Exactly 3 pm everything was ready for ElectroDeath performance at the Field Trip Festival, this is gonna be the first live performance of the upcoming album the band is about to release in a few months, one minute before the girls were waiting at the backstage...

Magie: Ready to rock the stage girls?

Yulia: Always ready!

Lilly: OMG, every new performance, a very exciting feeling.

The girls looked herself and smiles, the video that was showing at the stage ended… it is time to Electric the stage up!



A video started to play after the announcement of ElectroDeath’s performance, the video consist of footages from nature, including forests, oceans, animals, ice, everything the we find in nature, it is showed in flashes while a instrumental electronic ambient sound is played, the vide gets faster as it goes to the end and before it ends the word “WICCA” is showed and finally a very known melody is played.



The first melody played is the introduction of the song “Like paradise” which was performed with its original choreography, the girls were wearing leather pants with rock jackets and heavy black makeup also they are followed by their regular five male dancers all of them wearing military outfits, while they switch the singing of the song, in the led screen behind them a footage of psychedelics images is showed.

Magie: How are you guys doing?

**Crowd cheers**

Magie: Nice! Thank you so much for receiving us here!

Yulia: Look, today is almost a rock day at Field Trip Festival…

**crowd cheers again**

Yulia: But also I’m feeling so warmed for you guys, ‘because you know we’re an electronic band!

Lilly: that sounds funny Yulia, but guess what… Is there anyone here that heard any song about a band called “Reported Failure”?

**crowd went crazy!**

Magie: Check this out!

Three microphones at pedestals are posted in the center of the stage and a ska guitar chords is played followed by an electronic drum beat, this song is a cover from Reported Failure song “Manufactured Radio” despite the heavy guitar moments this song bears, the girls turned it into a electric-rock style to fit with their genre, also the vocals are adapted to fit in Yulia’s high notes with Lilly warms vocals to make a contrast, the song is performed in a medley where the girls fit their ”Famou$” song, an old hit from their last album, the cover is probably the most different thing the girls ever made in a live concert, not only because of the rock style it took, but because it is a song from a heavy rock band and a really never mention band by the girls.

The crowd went nuts on their guitar chords featured with the electric drums and some spooky sounds, also there is no choreography at this performance due to the allusion the girls are making to a rock concert, so it is basically the girls singing on their microphone pedestals.
The performance end with the crow completely crazy for what they have heard, when Magie tried to speak something:

Magie: That was cool!

Yulia: We love Reported Failure!



Lilly: now we have something very special for our fans!



Magie: This last song we are going to perform is our brand new single which we will be premiering at next June 28th.



Yulia: this song is called “When your Heart’s is not open”

Magie: Thank you so much guys for receiving us here! We love you all very much!

The song “When your Heart is not open” starts with a soft ambient melody which grows with violins and piano riffs, when Magie starts to sing the first strophe of the song, the girls are only with their microphone in hands, no choreography at this point is performed, only singing and some interaction with crowd. The song bears trip hop elements very different from what the girls have been doing till now, also the ambient sounds grow with the strong percussion the song has all long, lyrics are about religion and what we have to do, to find a real happiness. The performance is followed by ocean scenes behind the girls which are showed at the led screens, the girls also do some modern dance movements, soft and sometimes strange, despite all the different sensations this song brings, the crowd sounded very receptive to it, especially at the break moment the song has, when a big melody of violin is played. The girls ended the performance sending kisses to the crowd and leaving the stage.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE

As the girls left the stage, at the backstage, the beautiful and lovely girl Abie Lena was waiting a moment to enter the stage.
Magie, her sister, looked at her and said:

Magie: Don’t worry Abie, they’re ready to receive you!

Yulia and Lilly smile at her and finally Abie would be able to show what she is up to. She is gonna give a great performance! Even if she will only perform one song, but is has to be great!

Abie entered the stage almost frozen by her fear, an over 100,000 thousand crowd looking at her, she was wearing a short black dress with her hair in bun, she faced the crow, while that she looked behind the pedestal she was in front, straight to her band mates, her stomach was reverted, her eyes were dried, she was shaking, but now she could not hesitate anymore, she send the sign and a beautiful piano riff is played, it has a influence from 60s old jazz songs, almost a cabaret feeling, it was melted some seconds before with a soft drums and a sad violin sound, when Abie started to sing the first phrases of the song.



