This year was our first time at ACL. We only went for one day but I'm glad because we are so sore and worn out today! We got there early, just after they opened the gates. There was still room to move around then...the majority of the people didn't show up until after 3pm. Then it was hard to move at all without touching someone!
The festival had 7 different stages set up for live music throughout the day. We didn't know all of the bands that were there, so we wandering around checking them out when there wasn't a band we wanted to see. We started out by checking out a band the Cults. They had a different sound I really enjoyed it. Here's a picture and a sample of their music.
Next we headed to the big stage...The Bud Light Stage (all the stages were sponsored by different corporations). This stage was one of the two that was showing the main (more known) acts throughout the day, which would culminate at the end of the night with Kanye West. He was awesome, btw. I don't have any pictures of his show because there were SO MANY people that we really couldn't get any decent pictures, even of the video screen. It was great fun though with so many people dancing and singing along. In the morning though we saw Theophilus London. I had heard of him before but I had never heard his music. I didn't even really know what type of music it was...turns out he is a rapper. He was really good. We enjoyed the show.
The best part of his show...IT RAINED! Woohoo! The audience was more excited about that than his performance ;)
We checked out a few other bands that we didn't really like much, then we stumbled on Brandi Carlisle. She was good...even Shawn like her band. It was a different sound, but country based. They were playing on the other main stage, the AMD stage. This was located on the other side of the park from the Bud Light stage and was showing the other main acts throughout the day. After her shown we ate and then waited for Ray LaMontagne. He was really good as well, but his music is so mellow it is really kind of weird at a festival such as this. Plus, during his show is when the rest of Austin decided to show up and the sun decided to come out...boo! Thus began my sunburn!
We took a break for awhile to sit in the shade and have a snack before SARA BAREILLES. She is the show I was really waiting for, and she did not disappoint! She was so freaking good! We have a really shitty camera, so we didn't get very many good pictures but I did manage to get a video on my phone of one song. I can't even describe how awesome she was. If you like her even a little I would highly recommend seeing her live.
Everyone was hoping she would sing "Gravity" but that song was way too mellow for her level of excitment! You could just tell how thrilled she was to be there. Her whole band...their excitement was tangible! She has a really good stage presence too, she's funny! I'm still working on uploaded the video from my phone...once I get it to work I'll post it on my blog.
The two closing acts were Kanye West and Coldplay. We were closer to Coldplay after Sara Bareilles was finished with her set, but we both thought Kanye would be more fun. We danced and had a great time! Our feet were absolutely killing us already, so we didn't stay for his whole show (we still had to walk the journey back to our car) but we stayed for most of his show. We left after he played "Stronger" since we both love that song. He played some new music and a lot of old stuff too, which was awesome! Overall, we had a great day and can't wait to do it again next year!
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