The party was started by Danish band New Politics, whose album had just dropped here in the UK. They blew up the stage, completely succeeding in getting the arena full of people ready for the rest of the show. Their latest single, 'Harlem', was the song that got the crowd singing along the loudest and set the energy bar high.
Also supporting was hard rock band, The Pretty Reckless, fronted by former Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen. They were a little too full on for my liking bar a few songs that I knew, but the arena was full of fans that joined in with their songs and enjoyed their performance. They too performed their new single 'Heaven Knows', which had a very 'We Will Rock You' vibe, one of the songs that I loved, especially performed live.
After a short wait the lights dimmed and the arena erupted with screams, only for the lights to come up again, thank you tech guys. But then five minutes later, it happened for real. To no ones disappointment, Fall Out Boy had decided to kick the show off with the one song that was guaranteed to get everyone pumped for the rest of their set - "The Phoenix" As soon as the famous "PUT ON YOUR WARPAINT" introduction echoed out around the arena we all lost it and the four piece appeared donning black masks, referencing a line in the song. Everyone immediately rose from their seats and started singing along, a lot of the time the crowd was louder than Patrick.
