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Prior to attending the concert, I wouldn't necessarily have called myself a huge fan of the bands featured. I knew all of the big hit songs from each band, but that was pretty much the extent of my knowledge. After the concert, however, I must admit that I am now in LOVE with all three bands! They each had a phenomenal performance that absolutely blew me away, and was beyond any expectations I'd had. I was expecting a lot, since these bands are all so popular, but they were even better live than I had ever thought possible.
I'll now go through and evaluate each band's performance individually:
American Authors: This band was the absolute perfect opener for this concert. They performed for about half an hour or so, and played a bunch of songs before closing with their big hit "Best Day of My Life". I'd never heard any song by them other than the previously mentioned hit, but I thoroughly enjoyed their other songs. They did an awesome job warming up the crowd, getting everyone singing and excited. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing what else will come from them in the future!
The Script: I knew more songs from The Script prior to the concert and was really excited to hear them live; they did not disappoint! They were an exciting hour-long act filled with all their big songs, including "Breakeven" and "The Man Who Can't be Moved", with a good mix of tempo and style. Danny O'Donoghue even called up an audience member's ex-boyfriend and sang him an angry break-up song on speakerphone! That was a funny moment. They even sang my personal favorite song, "Hall of Fame", which I was worried they may skip since it features Will I Am. Danny ran out into the audience twice, coming quite close to where I was sitting in the back and causing excessive screaming and cheers. A fantastic showing!
OneRepublic: Concluding the concert, since they were the main band, OneRepublic absolutely blew me away. They were exciting, riveting, and so, so talented. They performed a lot of songs off their newest album, "Native", as well as many other hits, such as "Apologize", "All the Right Moves", "Secrets", and "Good Life". They also did a beautiful cover of "What A Wonderful World". There were amazing lights, movies, and even smoke blasting during "Counting Stars". Everyone in the audience was singing (or, in my case, screaming) along, and the band completely fed off our energy and gave it back and more. I immediately bought their Native album as well as a bunch of other singles when I got home; I was very impressed and would love to see them in concert again!
Overall, this was a fantastic concert, with an amazing atmosphere and wonderful location, right on the harbor in Boston. I highly recommend buying tickets for a concert in this tour, or if they decide to tour together again (which I sincerely hope they will!) purchasing tickets for at least three of the shows!
