I will say though that the vast majority of the crowd at Vicar Street consisted of twinks and teenage girls.
They were HYSTERICAL to say the least. Most of the older fans were up on the balcony so I was swamped by the young crowd as I stood just three rows back from the stage.
Every time Lana would come down to the front row, there would be this huge surge from behind and all hell would break loose as people tried to barge their way through to touch her!
Lana herself was a vision. She is even more beautiful in person and just has this aura about her...you cannot take your eyes off her for a second!
She gave a touching speech before Video Games where she addressed the harsh media criticism ("a lot of people have said a lot of things about me but playing in front of ye guys makes it all worthwhile"). At this point the crowd erupted in huge cheers and chants of "LANA" as she broke down in tears and turned away to look at her band in amazement at the response.
It was such a beautiful moment and will be my lasting memory of such a wonderful gig.
She asked the crowd to sing along tho.
And anyway it must be very nice for an artist to know people memorize your whole work and appreciate it in such a way.
Sure it sucks to watch on Youtube but it must be great for the peopleat the concert.
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Anyway I love how she proved everyone wrong without ever changing a bit
I will say though that the vast majority of the crowd at Vicar Street consisted of twinks and teenage girls.
They were HYSTERICAL to say the least. Most of the older fans were up on the balcony so I was swamped by the young crowd as I stood just three rows back from the stage.
Every time Lana would come down to the front row, there would be this huge surge from behind and all hell would break loose as people tried to barge their way through to touch her!
Lana herself was a vision. She is even more beautiful in person and just has this aura about her...you cannot take your eyes off her for a second!
She gave a touching speech before Video Games where she addressed the harsh media criticism ("a lot of people have said a lot of things about me but playing in front of ye guys makes it all worthwhile"). At this point the crowd erupted in huge cheers and chants of "LANA" as she broke down in tears and turned away to look at her band in amazement at the response.
It was such a beautiful moment and will be my lasting memory of such a wonderful gig.