5SOS Concert Series - Handbag Essentials

Hey guys :)


ROWYSO has well and truly began and so in today's post I will be giving you some ideas of things that you might want to bring with you in your handbag to your concert. (This will not include what you might want to bring if you are going stalking during the day, if you would be interested in a post like that, let me know.)

I'm not saying that what I put in this post is exactly what you must bring with you or anything like that, I'm simply giving you some ideas and tips that I've learnt from experience and some of them you might not ever have thought of or you you could even use this post as a checklist type thing for when you come to packing your bag. Anyway, let's get into it.

First and foremost you will without a doubt absolutely NEED your tickets. You might be thinking "well duh of course I'll bring my ticket!" but don't be fooled my friend, there have been several occasions where I have been half way to the arena and I've left my tickets over an hour away at my house. It's such a nuisance when you forget your tickets because it means you have to turn and go back, cutting your time back and you could maybe not get a park, not have time for food (there's always time for food, pfft!) or even miss the beginning of the concert depending on how far you live from the arena! So the lesson here today is BRING YOUR TICKETS. Pack them first so you don't forget and double check before leaving your house that you have them.

Next would be to bring money with you. You always will need money when going to a concert, it's an essential. Obviously if you are looking to buy merch when you are there to commemorate the occasion then you'll need money for that because unfortunately you can't pay with how many followers you have on twitter. Also, if you have to wait like an hour or so before the support act or in between the support act and 5SOS you might (in my case, will defiantly) get hungry. The cost of snacks at a concert are ridiculously overpriced. Seriously though it's like hello I need to eat or I will die of starvation please can you just like give me a chocolate bar for less that £2.50 thank you. Even for a bottle of water it costs like an arm and a leg and of course they take off the bottle cap (at my venue anyway) if you bring your own drink so you have to throw your drink away otherwise you'll spill it everywhere so you end up having to buy a drink at the stand anyways. Rant over.
    You'll also need money for after if you need to get a taxi/cab/bus/train/donkey to get home or to a hotel and sometimes they can be expensive as well. Gosh why aren't things free? All in all, considering I don't know how much things cost in other cities, roughly I bring around £50 with me to a concert (you don't need to bring that much if you don't plan on buying merch or getting transport home. So bring what you think you'll need but it's always better to have more than you need.)

That's basically the essentials you're gonna need - money and tickets (and obviously your phone and a camera if you want) but of course we all over pack and if you are like me you over think every situation so I will quickly write some other things I bring and a brief description why (I know I can waffle on) 

• Gum or mints - you will get dry throat during the concert and your breath will smell bad. That is a fact. You will need some kind of mint e.g tic tac or polo's etc.
• Small perfume or spray - again if you are dancing, jumping around and all that kinda stuff you will obviously sweat (unless you're like Jesus and you don't sweat) you'll want to spray a bit just to stay fresh.
• A pen and small notepad - if some type of miracle happens and you get to meet 5SOS after the show/at their hotel etc you might want to get them to sign something like your phone case or a piece of paper and then bam you'll have a pen for them to do that.
• Plasters/blister pads - If you are wearing new shoes or any shoes that you know might cut you or give you blisters from standing/dancing all night then you will need these for the journey home to take care of your tootsies. 
• Hair clips/hair ties - Even if you are wearing your hair down at the beginning of the night, you could get too warm and want to throw your hair up half way through. Or someone around you might want to - it's good to be prepared.
• Lipstick/gloss - If you are like me and you sing along during concerts or eat (oops) then your lipstick/gloss will wear away during the night and you will want to top it up just incase you magically get brought backstage after the concert, duh (insert sassy emoji)

I hope this helped some of you out with what to bring to the 5SOS concert and if I left anything out, which I probably did, then tweet me @5SOSFamDerpCon and I can RT and then it will help more people - yay!

If you are going to the concert tonight or this week or soon or anytime really then have an amazing time and I am so excited to stay up and watch a live stream or something of the tour tonight so I can die even more at the fact I'm seeing them soon and that they've began their headline arena tour like what is happening??

Anyways, until next time (I could be updating more since tour has started)

Lots of love,
@5SOSFamDerpCon

A Guide To Get Organised For 5SOS' Tour

Hello beautiful people,

Well the time is nearly upon us and it is in fact only 1 week aka 7 days aka 168 hours (and so on) until 5SOS start their world arena tour, Rock Out With Your Socks Out. So, for the occasion I will be doing a special blog series all about ROWYSO and how you (if you are going) can get prepared and enjoy the experience as much as you can! :) 

In today's post I will be giving some guidelines on how you should be preparing yourself for this notorious occasion otherwise known as your concert date. I know for maybe some of you whose concert isn't until way later this year you might be thinking it's a little too early for this so you can still read it but it will be here for you when it is closer to your concert to come back and re-read :D but for those of you who are preparing to see 5SOS in the coming weeks then keep reading!

(disclaimer, this might not be very helpful but I'm just giving some tips from previous concert experiences of mine.)

