Pittsburgh, PA, USA- On a beautiful Autumn night, and at a new venue, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, a huge crowd gathers to be let into Citizens Live at the Wylie for a night of rock from three fantastic bands. As the crowd grows with each band, the people get to experience this venue in all its beauty. Once inside it is a night that memories will be made that will last a lifetime. In Citizens Live at the Wylie there is disco piano attached to the ceiling, there is photobooth to remember the experience, there is also a VIP area that includes the Vinyl Room. There is the balcony and of course ordering areas of food and beverages. There are hallways to explore the photography of the great artists and areas that have been through the area throughout the years. Experiencing these areas is good to do before the show.
The first band to hit the stage to rock the audience is AUTUMN KINGS, this is a good way to begin an autumn evening of rock ‘n’ roll. AUTUMN KINGS is from Detroit, Michigan, USA, and this is a band that understands how to get the crowd from the first strum of guitar and drumbeat. Their performance is well received from the good size audience as more people come into the venue. The sound is good; the backdrop of the background graphic is black with AUTUMN KINGS in white writing. The lighting is nice with light colors of orange, white, red, purple, blue, green, and yellow throughout their performance. They played a song that is inspired by the anime Attack on Titans, and the song title is Snake Charmer. The sound is good and it is a wonderful performance.
Escape the Fate, Photography by Josh Wagner
Escape the Fate, Photography by Josh Wagner
ESCAPE THE FATE takes to the stage with a hard-rocking metal sound that the audience responds with a roar. This is a band that knows how to rock with the crowd. The lighting is great with the light colors of red, pink, white, blue, purple, green, and yellow with a different variation of flicking with each song played. ESCAPE THE FATE has a simple background graphic of black with the words in red ESCAPE THE FATE. This lighting and backdrop fit well with their performance. The sound of the band is fantastic. The performance on stage is charismatic, the musicians in this band are great. They have a new album titled THE LAST GOODBYE. This is a cool note about this band; they have a couple of songs inspired by the video game Halo. The songs are The Guillotine and This War Is Ours. This is a good time show and their performance is fantastic.
The time has come for the band that everyone in the audience has showed up for, SKILLET takes to the stage with a large roar from the huge crowd who have come out tonight to rock. There is a stage presence like no other, the stage itself is lovely with the raised backing where the drums sit upon. The backdrop is video imagery of the band’s career. There is an S on the front of the raised stage, and it goes through a different lighting throughout the performance. There is fog technology on stage that goes off every so often on different songs. The lighting colors include blue, orange, yellow, green, red, pink, purple, and white that compliments each song beautifully. The band sounds great. The audience responds greatly and sings along with beloved songs. This is a wonderful and charismatic performance. Skillet is celebrating 20 years of COMATOSE and 30 years of SKILLET. The songs included the beautiful Yours To Hold and Invincible. This tour is beautiful and full of rock ‘n’ roll.
The concert was great and all the bands performed lovely, it was like being at three separate shows on the same night and it worked amazingly. Each band is talented and the audience showed love for each band and each other. A great night of music.