the way that following tours/travelling for shows used to mean being an idiot, drinking too much and eating junk food and now it’s having a cup of tea with my friends, buying salad at the restaurant, wearing layers and staying in the hotel until check out time

being in our thirties last night truly was entertaining the idea of going to the show’s afterparty and ending up sensibly buying fruit in Tesco in the end

I know someone at the Grayscale shows in Philly this weekend and I'm so unbelievably jealous, what do you MEAN they did Carolina Skies and Live Again and I wasn't here and no it doesn't matter that I can't listen to Live Again without crying it should have been me

25 songs I really really love (non Taylor's version) Day 4 - Passing Through A Screen Door, The Wonder Years. The song that cemented why I clicked with this band so deeply and personally. (Instead of the album artwork you get my favourite lyrics)

Day 4, august She's been my favourite on folklore since day one and has since crept up at the top of my favourites list. And hearing it live in August was *chef's kiss*

Jimmy Eat World's my favourite band & I'm not one to criticize them but advertising their UK Bleed American shows as "the first chance you'll have to hear" it in full, and then their recent IG post being like "these will be our only Bleed American shows across the pond"... SIGH

on my way! to see men scream in microphones again

25 songs I really really love (non Taylor's version) Day 3 - Champagne Supernova, Oasis. I heard Noel Gallagher play it in Scotland, and being in a huge crowd singing along with everyone to one of my favourite songs was one of the best moments of my life.

25 songs I really really love (non Taylor's version) Day 2 - Sunshine, Kids In Glass Houses. I've never not cried hearing this song live, nevermind where my life is. One of my favourite songs in the whole wide world.

Day 3, I'd Lie. I know she's not on an album, but I wouldn't be here yapping about the world's biggest pop star if I hadn't stumbled upon I'd Lie and felt like someone was writing about my life because I, too, liked a boy born on the seventeenth.

I am late so you're getting day 2 & 3 today!! Day 2, Begin Again. My other baby. I'm too much of a hopeless romantic to not think about new beginnings every Wednesday.

Once again why is it so hard to have stage times prior to a show, there's FOUR bands playing tonight I can't wing it with the trains

Remaking this little introduction post- hi, I'm Char and I have a small creative business called SunflowerWeatherArt. 🌻I make embroidery hopes and totebags, phone charms, friendship bracelets and collage prints of all your favourite songs ☺️ Thank you love you bye 💗 www.etsy.com/shop/Sunflow...

this year's Spotify Wrapped on my Instagram is are you a Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter or Chappell Roan emo

mind you that group is almost exclusively women, and yeah I'll say it not being girls' girls like that is fucking embarrassing, you're all in your thirties get a grip and let women exist

ended up leaving the group chat because it's gone into shitting on a girl who brushed her hair between bands, and since it's coming from someone who watched me put lipstick on between bands last night I know that if I wasn't someone they know they'd talk shit about me too

politely staying in a group chat for the useful info I regularly get from there vs wanting to commit arson because I've never seen a group of people complain so much about the cool things they get to do on a regular basis

Zero surprises there- Taylor and Slowly Slowly have been my top artists for five years running now, Grayscale and Maisie often make appearances, and I listened to a lot of twenty one pilots, especially around my show!

I am *not* getting over it, last night was great, I love Bad Omens have a nice day (also: my pictures don't do it justice but the visuals were SO cool) (and I love a bit of pyro)

that being said Bilmuri were stupidly good, I already liked the music before but nothing could have prepared me for how good they sounded or how fun and charismatic they were, what!! a!! band!!

also Noah Sebastian 🤝 Jonny Craig 🤝 Marcus Bridge Vocalists who have managed to make me cry because of how well they can sing

I have a lot of feelings but rarely have I see a band who sounds so close to what they do on record it's ridiculous how GOOD they sound???

Shoutout to the make up that held up through me crying three times and through the heat only made more intense by the pyro and through the brief stint into the pit

“Who’s a hog cranker?” Mr Bilmuri I don’t think I’m American enough to answer that question x

Noah Sebastian 🤝 Hayley Williams Vocalists that have managed to make me stop crying for a second just so I could hear the high note

I’ve had an incredible night and I have a lot of feelings but what do you MEAN two random men made fun of me for crying?? God forbid a girl has hobbies

And you also get 25 songs I really really love (non Taylor’s version), inspired by @metalreputationfan.swifties.social ✨ Day 1- 23, Jimmy Eat World. 7 minutes and 13 seconds of emo perfection. I listened to it in New York on my 23rd birthday and I’m still taken back whenever I listen to it.

Okay, jumping on the bandwagon, my favourite Taylor songs (except we’re ending on Boxing Day because I’m late) Day 1, Clean. My baby. Pulled me through too many months of being over dramatically heartbroken. 🤍

happy Bad Omens day!! I am going!! To!! Combust!!

Today's very normal confession: every time I shave my legs the day before a show this tweet pops into my head

Find it quite fun though that Rock en Seine fully went back to rock music this year after years of branching out, and after a year of going back to rock music R&L went "here's a rock band, a somewhat adjacent artist, and that's it, goodbye"

Nevermind he's doing Ireland the same weekend, that's not happening

R&L line up is largely not for me this year but I have to respect that they've got 50% female headliners, that's a step in the good direction!

Pop artists usually get the best part of the criticism re: ticket prices but Iron Maiden have no business charging £273 for this (which doesn't include a ticket to the show, which is £145 on its own). There are also hotel packages that go up to £350 (to stay in Luton of all places)

✨ like we were in Paris ✨

my queen 💗

SHE'S HERE! I'll take a picture in the daylight tomorrow but she's SO glittery ✨

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Hare Pheasant Fox Boar Buzzard

and it's also been being a bit more of a fangirl with my friends, like yes we're all here for the music and how we relate to it or whatever but also sometimes it's nice to be like "actually that guy's hot"

On a happier podcast note I have started listening to The Swiftie and The Scholar and I find their approach SO interesting!

Not the praising of Ryan Adams' version of 1989

as we are getting into festive season, maaaay I politely ask for all of you beautiful people to help me get eyes on my little store, please? 🥺

these past two months I've accidentally set off the safety feature on Instagram search twice, thanks @ a record label called Hopeless and a drag queen called Bones x

Not to be a middle-aged white man but Rock en Seine having rock bands again...we are SO back

and what an ICONIC day that was 🖤

Happy Thanksgiving to all my pals across the pond! All you all have a lovely day eating too much food and shouting at the football, and I'm very grateful a certain blonde lady has brought us all together 💗

girlhood in 2025 for me has been claiming random bands were "for the girls" - it started as a fun little conversation with friends and turned into a way of claiming a space in places and crowds where I didn't feel welcome, and it was weirdly liberating

Absolutely cannot believe Drag Race UK went through almost seven full seasons plus two spinoffs without a single Marina lipsync? What do you mean Bubblegum Bitch or Primadonna Girl haven't made an appearance yet?

Decluttering my iCloud photos because yes, we did have a good time, but no, I do not need 24/7 access to grainy club selfies of people I'm not friends with anymore

clearing out my iCloud photos and found this lil baby from before rep came out