For a 14-year-old dying to test out a mosh pit or ride the risk of crowd surfing, the Nintendo Fusion Tour was the perfect Saturday night – in fact, probably a dream for that age group.
For five hours of music, the $20 cover charge was low enough to hook in a pleasantly sized crowd at the Congress. However, for those in their 20s or 30s, this was the exact opposite of the ideal venue to be at, but then again, this was the type of crowd expected for a show like this.
The night’s entertainment was near perfect – loud music, national headlining act, up-and-coming alt rockers, and plenty of space to jump around. Although not important to the crowd, as I am sure they just didn’t care, vocals were extremely drowned out by the high bass levels and jacked up sound system. Artistically, that hurt the band’s performances, yet the entertainment value didn’t seem to disappoint many, as very few were planted in the few rows of seats off the main floor.
By adding Emery and The Sleeping to the bill, promoters of the Nintendo Fusion Tour did the perfect thing – give two bands the chance to rock on a national tour, and put two bands on the tour that have an incredible fan base for not having much national power.
Plain White T’s rocked out to their homecoming, as the band that has shared the stage with Sugarcult and Jimmy Eat World and has played just about every venue in the Windy City brought down the house by, what they really hope, will be the tour that takes them to the best stage.
With Grammy nominations, multiple top-40 tracks, three gold albums and five full length albums, Relient K is naturally in this tours age groups click and could have been the closer if Hawthorne Heights hadn’t quickly jumped to the top of the music world by touring non stop since it’s debut album “Silence in Black and White”, which launched into the world two years ago.
The backing power of Hawthorne Heights proved valid as the adrenaline flowed generously with the crowd rocking out, jumping up, and surfing into the close of the night. When the night was over, for this age group, the kids wanted more – thus proof of the continued value of Nintendo’s Fusion Tour.
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