A night full of interviews, great music, and kind strangers made the Take Action Tour Connecticut date more than memorable. After our chaotic interviews, Mayday’s on their tour bus and Call The Cops’ in the middle of a room because they “weren’t V.I.P. enough to get into the mens room”, I was ready for a calmer night of just plain music.
Sadly, we missed Call The Cops’ set due to a scheduling fluke, but regardless, my mom and I went into the over-sold room while A Rocket To The Moon was on. Remembering him from the Jingle My Bells show, and still not listening to him, it was kind of boring. He was white noise, considering a) I couldn’t hear him over the screaming girls, b) he sounded like any other Nevershoutnever!-ish band, and c) I wasn’t interested. Needless to say, his set wasn’t very entertaining.
Mayday Parade came on and it was everything I hoped for and more. My knee was sore and I didn’t have a knee brace, I was elbowed left and right by annoying girls, and I was tired, but as soon as Mayday Parade started blasting out their first song, my mood was lifted. I can’t help but getting caught up in the greatness of it all. Singing along, smiling, and just listening has more power than I believe anyone can put into words. Few bands have the ability to do it, and Mayday is one of few for me. This is why they’re my favourite band.
We skipped on We The Kings, I don’t listen to them, and so we got out of there after purchasing an “Inspire” Mayday Parade bracelet. We The Kings are extremely popular, but for some reason I am just not able to connect with them. They seem to be on every tour and strange enough the last time we saw Mayday Parade, The Academy Is… were the headliners. We left before they came on as well. It seems to me there is nothing after Mayday Parade. Its their turn to headline.