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All Time Low - The Reckless and the Brave
All Time Low - The Reckless and the Brave
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Paradise Fears 5/31
This is most likely going to be the longest post I’ve ever made so yeah here it goes. So Thursday night. Let me start off by saying, this is a tour you absolutely do NOT want to miss. I can honestly say it was the best night of my life. And it was definitely the most anticipated show of my life. I felt like I was going to puke the whole way there. When we got there I saw this. I couldn’t describe how proud i felt of them :’)
So let’s skip forward to the show.
The Control opened first, and I didn’t know their music, but they covered sugar were going down and it was SO good. The crowd went nuts. Then Boom Boom Crash was next. Love these guys. I met Jason back in December at a The Maine show, and have been trying to see them live since then. So happy I finally did! The set was so much fun. And I’m so glad I get to call some of these guys my friends.
Call Me Anything was after that. I had met Will and Matt last year in April, so I knew who they were but still didn’t really know their music. But they put on a great show! Phone Calls From Home was up next. I was so excited for them! I love these guys so much, and love their purpose behind their career. I’ve been going to their shows for quite sometime now and Thursdays’ was AMAZING. Out of all the shows I’ve been to of theirs, this one was definitely the most positive from the crowd. The energy was wild. They also covered For the First time by The Script. Let me tell you something. I have never heard a crowd sing so loudly. And usually crowd singing sounds horrible, but this sounded so pretty. They never fail to put on a great show.
You can guess who’s next. Yes, Paradise Fears. This was the moment I had been waiting for, ever since I last saw them about 4 months ago. I cannot tell you how proud I am of these 6 guys. Their first ever headlining show, sold out. And I can tell you something. I’ve seen these boys happy. But on Thursday, it was a different kind of happy. You could see it in their faces that they realized how far they’ve come, and the countless fans they’ve gotten over just this past year. At times you could just tell they couldn’t believe what was happening, they were just in awe. I couldn’t begin to tell you how happy I was to be there to witness their first ever headlining show, and be front and center for it. They opened with the very first line of sanctuary, then stopped there and went right into Last Breath. I don’t even know how to describe the energy in the room. They played What You Want Me To, then Fall On Me then FUCKING KID IN DEMAND. Sam was like “So how many of you know of The Secret To Dropping Out?” *some cheers and screams* then said “We’re gonna play a really old song off that album.” Oh god. Perfection. Then they played Violet, then covered Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls. Before they started Sam was saying how they’ve never played the song in front of a lot of people before and he looked at me and told me “If I suck or mess up I give you permission to punch me. Punch me right in the nuts. You got a pretty long arm, and I trust you.” so I said “all right, got it.” then they played it but of course I didn’t need to punch him cause it was PERF. They played Just A Feeling next, acoustic. Then they played Payphone. The rap was auhmazin errybody was singing it. Now or Never was next, then they closed with Advice and Waste Of Time. It was weird how Sam didn’t have to teach the crowd the “Whoa ohs” in waste of time like he usually does cause WE ALL ALREADY KNEW IT DUHZ. But yeah that was it.
LOL JK they came back out like 5 minutes later and Sam goes “hey uh, I think we forgot to play one song for you.” Everyone was screaming because obviously, it was Sanctuary. This is where things got more serious for me. If you don’t already know, that song has gotten me through SO much.
The past 5 months haven’t been remotely easy for me. I’ve had problems with countless things. Things that are so complicated sometimes I don’t even understand it. Some things I haven’t even told my best friends yet just because it’s hard to even think about. But the fact of the matter is, is that Sanctuary exists. This song has taught me so much. The song in general is my sanctuary. It’s the thing I bring “all [my] broken bruised insane” to. The thing I go to when I need to be comforted. I’ve found peace in a lot of things because of this song. “because that’s the thing with music, when it hits you feel no pain.” That’s it with this song. When I listen to it, all my problems disappear. I’m in my ‘safe place’ when I listen to this song. I could go on and on about how much this song means for me, and all that it’s done for me, but if you want to know more about that, read this:
http://0urdaysarenumbered.tumblr.com/post/22278359030/what-sanctuary-means-to-me
As soon as they started playing the song I could feel my emotions ready to burst. The first half of the song brought back memories of all the things that I had gone through so I just started crying. I was leaning on the speaker on the stage right in front of me with my head down. Simma and Sam (not miller, my friend that came with me) know what that song has done for me, and were trying to comfort me throughout the majority of the song. Sam (again, my friend) was holding my hand and Simma was just basically hugging me with her arm she had free. They had told me later on, after the show, that Sam kept looking at me during the song while my head was down. When it got to the speech I lifted my head up, and the tears just went away. I remembered why I love this song so much and how much it got me through. I opened my eyes and almost everyone in the room was reciting the speech. Then I looked at Sam. I can’t even begin to describe the joy on his face. He was so happy. At that moment I just got lost in the music. I closed my eyes and found myself smiling while reciting it. It was like everyone in the room at that time was in their “sanctuary.” When it got to “So bring me all the worst of your broken bruised insane, because that’s the thing with music, when it hits you feel no pain” I started crying again, but it was different this time. Tears of joy. I was smiling a sincere, real smile. I don’t think I have ever felt so much joy and happiness before. At that very moment I knew that these boys were brought into my life for a purpose. It proved itself then and there. I am SO thankful for all 6 of them, and that song. When Sam sang the very last line, I just smiled even bigger. I looked at all of them and they were smiling too. Best moment of my life.
