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Live Review: Paramore – Singapore Indoor Stadium, 7 March 2010Posted March 10th, 2010 At 3:29 pm By MTV ASIA
Paramore (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
REVIEW: LENNAT MAK
“Singapore, it’s nice to meet you!” shouted Hayley Williams to the packed Singapore Indoor Stadium last Sunday. The greeting has at least been five years in the making. For the thousands of teenage fans who queued up outside the venue as early as the night before, watching Paramore larger-than-life right before their very eyes was like, to paraphrase the lyrics from “Misery Business,” watching their wildest dreams come true.
Hayley Williams (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
Hayley Williams (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
And did the five-year wait pay off? Every single minute of it. Since their 2005 debut All We Know Is Falling to their 2007 breakthrough Riot! to last year’s Brand New Eyes, Paramore has always been a live force to reckon with. There’s no need for any elaborate setup, for the fearless Tennessee quintet have youth and high-octane energy on their side. Setting the stage on fire with “Ignorance,” Paramore ripped through their short one-hour set with ballsy, fist-pumping Riot! favorites like “That’s What You Get,” “Crushcrushcrush,” and “Let The Flames Begin,” as well as older tunes like “Let This Go” and “Pressure.” Hayley may be pint-sized, but this flame-haired siren is definitely a consummate front-woman who commands the stage like no other with her mega wattage charms and exuberance.
Taylor York (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
Jeremy Davis (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
But the rest of the boys were no sidemen either. Despite guitarist Josh Farro’s absence (dude has to stay home to prepare for his wedding), the band were still a super tight unit with drummer Zac Farro, bassist Jeremy Davis, guitarist Taylor York and his brother Justin, who was sessioning on guitars. Clearly enjoying themselves, Taylor and Jeremy not only kicked out the jams with their synchronized head-banging moves, their super gymnastic tag-team routine where Jeremy did a roundabout flip over Taylor while still playing was simply a sight to behold. If any fans in attendance were in bands and needed a lesson in showmanship, that’s wholly a chapter of its own in the books.
Zac Farro (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
Justin York (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
The blistering teen brio workout – both on stage and in the pit where more than 20 fans reportedly fainted and had to be pulled out for safety – aside, Paramore was still able to bring on the tender moments with their last single, “The Only Exception.” Citing a massive sing-along, Hayley couldn’t help but remarked to the crowd, “You guys have got really good voices!”
Hayley Williams (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
After belting out more tunes like “For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic,” “Where The Lines Overlap” and the epic Twilight anthem “Decode”, the band returned with “Misery Business” for the obligatory encore segment. “This is the wildest crowd we’ve ever had!” remarked Hayley. And how could the band expect anything less from the sea of appreciative fans? As their closed their debut Singapore set with “Brick By Boring Brick,” Hayley promised that it won’t be another five years before the fans would see them again as “We are family now!” Here’s to the next round then!
Hayley Williams (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)
Setlist:
Ignorance
Crushcrushcrush
That’s What You Get
Looking Up
Careful
Let The Flames Begin
Let This Go
The Only Exception
Pressure
For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic
Where The Lines Overlap
DecodeEncore:
Misery Business
Brick By Boring Brick
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this was possibly one of the best shows i’ve been to, even though i could only get seat tickets, it was worth every minute! waiting 4 years to see them was well worth the wait! i hope they will come again and maybe put Malaysia in their tour list, we need some Paramore here fer sure!
i totally love them!!!! it was an exceptionally awesome show and an incredible band!!!! waiting for 5 years fr them to come here is definitely worth it!!! thank u PARAMORE!!!!
this is by far the BEST concert i have ever been too even though it was only an hour long. Paramore was AMAZING!
Coming all the way from KL was definitely worth it.
Hopefully Malaysia will be in their next stop next time
Hey, just thought i let you know that it’s “Never let this go” and not “Never let you go”
Nonetheless, great review, awesome show!
ah! thanks victoria. have corrected it. mind zap. still in paramore mode, reliving the moment! bit bummed that they didn’t do “born for this.” then again, they didn’t do a lot of songs too. need to watch final riot! for some quick fix.
Awesome pictures! Pressure flip = AMAZING
Hey it wasn’t just the teenage fans who were queuing up for hours lol!
really? i know almost all of my teenage friends did! the older bunch of us had a “boot-party” at the car park before the show instead.
but if there are older folks above 20 in the queue, that’s awesome too!
Haha yeah, a few of us 20-pluses joined the queue 6 hours before the show!
It was worth it!
I’m 24, & I was there 7-8 hours earlier! Couldn’t stand the pushing & falling during the concert tho, so was resigned to jumping & head-banging at the back after a while…
Still, PARAMORE WAS BREATHTAKING!
BEST. SHOW. EVERRRR!
Hope you guys come to Indonesia someday <3 xx
the best epic concert i ever go!
just FYI the song is called Let This Go, NOT Never Let This Go.
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thanks for the correction! i blame my itunes!
I fell and got stepped on and almost died in the moshpit. But Paramore was so awesome, it was worth it (Y). Haha
Great review!!
I had so much fun that day… I almost suffocated, fell down twice, somebody accidentally poke my eyes with his elbow.. haha.. an experience that i won’t forget EVER!!
but the best thing was get to meet them in person.. XD
oh, btw, justin york were hang around outside the stadium around 5.30 pm..
when you guys come to indonesia?????????
This concert affected me mentally….it was so awesome tht i keep thinking it for almost one week…i was near jeremy the bassist…so awesome tht i could see them upclose…and yeah,hopefully they will come to malaysia…if it not for the money…at least for the fans
Even though i never went to their concert but they will always be my best band ever. I love their song decode sooooo much . I hope they come to malaysia . I’ve been waitin for soooo long
By far one of the best concerts ive been to alongside Daughtry,Avenged Sevenfold and Linkin Park
wow that’s totally rocks paramore really knows how to rocks the audience i can only said that …paramore is the rock band in the world
PLEASE!
WE NEED PARAMORE IN MALAYSIA!