I almost didn’t go to this concert. I didn’t really want to go by myself and I didn’t know anyone in LA that was going or that was even into New Found Glory. I bought my ticket a while back when I had money because I knew I HAD to go to this show. Especially after I found out it was going to be a 10 year Anniversary tour of their self titled CD and they’d be playing EVERY song from the CD beginning to end. Then on top of that the line up was perfect. Well minus Hellogoodbye. Both shows that weekend sold out.
Like usual, I showed up late. After I knew I was gonna miss Fireworks, I wasn’t in a huge rush because I really didn’t want to see Hellogoodbye. The House of Blues Anaheim is located in Downtown Disney, so with my extra time I walked around and for the first time, beings I”m a SoCal local now, I looked at people like silly tourist. I’m gonna say since I was a kid I’ve averaged going to Disneyland once every 1.5 years, so I’ve seen the HOB from the outside plenty of times. I even went to the one in Orlando (I saw A7X, MCR and Funeral For A Friend). This one is roughly the same layout. Its laid out kind of like The Catalyst in Santa Cruz but smaller and upstairs, they have an outside area with a full bar. The main thing I didn’t like about the venue though is the center part of the main floor is lowered. The show obviously sold out and it was difficult to get to the main floor unless you were already there. Because of that, there wasn’t a lot of room for the MOSH.
Saves The Day was fun. The played all the songs I wanted to hear and a lot of new ones that I could have fast forwarded through but still kinda enjoyed. I think if I gave new Saves The Day a chance, I might like it. I keep buying the new CD’s like I’m gonna listen to it and then listen to it like once. The line up looked a little different, I’m sure they’ve had band member changes.
I was kinda upset that I couldn’t get to the main floor for NFG. I was still on the lower level but off to the side a little bit but it still wasn’t where I like to be for a NFG show. I quickly got over it the second they came out and went right into Better Off Dead. Immediately the energy from the whole venue I think went through the roof. From then on, I think I had one of the best times I’ve had so far in LA. I really needed NFG that night too. I got goose bumps hearing songs they never or rarely play live. A small pit kinda broke out. There wasn’t really any room for one. Even Chad said this is normally where we say we want to see a circle pit but there isn’t any room. After they played their whole self titled CD they went off stage and came back and encored with their classics that they obviously had to play. For the last song (My Friends Over You) because it was the last date on the tour, they brought out all the bands on stage and everybody either played an instrument or sang along. In the end I was left wanting more. I felt like the set was really short, or maybe it just went by fast because I was having such an amazing time.
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