Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack
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By Jonathan Davila
The seventh annual Honda Civic Tour crashed onto the shores of Miami Beach on Wednesday, April 23, at The Fillmore in the Jackie Gleason Theater.
Headlining band Panic at the Disco was joined by Phantom Planet, The Hush Sound, and Motion City Soundtrack.
It was more like Panic at the Fillmore.
Doors opened at 7 p.m. and the venue, which sports a pit, mezzanine and second floor seating, was instantaneously jam-packed. Fans poured in and filled up almost every seat in the building as Phantom Planet promptly began the show’s first performance.
Lead singer Alex Greenwald called upon all World of Warcraft and Dungeons and Dragons players, those who "know all about summoning," as Phantom played songs from their recently released album, Raise the Dead.
Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco
The few hardcore Phantom fans sang along and cheered throughout their set, but the rest of the crowd did not get involved with their performance until the band began to play "California," the theme song for the popular Fox television series, The O.C.
Between sets, the audience was entertained by short video clips on a large screen featuring lead singer of Panic at the Disco Brendon Urie, encouraging concert-goers to go green. Seemingly every adolescent female in the crowd yelled at the top of their lungs any time Urie appeared onscreen. Besides videos, text messages from members of the crowd were displayed, many of which said "I love Brendon!" and "Scream if you love PATD!"
Ryan Ross of Panic at the Disco
The Hush Sound began their set after Phantom Planet. Vocalist and pianist Greta Salpeter urged the crowd to clap their hands and sing along as Hush played the songs "My Apologies," from their debut album So Sudden, "Hurricane," and "As You Cry," from their most recent album, Goodbye Blues. Many in the crowd ran out of the theater and up to the third floor, where Salpeter announced the band would conduct a signing.
A few Urie clips, yells, and text messages later, Motion City Soundtrack stormed onto the stage and played "My Favorite Accident," from their debut album I Am the Movie. Lead singer and guitarist Justin Pierre pretended to be frustrated as a stage manager brought him a defective guitar.
"What the… mothercrapper!" he said as he pretended to smash the guitar on stage.
After Pierre obtained a working guitar, Motion played songs from all of their albums, including "Broken Heart," the latest single "It Had to Be You," and their breakout hit "The Future Freaks Me Out." The crowd went wild as synthesizer player Jesse Johnson performed a handstand on his Moog during the bands performance of "Make Out Kids."
Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet
When the dust from Motion’s performance settled, the fans began to fill any crevice they could find in order to see Panic at the Disco. Then the curtains opened to reveal a stage setup the closely resembled the cover of Panic’s latest album Pretty. Odd. The stage was peppered with fake flowers and a psychedelic big screen display that played videos depicting the kind of scenery seen on the stage.
Panic took the stage to a deafening ovation from the thousand or so adolescent females. They all yelled as if the Cloverfield monster had taken the stage rather than their favorite band. After the crowd calmed, Panic began their set with the song "We’re So Starving," and seamlessly began to play "Nine in the Afternoon" right after. The crowd went berserk as guitarist Ryan Ross introduced the band.
Justin Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack
Panic went on to perform an array of songs from both A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out and Pretty.Odd. However, many of the songs from the first album that were known to have a bit of electronica in them, such as "But It’s Better if You Do," "I Write Sins Not Tragedies," and "Camisado," were played strictly as rock songs.
For their encore, Urie performed an acoustic version of "Time to Dance" and the band joined him for performances of "Northern Downpour" and "Mad as Rabbits." The euphoric crowd gave the band a standing ovation as they made their exit, promising to come back to Miami soon.
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Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco
Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco
