All Time Low at Towson Center Arena 7/11/09

Who: All Time Low w/ We the Kings, Cartel, and Days Difference

Where: Towson Center Arena at Towson University

When: July 11, 2009

This show was so much fun. Sold out, 4 sick bands, over 3,000 people, tons of shitty crowd-surfers, it doesn't really get much better than that. In the afternoon, I tried to see All Time Low at my mall, but I found out that you needed some wristband or some bullshit to get in from Hot Topic, so I didn't get to. I got a couple photos from inside the store, though, even with Mr. Dick Mall Cop over there. Apparently I was blocking the whole walkway. I mean, I know I'm big, but Jesus. Anyways, that kind of sucked because I looked liked a total goon without a wristband around hundreds of under-age girls screaming to get in All Time Low's pants. Back to the show.

There were 2 lines (one on the side entrance and one in the front entrance), surrounded by thousands of people, mostly 15-year-girls. I got to the front entrance and immediately scalped 2 tickets to the show with my friend Donnie even though it was sold out. We waited for about 30 minutes until they opened up 2 separate lines which I really thought was funny: the Ladies' line and the Men's line. I didn't really understand that, but since the line mostly consisted of "ladies" I got in the arena pretty quick. I got a great spot, meeting some of my friends without even having to call them to meet up. They said the show was sold out, yet it seemed like all of the people that I knew were coming anyways I saw during the show. Days Difference that I had never heard of before came out first, and were alright and a respectable band in general, but I wasn't that in to the music. Cartel was great, they weren't as energetic as I saw them at Bamboozle a few months ago, but put on a good show. I wish they had played "Runaway" and "Lose It" though. We the Kings was crazy. When they played their cover of "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World, claiming there should be 134 crowd-surfers out there during the song. Let's just say if Warped Tour saw this, they would be sad. No one knew how to crowd-surf, and the crowd didn't hold them up. I saw at least 10 girls get dropped, including a girl who flipped a shit when she found that someone had dropped her. I guess they were all too young or something. But anyways, We the Kings played all of their songs they played at Bamboozle from their debut album from 2007. I'm getting kind of sick of it, personally.

Then All Time Low came out with a computer-talking intro by some guy named "Fred." Rian Dawson's SJC drum set lit up brightly as it got pitch black. The crowd roared. When the first song, "Lost in Stereo" starting playing, it felt like the floor was gonna collapse below and kill us. There was so much shock to it because it was for basketball players. All Time Low was hysterical as ever with their shitty jokes, comments about shit thrown on stage, and their conversations with their parents above them in the bleachers. They played a great show, I really enjoyed it. I could tell they didn't have a lot of practice playing their new songs from their new album yet, but it was still fun. In general, I don't think All Time Low is the best live band I've ever seen, but definetly one of the most fun and energetic. I can reccomend their new album, Nothing Personal, to anyone out there who enjoys pop-punk music.