Well we were a bit on the slow side on this one, but when we heard the word ‘free’ infront of the word ‘concert’, it was decided that we definitely should go! Unfortunately you had to apply to get tickets about a month in advance, so I thought we’d missed out. However, I applied for a couple of competitions online, and was very excited to get a phone call 2 days before the concert.

They packed ~80,000 people into ‘The Mall’ infront of Buckingham Palace and what sort of concert would it be in London if it didn’t rain. We were a bit delayed in getting in as they wouldn’t let Aaron’s “professional camera” in so we had to go find a train station locker to leave it in, but thanks to being just a little bit pushier than most we managed to make our way to about 20 people back from the stage.

The concert was pretty good all in all with a number of boy bands we hadn’t heard of as well as a few we had. The list included: McFly, Jamelia, Baby Spice, Rachel Stevens (originally from S-club 7), Kelly and Ozzie Osbourne, James Brown (!!!), and the rocker from way back, Rod Stewart.

We were updated throughout the afternoon with the Olympic Torch’s progress through the London streets, and some of the artists pre-recording songs which were later passed off as live on TV (while we stood and watched the presenter preen himself in the camera). It was kinda cool to actually see the Olympic Torch arrive on stage and for the cauldron to be lit, and London made a really big thing of it as they are vying for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Aaron: Did someone say gerbil