New Found Glory 10 Anniversary Tour

Saturday night the New Found Glory 10th Anniversary Tour came to town. It is the tour celebrating the 10th Anniversay of the release of New Found Glory's self titled album, which most of their fans call their favorite. Besides New Found Glory the other bands at the show were Saves the Day, hellogoodbye, and Fireworks. NFG is probably in my top 2 favorite bands of all time, and I love Saves the Day so I was very excited to go see this show. NFG and STD were two bands I listened to all the time when I was in high school, and both have a special place in my heart. I have seeen NFG live several times before, but somehow I had never seen STD live until that night.

Fireworks was the first band to play. I had actually seen them like a month earlier with Hit the Lights. It seemed like most people had no idea who they were or didn't care which sucked because they have great songs and put on a good show. The only time people got really into them was when they played "Detroit" their most popular song. It was good to see them live again.

hellogoodbye was next. I am not a fan of theirs at all but after this show I might be, nothing to do with their music though. I somehow managed to be standing next to like 4 douchebags who were flicking them off and yelling obscenities the whole time. Thankfully the band called them out on being idiots which I loved. Security came twice to tell them to knock it off which they finally did partly because the one dude hid like a little girl when security came around. So I thank the band for making the part of the show I was looking forward to the least somewhat interesting. And even though I don't like their music I have to say their new songs sounded better than their old ones.

Saves the Day was next and they killed it, really blew me away with how good they were. They just came out and played like 3 straight songs before saying anything, and really didn't take any other breaks their whole set. Somehow this was the first time I had seen STD live, but now I want to see them on a headlining tour asap. The highlight was probably when they played "At Your Funeral" probably their most popular song. The lyrics start out "this song will become an anthem for your underground" and I don't know what but I think it really connected live with the whole place sing along. When they were done a lot of people were actually cheering for an encore, I don't think I have ever seen that for a non headlining band before. I didn't take my video camera with me but here is a video someone else took of them playing "At Your Funeral" live



Here is a picture I did take of them playing though


New Found Glory was the headliner and up last. This tour was to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their self titled album so they played that straight through. Basically due to how much NFG rocked I am now considering this one of the best concerts I have ever been too. For like half their set I felt like I was going to pass out from singing along so loudly while jumping and dancing around to every song. The whole crowd was so into in there was a crazy amount of energy on the floor, it was great, and best of all nobody in the crowd was acting like a douche. And because they played the self titled album everybody knew all the songs and screamed their lungs out right along with the band. After playing the self titled album they played like 6 other songs from their other albums, all fan favorites.
Somehow, probably while catching my breath I did have a second to snap this picture of NFG.


I did laugh a few times while NFG were playing because some annoying coupole next to me were looking into each other's eyes and kissing during the songs "My Friends Over You" and "Don't Let Her Pull You Down" because those songs are both about not getting too wrapped up with girls and relationships. I guess the message was long on them. So basically the NFG set just had a bunch of great energy and songs I love so it was awesome. Here is a video somebody else took from the tour the show before in Pittsburg.



Basically, if this tour is coming anywhere near you, you should probably go. If you are a fan of New Found Glory or Saves the Day it is a "must-go" situation, because it just might end up being one of the best shows you have ever been to (like it was for me). I had a blast.
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