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Shaking things up a bit, we get a docile instrumental jam of The Cure’s ‘Lul-
laby’ before leading into fan favourite ‘Scars’. Jacoby gives a little speech before
‘Scars’, telling the venue that he’s grateful to be on the stage with ‘brothers that
don’t phone this shit in’. He tells the crowd that they appreciate everyone for
coming out and supporting rock ‘n’ roll, and that over the years they’ve ran into
a lot of people that have told them their music has touched them, it’s brought
them out of a dark place, or it’s been a sense of comfort when they’ve been iso-
lated up in their head. Jacoby says that was never their intention, but now that
they know that, it makes it so much more worth it to do it every day. He gets ev-
eryone to light their lighters up. ‘Scars’ gets a huge cheer and does not disap-
point, worth the ticket price on its own. The audience singing along is enough
to give you chills too.

‘No Apologies’ is another gem right from the heart,
while, as the set works its way to a close, the band’s
ace card, ‘Last Resort’, is dealt out, with a line of ‘We
Will Rock You’ buried inside of it. Ending with ‘Born
For Greatness’ and its tribal-like beat courtesy of
drummer Tony Palermo, the band inspire one final
time. While not being headliners, Papa Roach’s set
was definitely worthy of headlining.
But on this tour, it’s UK boys Don Broco who top
the bill. Their rise to success has been staggering, but
also deserving. While the Utilita Arena isn’t sold out,
there are a hell of a lot of people here. Opening with
‘Bruce Willis’ from latest album ‘Amazing Things’, the
main four, Rob Damiani, Si Delaney, Tom Doyle and
Matt Donnelly, stand at the back of the stage on a tall
riser, vocalist Rob holding a red smoke flare up in the
air. As they head to their positions on stage, they’re
joined by their touring keyboardist Pete, whose birth-
day it just happens to be today.

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