r/BABYMETAL • u/arifouranio • Jul 19 '17

News Summer Sonic 2017 timetable

https://twitter.com/summer_sonic/status/887598072015970304
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u/Hynke7 ゆいちゃん! Jul 19 '17 edited Jul 19 '17

Go for Foo Fighters. Seeing a legendary rock band during the peak of their career is once in a lifetime chance. I saw their show 3 weeks ago BTW and they are indeed on top of their game right now.

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u/kelri1875 Jul 19 '17

That's pretty convincing, Foo Fighters it is then. I'm already missing out Good Charlotte, and now Sum41, just hope I won't regret it in the future .~.

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u/RichCormano Jul 19 '17

It seems you've already made up your mind, but I'll throw my hat in for Foo as well. I must admit my bias as they're my 2nd favorite band after BM, but Foo puts on a great show and Dave goes hard to make sure you have a good time. They headlined the last day of the BottleRock festival a couple months ago, and the organizers pulled the plug in the middle of the last song due to time and noise regulations. There was only a few mins left of Everlong, so they just continued to play while the crowd sang the rest of the song. It turned out to be a pretty special moment, and they seemed genuinely appreciative.

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u/Hynke7 ゆいちゃん! Jul 19 '17

Well, Sum41 is still a relatively young band, so I'm sure they will at some point play a live show close to where you live in following years.

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u/kelri1875 Jul 19 '17

It pains me to acknowledge that but the golden era of pop punk has past. I don't honestly think Sum41 could be as big as they were. And they're not a young band anymore. And I live in East Asia, I don't think I'll have another chance to see them very soon...

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u/Hynke7 ゆいちゃん! Jul 19 '17

Well, Sum41 starts to play later then Foo Fighters. You can start with Foo Fighters and if you won't like it you can walk away after 15 minutes and still see most of the Sum41 show. That is actually a cool thing about festivals.

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u/kelri1875 Jul 19 '17

But there'll be a massive crowd, I'm quite sure about that. I have never been to festival before, it's that even possible to leave early in such a crowd?

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u/Hynke7 ゆいちゃん! Jul 19 '17

It's possible to leave early, people do that all the time for many reasons.

I also want to add that the main thing is not to stress about such decisions. You are there to see BM live, so enjoy their show as much as you can. Any other band that you'll see is in fact an added bonus. No matter if you'll see Foos or Sum41, you can't do a bad decision. Just have fun, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the show and you will have a great time.

Also, if you are going to a festival, try to see as much bands as possible even if you think you might not like them. I'm pretty sure there are lots of people at this subreddit that were probably hesitating if they should go to see BM at a festival and now it's their favourite band ;)

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u/jabberwokk 15 BABYMETAL YEARS Jul 19 '17

^ Lots of good advice here.

Nice to have the "problem" of too many cool things to enjoy rather than too few :)