Dayglow: Best or Worst Show?!

Lindsey Wheeler
Delta Gamma

As most of you know, Dayglow came to the Classic Center in Athens on Jan. 20.  For those of you who didn’t attend the show or don’t know what Dayglow is, just imagine a paint party with Dubstep music (or what is supposed to be a paint party with Dubstep).  The show was scheduled to begin at 7:30, so most people arrived at 6:30 to get a good spot in the front and had to wait outside in the cold rainy weather for hours.  It ended up starting around 9:00, and many people were frustrated.  One such person being Nikki Washington, a Delta Gamma, who said, “They made us wait way too long. Not cool.”

Once the show finally began, my boyfriend and I immediately noticed that the music they promised us was not being delivered.  The headliner DJ Felix Cartel was not present and the same songs (Adele’s "Rolling In The Deep" remix) were being played multiple times, and the music was more House than Dubstep.  As far as the paint went, the people in the front were completely covered while the people in the back had hardly any paint on them.  From personally getting pounds of paint matted in my hair and watching people get paint in their eyes, I don’t think the people in the back truly missed out as it was fun at the time but a mess to clean up afterward.

 For some people, the crowd absolutely made the show perfect, but for some people the crowd ruined the show.  Rachel Anderson, another Delta Gamma, said, “I go to enough concerts to be okay with getting crushed to death, so that part didn't bother me, but I know other people didn't expect that. That's my warning to anyone who hasn't gone to any shows like this before.”  Many other people were not okay with the crowd and a lot of people sustained bruises from being pushed around.  I personally have bruises as well as a large welt on my head because I was facing the stage when a girl crowd surfing from behind landed right on top of me.  I was completely shocked that anyone would think it was a good idea to crowd surf from that direction where nobody could see them coming.

Aside from getting pushed and shoved, many people had personal items lost, stolen or confiscated.  Glow sticks were not allowed, and my friends and I had to throw ours in the trash at the door.  After the show ended, the Facebook page for the event was littered with bad experiences and wanted ads for missing driver’s licenses.  One show attendee, Stafford McCoy, had his Oakley Sunglasses confiscated by security.  He told me that, “Well, it seemed like I could leave them with those people monitoring the line, but they were pretty much jerks and I guess they just pocketed them. It's not that big of a loss; I don’t really wear white sunglasses to anything but parties like that.”

Despite the negatives, some people really did enjoy the show, and I’m sure it will be back again for those of us who weren’t scared away.

Lindsey is a junior studying advertising. You may contact her at law91@uga.edu.