Paramore bursts onto the stage to the bright purple flashes of the lights as their name then appeared within the LED lit backdrop, Where the band then appeared on the stage to start off their set with “Into You” where the crowd then looking like a sea of colorful fish, due to the bursts of confetti covering the crowd. Going right into their next song “That’s What You Get”, Continuing their set with the next song “For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic”. Hayley Willams then talking to the crowd saying “We always feel so at home every single time we come to Camden or Philadelphia” then going into “WELCOME TO THE MONUMENTOUR!” entering into one of their hit songs “Ignorance” continuing their set with Paramore stating “This song goes out to those of you who have seen us back at The North Star Bar & The Pontiac Grill back in 2005!” going into their song “Pressure”. Paramore had a 14 song setlist which was all of their fan favorites from old to new. The Mic stand now present in the center of the stage for Hayley’s mic, They began to play the instrumental for “Decode” where Hayley then bolted out the lyrics to the song! Paramore then says to the crowd “Can We Play a Love song here tonight Camden NJ?” with their song “The Only Exception” then flowing into the crowd as they Swayed their arms in the air lighting the room with their Cell Phones & Lighters, Ending out the song with the mic turned towards the crowd for them to finish it out. “Last Hope”, where Hayley sat down to play the keyboard as the lyrics came out straight from the heart. Next song on the setlist “Misery Business” which got the crowd going nuts, as its a oldie from Paramore but an AWESOME song! They ended this song with a duet with a girl named Lydia Sassa who joined Hayley Williams and absolutely wrecked the stage jamming with Hayley & the rest of Paramore! Flames then lighting the background along with rows of Disco balls which made the stage & crowd sparkle, introducing their song “Let The Flames Begin”. Hayley then lighting up as the spotlight turned to her as she said “I wanna say, Happy 10 years to Paramore as a band, WOW we have been a band for 10 years!” Confetti then bursting from cannons & coloring the crowd for their final song of the night “Aint It Fun” which made the crowd go insane jumping & Paramore Monumentour Balloons then bouncing all over the crowd. Then exiting the stage as it faded to black and the curtains drop for the most anticipated band of the night FALL OUT BOY!
Photos & Review By: Andrew Wendowski Photography