It officially happened… On Tuesday May 19, 2015 All Time Low came
to Rochester for the US leg of their Future Hearts Tour and I, Marissa Murphy,
was in attendance. They had three opening acts which consisted of State Champs,
a pop punk band from Albany, Tonight Alive a rock band from Australia, and
Issues a metal core band from Atlanta.
The day of the concert was an intense day as I had a full day of
school then went out to the venue in Rochester with a few of my friends.
Everyone knows that before a concert the queue is a crazy wrap around the
block, right? So when the line wrapped around the building next door to the
Main Street Armory, which just so happened to be a church, it came to a shock
to all the queued fans as well as the venue’s security when the church called
the cops and began towing all the cars that were parked in the church parking
lot.
That aside, the venue doors opened and the lines for the ladies
room was just as long as the lines for band merch and the stage was already
forming into a pit. State Champs opened the show and got the crowd going as
well as a seemingly nameless band can even though I had been listening to them
for a few months. They sang some of their classics like “Remedy”, and “Elevated”.
Next came Tonight Alive which was just phenomenal
because Jenna McDougall is just the queen of the world! She sang “The Ocean”
and “lonely Girl” as well as a few others and I wish that their set could have
been longer, but Jenna came out to sing one of All Time Low’s songs “A Love
Like War” which is usually accompanied by Vic Fuentes from Pierce The Veil. We
left the pit after Tonight Alive knowing how crazy Issues would get and
retreated to the balcony which was a pretty smart decision considering Michael
Bohn started a death wall (the crowd separates in two and then runs at each
other and starts fighting each other). I loved their set because they sang
nearly all my favorite songs such as “Disappear (Remember When)”, “Princeton
Ave”, “Mad at Myself”, and “Never Lose Your Flames”.
After what felt like an eternity, All Time Low came out opening
with “Satellite”. They sang songs off of their old albums as well as Future
Hearts. There was a plethora of inappropriate jokes and Jack Barakat
(guitarist) even crowd surfed on an inflatable pizza raft.
I can honestly say that it was the best concert that I have ever
been to and I wish that I could have followed the tour because I totally would
have. All Time Low will always be one of my favorite bands and I can’t wait to
see them live again. Who knows maybe next time I’ll be able to meet some of
them.
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