Her voice is so beautiful and unusual, so strong and high, that almost everybody at the crowd shut their mount up. She realized that she had everyone in her feet, that’s when she felt so confidence that she sung the chorus of the song with so much strength that the crowd started to cheers at her, that was her moment, in a simple base melody she raised her voice and dominated the whole crowd, without even saying her name, or what song she was about to perform. As the song was going to its end she started to feel so emotional by all the feeling that she was passing that moment that she dropped some tears, but it didn’t affect her amazing vocal notes, that was when she said the last phrase of the song, and for exactly two minutes the crowd cheered at her, letting her only to say a few things:

Abie: Hi I’m Abie Lena, that was “That could Night” and thank you very much!

She left the stage almost running, she was going to hold her sister Magie at the backstage, when she reached her, she said in Magie’s ear:

Abie: “Do you think mom would be proud of us?”
Magie just hold her sisters tighter, when Yulia and Lilly in affective way hugged the two sisters.

ElectroDeath’s set list
1- Like Paradise
2- Electric-rock medley: Manufactured Radio / Famou$
3- When Your Heart’s Not Open
Abie Lena set list:
1- That could Night

OOC: completely lost track of time there, we're still on course though. :)

As the sun starts to set in the background of the stage a theatrical intro begins to play over the loud speakers and Matt runs onto the stage with touring members, Mike and Joseph. As the three run onto the stage the crowd yells and begins to get crazy with the anticipation of seeing Suburban Sunrise. As Matt hit’s a deep power chord the crowd yells and the violin intro to “Take Your Own Love” begins to play. As all the instruments come in hard Nicole runs on to the stage and begins jumping. As she runs onto the stage the fans begin screaming and yelling. Through the song the band is jumping up and down and feeding off the energy from the crowd. As the song ends the crowd cheers and Matt goes straight into the intro of the hit SS single “Vulture.” As Matt hit’s the hard intro the crowd begins to get out of control and people begin to crowd surf and are jumping on top of one another. As the song slows down towards the end a security guard yells something at Nicole

Nicole: Well hello there Somerset! We are Suburban Sunrise how are you guys feeling today? Crowd cheers Well mr security guard just told me to tell you guys to calm down a little because you are going to crazy. Boo’s from the crowd erupt Ya but we are here to party so fuck that! I think you guys need to get crazier for this song! This is an old one its called “Lines!”



As Nicole yells at the crowd they scream! As soon as they hear the hard bang on the floor tom they scream and people open up three mosh pits throughout the crowd. Through the song more and more people begin to crowd surf and all the security guards are getting pissed off. As the band plays the song Nicole goes over to the barrier and reaches into the crowd and continues to sing the song. As she tries to pull away from the crowd numerous people grab onto her arm and make it hard for her to pull away. When they finally let go, Nicole climbs back onto the stage. When the song ends a piano intro begins to play over the speakers. The intro is one that the crowd has never heard before but as the odd intro ends it hit’s the piano intro for “2 Birds, 1 Stone.” As the instruments come in most of the crowd cheers and people continue to crowd surf and jump but as the band looks out into the crowd they notice that a lot of people have slowed down and don’t seem very interested in the song. As the song comes to an end the crowd cheers



Matt: England! Crowd cheers Have you guys had fun today? Yells come from the crowd Lets hear it for Riot! In Boulevard, The Jason Smith Band, and our friends Fathers Of Fury! The crowd erupts as Matt yells out the names And after us you guys have our good friends The Dead Roses! Yells from the crowd come from every direction AND! The big guy Mr. Ryan Ross Hernandez lets hear for him! As the entire crowd yells it sounds like a giant car crash is going on Alright well right now we are going to play a new song for you guys. This song is called “Might Not Make It!”

