Backstage Access To Maroon 5

• Scarlett Saxon-Jones, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2013

As lights dimmed the noise was deafening. Ear-splitting screams cut through the crisp evening air and could be heard from miles around New York City. A staggering 20,000 fans turned up to see this once in a lifetime concert, in the flesh of the fabled Madison Square Garden. It was the hottest ticket in town, and many teenage fans fell to the ground in hysterics after getting their hands on one. Flags from every corner of the globe waved high in the crowd to show their support. Girls craned their necks to try to get a better view. Camera bulbs flashed endlessly as the crowd tried to see if the band was already on stage. Rows of burly, expressionless security guards lined the platform, which was fitted with a huge runway. Maroon 5 managed to sell out the arena in the record time of less then one minute. They were under huge pressure to deliver. Earlier that day Maroon 5 posted a message to their eight million followers on Twitter reading,'Thinking about where we were thirteen years ago... Today we are playing at Madison Square Garden. We can never thank-you all enough.'