My wife and I took her two kids to see Hadoukan! Support Pendulum at Manchester Central. They were allowed to leave our side but as soon as they did, my wife tried to re find them amongst 1000's of silhouettes. My stepson went from the front to the back because he got a stitch after the second song, and that was just during the support. It was a great first gig for them but their stepdad outlasted them as electro punk boomed through the air and amongst the dry Ice and lasers I was taken back to my youth in Tumblers nightclub twenty years ago, when I would throw out some shapes to the latest techno tunes on a Saturday night. I had felt stiff and uncool through the support but came into my own and I believe surprised the others by 'going for it".
The journey to the gig had become frustrating when trying to park and when we returned to our multi-storey car park we sat for fifty minutes before leaving our spot. Half past one in the morning I climbed into bed with my bootie very tired from all of the shaking.