First things first (I'm not the realist) you should prepare your journey. If you plan on staying over night in the city that your concert is in you should have bus/train timetables planned out in advance so that you are not panicking about all that on the day, a hotel booked cause otherwise you will be sleeping on the streets and you don't want that and also some money saved for food, bus fares and in case of any other emergency that might occur. 
   Also what I like to do is go on google maps (or any other map app) and scope out the area of the city, plan where you want to eat and route out how to get there, same with the arena and getting from the bus/train station to your hotel. Planning this in advance and screen-shooting the directions will save your data and will mean that if you can't get internet connection you will have the directions on your phone.


Next, a very important one to some of you, if you want to try and meet the boys while they are in your city being prepared for a long day of stalking is essential. Recently is has become increasingly more difficult to meet the boys because they are just too darn popular and everyone shows up to meet them and they are becoming more sneaky and sly. The best advice I can give you (because I have never been successful in meeting the boys) is to apply to be an insider for a 5SOS update account. This means that when you apply, the owner of the twitter update account will provide you with the information they have (hotel, flight times etc) and in return you send them updates of what is happening at the location (e.g how many fans are there, send them pictures of the boys etc) 

There are still some update accounts who are looking for insiders, for example
@5SOSUnitedCrew
@5sosworldalerts
@5SOS_GPS
@FiveSOSReports

There are probably some more out there but the above ones are reliable so check them out if you want to be an insider.

Side note - if you find out information whether it's from an update account or you work it out on your own DO NOT SHARE IT! Do not tweet/instagram etc even if it's just to one person DO NOT DO IT. I know that seems harsh and you want others to meet them as well but if you tell people and broadcast where they are staying then 100's of people will show up and your chances of meeting them have probably just went down to 0 because they will not come outside if they feel there is a health and safety risk aka chance of a mob.

Ok moving on, your outfit. Some of you will not give a toss about what you wear but others aka me (and hopefully some others so I don't feel alone) will have been planning their outfit for weeks. My top tips on what to wear for a concert would be;

• Comfort is key. There is no point wearing 6 inch heels if you are uncomfortable and wreck your feet. It may look good but 3 songs in you will most likely regret it. So make sure your footwear is comfortable for a whole night, your outfit fits properly and you feel good in what you are wearing.

• Don't feel pressured into wearing what most would consider "a 5sos fam outfit" by that I mean black skinny jeans, a flannel, band shirt, vans/converse and a bandanna. Yes don't get me wrong if that's your style and you like wearing that then go for it. However if you only wear that to "fit in" because you are scared of being judged then DON'T DO IT. You won't feel yourself and you won't enjoy the night if you are not comfortable. If you want to wear a dress, you wear a dress. Honestly be yourself.

I have thought about doing a separate post about what to wear and other tips for your outfit etc so if you would like that then leave me a tweet @5SOSFamDerpCon

Other things that are just miscellaneous would be to get a portable phone charger or spare batteries for your camera. There have been times when I'm at a concert and my camera battery dies and I miss taking a good video of a song I like and I regret it so much, which is why I now carry 3 camera batteries with me to every concert. They are not that expensive, same with phone chargers. And if you are going to be in the city all day you will need to charge your phone at some point during the day.

Pack your bag the night before. Even if you are not going to be out all day and you are only going to the concert it still puts your mind at rest the night before knowing your bag is packed and if you have school or work on the day of your concert then when you come home the only thing you will have to do is change because your bag will be ready to go and it means you won't forget anything. 

Memorize the setlist, some people don't like knowing the setlist but I feel that if you want to record a certain song then knowing when it is coming during the show will mean you have time to concentrate and enjoy the rest of the songs instead of worrying when your song is coming up. I personally only record about 3-4 songs of a concert because then I can jump around etc and enjoy the rest of the night instead of watching it through a camera screen. Trust me, it's the best way.

So those are my main points on how to get organised for 5SOS' concert. Hopefully it helped some of you out. I will be doing follow up posts on what you should take with you to a concert, how to try and meet them and probably when ROWYSO starts I will do mini update posts throughout.

If there is anything else you want to know about going to a concert tweet or DM me and I'll help you out :)

That's all for this week, and if you are going to a show soon then HAVE FUN! :D Also if you haven't got tickets then I know that some dates have been adding on extra limited tickets so just keep checking on your ticket outlet to see if tickets have been added to a city near you :)

Lots of love,

@5SOSFamDerpCon

Concert Review - The Vamps

Hey everyone,

I'm doing something different in today's post, in fact this is my first ever concert review (so be nice please) and also for the first time on this blog the post isn't about 5SOS *everyone gasps in shock* Yes, I went to see a band called The Vamps on Monday and I thought it would be good practice for writing reviews for when I write my review of the 5SOS concert in May. So lets just get into shall we?

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7:00pm - My sister and I enter the venue, scurrying through the masses of people, filled with just about the same amount of excitement as we have, trying to find our seats for the show. When we finally get seated with the help of the lovely venue staff we realise just how close we are to the stage. We will literally be able to see the sweat on the boys' faces (a disgusting thought but as we later find out, entirely true.) 

