Photos/ Alexandra Geshel
Falling In Reverse is currently on tour on their Popular Monstour (Monster tour), and let’s just say this is an incredible tour production-wise and stage presence-wise! As someone who grew up being a scene kid and attending Warped Tour and may have seen Falling In Reverse back in the day, I will say I love seeing this band grow, but I also love seeing how far they have come from back in the day! I will also say, I do love how much Ronnie plays into being the villain or the asshole at times while on stage, after singing “Just Like You” which has the famous line “I am aware that I am an asshole”, Ronnie walks off the stage and tells everyone that the show is over and to go home and leave. He also roasted Chicago people, but instead of beginning offended, the crowd cheered even louder and chanted “RONNIE RONNIE” repeatedly! It was insane but I love seeing an artist being able to troll his fans and the crowd not be upset about it!
Production wise, holy smokes! The Pyro, so much Pyro every other song! It was truly insane but looked incredible! I can truly say this has been one of my favorite metal sets of this year because of the production! Also behind the band was a screen playing music videos from whatever song the band was performing and oh my goddess the nostalgic value of seeing old Ronnie Radky behind the new one is just insane but honestly I enjoyed it and it shows that the band embraces all the changes they have made together! Like I said, some of the best production I have seen in a while! For an encore song, Tech n9ne came out onto the stage and performed “Ronald” together which had the crowd pumped!
Overall, I would hands down see Falling In Reverse again after this show! Say what you wanna say about the band but they know how to put together a phenomenal show and just have fun on stage! I didn’t see one upset person in that crowd, instead, i saw so many people screaming the lyrics to every song, crowd surfing, or even moshing a little bit! It was truly a night to remember and a tour you should check out because your inner scene kid will love it!
