December 16th 2016. The second bout of 20,000 music fans have taken their positions at the popular O2 Arena. The band? The 1975. They are starting a revolution I tell you, they are the leaders of a generation completely different to the baby boomers. Singing songs that make you dance, cry, fall in love, they have the power to send thousands into a trance just by the sounds of their voices and the strums of their guitars and the completely beautiful and aesthetically pleasing set. The uprising? Fused by the generations craving for equality and understanding. Matty Healy, the front man of the definitely-not-a-boy-band The 1975, highlights that 'we're here [the O2 Arena] for a release' from all the hassle of 2016. He continues on with his speech, citing he was 'so angry' at the events we faced, such as Brexit and Trump, but he sees 'young, liberal, compassionate people every night' - the crowd gulping it up like hungry children. He's right. We ARE the insurgence he infers. He shouts across the crowd 'if we are young...compassionate...muslim, black, gay - and we're whatever - it's our responsibility to be compassionate, to listen to everybody, listen to their concerns and move things forward' and you can feel the happiness erupt in your bones. He ends his speech, the make-up starting to drip down his cheeks, and blasts the LGBTQ+ flag in front of the crowd, the song 'Loving Someone' starting on the stage. And in that moment, again, the crowd, the family, is a part of something more than music - we're the revolution. And we will fight for the equality of every last person. The concert was a night to live for, 5/5. You can buy their critically acclaimed sophomore album 'I like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it' at Wimbledon hmv now, or your local music store.

MILLICENT DUNNE, URSULINE HIGH SCHOOL