HEYYYY!
I’m back! I’m super excited to share this post to whoever has the time to read
it. The title itself is explanatory. Yep! That’s right! I’m going to tell you
my experience of The Script concert.
So,
about two days ago, precisely on April 10th, 2018, I finally got the
chance to see one of my favorite bands, The Script! For those of you who don’t know
who The Script is (where have you been seriously), they are an Irish rock band
which was formed in 2001 in Dublin, Ireland. It has three leading members which
are Danny O’Donoghue, the lead vocalist and keyboardist, Mark Sheehan, lead
guitarist and Glen Power, Drummer. You have probably heard their successful
singles such as “The Man Who Can’t be Moved” or “Breakeven” that are of course
legendary and still hold its magic to this day. They are currently doing tour
all around the world and it is called Freedom Child Tour which is taken from
their fifth album entitled Freedom Child. They started their first Asian Tour
in Jakarta, Indonesia, which meant my concert day was the first stop! Wohoo!
I’ve
been dying to see The Script live since a long time. They have visited Indonesia
previously, if I’m not mistaken, it was in 2011. However, the previous concert
was sponsored by Guinness Indonesia to celebrate Guinness Arthur’s Day which
included beer; therefore, there was age limitation, if you are not twenty one
or above, you couldn’t come. At the time I was only 17 so clearly I was
devastated for I couldn’t attend the concert. But finally, in late 2017, they
announced that they are going to visit Indonesia again! So without hesitation,
I bought the ticket. I can finally see Dan, Mark, and Glen live and sing along
to their song out of my lungs!
The concert was held in The Kasablanka Hall,
Jakarta. If I’m being honest, I thought the venue would be bigger considering
The Script is a well-known band with huge fan base in Indonesia and all over
the world. Thus, I thought the venue was quite small. Nonetheless, they sound amazing
as they always do.
The
set-list of the concert consisted of songs from their previous and newest album
as well as their hit singles such as Rain, Superheroes, The Man Who Can’t be
Moved, Breakeven, Hall of Fame and many more. Luckily, they also sang my
favorite songs such as For the First Time, If You Could See Me Now, No Good in
Goodbye and Arms Open. If I could ask for an addition, I would love to listen
to Man On Wire and Millionaire live! But other than that, I really had no
complaint whatsoever. I can’t believe how humble and down to earth they were on
the stage! They can’t seem to stop praising the crowd which of course made the
crowd went nuts. They said “cinta mati” which in English is “love to death” to
describe how they feel with the crowd and Indonesia. They also mentioned that
they didn’t expect to receive such great reaction and responds from the crowd. Moreover,
they said that it was one of the best moments of their tour so far and I couldn’t
agree more. It was like a massive karaoke moments, with the actual band
playing! The look on their face when the crowd sang together and sang with Dan
was indescribable. I can say that Dan, Mark and Glen delivered an insane amount
of energy to the crowd. They jumped up and down, ran around the stage and
played the music like a beast. Just like their song, the ‘energy never dies’. There
were also plenty of confetti thrown to the crowd, such as during ‘Paint The
Town Green’ and the final song ‘Hall of Fame’ which was super fun! Additionally,
Danny kept going around, approaching another section and taking over the crowds’
phone. At one point, they moved and sang in the Festival section. Danny was
wearing Batik, Indonesia’s traditional attire and they sang one of their first
single ‘We Cry’ with Indonesian beat boxer.
The
crowd at the concert was pretty wild. Before going into the venue, there was
some chaos because people fought to be the first entering the venue. Nevertheless,
the crowd was certainly having a good time, dancing around and jamming to the
songs passionately. Even though some people kept pushing around here and there,
it’s nothing I couldn’t handle. The crowd was even super supportive and excited
when Danny, Mark and Glen told us that they were going to do a crowd control
like they always do in their concert which turned out to be super exciting.
All
I can say is I really had a good time in the concert. It was tiring of course
but everything is worth it. My highlight of the night besides jamming to The
Script’s songs is seeing how appreciative the band was to the fans, in my point
of view, I can even see it from their eyes and gesture. Lastly, The Script left
us with a promise that they are going to visit Indonesia again next year and of
course I will see them again!
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