The crowd screams as Matt and Nicole play the guitar/ vocal intro. As the chorus hit’s the crowd goes crazy and multiple pits open up and the crowd begins to jump over each other and crowd surf. As the band plays the song Matt walks over to the edge of the stage and looks out into the crowd, laughs and smiles then turns around and continues to rock out. As the song ends the entire crowd yells and screams out of excitement

Nicole: You guys are amazing! And I see the pits that have opened up and im liking that shit! But if your going to have pits lets get some chicken fights! Grab someone put them on your shoulders and try to push each other off! Haha alright lets get fucking insane on three. One… Two… THREE!

When Nicole yells out three the heavy hitting sound of “The Leaving Scene” begins to play and people start to push each other of each others shoulders and people begin to pile up on the ground and some people are getting hurt and are taken out of the crowd. As the band plays the song the crowd continues to jump on each other and crowd surf. As the song comes to an end the band goes straight into “Doesn’t Mean It’s Legal.” As the crowd notices what song it is they jump up and down and begin to pick back up the energy. People are somehow getting passed the security guards and jumping onto the stage. For most of the fans wanting to get close to the band get tackled and taken off the stage and kicked out of the area. For those who don’t get hit begin to stage dive and jump off of the stage. As the band continues to play the song Nicole stops as the head of security tells Nicole to have the crowd calm down or they would be cut off. As the song ends the crowd claps and screams

Nicole Holy fuck! You guys are really pissing off these security guards! They said if you don’t relax they are going to cut us off Boos fill the crowd But who gives a fuck we only have one more song for you guys so get the craziest you have been today. If you know it I want to hear you sing it! Its called “Song In The Dark.”



As the band hit’s the opening riff the crowd goes crazier then they have all day! So many people are crowd surfing and getting over the barrier that they are knocking down some of security guards. Some people in the crowd continue to jump onto the stage only to get stopped by security on the side of the stage. As the song get close to the end Nicole and Mat run over and jump onto the barrier. As the song ends Matt throws his guitar into the crowd hitting a fan on the top of their head and then both he and Nicole jump into the crowd. As they both get back onto the stage Nicole grabs Matts mic off the stand.

Nicole: You guys are fucking awesome! Thank you so much for coming out we are going to be at our merch tent so come say hello! Thank you all so much we love you! Goodnight!

Set List
1-Take Your Own Love
2-Vulture
3-Lines
4-2 Birds, 1 Stone
5-Might Not Make It(New Song)
6-The Leaving Scene
7-Doesn’t Mean It’s Legal
8-Song In The Dark

INTRO Rant / You Don't Know Who I Think I Am When I'm Not Myself / City Made of Vultures

The crowd is still a buzz from the last band, but are now all anxiously awaiting for the headlining act to perform. Tonight's act was no stranger to the big stages, but the Field Trip Festival meant playing to the biggest crowd he has ever performed in front overseas. The lights raise just two minutes past nine o'clock in the evening. The audience can now see the decor of the stage, nothing really signals for a highly theatrical show, but it can be predicted that a lot of musicians are going to be on stage at one time. About sixteen chairs are placed at one side of the stage with violins and cellos placed in every other, beside it there's three microphones standing with a saxophone in the middle and two trumpets beside it. At the other end of the stage, there's a small stand with three microphones placed on it. Just behind center stage, a drum set can be seen, with a double keyboard and organ set up near it. At center stage of course, there's the first of the stage with a rug, which everyone who's ever been to a Ryan Ross Hernandez concert, knows that there is where the guitar extraordinaire will be jamming. Two other rugs are set on either side with space between them, designed for the other two guitarists and the bassist.

At just past 9:03 PM, Ryan Ross Hernandez walks out onto the stage, dressed in some usual favorites, a leather jacket and baggy black pants with an acoustic guitar hanging from his back. He leads the way, as a crowd of musicians follow behind him, each going to their place. Aside from his traditional band composed of a drummer, two guitarists, a bassist, and a keyboard/organ player; he also has joining him tonight, a sixteen piece string orchestra, two trumpeters, a saxophonist, and three female back-up vocalists/dancers. Of course, the England crowd showers the singer-songwriter-guitarist in a sea of love and praise, from cheers and applause to crazy women shouting, 'I love you Ryan!'. Hernandez stands in center stage, looking out at the 150,000 people standing before him. He turns the acoustic guitar and places it in front of his body, leaning into the microphone and saying over the cheers, "Good evening. How are you all doing tonight?" There's no need to ask that question as the crowd is a buzz already.

