Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle: Capital Summertime Ball Review

Capital Summertime Ball Review

I absolutely adore music and I love going to concerts or festivals to enjoy it first-hand. The Capital Summertime Ball is a particular concert which I have always been desperate to go too, so my friends and I decided to save up and go.

On Saturday 6th June, we got a train to London Waterloo which took about an hour and a half, from there we took a 25 minute tube ride to Wembley Stadium. It was at this point the excitement really started to kick in! Suddenly, we were surrounded by so many people all dressed up and ready to have a great time. There was music playing from the speakers dotted all over the stadium and there were multiple stands where you could buy merchandise. My friends and I decided to get a wristband and a lanyard which had the running order of the acts on the back.

At about 1:30pm, after finishing our lunch, we went into the stadium to find our seats, it took us ages to find them! Our seats were quite low down which was perfect to see over the top of everyone standing and we had room to get up and dance. Marvin Humes, member of JLS and Capital DJ, came onto to the stage at 2:45pm to play a 15 minute DJ set of all the latest tunes - it was so good! He was preparing us for who were about to open the Summertime Ball 2015, the biggest boyband in the world right now - One Direction! Safe to say I screamed a little too much! One Direction were on the stage for about half an hour and they played 6 songs which was incredible. By this point I had lost my voice and was very croaky, but it was so worth it!

There was a total of 21 acts but the highlights for me personally were One Direction, Little Mix, Olly Murs, Flo Rida, Rita Ora, Ariana Grande and Avicii.

Ariana Grande definitely stood out for me, I was so excited to see her perform as I am obsessed with her latest album, My Everything, and she didn't let me down. Her voice is phenomenal! She hit every note perfectly while following the choreographed dance routine with her backing dancers. She sang Problem, One Last Time and Bang Bang, I was slightly disappointed she only sang 3 songs as I was looking forward to her throughout the whole show. However, I know that she is currently on tour so I'm just happy she was there!

Another performer who again stood out for me was Rita Ora. I absolutely adore Rita, I think she has an amazing voice and such a fun personality, I couldn't wait for her to come on stage. Similar to Ariana, Rita also had backing dancers with her on stage who came onto the stage first and were on there for what seemed like ages due to the anticipation to see Rita. When Rita did come on, she did not disappoint! Her ability to perform her songs just like how they are on the CD and to show amazing stage presence and interaction with the audience is incredible, and lets not forget her outfit! Style Queen!