Jay-Z @ BIC [Bournemouth]1
Posted In Gigs,Video by Speeakz
There are very few artists/people who could get us out of London to see a gig, but let’s be real, seeing Jay-Z live isn’t ‘just a gig’ - It had to be done! The Jigga Man has been everywhere in the UK as of late (Glastonbury, O2 Wireless etc), but for some reason, decided against doing a tour date here in London (No O2?). So we decided we would travel to the English coast and see Hova on stage, doin his thing, by himself…
It was a touch that we had crew members living IN Bournemouth (Uni purposes), who ever so kindly put up for the night!
…MUCHO LOVE to our lovely host Belle!
Luckily for us, Jay-Z brought the sunshine with him to Bournemouth too…We spent the day on the beach, catching some rays (my skin had forgotten what sunshine felt like!), eating, jokin and generally soaking it up. I’d never been to Bournemouth before and was told how lovely it was, but I was genuinely astonished by HOW buff it was!
So yea, we hit the beach…
^ Excuse our (London) ignorance, but who knew England had such buff, clear beaches?
^ REAL sand? No stones/pebbles? Love it.
We were also introduced to THE most amazing shop. It’s sole purpose was to create EVERY imaginable Milkshake you can possibly think of…
^ I got the Oreo & Hershey-Cookie Shake *DAAAYUUM*. The combinations were endless tho! London, you need to fix up and get this!
After a day of fun, we headed back to our temporary lodgings, ate some [good, good home cooked] food and headed down to the BIC to get down to bizness…
We were instantly surprised at how small the venue was! It was both amazing and weird. I love small venues, who doesn’t? And to see Jay-Z in such a small, intimate space got us hyped, but I kinda felt like someone lied to Jay-Z before he agreed to play there LMAO! The venue was basically a graduation hall and kinda looked like a basketball court?
The other noticeable thing was…we CLEARLY were not in London. LOL. I don’t want to offend anyone out there from Bournemouth, coz your town is pretty fly, but sorry, your swagger is not. It’s crazy. It’s amazing how out of place we (Londoner’s) feel when we’re outside our bubble. I felt like an alien…Ok. That’s enough of that, Bournemouth showed us love, so we ain’t gonna come too hard on you lol!
…Back to bizness…
Mark Ronson was the supporting act…
I wish I could have been excited to see him, but having previously experienced his show live (the tickets were free) I was less than impressed. No hateration, just ain’t my kinda thing. However, I was pleasantly surprised with a couple of his surprise acts…
^ Wale came through and rocked the mic! Was overly happy to see him do his thing live coz I’ve been rinsing his mixtape for minute now!
^ Man of the moment, Mr Usually Drink, Usually Dance, Usually Bubble came on and did his thing!
And then…
I BUGGED OUT! Seriously, I lost my cool and went mad. Jay-Z right there, in front of me? Confuse you? The whole place went mad. It felt like the roof was about to pop off. Jigga looked overly happs.
Now as most of you will know (from previous gig posts), I’m not great with set lists, so I ain’t even gonna bother trying too tough. All I know is, Jay started with some “American Gangster” sh*t including “Pray”, “Hello Brooklyn 2.0″ and “Rock Boys”…
^ Of course, Bleek came on and gave Jigga a hand…
During one point of the gig, Jay-Z shouted out “London” to a very confused and dazed crowd. LOL. Soon as our lil clique heard that word, we went crraaaazzzy…! Receiving some what evil looks from the rest of the audience. What a perfect mistake to make? Bournemouth [effectively] got boi’d. Sorry.
Tunes like “99 Problems”, “Big Pimpin’” & “Public Announcement” kept coming, but I must say, I was wanting some more classic stuff. And not just the ’classic hits’ but, classic joints from that back catalogue Jigga has worked tirelessly to create! You know, those tunes that rarely see the light of day…But I understood that you can’t always do those kinda tunes coz you gotta please everyone etc…
PinBoard Footage: “N***a What, N***a Who”
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Other songs included: “Girls, Girls, Girls”, “Crazy In Love” [No Beyonce], “Umbrella”, “American Boy”, “A Billie”, “Say Hello”, “Dirty Off Your Shoulder”, “Izzo (Hova)” and “Show Me What You Got” amongst a whole heap of others…
And of course, Hov ended the evening with a rendition of “Encore”…
After the gig, we headed to the Jay-Z/Mark Ronson after party @ the 20/20 club (not to be confused with Jay-Z’s 40/40 club LOOOOL!). YoYo took over the venue, with Mark Ronson, Seb Chew & crew on the decks. The party was very…Bournemouth-ish.
…It was pretty dry, but in that very “Stoosh London” type of way. Everyone was having a heavi time, but we weren’t feeling it at all. It was kinda odd, but enjoyable in any case. We raved for a bit and then headed back, which lead to a whole heap of mess/drama involving a very, very, very drunk friend of a friend. But, that’s for another time…
For me, seeing Jay-Z live was true moment. It’s easy to underestimate how important and legendary this man is, especially as he’s been everywhere recently. But to witness what it is, Jay-Z does is truly special. I’ve listened, watched and admired Hova since I was a kid and so, to see him live was a monumental moment in my life…
Peace, Love & Jay-Z Rocked Bournemouth
Speeakz
lol randomly came to this site because i was looking for an oreo milkshake pic. But when i saw that u had concert pics of HOV in BIC i was lik OHHH! yes i went to this concert and it was truley amazing, i think you can even see one of my hands capturing the moment in one of his pics.
u can get the milshakes in Uxbridge and Watford an im sure lots of other places in London.