"Before we start playing, I wanna say thank you. Thank you all for sticking around. Over six hours you've all been here, and to see you all still here just to see me play some songs, gives me the most heartwarming feeling world. And.... and I can't thank you enough for that, but I'll try my best by playing a lot of music for you guys." Ryan says with a smile, as he swiftly swipes his fingers past the strings on his guitar.

"Wow. I, I just need a minute. This view is amazing. How many people we got here? 150 thousand? I didn't fucking know I had that many fans in the UK. [chuckles] Well no, I'm gonna roughly estimate that 75 thousand of you are of the female gender, so you ladies are the real fans. All the dudes here are either stuck somewhere in the middle and can't get out, or they were dragged here by their girlfriend or wife or lady friend. If you're in the latter category, I promise you this music is going to turn your woman on, and you'll get the best sex of your life when you get home. Hell, she might even give you a little quickie in the car." He adds with a laugh, partly referring to a tweet he made earlier in the week, saying that his set list at the festival would cause women spontaneous orgasms. "Coincidentally, we are opening this set with a song that I wrote after I had the best sex of my life."

And with a sly smirk, not another second is wasted before the crashing sounds of cymbals and a loud, steady drum beat is heard through the PA system. The audience cheers knowing that Hernandez is opening the show with the breezy California rock summer song, You Don't Know Who I Think I Am When I'm Not Myself. They quickly join in and start clapping to the beat, as Ryan starts to play the opening riff, with the trumpets and saxophone joining in. At the end of singing every verse, he adds a string of 'woah's'. Actual drumming begins when the chorus hits, the entire band now playing their respective instruments, except for the orchestra, to create a sharp sounding instrumentation, perfect for kicking off the summer. During the breakdown of the song, Ryan's fast finger picking on the acoustic guitar, his helped by the booming horn section. Ryan starts to improvise scat singing. By the end of the song, the entire audience is clapping along, singing every line along with Ryan, and odd ladies dancing in the middle of a crowd.

Now he has the audience completely on his side. He hands his acoustic guitar off to his guitar tech who gives him his signature custom, beaten up black electric guitar, known as 'The Black One'. Ryan leans down in front of the mic stand and reaches for a red plastic cup, which he takes a sip out of. He makes a face, placing the cup back down. "Damn, that's some strong orange juice," he says with a faint laugh adding, "and by orange juice, I mean tequila. Cheers." Ryan starts to play a fairly simple guitar riff, to get his tune, before turning around and signaling to the rest of the band. "It's gonna be a long night in England too," he sings in falsetto before a some very funky drumming is heard by way of Steve Jordan. Ryan goes towards the female backing vocalists/dancers, and drops an improvised short dance, which the females in the audience go crazy for. He starts to play a bluesy guitar riff, making way back to his mic stand, and begins to sing City Made of Vultures, a favorite among fans. He sings the chorus in a high falsetto voice, joined by the backing singers to keep him on key. The song features a lot of solos from most of the musicians, not just Ryan. Before the second chorus, the instruments drop as an organ solo is played by Charlie Wilson. For the breakdown of the song, the backing vocalists sing the chorus acapella with the crowd joining in, as Ryan provides another scat singing along. For the breakdown of the song, with the drums tuned down, Ryan goes to his bandmate and guitarist David Ryan Harris as they have a little guitar solo dual-off to round off the song, with the drums crashing to mark the end of the song.