When it was done and they left the stage, Grant came out with some setlists and handed me one
idk why sanctuary isn’t on there but obviously they played it
After the show was over we all went to look for people to meet them. We went over to Dave from PCFH first. This man is one of the most positive, inspiring people on this planet. His philosophy and why he does what he does amazes me. We talked to him for a while then we gave him hugs and went to Danny. This boy is the sweetest person to ever exist. I told him thank you and gave him a hug I wanted to go over to Sam but basically everyone was crowded around him so we went to Marcus. Then we overheard him say they only have 20 minutes so I ran (not literally) back over to Sam. I had to talk to Sam because I wanted to thank him personally for everything he had done for me, even if he didn’t know it.
I was nervous because i didn’t know how i was going to talk to him without crying because of everything happening. A little while passed and at that point there was barely anyone left in the venue. One of the last people around Sam finished, then he turned to me. Before I even said a word he took me into a hug. When I say hug, I don’t even mean a hug he basically suffocated me. I’ve gotten hugs from him before but this one was different. He was squeezing me so hard that he was shaking. Literally shaking. While we were hugging I was trying so hard not to cry, but my voice was shaking. I said “thank you so much for everything. You’re honestly my hero. I cant thank you enough.” when he responded, his voice was shaking. He said “thank YOU. Thank you for everything you do.”
I’m so glad my friend took this. She said the hug was so long that she figured she should take the picture. Looking at this picture just reminds me even more, that everything is going to be all right. And it just reminds me how much this one person means to me and what he’s done for me.
I said that I loved him and we released from the hug, he looked at me, smiled and said “I love you too.” That had to have been the best, and definitely the longest hug I had ever gotten from anyone. Then he said “lets take a picture!” so we took one and I thanked him again and then my friends talked to him.
The security guard in the venue was now telling everyone to get out so we went to the back of the venue to hug Dave from pcfh goodbye. Then we met Zach and went outside. We sat out there for a while because we were waiting for my mom to pick us up. PF and PCFH were loading up their vans. But before they started loading up I walked past the van and guess what I saw lolz HOLLER.
if you didn’t know already, I made that pillow for Sam in February.
But then Sam came out and he was talking to these girls then when they were done I told him that Gloria said hi and he was like “Gloria….. Hmmm….” and I was like yeah I don’t know any Gloria’s do you and he was like I’m just trying to think of famous Gloria’s…. NAH I LOVE HER.” lolol he hugged each of us and said “you know you’re supposed to, on average get 12 hugs a day?” And I was like let’s try it and we hugged and he was like “wait like 12 times like patting on the back?” and I was like no like 12 single hugs and he laughed and we started to hug 12 single times and in the middle of it he was like ahhh I have no energy for this (because before he was telling us how he was so physically and emotionally drained) and was like how about you just hug me. So we gave each other one big final hug, then he realized he forgot something inside the venue and went back in to get it, then he came back out and was like alright I’m gonna give you guys another hug. We hugged it out, said goodbye, then he went to help load more things onto the van.
Michael walked over to us and was like “Hey guys” and he brought up blink 182 and me and my friend told him that we had tickets to their show but then they cancelled the whole tour and he goes “wow that hurts really bad i’m sad for you guys” and he said it with a straight face so I was like “yeah I can tell by the way you’re expressing it” and he goes “im just a really tough guy ya know I don’t show my emotions.” so i punched him on the arm and he goes “see like that didn’t even hurt it was like nothing even happened” lolol we all talked for a while then he goes to me “high five” and I went to give him a high five and he was like “JELLY FISH!” and moved his hand away in a jellyfish like matter. Then he was like “hahaha okay for real this time I pinky promise I won’t do it again” so he held out his pinky for the promise and I went to grip it then he was like “LITTLE JELLY FISH” and did the same thing as before, but with his pinky. Then he was like I’m sorry so we went to give each other a hug and then he goes “BIG JELLY FISH” and moved his whole body away like a jellyfish omg. So I was like “KNUCKLE PUNCH.” and we went to knuckle punch and I put two fingers up and went “SNAIL.” idk how to really explain what is is so here it looked kinda like this LOLOLOL
and he was like OH YOU GOT ME. Hawhaw but yeah then we took a bunch of really epic photos with him and we’re in like a mafia gang now or something like that and grant took them for us
Then Jordan came up to all of us while Michael was still there and him and Michael were being really funny i don’t even remember what they were saying but yeah then we took a picture and that basically sums up the night.
I talked to marcus and anthony for like a split second. Lucas and Cole were busy loading so I didn’t get to talk to them sigh BUT OH WELL THE NIGHT WAS PERFECT ANYWAY. I love Paradise Fears c:
Paradise Fears sanctuary tour setlist. And yes, they play sanctuary as an encore
Idk man I hate when people underrate paradise fears, like ya if you don’t like their music whatever, that’s your own opinion and taste, but you should give them a chance as people because that chance could change your mind, or even your life. It changed mine.
I see my hero tomorrow. I’m so happy right now. I haven’t been this happy in a long time. :’)
The Maine - Don't Give Up On Us (Vocals Only)
The Maine|Don’t Give Up On Us (VOCALS ONLY)
THE RESEMBLANCE
