the stage which felt like forever but everyone was excited and there was a real buzzing atmosphere about the room. However I think part of it was also a lot of us swooning over Bobby who was getting changed behind the stage doors which had windows.... I don't think he realised haha xD 

When the boys finally took the stage, they started off with 'Money Power Fame' to get the crowd going and omg the crowd was crazy and the energy was huge! 

Their performance, stage presence and interaction with the crowd was brilliant as always, I got at least 5 high fives from Tom and my friend got a bro hug off of Bobby. Fans were allowed to even crowd surf to the front and party on stage then jump into the crowd again and it was nice to see everyone enjoying themselves without being dragged away by security. 

Another thing which I thought was awesome was during 'Thug workout', Bobby got a human pyramid going on and they managed to get 3 of them up. I love the way Don Broco interact with their audience and its what makes the Broco shows extra special.

As for the actual set itself, they had the perfect balance of old and new songs. I will insert the set list at the end of the post. 

Overall, the whole show was amazing and it couldn't have gone better. This will defiantly go down as one of my favourite gigs ever.

So after the show, the boys returned to the stage and everybody counted down until midnight when 'Automatic' would be released and it was all so lovely and kinda reminded me of new year. Champagne got sprayed everywhere and we were given party poppers. I actually filmed the countdown and I will leave a link at the bottom. 

After the countdown, the guys came out and took pictures, chatted and signed things for fans. I had already pre-ordered the signed deluxe album so instead of buying the album for them to sign there, I got them to sign my vans, after all Bobby said he would sign anything xD

So overall the day was fantastic and it was the best I have seen Don Broco perform and it will be a day I will always remember as one of the best gigs ever.

I'm gunna leave some of the photos I got with them and the show itself below but I also have more on my instagram which is alicimo1102 if you would like to follow me on there. 

SET LIST

Money Power Fame

Yeah Man

Superlove

Whole Truth

Hold On

What You Do To Me

Fire

Priorities

Nerve

Thug Workout

Automatic

Fancy Dress

Actors

You Wanna Know

Words, photos and edited all by me.
Photos and videos have been taken using ipod touch 5th generation.

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