by Daniel Chiam
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Paramore returned to Malaysia for the second time after their first concert in Malaysia back in 2010. This time in a much smaller stadium compared to last time but the crowd was bigger and better than before! The opening act was by the band mewithoutYou who apparently is Hayley's favorite band since 10 years ago.
mewithoutYou brought something new to the Malaysian stage with their spoken-word vocals and free-ranging drums, bass, and guitar. Tho very new to most of the crowd, but the crowd still managed to sing along with some of the tunes, claps and cheered for the band. The part that got the crowd excited was when Hayley suddenly appeared from behind and started to sing together on one of the band's song.
mewithoutYou brought something new to the Malaysian stage with their spoken-word vocals and free-ranging drums, bass, and guitar. Tho very new to most of the crowd, but the crowd still managed to sing along with some of the tunes, claps and cheered for the band. The part that got the crowd excited was when Hayley suddenly appeared from behind and started to sing together on one of the band's song.
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| mewithoutYou and Hayley on stage |
It wasn't Paramore's turn yet! The stage was later being rearrange again after mewithYou had finished their performances. Having seen Paramore's previous show, I know they will need much more space on the stage for the band members to move around, especially Hayley. She was so energetic and hyper active during her last visit and I'm expecting nothing less this time.
There was no dramatic intro for Paramore this time. The light went out and boom... with the first hit of the drum, lights on and there they are, Paramore taking over the center stage and the crowd goes wild. Everyone was shouting all out for Hayley. Paramore's first song was from their newly released single - NOW. Lights flashes, crowd was jumping, sing along and it was such a beautiful scene to be able to be apart of.
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| Paramore opening song - NOW |
I remembered 3 years ago I was standing way up there in the cheap seat looking down on the people who gets to go crazy in front of the stage, wishing I could be there too to get the real feeling of the concert and this time, thanks to Livescape Asia and Gush Ad for the 2 free passes to be at the rock zone! I get to see the band nearer than last time, yeah!
It was really surreal to be able to be so near where I could see and listen clearer. Hayley is really beautiful (and sexy too) and I like her red hair a lot! She keeps running all over the stage and headbanging! Jeremy and Taylor did the acrobatic act again this time! Their energy on stage keeps fueling the crowd to rock even harder!
Listening to songs like 'Decode', 'Ignorance', 'Playing God', 'The Only Exception', 'Brick by Boring Brick' (from the album Brand New Eyes) being sing live, and be able to party hard and rock hard with other fans, it was just an awesome experience.
Paramore also performed all the songs from their Singles Club - 'Monster', 'Renegade', 'In The Mourning' and 'Hello Cold World'. Hayley even praised the Malaysian crowd for being able to sing along all the songs better and louder than the previous countries that they toured. It was a compliment not to be missed out in this post xD
I was hoping to be able to listen to some of their new songs from their upcoming self-titled album that is going to be launched by this April 2013, but that didn't happened. This time, Hayley really took the time to thank the Paramore's fans. All the tough time that Paramore had gone through this past 2 years, and the reason Paramore is still going strong is because of the continuous support from the fans. Keep on making great rock music Paramore! I love you Hayley!
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| Look at the awesome crowd behind! |
Only a few songs from the album All We Know Is Falling and Riot! were performed that night. 'Careful', 'That's What You Get', 'Pressure', and 'Misery Business' for the ending and it totally rocks my socks off! It is my all time favorite from Paramore! It was seriously awesome to be able to listen to it live in a much hype up environment. I can't help it but feel really happy that moment xD
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| Hayley headbanging! |
Like last time, Hayley will choose someone from the crowd to go up the stage and share the stage with the band to end the night. This time, it was lucky Lucy - the girl in the green stripes. Hayley asked her "do you know the song better than I do?", Lucy said "yes", crowd cheered! When it's really the time to rock on the stage, indeed Lucy made Malaysia proud. She rocks the song like nobody business, owned the stage and even swirl and twirl like how Hayley did it... freaking awesome rock chick! Didn't manage to get a picture or video of that cause phone's battery was running really low (don't you just hate it when that happened?).
Oh yeah, did I mentioned after the song, Lucy took out her camera and selca with Hayley and then she ran to Jeremy (or was it Taylor?) and took another selca with him. The most interesting part is that Lucy stayed for too long on stage that she needed to be escort off the stage to the backstage along with PARAMORE! Omigosh, she get to spend some personal time with the band backstage and I want that too!
It was really a great night spent with all the rock fans in Malaysia. Can't wait for Paramore to come back again next time. Hopefully by that time, I'll be qualified enough to be the one who is taking awesome pictures of the band.
"Seize the day, Caper Diem"