Around 7:30pm the lights dim low and bursting onto the stage are four baby faced looking boys, the first support act. An American band called The Tide who have recently been signed to The Vamps record label. They kick off their set with a fast paced cover of Neon Trees song Animal. In my opinion an overly covered song but even with that these boys' enthusiasm for music and their instruments was clear to see. Moving on to then play three original songs that although I had never heard before, the upbeat sound and easy to sing along to lyrics made me feel like I knew the songs and all four boys had the whole crowd pumped, encouraging jumping and dancing, which unusually for a support act, the crowd participated in and the screams were loud enough to make you think these boys were the main act. With their personalities shining through not just by their playing but also by the personal anecdote that was told, making me realise that these boys are kind of like 5SOS when they were just starting out. I can say that they will have a bright future ahead of them.

About 10 minutes later the next supporting act emerged onto the stage, Union J. The boyband of the night had a more simplistic set but still had the buzzing energy making the atmosphere in the crowd go wild with screams and singing along to the very catchy Tonight We Live Forever, a favourite of mine. The boys then told of how they wanted to do a short acoustic of a famous boybands song on every tour date and tonight they chose One Direction Story of my Life, much to the delight of the majority teenage girl filled arena. Going on to then play four of their other songs and finishing with the upbeat balled You Got It All, it is safe to say that Union J had really put on a tremendous performance and definitely had us all geared up for of course the main act who everyone had turned out to see.

With the atmosphere in the arena buzzing it wasn't a long until the lights once again dim down and everyone knew just what was coming. Running on to the stage to start of their set with the energetic Wildheart, The Vamps had already captured and engaged the audience. With a set filled with a mixture of upbeat and acoustic songs. The Vamps really did have something for everybody.

The boys also did a selection of covers, from a mash up of Uptown Funk/Shake It Off/ We Can't Stop to My Chemical Romance's Teenagers, it is clear that they can really sing and play any genre. Along with their on stage presence, the boys had video clips of an insight into each members life - from Brad and his dog to James and his cat, what girl could resist falling in love? After each clip, that individual boy came on and showed off their talents individually. Tristan's drum solo was electric and Connor's version of Sum 41's In Too Deep got the crowd jumping and dancing. They also all are capable of switching instruments, from Brad going from guitar to drums to piano and in the intro of Lovestruck all of them playing a drum of some kind, it really is evident that these boys have an abundance of talent.

All in all, this show is really one that you need to get tickets to go an see because the amount of energy and passion the boys have put in to make it amazing has really paid off and I can tell that when they come here again I will for sure be queuing up to get my tickets.

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I hope you enjoyed my first attempt at a review, and of course the next one will be 5SOS! :D next week I will begin my 5SOS concert series as tour starts in 10 days (I think?) so look out for that!

Until next week my loves,

@5SOSFamDerpcon (come hang with me)

*DISCLAIMER - All opinions are my own. This is not sponsored. All images are mine and are copyrighted to me, do not take without permission. Thank you*

Selling my soul to 5SOS? - Q&A #1

Hey everyone! Hope you are all doing ok? :)

Today is a bit of a different blog post, I decided to do a 5SOS Q&A so that it would give everyone who reads this the chance to ask me some questions or ask for my opinions on anything 5SOS related. I think I'll probably do these posts maybe only once every couple of months. So without anymore waffling lets get into the questions :D

What do you think about the band 5SOS signed, Hey Violet?

I had never heard of them before 5SOS signed them so when they announced it I went to their Youtube and listened to their song. I honestly think they're are ok, not my favourite but maybe when they release new music and I get to know them a bit more I could come to like them a bit more.

Which songs do you want to hear live that 5SOS never have performed with yet? Which do you want on the setlist?

I feel like I have said this like a million times but I honestly would sell my soul if 5SOS added If You Don't Know to the setlist, I don't know why they haven't because it is an amazing song and I need to hear Calum do that solo live! Also I would like to hear Never Be, English Love Affair, Close As Strangers and Social Casualty. Basically I want to hear all their songs live because they are all so flawless. Also this isn't part of the question but I need a studio version of Over and Over.

Are you seeing 5SOS on tour, if so how excited are you? And have you saw them before?

Yes I am seeing 5SOS on tour, as of today it is 60 days until my concert!!! :D I honestly have never been so excited for a concert before in my life and I have been to quite a lot of concerts in my lifetime. But 5SOS are my whole world and so seeing them live is what I live for. I have only ever saw them before in 2013 on the TMH tour where they supported 1D and that was amazing. I never thought they would come back to where I live on their own tour so yeah can you tell how excited I am yet? :)

What was the first 5SOS song you heard? 

The first cover I saw 5SOS do was Next To You but the first actual 5SOS song I heard was Out Of My Limit :)

Do you ever get hate bc you're a 5SOS fam and if yes, how do you deal with it?

