When I found out that ‘All Time Low’ was touring in the UK I was overly excited to say the least. They have been one of my favourite bands for a while now and to hear they were touring with ‘Young Guns’ was even better.
Queuing up for the gig went quite fast, as we all piled into rock city, it already smelt of vomit and overly sweaty men, the floor was sticky and room was full of All Time Low’s fan base, which all seemed to be of the age of 14. I felt out of place- I’m only 19 but I couldn’t help feel like the oldest person in the room, a baby sitter to all these youngsters. I needed a serious hit of cider to take my mind off these somewhat awful surroundings.
The gig started with a bang when Young Guns came on stage, this is the second time I’ve seen them and they never fail to impress! They were confident and had the audience eating out the palm of their hand. They pumped the crowd up with their catchy songs and set the bar high when they ended with their latest song ‘weight of the world’.
I was getting more and exited for ATL now after being hyped up by Young Guns, thinking they would come straight on after. They didn’t, a new band set up, ‘Yellowcard’ an American band I’ve not really heard much of their music before so I was open minded, but it was awful. Their crowd warming techniques were poor and songs were boring and pointless. They even made everyone to do a circle mosh pit, but I think the kids were too young to even know what one was and replied with blank stares. The only entertaining factor in this was Sean Mackin, a guy who played the violin in a rock band- with probably the oddest dancing for someone in a band to do, it was simply hilarious.
Finally Yellowcard departed and it was time for ATL! Opining with one of their newer songs Keep the Change, You Filthy Animal’ the crowd was buzzing, jumping everywhere with deafening squeals. Within 5 minutes, there were bras and pants on stage, Jack Barakat decided to keep them and hang them on his microphone stand, classy guy. But it gets worse, after every song there seems to be talk of ‘dicks’, ‘vagina’s’ and ‘blowjobs’ Alex even started a joke and said "One dick and one vagina..." jack then finished it by saying "...makes one Lady Gaga!" everyone least expected this and the crowd went wild!
The gig had everything from acoustic to comedy and ended with a massive encore from the fans singing ‘Dear Maria’ and ‘Weightless’ a perfect end to an eventful night.
