Music No. 1

My playlist this month consists of: Hedley, Owl City, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Academy Is..., Black Eyed Peas, and P!nk.
Most listened to songs this week: Fireflies; Owl City. Everything We Had; The Academy Is.... Party in the USA; Miley Cyrus. Perfect; Marianas Trench.
Latest cd bought: Fast Times At Barrington High; The Academy Is...
Favourite bands right now: Owl City, Marianas Trench, The Academy Is...

Two nights ago I saw Carley Rae Jepsen, New Cities, and Marianas Trench on the Beside You Tour '09. It was magic, and so I feel it appropriate to review the concert. =]
Carley opened the show, and the first thing my friend, Caity and I noticed was the cute guy playing random instruments; Tavish [<3] Carley's music was feel good, light songs and she was.. 'cute', to say the least. She has a nice voice and she related well to the audience.
Second to come out was The New Cities, and right from the start, they were high energy and loud music. Lead singer, Dave, was running from side to side of the stage and dancing for the crowd as the girls in the front groped what they could of him. The drummer was insane as was the keyboard player, both obviously very enthusiastic about playing the songs. Their sound is electronic pop/rock and just fun to listen to. It should be noted that throughout their performance, they talked about their mic's being 'hot'.
As it turns out, the header band, Marianas Trench, put tabasco sauce on the microphones.
Right after New Cities finished, Dave was rolled out onto the stage, taped to a dolly and wearing a sombraro. He was pushed out by the main band and the crowd got a laugh as we waited for the prep crew to finish. Dave talked with the crowd closest to him, and got moved to the other side of the stage so they could have a go. All the while the stage is being made ready for Marianas Trench's portion of the night.
The main band comes out and Dave is still on the stage. Lead singer, Josh Ramsay [yum] is singing 'Masterpiece Theatre' and laughing a little at his prank victim when, all of the sudden, Dave falls flat on his face, unable to move. Josh sings and plays on, motioning for someone to save the singer. With Dave rescued, Marianas Trench do their show, stopping at points to tell us that New Cities has pranked them by playing a porno through their ear pieces, and the band laughs, Josh tells us that the night before, his pants ripped and he got exposed, hoping that doesn't happen a second time. As a slow song starts, and only Josh is left on the stage, sitting on a stool, playing his guitar, Dave comes out, holding a 'blood-soaked' towel to his face with 'blood' all down the front of his shirt. These bands are obviously all about having a good time. After wiping the mess all over Josh's face and laughing about it, the concert continues. Josh's voice always perfect as he hits higher notes than most females and holding them, and sings all of the songs from their latest album, "Masterpiece Theatre", except 'Lover Dearest'.
The concert was a lot of fun and showcased two other great acts, both of who will be on everyone's music players sooner than later. The whole thing was high energy, smiles, and attractiveness [mostly on Josh Ramsay's part] that made the crowd sing and laugh along the entire show. My only complaint: it ended.

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