{"id":4183,"date":"2015-02-13T09:03:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2015-02-13T09:03:59","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T09:03:59","slug":"meet-the-5am-superfan-determined-to-see-his-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/13\/meet-the-5am-superfan-determined-to-see-his-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 5am superfan determined to see his heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHILE most people were asleep in their beds this morning, one committed gig-goer travelled 90 miles to front the queue to see his favourite bands \u2013\u00a013 hours before the doors open.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4193\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sor_gig_online.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4193\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sor_gig_online-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jamie Bowen travelled more than 92 miles\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4193\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sor_gig_online-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jamie Bowen travelled more than 92 miles\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Liam travelled more than 92 miles to see his favourite bands<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nLiam Bowen, 17, from Tenby, Pembrokeshire arrived at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffstudents.com\/ents\/event\/3158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff Students\u2019 Union<\/a> at 5am this morning to be first in line for the sold-out Kerrang Tour. He didn\u2019t sleep and left at 2am to arrive for a gig starting tonight (Friday) at 6.30pm.<br \/>\nThe teenager arrived wearing a tiger onesie, carrying only two pillows, a marker pen, and some chicken slices. He said: \u201cI just like being at the front, at the barrier, because you get to be close to the band.<br \/>\n\u201cI wear a onesie because it always stands out, and I quite often get hi-fives for it. The band seems to think it\u2019s cool \u2013 pretty rock and roll.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been here for two and a half hours and no one else has been around. Except a security guard, who thought I was drunk.\u201d<br \/>\nBowen said: \u201cI\u2019m mainly here for Bury Tomorrow, but it\u2019s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerrang.com\/24493\/kerrang-tour-2015-line-completed-two-bands-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kerrang Tour<\/a> and it\u2019s a great event. I live in a place where there are not many people like me so I come and meet friends, queue, and go mad in the gig.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4199\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4199\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sor_gig2_online-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"208\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4199\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sor_gig2_online-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"208\" \/><\/noscript> Liam\u00a0is committed to his 13-hour wait at the front of the queue.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHe\u2019s committed to his 13-hour stint: \u201cIt\u2019s no problem, and not the longest I\u2019ve done. I queued for 26 hours at Brixton for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gerardway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Way<\/a>.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBut people will start arriving here soon. 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