A Day To Remember, August Burns Red, and Silverstein
March 31, 2010
Revolution Live, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Written by Breanna Rose
On Wednesday, March 31st, ‘Toursick’ came to Fort Lauderdale, selling out Club Revolution the first week tickets had gone on sale. The tour consisted of bands such as Veara, Enter Shikari, Silverstein, August Burns Red, and, headlining band, A Day To Remember. Fort Lauderdale was the first stop on Toursick as well, which made it that much more of an ordeal to the people of South Florida.
The first band to kick off the night was Veara, a pop-punk band from Augusta, GA. Being the first band to perform, the crowd was just warming up throughout Veara’s set for the rest of the night. One unique thing about Veara was that their drummer was a chick. Being the only girl of all the touring bands, she played the drums, too! Sick?! I thought so, too. After Veara, a post-hardcore band from England, Enter Shikari, came on to perform. This was the first time I was introduced to Enter Shikari, and I must say I was impressed with their performance.
Their upbeat movements and rhythms really drew me in throughout their whole set. I hope to be seeing them touring through South Florida again soon!
The third act of the night was another post-hardcore band, but with a completely different sound. Silverstein, having been involved in the music scene longer than any of the other bands on Toursick itself, played a pretty decent set. Touring for the first time in awhile, Silverstein brought back a few classics such as ‘My Heroine’ and ‘Smile In Your Sleep’. While listening to them, I couldn’t help but notice that they mostly played songs from their newest album, ‘Shipwreck In the Sand’ rather than from their previous albums. To tell you the truth, I would have preferred to hear the classics! I’m sure I’m not the only on that thought this, either.
After Silverstein, a metalcore band called August Burns Red came on. The band started with their most well known song, ‘Back Burner’. Their set was completely insane to say the least. Crowd surfers galore! As in 6 or 7 people surfing the crowd at one time, per song even! As their set went on, I began to notice the crowd liven up and really connect with the band itself.
My favorite part about this band is that most of their songs are made up of complete breakdowns, which calls for movement of the crowd, naturally. Along with being an attractive group of young men, it was the funniest thing seeing the guitarist and bassist both wearing sandals on stage, as if trying to match the ‘Florida Lifestyle’. Ending with ‘Composure’, the crowd went wild, including a circle pit encompassing the crowd in it’s entirety.
After an excruciating wait, the most anticipated band of the night, A Day To Remember finally came onstage and started out with their signature song, ‘The Downfall of Us All’. Every person in the room was off of their feet at this point! ADTR (being from Ocala, FL) stated “South Florida accepted us even before our hometown did!” The crowd went wild, obviously. After supposedly “ending” with the song ‘I’m Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made of?’ ADTR came back with a never before played acoustic song, ‘If It Means A Lot To You’, with special guest singer, Sierra Kusterbeck, from the local Port St. Lucie band, Versa Emerge.
Ending with one of my personal favorites, ‘A Plot To Bomb The Panhandle’, ADTR absolutely hit it out of the ballpark on this one. Needless to say, this tour is the start of something America hasn’t seen since, well, ACDC… Mark my words, they’re taking over the world.
Photos by Christina Mendenhall
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