Nightwish!

May I recommend to you the greatest band ever, Nightwish.

Well I went to a concert in Sauget (Illinois) and it was amazing. I wish I had brought my nicer camera, but I didn't want to ruin it. Here's the best picture I took with my crappy phone. :D


Anyway, It was a great concert, truly an once-in-a-lifetime experience.

For those of you who don't know Nightwish is a Symphonic metal band from Finland. So seeing them in the middle of the United States was amazing. The concert itself was not as "fun" as I expected, it was not every energetic (like pop concerts and "hardcore" concerts) I've been to, but it was just as fun. I think that the culture was truly the defining factor of the energy and how it was expressed at this concert.

Before I continue about Nightwish I'll post my tweets from the night:

Hey its a native american!
11:30 PM May 8th from txt

Chills.
11:04 PM May 8th from txt

Beautiful drum set
10:33 PM May 8th from txt

Oh god :)
10:32 PM May 8th from txt

7 days to the wolves
10:26 PM May 8th from txt

Nvm and it begins
10:22 PM May 8th from txt

-15 minutes til it starts......
10:15 PM May 8th from txt

They're testing sh*t!
10:03 PM May 8th from txt

4 minutes
9:56 PM May 8th from txt

10 minutes!
9:50 PM May 8th from txt

@benchsketch it'll probably go to 1 am
9:39 PM May 8th from txt

@benchsketch i'm tweeting this entire concert you might want to turn off updates...
9:34 PM May 8th from txt

They continually get better... And funnier
9:32 PM May 8th from txt

He's doing a bunch of elvis impressions lol
9:31 PM May 8th from txt

Such a wide variety of people... I think the normal looking people are here for the opener
9:23 PM May 8th from txt

Not bad for an opener :)
9:12 PM May 8th from txt

So the opening band is playing a metal cover of a johny cash song
9:11 PM May 8th from txt

I am so out of place here :)
9:06 PM May 8th from txt

Nightwish woot!
8:44 PM May 8th from txt

Mmm Nightwish! :)
8:12 PM May 8th from txt

I don't really want to explain it, but the opener was kinda a southern metal/rock deal, it was funny (as I said on twitter) but not wonderful. I'd say they were pretty good for an opener.

After they finished playing most of the normal looking people left and we were left with the goth people. :D These weren't Cedar Rapids goth, but rather St. Louis goth. Real, not "dirty kids," a part of the urban culture. I was my first true experience with this subculture, and I enjoyed it.

I really hope Nightwish comes back next year and I can go again, it was probably one of the best experiences of my life!