Scrabble Goddess and I attended My Chemical Romance's concert at Stadium Merdeka last Sunday. It was an awesome display of noise - from both the band and screaming teenage girls. To top it off, the heavens opened up for the entire duration of the concert as well.

 

By the time we got into the stadium, the first opening act, One Buck Short, was already playing. It was also steadily drizzling by then. Pop Shuvit was the next opening act after that and they played for about half hour to get the crowd going. I actually expected My Chemical Romance to start jamming at 8pm but all I saw were stage crew doing sound and equipment checks by then. And when the organisers started playing songs from the likes of Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins to kill time, you could see the crowd getting restless. Though that hardly deterred teenage girls with lungs as big as their body.

 

When Gerard Way came out with the band and started playing, the noise level exploded and the energy level surged. It was time to rock! My Chemical Romance played a lot of songs from their Black Parade album, some from their Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album, and a couple from their earlier album (more like songs I didn't recognise). It was good stuff all the way. The more popular songs got the crowd singing along like a giant karaoke session. They played 2 songs for their encore and ended the night with Famous Last Words after playing for almost an hour and a half. It's too bad they didn't play Disenchanted though, my favourite song from their Black Parade album.

 

So we were wet and tired but I was glad I was there with Scrabble Goddess. She's got bundles of energy and I wouldn't have been there if it weren't for her.