Honestly no, I've never had hate because I'm in the 5SOS fam. Don't get me wrong I've had hate from people on Twitter just saying stupid stuff but not because of me being in the 5SOS fam. But if you do get hate just ignore it, it's the best thing to do. These people clearly have nothing better to be doing so just enjoy being part of the 5SOS fam, I'm sure someone will always be there for you to talk to :)

Who would you like to see as 5SOS support act on tour? :)

I've never really thought about it before if I'm honest. However, it would be unrealistic of me to say someone like All Time Low cause that will never happen. In my opinion though I think it will most likely be Hey Violet since they just signed them or maybe even The Veronica's again because they supported them in November or it could be someone completely new that we would never expect. 

Could you imagine that 5SOS ever would do something that would make you stop supporting them?

I actually had to think about this one for a bit because I don't actually know. I can't think that they would do anything so drastic that I would stop supporting them? If they killed someone maybe? haha but seriously when the day comes that 5SOS are no more you can bet that I will still continuously listen to their music and follow them on twitter (or stalk?) haha :)

That's all the questions I'm gonna answer today, I got a lot more than I expected I would so thank you if you asked me a question! :D and if I didn't answer yours then I'm sorry but this post would be way to long if I answered everyone's! :D

Make sure you follow me on Twitter - @5SOSFamDerpCon to see when I do another Q&A and also you can tweet or comment any blog posts that you would like to see in the future :)

Thank you for reading and I'll talk to you next time! :D

Love,

@5SOSFamDerpCon

5SOS Updates

5SOS have been super busy lately and so here is a little point by point if you missed anything this week :)

• They attended the KCAs on Saturday 28th. They won best Australia/Kiwi artist which is amazing but unfortunately we didn't win them Best New Artist :( we tried our best though! :) 

• They got slimed at the end of their performance which I think is what everyone was waiting for and it was hilarious. - http://kca.nick.co.uk/video/playlist/watch-the-2015-kca/w7pcej#playlist/mgid:arc:video:kca.com:a9c8049f-1697-497e-87d8-6139f2c3bc97

• They got to high five Nick Jonas as well (jealous) - http://kca.nick.co.uk/photos#flipbook/r29gie

• On Sunday 29th they went to the iHeartRadio Awards. They won Best Fan Army which is basically our award but anyway they did a little acceptance speech which was super cute. Also can we just at Luke's hair!!

• They announced that they had singed their first band to their Hi or Hey record label called Hey Violet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McrVkKsObpU

• The tour is practically only a month away now and I am super pumped for that!

5SOS vs Fifth Harmony Voting Rant

Hi guys,

So it has actually been a while since I have done a rant post and honestly I've been waiting so long for something to come up that I can rant about and I think that this is the perfect thing. If you haven't been on Twitter much recently then you will have missed the voting war that is happening between the 5SOS and the 5H fan bases at the minute. 

Let me catch you up - 5SOS and 5H are both nominated for the same KCA (Favourite New Artist) you can vote via twitter by using the hashtags  "#vote5sos #kca" or "#votefifthharmony #kca"

If you didn't know 5SOS and 5H fans have a past when it comes to voting for awards. Normally both groups are up against each other in some category at an awards show and normally when votes are cast via twitter people tend to get nasty and play dirty. It's turns in to a big thing all over twitter with both fandoms going against each other to try and win.

Usually I don't get involved in all the drama that it causes and I just vote for 5SOS and don't tend to notice what the 5H fans are doing to try and win however this time is different because Fifth Harmony themselves have actually gone to the lengths of bribing their fans for votes. 

Personally I've never had anything against 5H, their songs are catchy and I've listened to their album a couple times however I wouldn't necessarily consider myself a fan, I honestly didn't even know their names until the song Brave Honest Beautiful and even at that I couldn't tell you who was who but that's besides the point.

As I was saying, 5H have actually went and bribed their fans on twitter for votes for this award in return for tickets to the KCA event itself. Here's the proof - 

They have done several tweets like this, https://twitter.com/FifthHarmony/status/579411357134503936?lang=en getting their fans to tweet the hashtags and then they chose some winners to go to the KCAs. I honestly think that this is totally unfair and against the rules of the contest. If one act that is nominated is allowed to give out free tickets in return for votes then surely all the artists should be allowed this privilege? However I don't think 5SOS are as desperate as 5H are to win this award considering they only have retweeted tweets from fans that have the hashtags in them.

This isn't surprising come from 5H though since in the numerous other times we have had to vote against them they always appear that little bit more desperate to win by constantly tweeting about it, doing follow sprees etc to get more votes.

Don't get me wrong, not all 5H fans are horrible human beings that create horrible hashtags towards the 5SOS fans and vice versa not all 5SOS fans are perfect angels, expect for myself of course ;) (that was a joke fyi) If you are a 5SOS fan reading this (99% of you will be considering I am a 5sos fan account but anyway) I just want to reach out to you and say please don't rise to the things that fifth harmony and their fans are doing, ignore the horrible comments , block and report are there for a reason. I myself use those buttons on the daily and have no shame in admitting it!

