Young Volcanoes

On the 26^th of October was the Fall Out Boy show. I had to do some stuff around the house in the morning so I couldn’t get to the venue until around 5:30. It’s funny how you can tell who else is going to the show by the way they dress. I stood in line for a while and then it started to rain which sucked because there was no shelter where I was standing. After almost an hour in line, people from the venue told us what door we were supposed to be standing at, mine was at the back of the building so I was in the wrong line which was really annoying because I could have possibly been closer to the front if I had known from the start. After more waiting in line we were let in, I was maybe four or five rows from the front, we all had to sit on the floor while we waited, they wouldn’t let anyone stand and the band wouldn’t go on for an hour so it got really uncomfortable because we were all squashed together on the floor and I get pins and needles really easily so yes not comfortable.

We then got to stand so everyone got up and ran, this one guy fell which was scary but he got up quickly and ended up next to me. British India were running late so we all stood around for a while and talked. I felt a little weird going alone but the people next to me were all pretty cool and they were nice, there were people around my age and then there were other ones who were really young, there was a 15 year old girl who was actually tiny, she probably reached my shoulders. I was now in the fourth row from the front (I think) and I had a pretty good view of the singer’s microphone and the bassist microphone which I thought was a good position for when fob would come out because that’s where Patrick and Pete would be.

British India came on and I had listened to their music years ago so I didn’t know any of the words but I liked them. Their set felt really short though, after three songs they said they were going to play their last song so everyone was like what already? But then they had time for one more song.

When they finished, everyone’s positions had somehow changed and we had moved over to the left.

 The guy who fell over who was initially next to me ended up behind me (but it was okay because he was really tall) and people had switched positions and things so we were all confused to how that happened. The tall guy kept calling me little miss and he accidentally hit me on the head twice when he was moving his arms around but he was nice too like the other people. One of the guys who was 16 told us he went to the airport to see fob and that security were really rude so they only got to take one group photo with everyone else who was waiting and they couldn’t get anything signed. That kid was talking about how excited he was and said he would cry if Pete came out wearing eyeliner so me and this other guy started laughing. This girl who was at Mayday Parade was there and she was wearing a onesie (I think because Pete told people to dress up because it was so close to Halloween). The tiny girl next to me was complaining about it because of the body heat radiating from the onesie girl and I thought nothing of it until she was close to me and my god it was so bad. I can only imagine how hot she would have been feeling. We kept getting pushed to the left then it was finally time for FOB.

They came out playing ‘The Phoenix’ and were all wearing masks covering their faces. Pete was waving a big flag with their sign on it and everyone went nuts. 

I think this was the first time I properly ‘moshed’, you know the whole actually jumping up and down instead of bopping.  They took off their masks and played ‘I Slept With Someone...’ which is one of my favourite songs, so that was awesome. It was pretty intense in there, I mean being pushed around, almost falling over, difficulty breathing and the heat, but it was also crazy in a good way. However after a few songs, I couldn’t manage being there any longer so I moved to the back which was a bit of a bummer because I was pretty close to the front before, but I still had a semi decent view from where I was. The crowd was so much more mellow at the back, which sucked at times because some people would just stand there.

The guys played more songs and generally didn’t talk much at all. Pete talked about being jetlagged then said something about being stumped, then went ‘I’m not stump, he is (pointing at Patrick)’, to which Patrick fricking started giggling to and it was adorable my god. Patrick would laugh at all the joked Pete made and I died from the cute.
When they played ‘Young Volcanoes’, these huge black balloon/balls with the FOB logo came out from somewhere and people were hitting them around and it looked really cool. I took a video but the quality is pretty terrible so I'll spare the upload. 

Oh man, they played ‘Death Valley’ which is one of my favourites off the new album. It’s such a fun song and I always ‘dance’ to it. So happy they played it live, it was so great, everyone was getting really into it and Patrick singing the woooOOOOooooOOOooOOoo (I tried) bit sounded so hot. I love how everyone has their own terrible way of dancing to these songs, this one guy dancing to ‘Thnks Fr Th Mmrs’ was so entertaining. 

The lights went out for a bit which I found weird because their encore wasn’t supposed to be on until later. Next thing I know, Patrick, Pete and Joe are at the back of the venue on this platform, and so I was pretty close to them at this point, which was really exciting. Pete talked for a bit then they played an acoustic version of ‘I’m Like A Lawyer’, my god it was so beautiful. This is another one of my favourites and I could gush about how beautiful it sounded but I won't.

They continued with an acoustic version of ‘Grand Theft Autumn’ then headed back to the main stage where they played ‘Dance Dance’ which got more crazy dancing from everyone. 

More songs were played, followed by an encore of three songs, ending the night with ‘Saturday’, perfect ending to an amazing Saturday night.

I say it again and again but I can’t express how much music means to me and FOB is another one of those bands that has helped me get through some really tough times and continues to do so, so getting to see them once again, I just feel incredibly lucky. The happiness I feel at concerts is so overwhelming and it really is one of the best feelings.

Moving on, once the show ended, I went over to merch. Stupid of me to go so late because the t-shirt I wanted was sold out and can’t find it online so that sucks. I really liked the jumper they had but it was $90 and I didn’t have that much on me. I didn’t really like the tour t-shirt so I didn’t end up getting anything this time.

After that I made my way back to station and discreetly tried to take a selfie to show you all what happened to my hair

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