Photo by Magic Liwanag |
August 8, 2013.
I Went To Fall Out Boy: Save Rock And Roll Tour Live In Manila and lost my retainers- true story. Or is one of the stories that was all over Twitter right after the Fall Out Boy concert. Apparently aside from retainers and hearts being lost to the four man band from Chicago, soles, shoes and broken eye glasses were some of the material things lost amongst the crowd of eager fans. Physically though? There was a lot of pushing and shoving as expected from a rock concert. A couple of girls fainted and were hoisted away by bouncers and carried out via stretchers. Yes – that was how hot the guys were on stage.
Front act: Local band – Typecast. Shout out to drummer Sir Melvin! 🙂 Photo by Paul Cheng |
The crowd bathed in light. This was pretty much our view from our seat. Photo by Paul Cheng. |
Concerned for the fans, bassist Pete Wentz asked the crowd to back up a few steps just to make sure there was enough air circulating. Thankfully there were no serious injuries aside from the hearts of many fans breaking after the concert that is.
*UPDATE*
Apparently even before Fall Out Boy went up on stage there was already a woman who fainted. Which prompted concert organizers to make an announcement to the crowd not to push or shove – this of course was met with cheers and jeers from the crowd. It was even featured in the Inquirer – headline – Woman faints at Fall Out Boy concert – I kid you not.
Photo by Mary Miracle Aco |
Photo by Magic Liwanag. |
Interactive Concert
I believe that one of the reasons why the concert was enjoyable was that, the songs in the set list really have the crowd moving to the music. The songs will have you fist pumping in the air, clapping to the beat and there are a lot of screaming and shouting and singing involved. The crowd held on to neon glowsticks that shone brightly in the darkened Araneta Center – it was a sight to behold. You could event spot glowing bunny ears in the crowd.
Spotlight on Patrick. Photo by Inna Martinez |
A great live performance
You will always appreacite a musician more when you watch them perform live and this was also the case for Fall Out Boy who showcased their musicality during their concert. I was so impressed with Patrick who sang Sir Elton John’s part during Save Rock and Roll and it was a whole range lower than his! A couple of octaves maybe? I’m not sure – any musical expert please correct me. He was going to and from different vocal ranges without a sweat! All this while also showcasing his talent on the piano. Clap! Clap! Indeed!
Plus I was also able to appreciate guitarist Joe Trohman more, with his awesome ‘Beat It’ guitar solo! He is no doubt a rock star and with that hair – he can’t do wrong.
Drummer Andy Hurley even stood up on the drums and sang along, it was a sight to behold and his skills on the drums are undeniable!
Say yeah – YEAH!!!! Amazing view of Team Gen Ad. Photo by Jasper Lucne. |
Pay It Forward
Honestly, this concert experience was very surreal for me. I really wanted to go to the concert and was determined to do so – even if car payments and sending my siblings to school seemed to threaten those plans. I told myself I would go no matter what and decided to buy General Admission tickets should all else fail. I knocked on so many doors but failed, I went through so many negotiations for payment plans on tickets that didn’t push through. In the end we purchased General Admission tickets. Then I got a tweet from a former Colleague two hours before the concert, offering me Patron tickets- for free! I couldn’t believe my lucky stars! I was so ecstatic and to pay that good deed done to me we gave our General Admission tickets to a friend who wanted to go to the concert. It was a good feeling and I really couldn’t believe how everything worked out – from one kind act to another. 🙂
A special thank you to Ben Anthony Rones – you have no idea how happy you made me! Starbucks on me!
Amazing Lights. Photo by Paul Cheng |
Lesson Learned
Because of our previous concert experience in the MOA Arena, Paul and I decided not to bring our SLR, low and behold our surprise and regret when Araneta didn’t even really look through bags and didn’t confiscate SLR cameras. Ugh! Can you imagine our disappointment ! But Paul still had his handy point and shoot camera – it’s been around since we were in College so about 7-8 years ago ;P and like always we just went on ahead and made do with what we had. Special thank you to the folks who let me use their photos in the blog and sorry for those whose photos I didn’t include, it can’t be all photos.
We still enjoyed the concert very much even without an SLR.