All in all I think that's really all I have to say because if I say anything more I'll have an army of 5H fans on my back hating on me that I don't have time for. In the end keep voting for 5SOS, lets show 5H that bribing gets you nowhere in the end and also its to see that 5SOS have a lot more faith in us to win them awards without their help.

So lets win this award for them and continue to stay classy and not get involved in anymore of 5H's games. Stay focused and don't let them or their fans distract us from voting, stay motivated to do this for 5SOS. I feel like some sort of political leader giving a speech right now so you get the picture, here ends the lesson.

Until next week,

@5SOSFamDerpCon (follow me and become my friend!)

Ps. I hope you enjoyed my bid to try and my comedic by putting an extremely fetus picture of 5SOS at the beginning. My sense of humor isn't one many people get but whatever.

UPDATES:

• 5SOS joined Fahlo (on the app store) I still don't really understand what it is or what to do but you get exclusive content or something, they did this video for it - https://twitter.com/5SOS/status/578996179750367232?lang=en
• Remember to vote for 5SOS for the KCA here - http://kca.nick.tv/vote#cat=Favourite-New-Artist
• They are still in LA (I believe) writing and recording new music
• They will be on Ellen again on the 27th of March (exciting!!!) http://www.ellentv.com/episodes/anne-hathaway-5-seconds-of-summer/
• Their next live performance will be at the KCA's on March 28th
• 41 days until the ROWYSO Tour starts in Lisbon on May 4th
• It has been a year today (March 23rd) since the She Looks So Perfect EP was released, can we all take a moment of silence please for how far they have come in a year. So proud of them.

5SOS Updates

Hey guys,

So basically 5SOS have been in hiding (not literally but you know what I mean) and there hasn't been anything that exciting happen recently and there has been no drama in the fandom (for once) for me t rant about so I decided to just do a little update post about everything that has happened and everything that is to happen just incase you missed some things on twitter etc.

Firstly they have been in LA for like the past 2 weeks, presumably working on new music/new album which is so exciting and I can't wait to get some new 5SOS songs because I have listened to all of their songs at least 100 times each and I could do with something new to annoy my parents with! So with that enjoy these new pictures they have posted recently of them in LA.

Can we just take a minute to discuss each of the above pictures? Ok firstly Luke can he please stop looking like a fetus again because I don't think my heart can take much more of it to be honest. Ashton is literally looking like an angel and he melts my heart, everything about the picture is perfection. Calum in an, as he puts it, 'salmon pink' top and THE BLONDE STREAK IS BACK! Also Luke and Micheal in shorts. Micheal has his platinum blonde hair back and can we get an amen to that because damn it looks good and then finally Calum in the bucket hat makes me (and probably you too) want to squeeze his little cheeks because it is just too darn cute ok.

My twitter has been in a frenzy as of this week because voting season is back again and the boys are nominated for Favourite New Artist at the KCA's, vote for the boys here - http://kca.nick.tv/vote#cat=Favourite-New-Artist or you can tweet vote by writing a tweet and adding #vote5sos #kca at the end of your tweet but it must be at the end for it to count as a vote. 

Also the boys will be performing at the KCA's (March 28th, finally another live performance, that should keep us going until the tour!) and fingers crossed they will get slimed because let's be real it would be hilarious! Check out the promo video of the boys actually getting slime on them here wonder how long it took Ashton to wash that out of his hair?

I woke up this morning to a ton load of new 5SOS photoshoot pictures and I had a mini panic attack because damn they are all looking fine as hell recently and it just amazes me every time I see a new picture so if you haven't saw the new pictures (or even if you have, enjoy them again!) credit to @5SOSfam_JP for the pictures.

Excuse me while I go and jump off a cliff at the perfection of every.single.one of them. HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE!? I literally want to stab my eyeballs out.

Ashton needs to be separated from that hooded jacket before I have a heart attack and Calum is my daily facial expression to wards people I don't like.

There are so many more pictures but I chose my favourite, go to any update account and they will most likely have tweeted them all, you're welcome. Now which one do I make my new phone wallpaper?

Finally on the updates there has been more new merch added to the 5SOS store. You can buy them here - https://store.universalmusic.com/5sos/

I really am loving the new merch, in my opinion it is more wearable than their older merch and I really like the skull logo they have appearing on the new tops etc. However I am literally broke (like most fangirls) so for now I shall be an admirer and not a wearer (is that a word?) 

That's all for this week, hope you enjoyed this little updates on the 5SOS boys. Tour starts in less than 2 months so prepare yourselves for an influx of tour update posts etc! :D

Until next time,

@5SOSFamDerpCon (come hang with me!)

5SOS Turn Japanese?

Kon'nichiwa (or Hello!)

5SOS have been in Japan for the past week or so and I think we can all agree that it has been one of the most drama free weeks the 5SOS fam have experienced in a long time! So I thought that for today's post I would narrow down the top 5 best things that have happened since 5SOS have been in Japan (it was hard cause there were so many!)

