Fall Out Boy
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
March 4, 2016

Last summer, I was lucky enough to see ‘The Boyz of Summer Tour’ featuring Hoodie Allen, Wiz Khalifa and Fall Out Boy. All of the groups were great, but I left saying, I need to see Fall Out Boy again. Fortunately, they didn’t wait too long to come back around with the Wintour is Coming tour, featuring support from PVRIS and AWOLNATION.

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PVRIS

The walk from my hotel to the arena was longer than I thought, and I made it just in time to catch PVRIS (pronounced Paris). This female fronted rock band from Lowell, MA was not what I expected. I had pulled up one song before the show, and lost interest after about 30 seconds. I hoped that I would like them more in a live setting.

They blew me away.

I sat down to see the lead singer, Lyndsey Gunnulfsen standing center stage, wearing all black, hair all a mess, with a guitar in her hand. Her voice was so powerful, I couldn’t believe it was the same girl I had just seen online. Brad Griffin and Kyle Anthony backed her up with their own talents, and they also had a pretty amazing light show. They seemed more like a post hardcore band, rather than a rock band to me. The songs were heavy, but at the same time, there was a electronic beat that made you want to jump and move. They played six songs, and I enjoyed every one of them. I highly recommend checking out “You and I;” it was the song I couldn’t listen to online, but I couldn’t stop singing after.

Setlist
White Noise
St. Patrick
Smoke
Fire
You and I
My House

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AWOLNATION

If you like electronic rock, Sons of Anarchy and songs that have been certificate 6x platinum, AWOLNATION will not disappoint. The band is from Southern California, and was formed in 2010. The singer, Aaron Bruno, got on stage and the crowd went crazy. He jumped, danced and engaged his audience. The rest of the band, Kenny Carkeet, Isaac Carpenter, Marc Walloch and Zach Irons, backed him up with the same energy. The set started the set with ‘Run’, which has a absolutely incredible beat. During ‘I am’ they asked everyone to put their cell phone lights up, which is quite a thing to see 20,000 people do. They also played ‘Burn it down’, which was used in an episode of Sons of Anarchy, before ending the set with the hit ‘Sail,’. When the first note of “Sail” started, the crowd instantly cheered, knowing what it was. The girls seated behind me screamed louder than the music itself. Aaron matched their intensity and performed it perfectly. It was a captivating performance from start to finish.

Setlist
Run
Woman Woman
Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)
I Am
Drum Solo
Burn It Down
Sail

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Fall Out Boy

A curtain dropped over the stage while we waited for Fall Out Boy to come out. All of a sudden, the curtain dropped, the crowd cried out, rose to their feet, and it began to snow. Wintour was coming after all. I’m not a Game of Thrones fan, but I still thought it was ‘punny’. They showed a video while it snowed, and I could see the guys waiting behind the screen. Excitement was in the air.

When the video stopped, the screens parted ways, they ran out on stage, and jumped right into their recent hit ‘Irresistible’. From then on, the show was non-stop hits, stopping only for brief moments of thank you’s from lead singer Patrick Stump, and moments that I wish were more brief from Pete Wentz. He’s a great bass player, but I have no idea what he was talking about.

The night rolled on with hits like ‘The Phoenix’ and ‘Dance,Dance’. When they wanted to slow it down a bit a piano was brought out for ‘Disloyal Order of the Water Buffaloes’ and ‘Save Rock and Roll’. I am sad to report that there was no surprise guest of Sir Elton John that night. I stared at the stage; silently praying to see him waltz out. They played one of my favorite songs, ‘Jet Pack Blues’, and a few tears rolled down my face. They brought me right back up they played ‘Thanks for the Memories’, and ‘Centuries’.

When Fall Out Boy returned to the stage for their encore, ‘My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark’ brought some fun pyrotechnics to the stage. When they sang “Light em’ up up up, I’m on fire!”, fire shot up along the back of the stage, all around the drummer.

Setlist
Irresistible
Sugar, We’re Goin Down
The Phoenix
Hum Hallelujah
Alone Together
“The Take Over, the Breaks Over”
The Kids Aren’t Alright
This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race
Novocaine
Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes
Save Rock and Roll
Fourth of July
Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy
Uma Thurman
Dance, Dance
American Beauty/American Psycho
Jet Pack Blues
I Don’t Care
Thnks fr th Mmrs
Centuries
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My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
Saturday

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Fall Out Boy put a great package together for the Wintour, and I feel lucky to have seen such a great show!