It's About Quarter to 7 and the doors are due to open in quarter of an hour. The fans outside are buzzing with excitment, everytime the doors open fans look immediately in the hope its one of the bands. Earlier on today Bring Me The Horizon's tour bus broke down. Despite this, staff still look organised. The doors open and many fans start screaming. A few fans get pulled over for questioning of their age,even though they are clearly over 14. I get told to go to the box office to recieve my passes,but i'm told i am not on the guest list. The staff there don't seem interested in helping, but after making phone calls to Kate and Matt i finally get in.

After the long wait i go up ready to watch the show.
First on are The Break In. They come on stage and head straight into their first song. This song gets the crowd headbanging in no time. The Break in seem to know how to work the stage, but they dont seem to be telling the crowd to form mosh pits or death walls,or anything of the sort.The thing that really get the crowd going for the Break in is the numerous times the lead singer dives into the crowd. After the show many of the fans are talking about how amazing they thought The Break in were, and i myself have become a new fan of The Break In.

Next on to grace the stage are the Architects. They walk on stage and already have many of the girl fans screaming. The Architects come on stage and put on a fantastic set. Not long into the set lead singer is soon diving into the crowd,giving the fans what they want. The set is going fantastic until guitarist Tom Searle's lead for his guitar comes out. Not many people notice and he doesn't panic, he simply plugs it backs in and carries on with the show. During the last song lead singer Matt Johnson tells the crowd to grab any one of the band as much as they can and to form a wall of death. The crowd do just this and they do their hardset to make the most of their last song. Architects leave the stage after playing an amazing set and wearing the fans out.

Finally the moment everyone has been waiting for, Bring Me The Horizon take to the stage. There are many screams already, but as Oli Sykes steps onto the stage the crowd erupts. They go straight into "Pray For plagues" and everybody in the room are singing along, although there a minority in the crowd trying to growl along. For the first 3 songs they seem to be fantastic. Oli is speaking to the crowd frequently, diving around on stage and in the crowd. It is hard to take photos of Bring Me The Horizon due to them moving around on stage and head banging. Bring Me The Horizon seem to be happy tonight despite their tour bus breaking down, and even in just the first 3 songs, you can tell everybody is happy to be here. After the 3 songs have finished i get taken away. There were no crowd surfers at all but i was still forced to leave the side of the stage. I am taken out and can not see anything at all. I was just looking at a blank wall with drunken fans all around me. For the remaining 35 minutes of the set i sit there on my own in dissapointment that i was not getting to watch Bring Me The Horizon play their set. I know this is not the bands fault but i was still dissapointed after waiting months for the day to finally get here.From what i can hear Bring Me The Horizon are making this night unforgettable to all their fans. I often hear him thanking the crowd for being here and the support bands for being there. As the fans come out i hear them shouting in excitment how they touched Oli Sykes legs or Arms. From what i have seen and heard they were fantastic and many of the fans will make sure they go back next time .


 

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This review was submitted by: Hannah Pitt On: 26 November 2007
Band name: Bring Me The Horizon
Support Band: The Break In, Architects
Venue Seen: Carling Academy, Bristol Date Seen: 25 November 2007