1. Number one has got to be the fact that they are performing again. After what seems like a lifetime since we last saw them perform live they did 5 shows in total whilst in Japan. 4 supporting the 1D boys and 1 headline show of their own. We can all agree that they absolutely smashed their shows! Here is a link to them performing Beside You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPSJKs5qQT8

Here are some incredible pictures taken by my friend @yuipokun

I think it is pretty clear how much they love performing and being on the stage, when they're happy the 5SOS fam are happy - am I right? ;)

2. Japan brought back the fetus days of Luke's hair. I think the whole fandom went into hysterics when pictures of Luke in a beanie with flat hair emerged and I'm not gonna lie I was one of those people! Can we just appreciate these pictures for a second - 

Credit to Yui again for these pictures!

He literally looks like 2012 Luke again and I don't know how to feel about it quite yet!

3. Ok can we just talk about them going to a cat cafe? I don't why but it actually melts my heart to think of them in a cafe with cats running around them, just me? Michael in his natural habitat or what? :D Although poor Ashton had to stand outside while the other 3 went in as he is allergic to cats. 

Here are some pictures from this event - 

Lets just take a moment and appreciate Luke and Michael - the 6ft giants wearing pink slippers and pretending to be cats - our idols ladies and gents.

4. I was happy to see them actually get to enjoy the culture and sights of Japan rather than being cooped up in a hotel room in fear of being mobbed (also props to the Japanese fam for being chill af and respecting the boys and not mobbing them. You are all rad!) anyway here are some pictures from when 5SOS were tourists in Japan.

5. Finally number 5, it could only be Ashton in a snapback. Sorry if this was a bit of an anti climax but this was by far my favourite moment of 5SOS being in Japan. I could waffle on about it all day to be honest so I think it's better if you just get the picture - 

I'm sorry but everything about this picture to me is just perfection. You can thank me later for bringing it back into your life, you're welcome.

There were so many more amazing moments that happened during their time in Japan so here is a collage of some of the other awesome things that they did.

As you can see they enjoyed having a Polaroid (and we enjoyed them with is as well!) also Dave.

As you can see a lot happened in Japan and it was hard for me to narrow it down so I basically ended up putting everything in there but hey who's complaining? Leave me a comment or tweet of your favourite 5sos moment from them in Japan! 

That's it for this week, hope you enjoyed 5SOS being in Japan as much as I did. I think we can all learn from the Japanese fam that if you are calm around the boys there is more of a chance of you getting to meet them and also it makes everything less stressful for the boys and they can enjoy their time much more. You can see from their tweets just how much they enjoyed Japan and I hope they continue to enjoy every country they visit this year!

5SOS next scheduled performance is the start of ROWYSO in Portugal on May 4th so for now they have just landed back in LA, probably to do more writing/ recording for new music!! :D

Until next week, 

Love @5SOSFamDerpCon 

If you read this far enjoy this unexpected picture of Dave and Cory dressed as Pikachu because goals. Thanks to John for sharing this with us all.

*Disclaimer - I have Yui's authority to use her pictures of the boys, please ask her for permission if you wish to use them for anything. Thank you. None of the above pictures are my own, no copyright intended. *

Stop Mobbing 5SOS

Hey guys,

Today we are getting serious so it's gonna be a long ranty post! In light of recent events I thought it would be appropriate to call upon the topic of mobbing and specifically mobbing 5SOS and kinda give my view and opinion on the whole situation. I've kept relatively quite on the whole situation and since everyone has calmed down a bit since it happened I think we can discuss the situation maturely.

To be honest can I just say before I get into the details that mobbing within any fan base, any situation whether it be airport or on the street or wherever is NEVER acceptable. Let's just be real, you make a complete ass of yourself, everyone basically hates on you for being an idiot and you are putting your 'idol' and your own safety at risk and it is completely inappropriate.

I am no psychologist so I don't really know what goes on in someone's mind when they decide that it is totally ok to latch themselves on and attack another human being, famous person or not, it is plain rude and an invasion of personal space. 

I am well aware of teenage emotions and hormones and it is mostly teenage girls that are entertaining the whole 'mob' shenanigans, so I can understand to a degree that these girls are probably overwhelmed and extremely excited at the prospect of meeting their 'idol' but what I can't understand is why they can't listen to security and people in charge that tell them to stand in a calm and safe queue so that they can increase their chances of meeting these people?

Mobbing has always been a problem within the 5SOS fanbase (notice how I say fanbase and not fam, but anyway that's another matter) Since mobbing happens ever so frequently, I don't understand how these people are yet to realise that by mobbing they decrease their chances of meeting 5SOS? Obviously the more times they get mobbed the less likely they are to stop and meet fans at airports etc and it really annoys me because if I ever went to the airport to try and potentially meet 5SOS and people started to mob them I honestly would be so pissed and honest to God I wouldn't hesitate to lash out at people because they are ruining not only my, but their own chances of meeting 5SOS.

