The third of February marked my sixth time seeing Florida-bred pop rockers Mayday Parade. They are one of my favourite live acts due to the fact that the band always put in so much enthusiasm and emotion into their performances and seem genuinely grateful for the audience, no matter how small or big, that they receive.
The Monsters Overseas tour included the line up of Divided by Friday, Decade, Man Overboard and Mayday Parade - a heavily pop punk orientated tour.
Divided by Friday, the first band on, were a lot more pop than punk; their music was definitely something that would be heard constantly on mainstream radio. Singer, Jose Villanueva's voice reflects a combination of Patrick Stump's and Brendon Urie's and their overall musical style is similar to that of bands like The Cab. Despite how heavily pop the band are, they successfully engaged with the crowd and received maximum participation from them that an opening band would .
Second band on were Decade. I've seen them a couple of times before this show but wasn't particularly bothered. Tonight completely changed my mind and I was thoroughly impressed by them. Their set consisted of tracks from their debut album, Good Luck, which sound a lot more polished than they did before and it goes to show how two years of practice can make such a dramatic difference.
The last to support were Man Overboard. Although nothing was particularly wrong with their set, the crowd seem most displeased at their performance. The amount of crowdsurfers increased for them but they lacked crowd interaction. Tracks like Dead End Dreams typically gained the most attention but I feel they are nothing more than a generic American pop punk band.
Lastly were headliners Mayday Parade. Like true, Mayday Parade style, the band opened with (relatively) new single Ghosts which evoked both emotional and energetic responses from the crowd. Jamie All Over followed which transformed the room into a positively rowdy atmosphere but this quickly disintegrated throughout the set. The band's ballad-type songs such as 12 through 15, Miserable at Best and Stay all qualified for the setlist and even though these are great songs and tear jerkers, the ratio between mellow and energetic songs for the evening were not catered towards the audiences taste and crowd favourites like When I Get Home, You're So Dead and Kids In Love were missed. Regardless of this, their performance was faultless even with singer, Derek Sanders' poorly voice.
Here was my outfit for the evening.
Urban Outfitters Shirt
Topshop High Waisted Shorts
H&M Necklace
Black Tights
Topshop High Waisted Shorts
H&M Necklace
Black Tights
If you have yet to see Mayday Parade live then I highly recommend that you check them out when they are next touring or even just on CD if you have never listened to them before.
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