BRING Me The Horizon have come a long way in the last six years. From performing sold-out gigs in the Manchester Academy to playing the 02 Apollo – they’ve remained a stalwart of the UK metal scene.
After being together for over 12 years, Bring Me The Horizon have finally made it to the big leagues, as they brought their UK Tour to the Manchester Arena.
The Sheffield Hardcore band were joined by Basement and Don Broco who have made good names for themselves on the Pop-Punk scene.
The night opened at 7:30pm with Basement, a five-piece who since their introduction to the music scene in 2009 has won a strong following across the UK.
The hauntingly-big Manchester Arena sold Basement way too short overall. Hits such as Spoiled and Promise Everything were drowned out in a venue which really didn’t suit their musical disposition.
This didn’t take away from the overall quality of their performance though, even after a few malfunctions on stage caused the band to be temporarily disrupted the band did what they could to offer the audience the best performance they could.
They finished off their track list with Covet, a hit which topped off what was lyrically, an above average set.
Up next was Don Broco, a band who seemed to excel where Basement suffered. The rock quartet hit up the Manchester Arena with a flurry of fresh sound where not only single track was anything like what had been previously heard.
Broco opened with What She Said, a much more commonly known track from the band which had rose a lot of the crowd from their support act slumber.
Surprisingly, Don Broco used this space to play quite a plethora of their new material. This didn’t do the band any favours for those who had either heard sparingly of the band before.
The Bedford born band finished their set with Money Power Fame, a hit which the band released 3 years ago.
Squad goals ✌️ Don Broco (@DONBROCO) – Manchester Arena – 08/11/16 #DonBroco pic.twitter.com/9eGMWGOHOj
— Danny Peart 皿 (@peart7) November 9, 2016
This eventually led to the main event of the evening, Bring Me The Horizon.
As the huge curtains which had been used for both supports acts had been dissolved to either side of the arena, the audience got a taste for just how big this event was going to be.
After a short video and sound collection, the band came straight into the opening track –Happy Song, a song from their 2015 LP That’s The Spirit and wow, did it blow the cobwebs off the average support performances – the arena had now filled it’s available space and the crowd was running on the insane adrenaline of BMTH frontman Oli Sykes.
Go To Hell For Heavens Sake followed the opening track, from their highly successful 2013 album Sempiternal.
Can You Feel My Heart, also off the Sempiternal album was one of the best performances of the night.
With special effects and visuals which could give competition to a Hollywood film, the band had showed not only through music – but through their performance, they were now on a completely different level.
As their set began to come to a close, there was even more mixture of past and present material. Throne, a hit also off the newest That’s The Spirit album stood alongside Can You Feel My Heart as one of their most memorable performances – and could have been the best they have ever played in Manchester since they began.
Bring Me The Horizon transcend music genres and have transcended the barriers between fan bases. Their stock is growing year on year, and playing the Manchester Arena is no mean feat.
By Daniel Willis
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