the official i broke my arm at sum 41 thread!
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:12 am
well i just wraped up a pretty sweet week, consisting of 2 sum 41 shows: one in edmonton, followed by the show in calgary. for the edmonton show i was part of the meet and greet... we got to watch sound check (while a few daring souls went on stage to sing one their songs), and got to meet the guys afterwards. talked to tom for a while about touring with the guys, saying he plans to continue touring with the guys, as well as with gob once their new album drops.
concert time!
we spent the entire finger eleven set in the beer gardens, as we really didn't give a shit. as soon as they were finished and the lights came on, we made our way into the crowd. 15 minutes later the lights went out and the SUM 41 chants started. out come the boys opening with underclass hero. for the better part of the concert i was up against the rails, wanting to pay a lot attention to the show. problem was that the crowd was pretty weak up there, so once still waiting hit i headed for the pits. now that's some fun ass shit when you're jumping around and moshing to your favorite band. sadly i tripped and fell forward with my body landing on my hand pretty bad. i could tell right away it was broken, but there was no way that was sending me home early!
there was a day's break between the 2 shows, so that's when i paid a visit to the hospital and got fitted with a lovely cast....
then came wednesday and we flew down to calgary for the night. pretty much the same show (as expected) except a lot more exciting seeing how it was being played in an arena (like the venues they chose for the motley crue tour). despite the injury i was very close and very involved with the crowd, even going crowd surfing a couple of times. very happy i didnt fuck it up even worse!
overall, excellent shows. sweet underclass hero banners on the stage, though i was surprised they didnt go out of their way to add in anything special in light of the fact they were headlining an arena show. most bands tend to have crazy lighting, or even pyro... but who cares.
SET LIST:
here's a list of songs they played, sorry but there's no way in hell i'd remember the order with all that booze in me.... with the exception of the intro and the encore.
intro:
underclass hero
the hell song
motivation
no particular order:
still waiting
over my head
we're all to blame
pieces
makes no difference
machine gun
walking disaster
king of contradiction
in too deep
that's alright mama (elvis cover)
encore:
gob cover
fat lip
p4p
i was kinda disappointed with the lack of chuck/underclass hero songs... but hey, seeing sum 41 live is fucking sweet enough!
concert time!
we spent the entire finger eleven set in the beer gardens, as we really didn't give a shit. as soon as they were finished and the lights came on, we made our way into the crowd. 15 minutes later the lights went out and the SUM 41 chants started. out come the boys opening with underclass hero. for the better part of the concert i was up against the rails, wanting to pay a lot attention to the show. problem was that the crowd was pretty weak up there, so once still waiting hit i headed for the pits. now that's some fun ass shit when you're jumping around and moshing to your favorite band. sadly i tripped and fell forward with my body landing on my hand pretty bad. i could tell right away it was broken, but there was no way that was sending me home early!
there was a day's break between the 2 shows, so that's when i paid a visit to the hospital and got fitted with a lovely cast....
then came wednesday and we flew down to calgary for the night. pretty much the same show (as expected) except a lot more exciting seeing how it was being played in an arena (like the venues they chose for the motley crue tour). despite the injury i was very close and very involved with the crowd, even going crowd surfing a couple of times. very happy i didnt fuck it up even worse!
overall, excellent shows. sweet underclass hero banners on the stage, though i was surprised they didnt go out of their way to add in anything special in light of the fact they were headlining an arena show. most bands tend to have crazy lighting, or even pyro... but who cares.
SET LIST:
here's a list of songs they played, sorry but there's no way in hell i'd remember the order with all that booze in me.... with the exception of the intro and the encore.
intro:
underclass hero
the hell song
motivation
no particular order:
still waiting
over my head
we're all to blame
pieces
makes no difference
machine gun
walking disaster
king of contradiction
in too deep
that's alright mama (elvis cover)
encore:
gob cover
fat lip
p4p
i was kinda disappointed with the lack of chuck/underclass hero songs... but hey, seeing sum 41 live is fucking sweet enough!
take me next time.