Originally the Dude, Where's My Country? tour was supposed to be a joint headliner between We Are The In Crowd and Every Avenue with The Summer Set as support, but due to illness Every Avenue had to pull out much to the disappoint of many. However, no one let this ruin their night and instead we got another support act in the form of relatively new pop-punk greatness Super Prime. With their debut album #FML having just been released the trio oozed energy as they effortlessly played their way through their set. Reminiscent of early Blink-182 with Adam Newall and Austin Bond trading vocals and cracking what can be deemed of as "inappropriate" jokes the Cardiff crowd soon took them and when asked we sang back, clapped until our hands were sore and jumped higher than i've ever seen for a support act. And this was all before they blasted their way through one of the greatest covers I have ever heard - Fall Out Boy's "Sugar We're Goin' Down". At this the crowd went positively wild and once their set was done I grabbed my sister and dragged her to the merch table, got my hands on their CD and made sure to tell them how awesome they are.
Next on was The Summer Set and the irony of Brian Dales wearing a Donald Duck tee was not lost on me as his high pitched vocals filled the room. Opening with "Punch-Drunk Love" a sizable crowd was drawn in for the five of them to play their fun blend of ultra sugary pop-punk. Drummer Jess Bowen impressed me the most, clearly throwing absolutely everything she had into each drum beat, from opening song all the way through to their last song of the night "The Boys You Do (Get Back At You)". Other fan favourites such as "Chelsea" and "When We Were Young" went down with copious amounts of screaming.
Despite Tay Jardine claiming to be ill that night, you would never have known as her vocals remained pitch perfect from opener "Rumor Mill" all the way to "Both Sides Of The Story" which closed the night. The band packed all their best jams into their set including "Lights Out" and "Kiss Me Again" which Jordan Eckes actually got to sing this tour around as Alex Gaskarth was not in tow to send the crowd crazy for him. The highlight of the night came in the form of "You've Got It Made" being performed by Tay and Jordan, reminding everyone that they are just as talented stripped back, as it truly was a stunning moment. The band didn't just play fantastically, but they kept everyone amused too with their banter back and forth with each other - and us - and instead of the encore chant being the usual "one more song" the Cardiff crowd went for the "FERRI FERRI FERRI" approach much to Mike's amusement.
Next on was The Summer Set and the irony of Brian Dales wearing a Donald Duck tee was not lost on me as his high pitched vocals filled the room. Opening with "Punch-Drunk Love" a sizable crowd was drawn in for the five of them to play their fun blend of ultra sugary pop-punk. Drummer Jess Bowen impressed me the most, clearly throwing absolutely everything she had into each drum beat, from opening song all the way through to their last song of the night "The Boys You Do (Get Back At You)". Other fan favourites such as "Chelsea" and "When We Were Young" went down with copious amounts of screaming.
Despite Tay Jardine claiming to be ill that night, you would never have known as her vocals remained pitch perfect from opener "Rumor Mill" all the way to "Both Sides Of The Story" which closed the night. The band packed all their best jams into their set including "Lights Out" and "Kiss Me Again" which Jordan Eckes actually got to sing this tour around as Alex Gaskarth was not in tow to send the crowd crazy for him. The highlight of the night came in the form of "You've Got It Made" being performed by Tay and Jordan, reminding everyone that they are just as talented stripped back, as it truly was a stunning moment. The band didn't just play fantastically, but they kept everyone amused too with their banter back and forth with each other - and us - and instead of the encore chant being the usual "one more song" the Cardiff crowd went for the "FERRI FERRI FERRI" approach much to Mike's amusement.
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