Ok, cheesy jokes and puns aside, can we take a moment to appreciate how Lawson are such a breath of fresh air in the industry? I may be a little bias in this situation but I really think Lawson are what we need right now; not really conventional in "boyband" terms (apart from maybe the product in that gravity-defying hair of theirs) and more associated with the likes of live bands such as The Script and even Coldplay.
Lawson's Chapman Square tour hit the snowy South Coast last night and of course, I was there to witness the event in all its glory.
Belting out hits such as When She Was Mine and Standing In The Dark, the foursome kept the entire crowd on their toes all night, with a mix of up-beat dance songs, and powerful love ballads, even throwing out an incredible cover of Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child"; not to mention the epic Andy Brown taking a solo song on stage, wrenching our hearts with an acoustic rendition of The Girl I Knew that, if it didn't completely pull on your heartstrings until you were swooning for England, you probably weren't doing it right.
With it being drummer Adam Pitts' home-coming show, the atmosphere coming from the crowd and the boys on stage was completely electric. Every song was accompanied by thousands of girls (and a few dads and boyfriends I spotted trying to hide their fan-boy ways in the upper tier) singing in unison, everyone was having the time of their life, and it was obvious no-one wanted it to end.
But like anything great, it must come to an end. Finishing their set with top 10 hit 'Standing In The Dark', the band took out their in-ears, stopped playing their instruments and allowed the silence to be filled with the crowd's chanting of the opening lyrics. Goose-to-the-Bumps!
And with that, they threw their drumsticks and their plectrums into the air for fans to catch, leaped from the stage to the barrier at which I was standing and took in the girls screams and reaches. Finally, they climbed back to their podium, stood in a line, arms around eachother, gave the appreciative crowd a thumbs up and smiles that no-one could hide.
The entire night was full of fun, laughs, love and just an incredible atmosphere; and if post-concert depression isn't a thing, I'm making it a thing. It's definitely a thing.
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