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04 FINDING KATE
Do you know anyone that doesn’t go to concerts?
Someone that has maybe never, ever been to a gig at all? 05 SILVER END
Have they ever told you they just don’t understand why 06 STAND ATLANTIC
you spend your money doing that? Or if you travel 10 SET IT OFF
around to a lot of shows, they don’t quite understand
why? Little do they know the pleasure it brings. One of 14 AT THE SUN
the best things about having a favourite band and going 18 A NEW REVENGE
to see them in different countries is not just the concerts
you see, but the cultures you sample, the experiences 22 THE FALLEN STATE
you encounter, the fulfillment it brings. This Summer saw 26 THE HUNNA
Bon Jovi kick off their European tour in Moscow, Russia. 32 ROYAL REPUBLIC
It was the first time the band had played there since 1989,
when they headlined the Moscow Music Peace Festival. I 36 BAD TOUCH
was a fan of the band back then, but hadn’t started trav- 40 BV CV / FANSITE FOCUS
elling to shows. So this time, we knew it was a must. In 41 ALBUMS
January, I trekked to London to go to the Russian Visa
Application Centre after filling in their monstrously long 44 DVDS / EATIN’ AIN’T CHEATIN’
application form. I had my fingerprints taken and then 45 CONCERTS
waited for weeks until my passport arrived back with a
Russian visa in. Let the excitement (and anxiety) com- 51 BON JOVI IN EUROPE
mence! And then came Tallinn, Estonia. The great thing
about having a favourite band that you love travelling to
see is getting to visit countries that you’d probably never
even usually think of visiting. While in Tallinn, I had an
extra day to sightsee before coming home and visited A Bit O’ Twitter
their TV Tower, Pirita Beach and Pirita Convent. It was a
gorgeously sunny day - and was topped off by stumbled Words of Wisdom (or otherwise) from Twitter:
across a raw vegan cafe in Tallinn’s Old Town. Going to
concerts is not just about the gig itself - though that is Sebastian Danzig @SebastianDanzig
worth it and an instant pick-me-up and adrenaline boost, Go say something nice to someone today.
but meeting and hanging out with friends, seeing the
sights and making memories. We’ve definitely made John O’Callaghan (The Maine) @johnmaine
some memories.
Everything is temporary, even the sorrow that you carry.
So I’ve included a bit about the Bon Jovi shows, as
well as interviews with The Hunna, a band I’ve been hop- Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) @petewentz
ing to interviews for ages. It was great to catch up with Every once in a while I take a photo of myself where I don’t feel like I
Set It Off again, and also find out a bit more about Stand look like trash and God do I wish there was a Getty watermark on it.
Atlantic. Sam and Penny, and Michael, have interviewed
The Fallen State, Bad Touch and At The Sun - quite pos- Billy Taylor (Deever) @imbillytaylor
sibly all future superstars and worth travelling for.
Let’s be honest. Adulthood is literally just googling shit you don’t
know, and pretending you don’t have anxiety.
Y & velvet kisses
Stephen Gomez (Twin XL) @stephen_james
Shari Black Velvet Be nice to all humans, not just the ones who are like you.
Ginger Wildheart (The Wildhearts) @GingerWildheart
How do I get rid of fucking @bing?
Mark Hoppus (Blink-182) @markhoppus
Abortion should be legal, safe, and easy to access. End of. Stop try-
ing to tell women what to do with their bodies. Namaste.

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Shari Black Velvet
Writers:
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Huckett
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Shari Black Velvet
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