Ain't No Sunshine / Perfect Loneliness / Teenage Dream

The guitar tech rushes back on stage, taking the guitar Ryan was just playing but placing it on a stand nearby. He gives him a cherry red electric Gibson guitar. Ryan wastes no time and quickly begins to play some funk-inspired riffs, as the now red-colored lights beside the stage shine on him and the band. "Hold on, let me get my groove on. Oooooh," he says tossing his guitar pick into the crowd and quickly taking another one off the microphone stand. He continues to play the same riff, just by himself, before leaning into the mic and singing;



From hearing just the first line, the audience cheers and start to echo each word behind Ryan's voice. After the first verse, the drums and bass join him to create an extremely funky sounding cover of the classic Bill Withers song. Ain't No Sunshine. After singing the second verse, the deep bass line leaves, just to let Ryan's guitar playing take center stage in front of a constant drum beat. His hands fingers moving swiftly along the guitar, really playing the first big sounding guitar solo of the night. Ryan's guitar playing seems at its best when it's just clean lines and no effects, at this point sounding crisp and sharp. He drops to his knees continuing the spectacular guitar solo, by now echoing in everyone's ears, before bobbing his head along to the solo, his riffs just begging for the classic 'I Know,' phrase to be repeated over and over again. He is singing them on his knees, inaudible to the audience before getting back up on his feet and starts to sing again, ending the over three minute guitar solo.



"Break it way down low," he tells the drummer, as he finishes it off the song singing falsetto the last phrase of the song a few times, ending the song off as it started. Another guitar is handed by the tech to Ryan, this time a white electric fender.

"Who here is single and their heart hurts. [a large amount of cheering is heard] Nah, see. See, I just identified a huge problem in this crowd. You shouldn't have your heart hurting tonight. Let's make the heart hurting stop for the next hundred and sixty minutes. Let's see all the beautiful things we do have, all the places we can go, all the things that make this loneliness of the perfect nature."

Ryan finishes it speaking as the audience cheers, noticing that he is alluding in a cleaver way to his own song, Perfect Loneliness (I Don't Belong to Anyone). He plays the loud opening riff to the upbeat song, from the looks of things, Ryan is only bringing out the fan favorites tonight and not playing songs according to how high they charted on the charts. The entire band joins him, the backing vocalists again joining in the chorus of the song, the drumming kept to a steady but constant beat. At the bridge of the song, Ryan's vocals are loud and powerful, not pitch perfect but he doesn't seem to care nor does the crowd. The backing vocalists continue to sing behind him, as he goes towards another one of his guitarists, this time England's own Robbie McIntosh as they trade off riffs. The whole band ends in sync once Ryan stops playing his guitar, ending it in a long-winded nature.

Ryan Ross Hernandez laughs as he looks down at the set list beside the microphone stand. "You just saw me laugh because I just looked down at the set list and you are all gonna like this one." He nods at Steve Jordan as he starts to play a slow paced drum beat, that sounds familiar. A bass line quickly follows, before Ryan starts to play a smooth jazz riff on his guitar. "This song is by one of the few women in Hollywood, that I haven't been able to have sex with.... Yet." He continues to play the riff and starts to sing a song that mostly everyone in the audience knows.



Yes, Ryan Ross Hernandez is covering Teenage Dream, by Katy Perry. He backs away from the mic after singing the first verse to chuckle before returning to sing. Up to until the chorus, it's just Ryan's voice and guitar riff, drumming, and bass. When the chorus begins the horn section comes in to add even more spice to this jazz cover of the song. "Ladies, I want you all to sing this next part. I have to maintain some sort of masculinity."



A sea of female voices, added along to his own backing vocalists vocals. Before the last chorus, all the instrument drop, just leaving Ryan to play a smooth jazz solo along with the looping trumpets and saxophone. He goes back to the mic and opens his throat wide singing and holding the "Yoooouuuuu," in the last chorus before letting his backing vocalists do their thing as he continues play the solo. He finishes it off standing in front of the drum set, both trading off beats and ending together.

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The lights dim down, with a shuffle going on stage. A guitar tech takes Ryan's Fender telecaster guitar and again hands him an acoustic guitar. He is also brought out a harmonica which he places around his neck. The lights are brought up after a minute, showing the Ryan and his band once again. Ryan swiftly passes his fingers across the guitar before playing a more steady riff along with some harmonica.



