Anyway, PropertyOfZack released an article earlier Saturday about Brand New fans being disappointed by their album choices for Friday night's sold out show in the band's hometown. Now, I shouldn't even have to go on further about how ridiculous it is that fans are disappointed by which albums this band chose to play. If you're a fan of Brand New and know their scarce history of playing shows in recent years, then you truly understand how ungrateful these so-called fans are.
They finally decide to play a few shows, albeit on the coasts, in which they play two of their albums in their entirety. Two albums. In full. Brand New has released four albums to date, each holding 11 or 12 songs (not including special editions or b-sides). Fans attending these shows get to hear one of their favorite bands play at least 23 songs for them, aka a lot of songs for one night and one show.
As a result of the rarity of this occasion, all of the shows sold out in a matter of minutes. The people I know who were planning to road trip to Friday night's show weren't able to get even a single ticket. The majority of fans were not able to get tickets obviously, so those who obtained tickets were the lucky ones. I'm sure these people were very excited for this show and had in mind which albums they hoped to be played, but I assumed they'd be happy to hear the band put on a great show regardless.
I guess we assumed wrong. Due to this being a hometown show, many fans felt entitled to hear Brand New's first two albums performed live since they "made" the band. Are you serious? You know what y'all are entitled to? Hearing two albums played in their entirety by one of your favorite bands because that's what you paid for. There are so many people who would have loved to be in your shoes last night, myself included. The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is one of my favorite albums of all time (my tattoo even references it), and Daisy is actually a good album if you give it a chance. Maybe they decided not to play Your Favorite Weapon or Deja Entendu because they knew there'd be a lot of fans there who've heard those songs over and over again since they've been there since the beginning. I don't know. Regardless of why they chose to play their two recent albums, fans got to hear them perform. I'm also shocked to hear that people were so pissed that they walked out once the guys started playing Daisy. You'd rather walk out of a show because the band didn't play the songs you wanted to hear that they never promised you than enjoy the rest of the show? Guess who's money was wasted? Not Brand New's.
People always say how Brand New treats their fans poorly because they rarely play shows, but look at what happens when they're being "nice". While we can't be certain if Brand New picked their setlists in advance for these shows or if they choose the day of, it seems like the band treated the lives of those sour Friday night fans by treating Saturday fans to Your Favorite Weapon and Deja Entendu. Does that count as karma?
In the end, I hope that all fans are happy because the band is recording new music. Don't be a scrooge. Merry Christmas to all (who celebrate)!
In the end, I hope that all fans are happy because the band is recording new music. Don't be a scrooge. Merry Christmas to all (who celebrate)!
