I’ve been busy the last few weeks doing all sorts of cool things – like going to music festivals.

Two weeks ago, along with the Bob boys and girls, I went to V Festival. Of course, everyone knows that Oasis canceled. What else is new? I’m not a big fan of Snow Patrol, so not too bothered that we missed it, but it would have been nice just to see the crowd and the show. Biggest regret is missing Elbow.

The James show was really great and the most fun I’ve ever had at a concert, probably because the company means everything to me. The experience of listening to music that you love and is significant to you, while with your best friend ever and in a big crowd is fantastic. The reason I probably never felt that way at a Counting Crows concert is because they’ve all been sit-down gigs. You can’t really get into gigs like that. I think the best thing was me and Rob both knowing the words. At Counting Crows he wouldn’t know the words.

Next up was Reading Festival last weekend. Never before did I realize exactly how much BAD music is out there. Sure, lots of people have garage bands that aren’t very good, but these are bands that people actually like, that are making a lot of money, but are doing nothing new. And I just don’t get how people enjoy it. We were only there for Saturday, so have a look at the lineup and you’ll see a lot of metal. It was hard to enjoy the music most of the time. And the age group was teens – only teens.

We saw the Prodigy, and yes Prodigy is brilliant, but the show didn’t have the magical effect. You can’t jump the whole way through. It’s too rollercoaster. Then someone dumped an entire pint on my head. I was already cold. Who does that though? You paid for the pint, it cost you £4, why oh why do you throw it and/or dump it on someone’s head?

After the dumping, we went to see Punch and the Apostles who were so much better than I remember them being the last time. They put on a fantastic show. If they’re in your area, go see them because they’re not a bad metal band for teens.

The headliner was Arctic Monkeys and boy was that a boring show, especially for a headliner. Couldn’t be bothered to sit through the whole thing, so we left. I think it’s a goal to go to Glastonbury next year because there’s a good chance we’ll hear some great stuff.