He plays a short Tom Petty covering, serving as the intro to Fight On Until the Darkness Overtakes You, which he quickly starts to play following it. The song is electric on the album, but is more stripped down here and given a folk sound to it with the harmonica. It is also the first time in the set that the orchestra is heard, behind Ryan's vocals and Steve's drumming. Ryan gives his vocals a hint of country to it, ending every high note with a bit of a grunt. Towards the breakdown of the song, instead of playing a solo on guitar, he plays harmonica with some guitar tapping added to it. He starts one of his famous banters after, with drumming, bass, and backing guitars still continuing to play behind him as he rants.

[/i]"You know, somewhere along the way, somebody or some group of people instructed us that it is possible to feel okay all of the time. That the human body or the human mind should normally behave appropriately at all times and if there is even any part of your day or week or month that falls short of feeling one hundred percent that there is something wrong with you. Let me tell you what happens to everybody but they won't talk about it because they feel like it's only them, but it's everybody. Everybody freaks out. I wanna show you something."[/i] He reaches into his pocket and takes out a pill.

"That's a Xanax, .5 milligrams. You know why I keep going to my doctor to ask for more? Not because I take them. Because I run them through the laundry. These do not go in my bloodstream. These go through my plumbing. But I've got my .5 in my pocket in case I freak the fuck out in front of all of you, 150,000 people. Get a shot of this." Ryan drops the Xanax pill on the ground, crushes it with his sneaker.

"If you wanna freak out, freak out. If you feel like all of the sudden you feel like you're six and you want to cry and you don't know why, just go do it. Let's everybody just accept everyone else is going to freak out. Yeah, everyone's going to freak out. You're not going to be one hundred percent all the time! Hey, could somebody get me another Xanax, please? Yes, let me make it easy for you. You're going to freak out. You're going to have at least one moment per week where you don't feel right. Maybe it doesn't feel so wrong if you know that it's kind of supposed to happen to you. It is the other side of being conscious and loving, that there are going to be times you're going to have to 'hit control alt delete.' You're just going to have to take a moment. You might be walking through the airport, you might be having the time of your life. In fact, it's more likely to happen during the time of your life. You might sit down in Cabo, put your feet in the sand, crack open a Corona and go 'ugh!' That's you not letting yourself have a good time. And I guarantee there's someone out here in the show tonight who's sitting there going like 'I need to use the bathroom and I wanna go home.' Me too! Nobody wants to use the bathroom and go home more than me and I gotta play on stage every night! So what I'm trying to say to you, is fight on."

Ryan starts to play his guitar again, singing the chorus one final time. With that added rant, the performance lasted ten minutes more than it normally should, but the crowd still seems to love him. The lights go out again on stage, this time for a longer period of time as the band heads back stage for a quick breather.



The audience cheers as the lights rise and the band is back on stage, a few dim lights stay on Ryan's figure. He now has a Rick Turner Model 1 Guitar, strikingly similar to the model guitar Lindsay Buckingham uses with Fleetwood Mac. Ryan swiftly adjusts it around his back with the guitar strap. "We got a couple more for you before we call it a night. This is the part of the set I like to call, "'The Radio Hits,' these are the ones that have been number one or two on the charts. The award winners."

He simply says, with a smile creeping on the corner of his lips as he puts his ear pieces that were hanging around his ear back inside them. Hernandez steps back from the microphone and coughs as he plays a few notes to make sure his guitar is in tone for the song about to be played. Despite the bare light on him, it's visible to see another microphone stand being set up and placed a few feet next to his own. He turns his back to the crowd and counts the band down, as they dive in the play the breezy, California pop/rock song, The Halfhearted Lover. For this performance, Hernandez's keyboardist is seen now in the background, joining the band once. The lights return to give a full display of the stage and backing band. The second this song begins, there is no one left sitting down in the audience, everyone is on their feet. Hernandez even moves his body in a dancing matter, along with the melody as he plays his guitar parts, which sends the women in attendance in a complete frenzy. Ryan steps forward to the mic, starting to sing the song that reached number one twice for him. He finishes it off the song, singing a part of Bruce Springsteen's classic hit song, "I'm On Fire".



A laid-back drum beat is played by drummer Steve Jordan, it is just played alone for a good 20-seconds or so before Ryan gets on the microphone again. "It ain't your TV, though it's fun to laugh at people sometimes. It ain't your computer, though it's nice to spend the whole night online. It's not your movies, I see the same damn storyline. It's only music now. It's only music now."

