On May 6th 2014, Pop Evil & Escape The Fate's Co Headlining tour made its stop in Philadelphia PA at The Theatre of The Living Arts with special guest AVATAR & Glamour Of The Kill. The night started off with a band by the name of Glamour Of The Kill, who started the night off right with their 25-30 minute long setlist, containing fan favorites such as: which they devoured the stage while playing! Next up on stage is the Swedish 5 piece band AVATAR, who came out on stage with a very unique stage presence, as Johannes (vocals) dressed as a Sailor/Pirate type along with clown type makeup & all the other band members wearing similar, although their music was definitely great & their performance was a very high energy strung performance it definitely is the definition of METAL rock music. A lot of fans within the crowd I overheard saying Johannes was scary and they couldn't watch it was a show to see! Very unique & energetic using every inch of the stage if it wasn't a band member Johannes' Steel Cane decked out with a skull head top. Next band to enter the stage was Escape The Fate entering their dark set with the screams of CHOOSE YOUR FATE, & the beats & instrumental to their newest hit song "Ungrateful", their 12 song setlist was nothing short of "Picture Perfect" or "One For the Money" but they ended their set on a great song "This War Is Ours" which you could definitely feel within the room as the crowd was going wild to this song, the crowd was just barely touching the floor with the insane amount of jumping going on within this song & their entire set. They never fail to put on a great show even with a member not present due to a family emergency at the time, Maxwell Green was not present and a guitar player from Glamour Of The Kill filled in for him which is did quite an amazing job at doing! As ETF exited the stage Pop Evil's crew then began to set up with Pop Evil's exclusive rug that they lay over the entire stage & attach the setlist to the monitors for band members to view throughout the set. Then 933 WMMR's own bret & the rabbi entered the stage to announced out POP EVIL! As the members of Pop Evil entered the stage the crowd roared with excitement, beginning their set with "Flawed" & ending their set with "Deal With The Devil" their set was flawless & amazing, we just seen these guys back in January I think we found a new love for POP EVIL! You need to get out to a ETF & PE show they both give exceptional performances along with the opening support from AVATAR & GLAMOUR OF THE KILL who also put on amazing shows for the crowd, it was a night & bill of a show to remember forever as it was incredible!!
ESCAPE THE FATE / POP EVIL
with Special guests GLAMOUR OF THE KILL & AVATAR
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Photos & Review By: Andrew Wendowski Photography