No wonder fangirls get a bad reputation as being 'crazy' because of these actions. You are giving us all a bad name by acting like a complete moron in all honesty and it really pisses me off because it really only is like a fifth of the fanbase that do it. 

I think that sometimes these people forget that they are actually in a public area, therefore not only are you putting your 'idols' safety at risk and your own, you are also putting other travelers safety at risk and let me tell you now if you were to injury the wrong person unintentionally by mobbing at 5SOS there is no way that you will get away with it, you could in fact be put up for assault if you messed with the wrong person. They aren't gonna give a flying monkeys if you are going to potentially meet Luke Hemmings, no, they want to safely board a flight without in their opinion 'crazy fangirls' attacking them!!

Please, in the future, have some respect for yourself and show the world how 5SOS fans can actually behave like responsible human beings. If you waited all day at an airport or studio why ruin your chances of actually getting a decent photo and perhaps a conversation by mobbing them? It makes no sense to me at all. 
It actually hurts my heart when I see the boys being treated that way, who gave you the right to think you can do that to them? No one, it just shows how immoral and disrespectful you are towards other people. You complain when we all get called '12 year old girls' when in actual fact you behaving like that makes you seem worse, you look like a 6 year old having a tantrum. My one year old cousin acts more mature than the girls who do this. So please if the day ever comes where 5SOS no longer stop for fans in public places be prepared for everyone to hate you, you have no one to blame but yourselves.

That's all I am going to say about the situation. Lets all pray I don't have to bring this topic back up again any time soon because it really angers me that these inconsiderate people have so little respect for their idols that they are willing to ruin everyone else's chances of meeting them just to get a blurry selfie.

Let me know your opinions on the matter in the comments or tweet me :)

Until next Monday, 
@5SOSFamDerpCon (come follow me and say hi, lets be friends!)

5SOS Updates;

• All the boys are now back in LA and they appear to be working on some new music (AHSAK;FSDGJM)

• Ashton followed his first fan account of the year yesterday (about time) and he is also tweeting again!

• Michael dyed his hair blue (again ALKJNFJEHTL!!!!) And of course he pulls it off!

• They have a show on the 25th of Feb in Japan and also the tour starts in less than 3 months!! :D
• There is some new 5SOS merch available for pre-order on the store now, go treat yourself! - New merch

Disclaimer *All opinions are my own, please don't hate me if you disagree with anything I said, credit me if you quote anything from this post*

My Dream 5SOS Concert

G'day mates (I thought I would get in the spirit of Australia Day)

Welcome back to my blog, or if it's your first time on my blog then HEY hope you're good! 

We all have to admit that at one time or another we have caught ourselves in a daydream thinking about 5SOS, right? (well at least I have anyway) and so with that in mind I decided to take you all on a journey to imagination land where we will experience my dream 5SOS concert. And also will all the recent drama that's been circulating it will also be a good getaway.
 Now in all honesty if I could have it my way there would be no one else in the crowd except for me but I thought that was a bit selfish so hey you're all invited! So grab a cup of tea (or whatever you fancy) and come join me in 5SOS land.

Let's start with the fact that clearly it would be free and everyone would get to go so there would be no one left disappointed that they didn't get tickets. Obviously I would be front row so tough luck if you aren't up there beside me...ok just kidding you can all imagine yourselves in the front row too ;)

Before the concert starts everyone would get a free pizza because we would all be starving from standing in the queue outside all day and it would just be a nice gesture, 5SOS take notes ;)

The boys would come on stage (naked..jk but that would be awesome) They would sing every single song of theirs that they have ever recorded, including all the old ones such as I've Got This Friend, Over and Over, Unpredictable, Gotta Get Out (read my previous post for all the underrated songs that I would want them to sing - http://5sosfamconnect.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/underrated-5sos-songs.html )

Ashton would of course do a 20 minute drum solo at the front of the stage because I feel like his talents are so under-appreciated and he deserves the attention also he would do it at the front because then I'd be able to get his attention unlike when he is sat at the back of the stage ;)

There would of course be fire and flames and we would all laugh as Luke would try to not catch his hair on fire. Obviously the concert will be filled with many of Luke's high kicks and plenty of in-sync jumps.

Ashton would also come to the front of stage and sing pizza 5 times throughout the night because lets face it, it is hot af and that song is my religion and it should be yours too. 

They would also then take around 20 minutes to sing some acoustic songs because when they sing acoustically it is like angels from above have came upon us all and we would all have a spiritual experience. Included in that would be Wherever You Are and Wrapped Around Your Finger (Michael's solo, that is all) I would honestly sell my family to see 5SOS perform acoustically, sorry mum.

The night long concert would then end with them coming off the stage and just hanging out with the fans for the rest of the night at an after party (the legal aged fans anyway) but don't worry if you're underage I'll sneak you in ;)

I shall leave the rest of the night to your imagination, keep it clean ;) haha

I didn't want to make this post too long because I would probably bore you all with the ideas that my mind comes up with sometimes!

