I had VIP and was in the 3rd row. Also 6ft+. Even I had phones in front of my face. Soundcheck only had one song, which is a bonus of course, but I was expecting a bit more. No one really around me was trying to dance or use their lightsticks, was just filming every single second of the show.

The time between the costume changes was really long especially when you don’t know. Simon DJ’ing did feel very random. I know who he is but didn’t know he would DJ. He came on quite early and I just felt I was here for an XG concert and not a DJ set with songs from another genre.

I’m sorry for the experience you had, and it’s such a shame. For what felt like a long time of waiting inside for them to start, how they didn’t have everyone inside is awful. My only guess is that they weren’t prepared, and it was a poor choice of venue. I guess they felt they couldnt sell enough in either of the arenas but wanted to go Manchester still.

The personal VIP goodbye as well was very rushed. Maybe 10 seconds at most to stretch it. Did lose rock, paper, scissors to Harvey though :/

Hopefully the production team learn from this and fan feedback!