A wonderful flashback occurred recently.
It was a crisp, cold GTA evening in the end of December, 2012. After returning from holiday festivities in my hometown, I grabbed our whack of tickets and took off for three nights of Alexisonfire at the Sound Academy. Being that it was supposed to be their farewell tour, I was looking forward to the band and crowd energy at each show. Needless to say the GF and I suffered a few bruises and bumps in the mosh pit/entire crowd (haha).
So after they depart from the city after four days of havoc, I received a text message from my buddy John, asking if I was available that evening. With no idea what he's got planned, or any real plans myself, I was happy to tag along. I had a slight suspicion anyways, being that he attended previous shows with us.
We ended up in Hamilton for Alexisonfire and their [apparent] farewell show after 10+ years as a band. While St. Catherines is the guys hometown, Copps Coliseum felt the perfect venue for fans all across the Niagara region and the GTA.
With Moneen warming up the crowd as we entered the venue, there was a great vibe in the air, and a huge crowd screaming, eagerly awaiting what would eb the final time anyone was going to see these five on stage together.
Shortly after an energetic show from Moneen, the five gentlemen took the stage, and gave it all they had. I would normally find myself in the moshpits for something such as this, I decided to lick my wounds from previous evenings and watch the night unfold by the sound booth.
So the flashback came from John a few weeks ago when he shared that concert with me (Thanks John!). I had noooo idea this was being filmed, but remembered saying something along those lines when I was in Copps. So, here is that full concert, courtesy of Dine Alone records!
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