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Ok so it’s been an extremely exciting week in Cape Town for anyone who is a fan of shouting a lot, large crowds and just generally getting fantastically excited about a live event!
The first one to hit Cape Town was the Football World Cup revival clash at Cape Town Stadium between the Mighty Bafana Bafana and the USA. Unfortunately the result wasn’t exactly ideal and to be quite honest would have felt better about if we had our very own Robert Green to blame the final score on! Alas, it was just a general poor performance on our behalf and the sneaky Americans managed to squeeze one in, in the dying minutes.
Score aside though, it must be said that the Word Cup has done wonders for the sport in South Africa! The support was just insane! The game was sold out completely and with the fan walk back in action, supporters really made the most of the game cheering their way all the way from the train station to the stadium! It really was quite amazing to be part of a crowd that a year ago wouldn’t have even known that the game was happening! Everyone was kitted out and dressed up in Bafana gear and cheered their heart out for our guys. For the Bafana’s players going from half empty, smaller stadiums to a completely sold out world class stadium all the credit must go to the World Cup for bringing football to the people in South Africa! Even with the loss it really was another incredibly proud day to be a South African!
Then the weekend arrived and along with it came Jared Leto and his crew! I have to say Thirty Seconds To Mars live was incredible! Jared couldn’t tell us enough how much he loved South Africa and all the people here, it might have got a bit too much if I wasn’t completely in love with South Africa and its people myself! A few songs including ‘A Beautiful Lie’ and ‘Kings and Queens’ were actually born and written in Cape Town while Jared Leto was renting a nice little pad in Camps Bay. He described his time spent in South Africa as “deeply personal.” Due to this he really does have a lot of love and respect for this country and he did everything to prove it!
From starting the show with an African drum session to ending with about 50 people from the crowd on stage with him, it really was an amazing performance that completely sucked you in from beginning to end! Half way through the show he disappeared into the wings and five minutes later popped up at the back of the arena to give us a few heart wrenching acoustic songs. I must also mention that Jared’s brother and drummer for the band was incredibly amazing and blew me away with his solos! All in all just another great night out and performance in South Africa, may they and many other great bands be back time and time again!
Lots of lovely pics and maybe even a sneaky vid to follow soon...!!!
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