As a bit of a lurker, my Secret Santa had a bit of a challenge, though he asked me some questions about who my favourite band were and what music I liked.

Alexisonfire is without a doubt one of my favourite bands of all time. When they broke up 18 months ago, gutted doesn't even cover it. In my whole time as a fan, I had never had the opportunity to go and see them. About six months ago, they announced that they would be doing a farewell tour including a date in London.

I tried to get tickets for this, even waking up early, registering for an account on ticketweb so I could get straight in there and hopefully get some tickets. 9.00am came and after a website crash, all the tickets were sold out in 1 minute. I was absolutely devastated, but with nothing I could do I resigned myself to the fact that I would never see them.

Fast forward to SS 2012, and im informed to keep an eye out on my emails for something. I was out in a coffee shop when I get an email from an unknown sender. Intrigued, I opened it and attached was a PDF of a ticket for the Alexisonfire show!!! After freaking out with happiness and explaining to my puzzled friends what was going on, I sorted out transport there and a few days later went to the gig which was the most amazing, special and truly wonderful gig I have ever been to.

Secret Santa, I cannot thank you enough you literally gave me the greatest gift ever as Alexisonfire means so much to me. Thank you thank you thank you !!!

TL;DR Somehow got a ticket for a sold out gig of my favourite band's last show in the UK ever