The crowd mid wave. Photo by Paul Cheng |
Concert Buddies: Fall Out Boy Philippines |
Concert Buddies
A lot of people think twice about going to a concert especially when they don’t have a buddy or a friend to go with – fortunately, my fellow Young Bloods at Fall Out Boy Philippines organized Concert Buddies – even coming up with a document on the Facebook page where people listed down what section they will be in! There were the VIP Peeps and Team Gen Ad! Although I was not able to join them since I still had the Meet and Greet to go to I could tell from their posts that they had a great time! I had a great time to! With my ultimate concert buddy – why my husband of course! 😉
It’s worth noting that these guys have been hanging out with each other for the whole day! From the Meet and Greet and CD Signing session in Trinoma to the concert in Arantera and even going for drinks after! It’s really great to have a family to share these great experiences with and Fall Out Boy Philippines is one crazy but fun family to be in! 🙂
Pete Wentz with fans. |
I got to meet and greet Fall Out Boy and all I got was this photo – Thanks for the memories – Ha! See what I did there! 🙂 |
Say YEAH! Photo by Magic Liwanag. |
Close encounter with Pete Wentz Photo by Magic Liwanag. |
Bassist Pete Wentz sings to the crowd, anchored by a bouncer, there is a camera mounted on his mic capturing the eager crowd. He held hands as he sang to the crowd, the sight made my hair stand on end.
An all out performance from Pete Wentz, photo by Ruth Veluz |
Joe Trohman. Photo by Inna Martinez |
Photo by Inna Martinez |
A Nod to Rock Icons
One of the highlights of the concert was when during the performance of Save Rock and Roll the screen was lit up with images of Rock and Roll icons, from The Rolling Stones, to KISS, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love (which is no surprise since she is featured in their new album), Maddona, the King of Pop Micheal Jackson the crowd cheered to their the legendary Rock icons as they sang.
There were many confessions of fans bursting into tears during the song.
Lead Guitarist Joe Trohman and his awesome hair. Photo by Edeline Hernaez |
Photo by Magic Liwanag. |
Photo by Aj Barbadillo |
Photo by Kim Nunez |
Paul saw this van with ‘Fall Out Boy’ written on it. Unfortunately he was not able to take a photo of the back of the van, which said ‘Going to the Fall Out Boy concert! Get out of the way!’ |
Probably a big take away for the fans who attended the concert was Pete’s declaration of why the boys had to come back from their hiatus. How their songs are not only songs but have become a voice for kids, for them to speak out, an armor that they can put on in defense of this very cruel world.
I was an angsty teenager before who didn’t fit in and although meeting them in College, their songs were pretty much part of the last eight years of my existence and they have helped me like so many others get through a sh*tty day, they helped me not give a damn about pretentious people I didn’t need to please at all. So many fans would be a testimony of how their music saved them and it was just beautiful as to how they represented the f*ckin weirdos, the least, the lost, the last, the supposed losers who didn’t fit in the accepted mold.
As Pete said – if someone tells you there is nothing special about you – be sure to ask – What if there f*ckin is?!
Fall Out Boy does not glamorize, the rich and easy life of sexy girls in bikinis and hitting the clubs and throwing away money – they sing for those just struggling to get through the day, those of us who were beat and broken but because of four musicians who used to play music in an attic somewhere in Chicago a long time ago – are now raised up like a Phoenix and Saving Rock and Roll in our own little way.
From Manila with love – a big group photo with the boys. |
A big thank you to the producers and organizers of the concert and Meet and Greet Events and CD Signing!
MMI Live
Ovation Production
MCA Music
Odyssey Live
Astroplus
Trinoma
Araneta Center
And to any person, group or organization I may have forgotten – you have our eternal gratitude and thanks!- Long live the car crash hearts.
Patrick's wife's grandmother was from Manila. For your reference: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/542585_4743726036475_257383375_n.jpg^^
Patrick's wife's grandmother was from Manila. For your reference: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/542585_4743726036475_257383375_n.jpg^^
Thank you Trisha! 🙂 I updated the blog post with the information you provided ^_^
Thank you Trisha! 🙂 I updated the blog post with the information you provided ^_^
Ica, you're so bait!! You gave your Gen Tickets away!1 Not selling! You deserve another patron ticket from a concert for this! 😉
Ica, you're so bait!! You gave your Gen Tickets away!1 Not selling! You deserve another patron ticket from a concert for this! 😉
Hehe that's so sweet <3 Thank you for posting ^_^
Hehe that's so sweet <3 Thank you for posting ^_^