I did the review for New Found Glory separate but can't seem to find the word document.
Kerrang tour
Line up While She
Sleeps, LetLive, The Blackout, New Found Glory.
Manchester Academy,
Manchester 15/02/12
Every year Kerrang brings a line-up of four bands on tour
around the UK. Sponsored by Relentless it brings many diverse music fans
together in one venue. This year’s tour brings two British and two American
bands to the bill.
First up on the bill are While She Sleeps, another of Steel
City’s metal bands. They start the night before everyone is even in the venue
however prove worthy of the crowds by already opening up a pit. They play a few
songs due to be out with the new album this year. Finish with familiar song
Crows then leave the crowd waiting for LetLive.
Who’s frontman Jason Butler certainly lives up to his
reputation of being number one rock star (according to Kerrang magazine.) There
is passion and high energy as soon as they storm the stage into the first song.
Completely abandoning his microphone half way through a song Butler climbs up
the speakers and completely loses himself in the music. Letlive have lived up
the expectations of being unpredictable as a wall of death takes place during
the final song.
Next up are The Blackout who are greeted by a few ‘boos’ as
they hit the stage. They certainly warm a few people’s hearts up as they do a
cover of Fat Lip. They have a lot to live up for as the replacement band for
Sum 41 and open up the pits after the first few songs. Sean smith and Gavin
Butler provide the crowd entertainment throughout with banter and giggles
between songs. They are quickly becoming one of Britain’s biggest rock bands
and do good to not take themselves too seriously.
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