Concert Review: Sights & Sounds, Pierce The Veil and Bring Me The Horizon in Stuttgart, Germany

This was the best concert I've attended since Rock am Ring, not even kidding. I expected it to be great but last night completely blew me away. 

I had an interview with Andrew from Sights & Sounds but I didn't know when, so we arrived at the venue pretty early. I asked somebody with a laminate about Sights & Sounds and he said he'd send them outside (what never happened but oh well). We waited next to the backstage entrance and waited and waited and waited until a girl who stood next to me looked to the main entrance and said: "Hold on a second, they're taking pics, there's somebody...THAT'S OLI!!" Of course we wanted to take a glimpse at him so we walked to the entrance but couldn't get close because Oli was already crowded by fans. We went back to the busses, still waiting for Sights & Sounds, when Saskia suddenly got super nervous, so I twirled and saw Oli standing right next to me. We didn't hesitate a second, of course. 

(heck yeah, my friends!!)

We were still waiting for my interview to happen; in the meantime we met Jordan and Matt from Bring Me The Horizon: 

(Matt looks really confused, and I'm confused because "fans" don't seem to recognize him unless he's on stage)

Things got a little chaotic when Andrew from Sights & Sounds contacted me. Usually interviews happen before they let people inside the venue, this time we had to get in line, it took us 20 minutes to get inside and of course then it was too late for the interview. We got a spot in the 4th row what would be fine if I was tall but since I'm not, I couldn't even see the stage properly. 
Sights & Sounds opened the show with a mixed set: They played songs from their full length album and their new EP which came out last week. It was a good way of preparing the crowd for Pierce The Veil. The mexicans were my highlight of the night; I've been looking forward to this moment since I saw them play at Rock am Ring for 15 minutes and let me tell you - the wait was so worth it. 
They started their set with Hell Above and when everyone around me sang along with Vic "this is a wasteland, my only retreat", I felt like I belonged somewhere, you know what I mean? Like, I wasn't the weirdo anymore, I wasn't the outcast or the freak and that felt amazing. 

This is the setlist from London (November 7th) and last night they played the same songs, just in a different order.(taken from here)

My personal highlight was Hold On Till May. I didn't even expect them to play it but when Vic said "This song goes out to all of you who need music to survive" I got goosebumps and became slightly emotional. When this particular line ("Darling, you'll be okay") was up, Jaime pointed at the whole crowd and I think that was a really beautiful gesture. 
Another thing I noticed in particular was how passionate Tony was. He sang along to almost every song, sometimes he looked at us and just smiled so happily it gave me this warm, fuzzy feeling. It always makes me so happy to see how much band members love what they do. 

By the way: We should start a petition to get Jaime to sing more because in my opinion, he's an incredibly talented vocalist and more people should appreciate this. 

I didn't take any pictures because I was busy not getting crushed by the people around me. However, I saw Adam Elmakias sneaking around, so as soon as he uploads the pics he took, I might add them here. 

If you saw BMTH before, you know how wild it can be. I saw a girl getting dragged out of the pit with a bleeding nose, Oli asked crowd surfers to make their way to him, so he could give them a high five (shoutout to the security for doing a fantastic job) and I bruised my knee when everybody had to sit down only to jump up again when Oli told us to do so. 

All in all, I had a fantastic night and I can't wait to see BMTH and PTV again!