One of my favorite bands of all time is 5 Seconds of Summer, and this year would be the third time I've seen them. I recently saw them on their Sounds Live Feels Live (SLFL) tour, at Tinley Park in Chicago. Let me just start by saying, out of all the times I've seen them, they've never put on a bad show.
Upon arrival to the venue, we had no idea where our seats would be. Due to a mishap at last year's concert, I had seats in will call. That was where we found out we had VIP seats. So, extremely excited as we were, we made our way to our seats and then half an hour later the show began.
The first band was Hey Violet. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of them. However, they seemed to have a pretty decent fan base at the concert which was cool. Unfortunately they opened up for them last year, so it was (sort of) a letdown that they had one of the same opening acts. Hey Violet did play a new song of theirs called "Brand New Moves" which was actually really good.
The next band that played was One Ok Rock. I had never heard of them before this show, and I was pleasantly surprised. I still don't know any of their songs, but I'm actually willing to learn them. I think this band was a wonderful choice as a second opening act.
Finally, it was time for them to come out. The lights went down and everyone, and I mean everyone, started screaming. You couldn't hear the person next to you. About halfway through the concert, Michael stood on stage and took out his in-ears. He listened to everyone screaming and was just amazed by it. I swear, nothing in my life has ever been louder.
At the end of the concert, they began to play a song that they never play in concert, and I mean never. Once they started playing it, the entire crowd went wild and everyone knew the lyrics by heart (including me).
Went the concert ended, they came out for an encore. Actually, two encores. It was amazing. The moment when you leave the concert, your ears still ringing, is truly the best moment. If you've never seen 5 Seconds of Summer live, then I seriously suggest seeing them!