5SOS Updates -

I decided that I'm going to add this segment to the end of every blog post kinda as an update of everything that is currently going on with 5SOS and you all can leaver your opinions in the comments! :D

• So first of it was Calum's birthday yesterday and of course him and Luke went out for the night (as any 19 year old boy should do) and yeah they partied it up in Aussie land. 

• Pictures emerged of Ashton in LA and of course speculations were high as to why he is there, nothing has come of substance so we wait (don't believe rumours until they are confirmed people!)

• And lastly Michael is still not been sighted anywhere, some thought he might have gone to LA with Ashton but then someone said Luke told them he wasn't in LA so yeah he's probably still hibernating in his man cave, casual.

• 5SOS are scheduled to perform in Japan on February 25th so until then I don't know what they will be doing, maybe writing for the next album in LA?

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed. Remember to leave a comment what your dream 5SOS concert would include and tweet and share this post! :D

Until next Monday,

@5SOSFamDerpCon (come and hang with me on Twitter!)


*Disclaimer - I do not own any of the pictures in the above post, no copyright intended. All opinions are my own, they belong to my imagination ;) *

Underrated 5SOS Songs

Hey guys!

It is pretty clear that 5SOS have a LOT of songs in their repertoire and it would be impossible for them to perform them all in one concert (although I would definitely pay my life savings to go to that concert!)  and therefore that means that there are a lot of songs that just get left under the rug and we never get to hear them live, or in some cases we hear them live and they bring out new songs (which don't get me wrong is great) but they leave other beloved songs to die, and no one wants that to happen!

With this thought in mind I took to Twitter and asked you what you thought were some underrated 5SOS songs so that I could now reincarnate them back into your life or something along those lines!

1. The first song in my opinion that is totally underrated and I NEED them to perform at ROWYSO is If You Don't Know. I literally think I tweet about how much I love this song at least once a week and it is definitely one of my favourites. This song was on the Don't Stop EP, which just in general was an amazing EP. 5SOS have never performed this song live and in my opinion is has just sort of been forgotten about and many people don't even know it exists! 

Let me break it down as to why it is one of my favourites. Firstly Calum's solo, no more needs to be said on that apart from HOW? The lyrics are perfection and the song just gets me all emotional. If they did sing this on tour although it would be amazing I would most likely be an emotional wreck because this song means so much to me! All in all I just really like the song, as does a lot of people so 5SOS if you see this SING IT ON TOUR PLEASE!!

"If You Don't Know" - this was the best version I could find, although it has been slowed down. :(

2. Secondly, a lot of people said that Over and Over was one of their favourite 5SOS songs. 5SOS used to perform this song when they were on tour with 1D and a lot at acoustic shows etc and I was lucky to get to see them perform this when they were just little fetus' back in 2013 however now they don't perform it and honestly I don't know why not because it is such a beautiful song that a lot of people love. It was also one of the first songs of theirs I heard so it does have a special place in my heart (ew cheesy)

"Over and Over" - watch them perform the acoustically back in 2013, bless them and their fetus ways!

3. Wherever You Are. If you don't know this song, seriously you need to listen to it. I honestly didn't think I could love them much more but when they realised this song I literally grew a bigger heart just to hold my love for them and this song. The video for the song especially makes me cry because it shows their journey as a band with the fam and it is such a beautifully (is that a word?) written song and once again Calum's solo is just heart melting. Also in the description they put

"We made this video just for YOU for a song we wrote called 'Wherever You Are'. the video looks back on some of the memories we've shared with the 5SOS fam since it all started in 2011 :) x"

And if that doesn't make you love them anymore than you already do then I don't know what will because they are just perfect and I could go on forever about how much I love them so I'll stop there! But I need to see them sing this live at least once in my life and then I can die happily.

"Wherever You Are" - Listen to it, change your life. 

There are honestly way too many underrated 5SOS songs for me to talk about and every answer on Twitter was a different song so I will leave links to some of the suggestions below and check them out if you haven't heard them before because I think every 5SOS song is amazing (not being biased at all) 

"All I Need"
"Gotta Get Out"
"Everything I Want"
"The Only Reason"
"Social Casualty"
"Close As Strangers"
"Mrs All American"
"Unpredictable"
"Rejects"
The old version of "Beside You"

*Disclaimer, I do not own any of the rights to the above video links or pictures, no copyright intended. All opinions are my own.*

Sorry some the links are live and have screaming but hey welcome to the struggle of a 5SOS fan from 2012/3! And for the fact some of the audio is sped up/slowed down, there wasn't anything I could do¬ :( Also, can we just laugh at their fashion sense back in the days of 2012...sorry but I had to.

Hopefully you've found some new 5SOS songs you love or some that you had forgotten about and now I have you addicted again, I apologize! (not really!)

Until next time!

@5SOSFamDerpCon (come socialize with me!)

PS, leave me comments with what you want to see next on by blog! I can't wait for the tour to start because I have so many post ideas!!

PPS. Can we talk about how Ashton shaved his beard? What an actual tragedy! Tweet me and share my pain with this loss.