![]() But the next time they need to headline the show even if they play at a smaller venue or tour with another Scandinavian metal band. I understand that this was one of the last shows of Avatar’s North American tour, but I hope that they come back. Yes, Babymetal brought in a larger crowd, but personally, “There is no giggling in metal”. I am a huge fan of Avatar having seen them headline a show here last year. At this point the audience was going crazy and singing along.Īvatar came back to the valley of the sun to the Marquee Theatre as the leadup group for Babymetal. Sep 22 / Friday 8:00PM On Sale: May 12 10:00AM On Sale Soon Event Info Best known from the Comedy Central show Tosh.O, Daniel Tosh will perform an evening of stand up comedy at Atlantas Fox Theatre on September 22. The band comes out and powered into “Smells like a Freakshow”. He then introduced the last song of the set by saying, “Can you smell it, the Freakshow!!”. He talked for a little bit about how important it was for us to supporting the band and how much they appreciated it. Johannes Michael Gustaf Eckerström, lead singer for Avatar at Marquee Theater, Tempe, Arizonaīefore the final song of the set, the band left the stage and only the lead singer, Johannes remained. At this point we had a sea of people in the audience mimics the hand swaying and singing along, it was truly spectacular. When they played “The Eagle Has Landed” there are parts where Johannes sings a chorus with “Ladies and Gentlemen” and waved his hands back and forth over his heads. It still amazes me that they can do this, not get dizzy and still keep their rhythm and also not get their hair caught in the guitars. As with almost all metal bands, that all did the head banging, hair spinning. Tim, Henrik and Kungen roamed all over the stage, playing to the audience. Johannes had his face painted like a circus clown and his clothing and mannerisms reminded me a lot of Alice Cooper (this is really high praise since I am a huge Alice fan). ![]() Later he lost the hat and cane and just continued swaggering around on the stage. Johannes Michael Gustaf Eckerström, lead singer for Avatar at Marquee Theater, Tempe, ArizonaĪt the start of the show, Johannes strutted around the stage in his top hat and cane. The set was a mixture of all of their albums except their latest, Avatar Country. ![]() ![]() But by the end of the set, almost everyone in the audience was singing along. From the very start about half of the audience was really into it, the rest seemed to be there for the headlining band. They started the show with “Hail the Apocalypse”. The Marquee located on the second floor of Union South is the home for film on campus. ![]()
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