BT is one of my top 5 favorite bands. I've seen them live only once before in 2010, but I wasn't a fan yet back then, so the show wasn't that special to me. But since then I've waited for a second chance!
And now the band decided to play 4 shows in Finland. Fucking four, in FINLAND?!
One problem though. Before I was sure which show I could attend, the one I was able to go was sold out. Bummer!
Weeks passed. I tried to find a ticket seller online with no luck. Then like a gift from above, only 5 hours before the show, I got a message that I would have a ticket to the show. I was having a flu, but that didn't stop me to take a 4-hour train ride to Seinäjoki, a small city in middle Finland.
To cut the shit short, I was surprised how a normally lame FInnish crowd was so energetic, even without a supporter band to open for the main act. The show itself was good. Not great, not awesome, but good. I don't know if I have become too used to Sum 41's awesomeness, but this show was just missing something. Just like the last BT show I was at, it seemed like the band played the songs just like they were in the albums. No extended bridges (excluding Devil On My Shoulder), nothing extra. Even Ben's stage banter between the songs wasn't at its best. Three times he spent the time between songs to talk to the band members away from the mic, and when he grabbed the mic again, he said "We were just talking about how Aaron (the drummer) shits his pants". Three times. It wasn't even funny imo. Oh well.
Back in St. Petersburg this Summer, I talked with Cone about Billy Talent. He pointed out that Ian (the guitarist) doesn't really move on stage because of the complex riffs. This time though that wasn't the case. Maybe he wasn't as energetic as Deryck and Tom, but he still moved around a bit, which was cool.
Oh and few more down sides. The volume for Ben's mic was way too low for the entire show. I could barely hear his singing over the crowd, and my camera didn't catch it either. So it felt like an instrumental show foremost. And the setlist was a bit lame too. It was only hits and couple of new songs. And the new songs were the ones I usually skip while listening to the new record. And what is it with Line & Sinker? I dislike that song so much, why not The Ex instead?
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The Setlist
1. Lonely Road To Absolution
2. Viking Death March
3. This Is How It Goes
4. Devil In A Midnight Mass
5. This Suffering
6. Line & Sinker
7. Love Was Still Around
8. Rusted From The Rain
9. Saint Veronika
10. Surrender
11. Runnin' Across The Tracks
12. Diamond On A Landmine
13. Man Alive!
14. Turn Your Back
15. Try Honesty
16. Devil On My Shoulder
--Encore--
17. Fallen Leaves
18. Surprise Surprise
19. Red Flag
