It was one of the best festivals I’ve ever been to in my life, because 30 seconds to mars were there! As soon as I knew they were coming to Portugal, where I live, I booked my ticket, I was so excited!

At Optimus Alive’13 the atmosphere was electric, everybody was screaming, singing, jumping, doing crazy things. I loved the experience.

The band that I expect was 30 seconds to mars, I arrived in the arena at 13.00 pm, the concert must start at 21.00 pm, but unfortunately they started at 23.00 pm, two hours late, it was the bad thing, I was so tired, but when they started singing, I “woke up”  and started jumping and screaming.

Jared Leto is the singer, Shannon Leto is the drummer and Tomo Milicevic is the guitarist, they form 30 seconds to mars.

The concert itself included some of their biggest hits, such as, “hurricane”, “this is war”, “closer to the edge”, among others, an extraordinary band.

The quality of the performance was amazing, lots of lights, the singer was very comfortable with the crowd, he touched the fans. At a point he took off his t-shirt and throw it to the fans. An unforgettable moment, but I couldn’t catch it.

The only problem for me was that when the concert ended at 1.00 am it started to get very cold and  people disappeared, it was so awkward.

If they come again to Portugal I’ll definitely go again, but this time I want to stay in the front to touch him!

Rosa FCE1

Tomorrowland is the best music festival in the whole world.

In 2014, last year, in Belgium it  was the 10^th birthday. The price of the ticket was cheaper than  other years, so I bought mine ten months later.

It’s four days of electronic music all afternoon, and night without time to rest. It was the best festival of my life! The best acts there, in my opinion, were Skrillex, David Guetta, Steve Aoki and Axwell, but of course, there were many others that I really enjoyed. The place looked so small but actually had space for  90,000 people. I saw everyone from everywhere, Chinese people, French, Portuguese, Brazilian, etc. I was amazed with that people. We all got along well, we only wanted music and nothing else was important.

We were all crazy even it there was no music playing.

Many people fell over, only because of the emotion. the public was all sink each other, it was incredible and unbelievable!

The only point that I didn’t like so much was that there were too many people and it was too hot, but of course I want to repeat this awesome trip.

Claudia FCE1

The first concert I remember that I’ve ever been too was Bon Jovi’s rock concert.

It was in Lisbon and I went there with my mother. We weren’t, by far, the craziest people there. Out of hundreds of excited fans, we were totally normal!

When they first started playing I was shocked! I only really saw the singer because I’d always thought he was gorgeous and had an amazing voice. But the guitar player was just as stunning as him singing. I mean, he played very hard stuff! He is very talented. The rest of the band was also brilliant, needless to say!

In two hours of concert they touched people’s emotions in a way I had never seen! The audience (I don’t even know if this word actually fits here) was erupting! People were laughing, smiling, screaming, jumping and singing along with them. And I don’t judge the people because the songs, that are already beautiful just by themselves, were sang with such a good energy that everyone got happy!

I loved every single part of it and I loved being able to share that unforgettable night with my mum. The moment I probably got craziest was when they played “Always”, which is one of my favourite songs. That said, I don’t think I have any negative point about my first big experience. Well, maybe except one: it could have lasted longer!

Beatriz FCE1

André Pacheco Live Music

            This year I met a guy called André Carreiro Pacheco, who came from a musical school, which made me curious to go to a concert of his.

A few months after he invited me to his concert, all the people that had already seen him in concert told me that he does a lot of crazy things while he is on the stage, so obviously I bought my ticket.

He usually plays guitar in a band, but he decided to play and perform a solo concert. He put posters all over the town, saying “André Pacheco Live Music”.

On the night before the concert I googled him and a song came up called “O dragão que não cuspia fogo”, it was a bit disappointing because I thought that he was a better singer.

It was an outdoor gig. In the beginning of the concert there were hundreds of people, which isn’t normal because it was a Monday night, but nobody seemed to care, because everyone was singing the music that was playing form the speakers.

When he came to the stage everyone was whispering and encouraging him. He started playing the guitar and he was superb, but when he started singing everything got worse. His voice was horrible and everybody started laughing out loud.

He played some songs from his first and only album and the atmosphere passed from euphoric to flat and disappointing. Everything changed when he ripped off his t-shirt like a rock star and everyone got into it and he finished the concert with an awesome solo which kind of made up for the bad or the negative part.

If I can, I would definitely repeat the experience, just to have the opportunity to record him ripping off his t-shirt.

João Amaral de Pinho Morim Lopes FCE1

NovaEraBeach Party

                Last Year I went for Nova Era Beach Party in Porto and it was a fantastic experience because I could see some famous dj`s like Avicii, Sweedish House Mafia, Steave Aoki, Martin Solveig and Dmitri Vegas and Like Mike.

At the 20^th edition of Nova Era Beach Party were three thousand fans to see their favourite artists and this was the reason that I went because this festival had a great audience. The atmosphere at the festival was amazing and electric when the artists were playing. The quality of performance was very good but in my opinion the best performance was Avicii and Martin Solveig, Avicii because their music was spectacular and Martin Solveig because their interaction with the public was incredible. The only problem for me was the crowds.

In the future if I have the opportunity to see some of these artists again, I will go to see them.

Diogo Cruz FCE1