For the second time in one week, AFI made their return to Alabama . Last week in Mobile , this week in Birmingham .
Personally, I have anticipated AFI's trip to Alabama for years
because they have never come to my home state until this year. I was beside myself
with excitement.
The opening band was Nostalghia. They were just one clown
short of the circus.
Their singer had a white, lace dress and very long black
hair to accompany her smudged white make-up. She started out whispering into
the mic and all of a sudden, she let out this blood curdling scream. It scared
the pants off me and I wanted to cry. I was happy then they were over.
AFI is one of the best bands from almost the last two and a
half decades and that is my completely biased opinion.
They played songs across their catalogue, some popular and
some that only the die-hards would know.
The set included:
The Leaving Song Pt. II
Girl's Not Grey
I Hope You Suffer
File 13
Love Like Winter
Ever And A Day
Medicate
Heart Stops
17 Crimes
The Leaving Song
The Days of The Phoenix
Veronica Sawyer Smokes
Kill Caustic
Miss Murder
Greater Than 84 (My favorite from Burials!)
A Deep Slow Panic
The Conductor
Silver And Cold
During File 13, Davey forgot the words and just laughed as
the band played on. He then tried to throw the mic to a guy in the audience but
it ended up hitting the barricade. He eventually caught back up with the words
with some help and continued to laugh with the crowd.
The crowd flipped their stuff when Ever And A Day was
played. I do not blame them. It was exciting.
Veronica Sawyer Smokes was also a very nice surprise from
Crash Love.
After Greater Than 84, Davey asked which songs from Burials
we wanted to hear. Of course there was array of different answers, (I wanted
The Conductor), but they played A Deep Slow Panic. Afterwards, Davey said he
guessed he would play The Conductor.
The evening was filled with die hards and causal fans alike
and I anxiously await the day AFI comes back to Alabama .
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