Concert Review: Bring Me the Horizon

By: Xochitl Hansen

With great excitement I clutched my ticket as the venue security scanned my ticket, you see, I had been waiting for eight hours for doors to open. When a tour with such a line up comes to where you live, you simply do not miss this. After having security successfully scan my ticket,  I rushed into the venue and claimed my place at the barrier. With what only seemed like a minute - but happened to be an hour- the house lights went out and fog filled the venue, and with that the opening band took the stage.

Pvris

Having never seen them perform live, I was weary about seeing them. Though, the moment every single piece of the band kicked into full gear and Lynn Gunn's vocals came through the house speakers, I was blown away. The amount of passion that was pouring from every single member of Pvris was fantastic.   Though the set was only seven songs, they played fan favorites such as 'White Noise', 'St.Patrick', and 'My House'.  The night started calm, but Pvris was the best way to kick off the night.

Issues

Other then main headliners of the night Bring Me The Horizon, Issues was defiantly a band I couldn't wait to see. Having see them earlier the year when them came through Austin, Texas with All Time Low on the 'Future Hearts Tour' I knew there performance would not be bad! After a quick set change and a few extra minutes of bad house music, the lights lowered as the audience was shown Issues stage set up or 'backdrop'. The new backdrop Issues was displaying was delightful, having a southern feel it had everything from a dart board to a deer head!` As red and green stage lights began to display the full stage, Issues came out from the back with full force heading into the first song of the night 'Stingray Affliction'. As the set progressed and they played fan favorites such as 'Love Sex Riot' and finishing the nine set song off with' Hooligans', the crowds energy just increased to no end. By the time the band was about finished with their last song, the crowd was in full fledged concert mode as everyone didn't want the band to stop performing, but new it only meant we were that much closer to seeing the band of the night,Bring Me The Horizon.

Bring Me The Horizon

Now. the last time I caught Bring Me The Horizon (BMTH) was back in 2013 on the American Dream tour as they co headlined with rockers Of Mice and Men. Though, sadly, that time I was unable to make it through their set as I had broken my ankle seven songs in. So,this time I was going to redeem myself, plus enjoy their full set and I surely did. With a wonderful electronic background the smoke filled the stage the guys of Bring Me The Horizon rushed straight into the of the night and the first song of their hit album 'That's The Spirit'  Doomed. Not wasting a moment every single member of the crowd was off their feet and moving like it was their last night on earth. The energy in the venue was unreal, between the extremely active crowd and the non stop emotion being poured into any and every action the band did you could tell Bring Me The Horizon grew greatly as musicians. Comparing to the performance they gave back in 2013 to the shows performed in 2015 the effort, emotion, and passion shows that the ups and downs the members went through as singular people and together as band have molded them into the prime musicians we see today.As the night rolled the crowded continued to live on, a highlight of the night was when a double amputate man continued to crowd surf all through out the duration of BMTH's adding the the energy of the show. Play songs such as Happy Song, The House of Wolves, Shadow Moses, and even Throne. Add in more smoke machines, a large amount of confetti, and a few rounds in the pit  Ending the set on a high note, their encore was a older fan favrotie Blessed With A Curse and recent one Drown Last but not least, I personally ended the night with 2/3 set lists from the bands on the evenings bill- Bring Me The Horizon & Issues-  and a drumstick from Matt Nicholls.