Ooh I was in Auckland - June 20, 2018
(I’ll try to remember as much as I can, this might be really long, I’m so sorry)
Everyone in the crowd being super nice and supportive to Nikita (to be fair, she was pretty cool) even though we were waiting for Jon for ages, to the point my sis gave up and sat down on the floor (lmao)
Me freaking the fuck out (multiple times throughout the night) when I heard sex being played from outside the venue and hugging my sister to thank her for coming with me
I think it was lost//found??? anyways one of the slower songs, everyone turned on their phone flashlights and swayed it from side to side
Random moments when a couple of girls below would shout “I LOVE YOU JONNY” and everyone would cheer in agreement
Jon singing the last lines of wings repeatedly and trying to one up himself by singing it better than the last (I’m kicking myself for not recording it)
Jon only fucking up ONCE (not counting the little accident in Fumes) the entire concert when he momentarily forgot the lyrics to Circles (my fave song) during the VIP soundcheck
Everyone shouting “I THINK YOU FUCKED ME UP” simultaneously in crash
Jon being adorkable dancing to the beat of stutter
ALSO THE LIGHTS WERE SO FUCKING COOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SYNCHED WITH THE SYNTHS IN STUTTER AND NOWHERE ELSE
Jon hitting that high note in wonder and falling in reverse
Everyone clapping along to the beat and and the drummer going ham at the climax of float
Me not believing my ears when Jon started rapping the same lines from his old Traffic Lights cover in the middle of nowhere else
Just the entirety of Icarus.
In-between songs, Jon talking to the crowd and complaining that New Zealand was so far away, resulting in the crowd laughing and me groaning
The accident right before Fumes’ first chorus, when Jon’s guitar strap broke, and him and someone from backstage trying to fix it for what felt like 30 seconds (while people were cheering for them)
Me being ABSOLUTELY PARALYSED when all of my denial melted away and came face-to-face with the 6ft+ man I’ve been stanning for the past 3 years, and embarrassingly being used as an armrest by that same person (luckily Jon’s such a sweetheart 💔💔💔💔💔)
Me being too shy and starstruck to say anything else to Jon and refusing to respond when he said “I hope you enjoy the show!” to me
Me sobbing my eyes out to falling in reverse and repeatedly screaming “THANK YOU JON!!!” to the man 20 feet away from me, who I looked up to during the hardest years of my life and still do 💔💔💔💔💔💔
PS. My annoying screaming might have been featured in the pt. 1 of the vertigo tour documentary (if I actually was, I’m so sorry for fucking up the recording)
Idk if this was really boring to read, I’m sorry if it was