Big Day out 2007

Me and Mel BDO 2007

My Chemical Romance

Evermore

Another year another Big Day out. It did not dissapoint. We got to the gig about 2 pm, so we missed out on a few acts ( smaller bands). We arrived at the Claremont Showground to the sounds of Evermore. A great New Zealand band which has been taking over the Australiasin music scene. I was incredibly skeptical of the band as television performance left me doubtful in the bands live ability. This was all put to rest as the songs Light Surrounding You, Running, It's too Late and Only For One Day rang throughout the grounds. The set was huge the drummer dressed in a red suit, genious on the kit his constant energy fueled the set. We didn't stick around for the full set as we went to find the Sleepy Jacksons. Whom we ended up walkign past as some drunken looser pointed us in the wrong direction. So we ended up missing the set, so we gave up and went to catch scribe , who mind you was so good. Next on the list was My Chemical Romance.

MCR were on the top of my list for bands to see. I am a fan of there music with Helena making it onto my top 20 greatest songs ever. ( due to film clip). We weren't able to get into the mosh, but we had a great spot. They opened with I'm not Okay which I loved. The highlights of the set were Welcome to the black Parade, Cancer and Helena. MCR were probably my favourite band of the day. They were the first band to get the crowd really going. I am glad Gerard dyed his hair black, I don't think the blonde was really working for him.

Next we were on a breather and went to the drinking area to chill out to eskimoe joe and John Butler. They both sounded really good , but eskimoe joe I feel have become really comercial, but hey you have to, to sell records.

During JBT I was supose to go see Kasabian ( previous blog) I missed out on the beginning half. Myself and friends sprinted across the grounds after skulling our beers ( incredibly tipsy at that time ) We caught a few of there songs and as usual they were awesome. I just can not fault this band . They are by far one of my favourites. They play great indie music which you can dance to. We were definatley dancing.

Unfortunately Kasabian played up to 6, which wa swhen the killers started , so after leaving during the Kasabian set we raced to get into the mosh for the killers. But low and behold they were not letting anyone in. This was not good as we were squashed in the crowd, who kept pushing forward trying to break the barriers. It was not fun and the killers started and we couldn't see them. So eventually we left the crowd and moved to the sides. The killers were smazing. Brandon Flower looked great as usual. The vaourite songs of the set were Mr Brightside and All the things I've done. I still don't really like there new stuff I find there isn't the perzaz of the old stuff. The songs are a little boring.

The rest of the day was a bit of a run around. As I did not have anyone els eon my list to see. So we just sat and ate and rested. Jet were really good, with their radio friendly set list. We caught the last of Muse, the stage setup was great and there sounds was quite good, but I really don't know any of there stuff. Tool were the last band we saw and I didn't know any of there stuff. There performance was good , but they just played such long intros to their songs that most of the time I was bored.

Overall the Big Day Out 2007 was a fun festival. It would ave to be one of the best music gigs I have been to for a while. I recommend anyone to go out and see these bands if you have the chance.