A Day in Warsaw
The moment when a Florence + the Machine Fan Club admin met his icon
W
ell what a strange
shaking my hand and telling me
gate and then grinded against some
day it was. I’ve got to
how much my work for the fan club
random steward before I finally got
admit, when I woke
mean to them! So lovely. The Poles
through. Unfortunately for these
up at 3AM, I was pretty nervous
excitedly nattered away and I spent
fan-girls, I can run a lot faster than
(and tired) about the whole day. I
most of the 2 1/2 hours admiring
them, and ended up being right at
was afraid my dreams could be
how much the Polish fan club had
the barrier after sprinting through
crushed; that I might be late or
done. I would like to think I could
the causeway. I was reunited with
denied things; that I would be
organise something as amazing, but
people I knew, and we waited
ignored by the Polish fans or be
there would be only one of me
another 2 hours for Bombay Bicycle
lonely at the back. Boy, was I
compared to the five of them. After
Club. They were good and the
wrong.
what felt like a lifetime, and after
atmosphere was awkward at first,
After a stressful rush from the
enduring 2 thunderstorms, our
but soon picked up as people got
airport to the hotel and then back
drenched selves literally ran to the
into it. The crowd was small in the
to
the
Stadium, I made it
just in time before
other Flows turned
up.
about
mosh pit – only about
National
There
40
were
“It was suddenly happening. My heart
bounded, and I began feeling cold from
nervousness…”
people
glitter
on
their
cheeks
and
coronated in flower headdresses. I
was immediately approached by a
girl (also a Flow) selling glitter and
crowns, so naturally I chose the
biggest one! The wait was very very
long. The Polish fan club were so
welcoming. Most fans came to
gr