This last weekend, on Friday and Saturday there was a yearly event called “MTV Gibraltar Calling” which is basically a music festival in Gibraltar. I went in 2014, 2015 and 2016; in 2016 I actually did a blog on it called “Gibraltar Music Festival”. I had such an amazing time at the festival so I thought I’d share my experience with you!
The festival is over the course of two days (Friday and Saturday) and is generally considered to be the last event of the summer festival season in Europe. Unfortunately due to other commitments, I wasn’t able to attend on Friday, but I did go on Saturday! Although I didn’t know all the acts that came to Gibraltar, it was still a great experience! There were two stages (MTV main stage and the classic stage) and I only watched the acts on the MTV main stage.
Here’s the lineup for Friday and Saturday...
Friday
MTV main stage
16:15 Sour
17:15 Jetstream
18:15 Albert Hammond Jr
19:30 America
20:45 Texas
22:15 Two Door Cinema Club
23:45 Chase & Status DJ Set & Rage
The Classic Stage
17:00 Dead City Radio
18:15 C+C Music Factory
19:15 George McCrae
20:15 Eruption ft. Precious Wilson
21:30 Gwen Dickey (voice of Rose Royce)
22:45 Sister Sledge
Saturday
MTV Main Stage
15:30 April
16:30 Nova Twins
17:30 Girli
18:30 Scouting For Girls
19:45 Taxi
21:00 Rag’N’Bone Man
22:30 Rita Ora
00:00 Stormzy
01:15 Club MTV ft. R3WIRE & Varski
The Classic Stage
16:05 Jacver
17:15 Glowq
18:30 Sweet
20:00 Bad Manners
21:30 The Boomtown Rats
23:00 Suzi Quatro
As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t go on Friday so I missed all the acts that were performing, but on Saturday I arrived at around 18:00. I didn’t watch Girli who was just finishing her set, instead I just looked around the festival site and got a drink and some Chinese food which was really good! After I’d looked around and eaten, I met up with a few friends and we made our way down to the MTV main stage to watch Scouting For Girls. I didn’t know many of their songs, but it didn’t really matter because the atmosphere was great and it was fun dancing and singing (to the songs I knew) with my friends!
After Scouting For Girls finished a local band called Taxi came on, but my friends and I didn’t watch them, so instead, we looked around the market stalls where they were selling all sorts! It ranged from official merchandise to handmade jewellery to body glitter! Body/hair glitter was probably the biggest trend at the festival, but I didn’t get any.
Next on was Rag’N’Bone Man which I was very excited for! I managed to get quite close to the front of the stage to watch him and he was really incredible, his vocals, his band and the interaction with the audience made it so enjoyable! Again, I didn’t know that many of his songs, but it was still so amazing and the songs I knew I definitely screamed (probably a bit too much) to!
After Rag’N’Bone Man finished I waited for Rita Ora to come on stage. I was the most excited for Rita Ora because she has so many songs I know and love! She had come to the festival before back in 2015 and she was amazing! Her whole performance this year was outstanding as well, probably even better because she has more hits now! The production was incredible. On the screen behind the stage there were lyrics so even if you didn’t know all the lyrics you could definitely sing along! She had four amazing dancers on stage with her too! She also sang her new song Let You Love Me live for the first time!
After she finished I waited for Stormzy. I was aware of his music, I just don’t listen to it so I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I stayed for about half of his performance, but then unfortunately had to go home as my feet were in agony from standing up and dancing all afternoon and evening!
That’s all for this week’s blog post! I hope you enjoyed! I had the absolute best time and I’m already counting down the days until next year’s festival! Although I wasn’t very familiar with all the songs, it didn’t make me enjoy it any less, and it helped that I spent it with the best people in the world! I will see you next week for another blog post! Love you all!
Byyeee!!!!
Glad you enjoyed yourself x
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