 Amber L. Poindexter, junior psychology major, is serenaded and kissed by lead vocalist of The All-American Rejects Tyson Ritter at the Taking Back Sunday/The All-American Rejects/Anberlin concert Nov. 19. Photo by Christy Bullins
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by PHILLIP WYATT
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
Fans had their camera phones and rock fingers ready when Taking Back Sunday, The All-American Rejects and Anberlin performed at Holmes Convocation Center Nov. 19.
Anberlin kicked off the show and riled up the crowd.
“It’s a nice little North Carolina town you’ve got here,” lead singer Stephen Christian said. “Reminds me [of] if Caribou Coffee had a child.”
The All-American
Rejects then took to the stage, opening with “Move Along,” a single
that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lead singer Tyson Ritter performed shirtless and displayed his chest and back, covered in multi-colored glitter.
“People
of Appalachian State [University], I feel blessed to be in your
presence,” Ritter said. “I feel like a little girl who just got left in
the candy store all day, and I like candy.”
Audience members screamed when Ritter grinded on stage props, including suspended lights that alternated colors.
“Alright, my little apples,” he said. “Maybe we can squeeze a little juice for you.”
During
the performance, Ritter walked into the crowd, selected a girl and lead
her to a stool at the bottom of the stage, where he serenaded her for
the remainder of the song.
“It all
happened so fast,” Amber L. Poindexter, senior psychology major said.
“I was just standing there and he came up to me and took me out and I
didn’t know what to think. That kind of stuff doesn’t really happen to
me,” she said.
Poindexter complimented the high energy of the performance.
The band ended their twelve-song set with an encore of current hit “Gives You Hell.”
Taking Back Sunday then arrived on stage, teasing the crowd with introduction music from the 1979 film, “The Warriors.”
The band opened with one of their earlier tunes: “Cute Without the E.”
Lead
singer Adam Lazzara executed his infamous microphone swinging, hurling
his microphone into the air before jerking it back down.
He continued his trick by swinging his microphone around his neck, yanking it across the stage and back into his hand.
Lazzara, Charlotte native, commended the crowd for Appalachian’s football victory against the University of Michigan in 2007.
Photo by Christy Bullins | The Appalachian
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