As soon as Ryan finishes his sentence a distorted low-pitched bassline joins in with the drums. Soon later Hernandez starts playing a quick and clean guitar riff, giving sign that he is starting to perform Something's Missing from his debut solo record. In a melodic tone he uses the wah-wah pedal before diving into singing. A red light illuminates the stage along with the limelight that was already in place. The basslines progress to a much cleaner tone while the drums don't change much from the start, only with the occasional cymbals added here and there. Ryan sings in a more registered deep voice rather than his regular falsetto vocal register. By the bridge, the performance turns into a all-out electric blues jam by then Ryan goes back to relying in his lady-loved falsetto voice. From there his vocals to very melodic charming from as low as Elvis Costello-like vocals to as high as Prince, probably Ryan giving a little shot at those who say he doesn't have range in his music since he relies on his guitar playing for much of his music. Hernandez plays a guitar solo right before the outro, much quicker than the rest of the riffs he played during the progression of the song. Afterward his riffs slowdown, just enough that they echo through the arena. The well-known 'checklist' outro for Something's Missing is where it goes back-and-forth with the vocals from Ryan to the audience.

A soft piano intro is heard in the background, Ryan leans forward and starts to speak once again. "I would like to take this moment to thank everyone who stuck around this long, and stayed just to see this man and this band, do what they love. Which is just play music, and we'd be doing it just this way, be if we were playing for 150 people or 150,000 people."

"This is gonna sound really corny but you know, everyone needs someone in their life to love and love them back. It's just this need humans have, and I'm not just talking about sex. I've had a lot of sex in my life but I've never really had love, which the two should go hand in hand, but sometimes it doesn't work that way. I've learned a lot about love, and sex, and relationships. We've all been in relationships where love has walked out the door or never enter the room altogether. We know the truth, yet we still hold on in hope or in desperation to make it grow there. That is an emotional well that is so deep, it almost breaks your soul. Forget your heart, your heart is gone at that point. This is a song about how I hurt somebody really bad, so bad that if they were a singer/songwriter, they would have written this song about me and for me."

The piano ends in sync with the ending of his rant. The lights dim down to achieve a more personal setting, with the orchestra coming into play for the second time in the night, bringing a haunting sound from just the string section. It's followed by the drums, bass, and guitars respectively. The light rise up again once Ryan starts to play the opening guitar solo, letting everyone know that it's The Story of a Misunderstood Man. He showed off a swirling guitar work repertoire, with the huge instrumentation behind him to create booming sound. His vocals sound as crisp as ever, really saving the best for last. While he sings, he continues to play a circular guitar riff. At any rate, Hernandez always returns to his defining vocal gesture - the line that slides down like a contented sigh or up like a raised eyebrow, giving his beloved hits their air of easy intimacy, it's tempered by a plaintive, sweet melancholy that carries plenty of emotion and meaning.



At this point a sea of arms are seen from the immense crowd at hand, each one echoing behind Ryan's every vocal, to such extent that the crowd vocals nearly overpower the audibility of Ryan's own voice through the PA system. A pedal steel is now added to the mix, adding even a greater amount of mournfulness to the already slow burning kiss off of a ballad. All the instrumentation quickly starts to build up and become more powerful towards at the bridge of the song.



Ryan held onto the final note, but as soon as he finishes, the audience is caught by surprise because of the fireworks that fly from above the stage. Giving meaning to the shining reference in the song. Ryan dives into an emotionally charged guitar solo, not even singing the final chorus or for that matter getting so invested in the solo that he forgot about it. "You sing it," he tell the audience who don't need to be told twice as they sing in union the final chorus, as Ryan finishes off the night with a soft guitar whisper, before the song comes to a complete halt.

Ryan Ross Hernandez nods with a smirk as he looks out at the huge audience. "Thank you so much! We love you all! Goodnight." He takes a quick bow and gives the audience a round of applause before the lights go out one final time as Hernandez and the band head off the stage.



OOC: We were a little late in receiving this but it was definitely worth the wait.