So last weekend I went to see Fall Out Boy for the first time at Wembley SSE Arena in London on their 'American Beauty American Psycho Tour' and OMG they were awesome! :D
I went with my group of friends and we came down by train as always and tubed it to Wembley Park. It was a really nice weather for October actually.
This was my second time at Wembley Arena this year as I saw 5 Seconds Of Summer back in June and I was excited to be back as its a really lovely venue. Even if your right at the back of the venue, the views of the stage are still amazing and the staff are lovely too. We were immediately welcomed upon entry and we were kindly shown to our seats.
Charley Marley was first up and I was really surprised by his performance to be honest. Usually I would research support acts but I didn't this time and I wasn't expecting much but his set was spectacular!
Even though his music wasn't much to my preference I still really enjoyed his set and I wish it was longer as he was only on stage for 15 minutes. He had a really good stage presence and this is something I tend to bang on about a lot. It doesn't matter whether you like the music or not (however that's a bonus!) but if you got good stage presence then you got it in the bag. Charley Marley definitely had it in the bag! The crowd was jumping and atmosphere was so lively and everyone was loosing it.
I really see him going far with his music career and achieving great things, you got this Charley!
The second support act was Matt and Kim. I didn't get any photos of them. Their performance was odd as well as entertaining after proceeding to tell the whole of Wembley Arena they were 'partners in crime and partners in sex' and then Kim having a one way conversation with the crowd about her boobs... so yeaahhh that happened.
The final support act was Professor Green. Again I wasn't expecting much as he's not really my type of music but his set was also really enjoyable. My favourite being 'Read All About It' (partly because it was the only song I knew) but it was so lovely to sing along Emeli Sandes part with phone torches lighting up the entire arena.
Finally Fall Out Boy took the stage and started their set with a classic 'Sugar We're Going Down'. I loved the atmosphere of it as Wembley were screaming the words back at the band.
Their set had a perfect balance of old and new songs which I was glad about because I must admit, I am not a lover of the 'American Beauty American Psycho' album, which is odd considering the tour was called the 'American Beauty American Psycho Tour' but lets just ignore that. XD
I much prefer the 'Save Rock And Roll' album and 'Believers Never Die' greatest hits album and plenty of hits from those albums were played! Yay!
They also did a lil acoustic session about half way through were Patrick, Joe and Pete performed 'Immortals' and 'Young Volcanoes' acoustically on the sound bit in the middle of Wembley's crowd. I thought this was a really nice touch being able to hear them acoustic as well as electric in one night.
And of course Andy got to do an epic drum solo straight after.
I've seen many drum solo's in my life (my favourite being Cece's from Black Veil brides Black Mass Tour last October) and I'm always left thinking the same question.
Do drummers plan the whole drum solo thing or do they just make it up on the spot?
I guess I could tweet them and ask but I doubt I would get a reply though.
If you happen to know, leave me a comment down below.
I am a poet and I didn't even know it.
Cheese factor just increased 10 points.
Anyways back to the set, it was brilliant and I can now say I've seen Fall Out Boy live! yay!
Another thing I was super happy about, is you know how with a band you love, you will always have a favourite song but its one of the not so famous ones? Yes?! Well I do and for me 'Saturday' is my favourite Fall Out Boy song ever. Like its still known or it wouldn't be on the greatest hits album but its no where near as famous as 'Sugar We're Going Down' or 'Thnks Fr Th Mmries'. What I'm tryna say is that when you think Fall Out Boy, 'Saturday' isn't what immediately comes to mind.
'Saturday' just so happened to be the song they ended their set on and I was so friggin happy! After the show my friends were like 'Why did they end on Saturday, that was such an odd choice' then there was me who has stars in my eyes and was silencing anyone who objected to that choice.
It was almost as though they planned that last song just for me...............a girl can dream.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed my rather large waffle/fangirling about Fall Out Boy. I really love finding out about other peoples concert experiences so comment your favourite concert experience and why down below.
Warped UK is coming up this Sunday so stay tuned for a post about that next Tuesday. I gotta feeling that its gunna be a big'un. Until then.....
Alice
Camera used: IPod Touch 5th Generation.
All photos and words by me.
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