Belgium - Groezrock!

Hey Everyone! 

This post is loosely linked to Warped Tour, as it's all about my weekend, and this weekend I went all the way to Belgium to see Falling In Reverse! It will be a longish post, as there is SO much to tell, so brace yourselves... 

Here we go!

So, on Friday evening me and my gorgeous mum set off to Manchester airport to fly off to Belgium for the Saturday of Groezrock festival. Literally, the ONLY reason I talked my mum into this was to see Falling in Reverse. More specifically Ronnie Radke. I fell in love with Ronnie when Escape the Fate started back in 2006, and due to various reasons he hasn't been to the UK. So I went to him. 8 years I had waited for this to happen, MONTHS of planning and booking this short weekend trip, and I couldn't believe I was finally on my way!

8:30pm flight, we arrived at Charleroi airport at 11pm (Belgian time), and started an hour coach journey to Brussels at 11:30pm! Arrived at our hotel shortly before 1am, and we had to unpack, sort ourselves out and chill from the long day me and mum had both had before we went to sleep! 

Next, we were up at 8am, to get ready quickly to catch a 9:30am train across Belgium to a tiny little village place called Geel. From there, we had a half an hour shuttle bus to the festival site! We got there at 12:30pm timeish, and Falling in Reverse weren't playing til 11:05pm... 

We grabbed food, chilled for a bit and walked around, got my all important merch! Then, I Killed The Prom Queen were playing, so we went to catch their set. Wow. I never really listened to them before but I really enjoyed them! After them, we chilled, later on we grabbed a bite more to eat, had a laugh with a few of the people at the festival we had met, and then New Found Glory were on! So off we went to mainstage!

I've seen them before last year, and they were brilliant just like they were when I saw them last. They finished at 10:00pm...
ONE HOUR LEFT! 

Quick toilet break, then straight to the second stage tent! A band called Caliban were still playing, and again they were an ACE band live! They finished... The countdown began. I started jumping up and down uncontrollably. Camera checks. Got by the stage in a good spot. 11pm. "HURRY UP RONNIE!" 

5...

4...

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1...

RONNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Came running on stage and burst into song. I still, 4 days later, don't have many words to explain how incredible that moment was for me. Like I stated at the beginning, I had waited 8 years to see that man sing live. He was incredible. It was hard to get any really decent pictures of him because he was SO energetic and quick across the stage! The whole band was. Jacky's guitar skills live... He's MINDBLOWING as a guitarest!

They barely spoke in between songs, they just played and played and played, and it just got better and better! Such a good mix of songs from both their albums. And to end it all... Situations. A good old Escape the Fate song. The emotion I had during that song was unbelievable. The song that got me into ETF was actually Not Good Enough for the Truth in Cliche, however Situations was one of their biggest songs, so it was incredible. So damn glad I got to see Ronnie singing an ETF song, rather than Craig.

It ended WAY to quick for me, it felt like they had been on 5 minutes because the hour they played flew by so fast. But my god... It was so damn worth the 8 year wait and the flight hundreds of miles and the few hundred pound spent! 

Now, I just can't wait to see him play again at Warped Tour, and (fingers crossed), meet him too. He causes a lot of controversy in the media and in the industry, but that man has been a hero and an idol of mine for so long, nothing would change that. This weekend has meant the entire world to me, I couldn't have asked for anymore than it was. And I got to spend it with my mum, she's like my best friend. It was an incredible weekend, and again I have to thank my mum for coming with me, and my mum and dad paying for it all. I couldn't have gone with out them, and they knew how much it meant to me, and apparently my face when Ronnie came on stage said just how much it meant to me!

Thanks for reading again! I hope you have enjoyed reading me fangirl slightly (again) over Ronnie! And enjoyed reading about my feelings about Falling in Reverse! 

Love <3