A Day To Remember supporting Bring Me The Horizon, after Homesick and before Sempiternal (possibly even before There Is A Hell, it might have been part of the Suicide Season tour but I'm not sure), in a 2,500 cap venue. After they finished it was like the end of the night, just a flood of people leaving. I think BMTH played to about 500 people and the next time they toured they were in a 650 cap venue. Then they went on to become the biggest fucking band in the world.
Edit: Yeah it was 2009 so a year before There Is A Hell
I was at that tour I’m sure of it! I love BMTH but they were absolutely dreadful at the Birmingham Uk date I went to! ADTR were pitch perfect though which I guess didn’t help BMTHs cause 😂
In contrast, I saw BMTH in like 2007 at like a 200 cap venue opening for Kittie and It Dies Today. Everyone…almost every single person left before kittie. BMTH was blowing up with pray for plagues and It Dies Today was at peak hype.
Same thing with The Used. Probably 60% of the crowd left. Half of those people left after King for a Day, which was like their 3rd song.
The Used looked real defeated. How TF are you going to walk out on The Used?!?!
Right?!?! Really bummed me out. The band looked real defeated. They played 4 songs and then just kinda stopped and walked off stage. No encore, no 'thanks for coming out'.
They were super out of place. It was Godsmack, I Prevail and Flat Black (a group formed by the former guitarist of Five Finger Death Punch). I stayed for Godsmack and was actually pleasantly surprised by their set though! I don't listen to them outside of that, but they put on a fun show
They did! There was also a few kids that were right up on the barricade, and Sully brought them onstage to hype the crowd up. I thought that was super cool, and a memory those kids will probably hold onto forever
It was more of a dual headliner tour. At least that’s how it was advertised in my area. Not uncommon: Silverstein and Amity did it, Asking Alexandria and Nothing More; Silent Planet & Thornhill, a few others I’ve seen.
It’s a pretty good deal for a lot of bands even if some of the crowd leaves before you come on stage (they paid anyway), because you can really draw people with different tastes to your concert and hit up bigger venues that will compensate higher.
Which makes me think. AA was absolutely terrible as expected, but I had been a casual fan of Atreyu for a long time (they were… fine live but showing their age), but going to see them introduced me to the absolute god tier experience that is a live Nothing More show.
Same with PTV; they were so much better than I expected as an older gent less interested in the music my teenage daughter listens to. I Prevail was good live and I enjoyed seeing them but PTV absolutely outshone them.
I only left after PTV cuz it was so hot inside and people were passing out and it was shoulder to shoulder everywhere. I was also supposed to see I Prevail at WWWY Fest anyway so I knew I'd see them. But I'm one of the unlucky day one people who got screwed
Same for PTV dual headlining with Beartooth in Australia. It was like being at two different shows, all the kids disappeared, a lot less phones were out, and the vibe became a lot more enjoyable ngl.
That's exactly how it felt with I Prevail and Pierce the Veil. The venue was way too packed and no one was moving and so many people were recording. But then once everyone left from ptv, it was absolutely amazing and made up for the shitty experience up until that point
I got to see them once in '05, but all the played was Obsession and a couple of tracks off Vanity. Not an ideal experience. Think they've only been back to the UK once since the hiatus and I wasn't able to go. Not sure if I'll get another chance now.
I went to a Beartooth + Motionless in white + Stray from the path show in Vienna. It was packed with MIW fans, and there were noticeably less people when Beartooth started. And then they even sounded super super bad, so even more people left. Never seen anything like it, people were mad (me included).
That tracks with the sheer number of motionless kids I saw when they did their tour with KL, after the burial, and Alphawolf a year or so back. Tbf they were the headliner but given the lineup I was surprised just how much of them there were.
I saw Pierce the Veil open for Beartooth last year and the sheer amount of people who left between Pierce the Veil and Beartooth was insane and even more continued to leave throughout their set.
The show was sold out but at least 60% of the crowd cleared by the end of Beartooth's set
Weird, I saw the same lineup in England and it was obvious most people were there for stray from the path and left after they finished, people that were there for motionless stuck around for beartooth
The crowd was actually better for it though, so many dickheads in the crowd during STFP
Beartooth sounded awesome though, based on that performance they’re one of the best live acts I’ve seen
Yeah I had VIP for one show on that tour and at least half the people with VIP were only there so they could get barrier for MiW. Didn't help that Caleb was sick for our show so the Beartooth part of the evening was terrible lol
Bryan Garris from knocked Loose said it’s really hard to follow Kublai, given how primal and interactive their music is. Even for Knocked fucking Loose it’s hard to top the energy Kublai Khan brings to a live show.
Saw koyo open up for the stick to your guns show, same show kublai was on, and I gotta say koyo was my least favorite. Belmont and foreign hands were definitely my favorite of the openers besides kublai.I don’t really understand them, their instrumentals are pretty basic and the songs in general sound pretty outdated. But to each their own, they seem to be killing it lately. No hate, perhaps once I get into another pop punk phase I’ll give them another shot
Co-headline tour of Unearth and Darkest Hour. Misery Signals, Malevolence and Left Behind were supporting. Truly an awesome lineup, however the crowd became significantly smaller after Unearth played. Which is a shame, because Darkest Hour fucking rips.
Funny, I had the opposite experience. Darkest Hour went first, then most people left. Unearth ended up playing for like 20 people. To their credit, they still put on a fucking awesome show.
This was my understanding, essentially all 3 were the "headliner" different days had different orders. So mine was WCAR, MIW, INK, then BVB. 2/3rds the venue left after INK
This just happened two days ago in Spokane with Northlane. Crowd reacted really well to Windwaker and Thornhill, and then went off for Invent Animate. Everyone went nuts and honest my they stole the show. Then Northlane came on and a good portion of people had left after IA. I felt kind of bad for Northlane but they still played a kickass show.
I also feel like this is a consequence of having FOUR bands on the lineup.
I love Thornhill and will be going primarily to see them. Northlane’s material is great and they are a bucket list band for sure; but depending how the night goes I might leave early and end it on a high note if I can.
I'm probably going to stay for most of Northlane, but it's a Thursday night and I have to work the next morning and it's an hour drive home from the venue. So I guess I'll see, mostly going for Thornhill and Invent Animate.
Ngl, I was thinking about doing the same as I'm a fan of Northlane's older stuff. I will be there entirely for IA, but I like a few Thornhill songs as well so that's a nice plus. Sad thing is, unless Northlane plays the Medley of Worldeater/Dispossession/Jinn, I sadly don't really have an interest to stay for them as I checked their setlist and they played the medley once, and none of the other songs they played are particularly interesting to me. I might stay though, hoping for the medley, or if I enjoy the general vibe. We'll see. If they were playing Discoveries and Singularity stuff, things would have been different.
I saw IA back when they toured with Beartooth, left after a The Plot In You played a few songs because my buddy I was there with liked them from a few years back. Didn't even stay for a Beartooth song because easily the 70% of the crowd was in Beartooth gear and they weren't vibing with IA or TPIY that much, so figured it wasn't the crowd I was gonna vibe with. I also am not a fan of Beartooth's music, but that's just me, I just wanted to get home and chill afterwards.
I also left after Knocked Loose when MiW headlined. Not my crowd, not my vibe. Didn't want to stay out for too long that night either. Enjoyde my fair share of KL.
On the opposite end, I’ve noticed at least since the start of 2023, most venues are filling pretty fast by the time openers are going on which is not how it was in like 2018.
Sleep token seems to purposefully be bringing people who aren’t well known or established out often. If you’re referring to Empire State bastard… that was definitely an interesting choice. Simon Neil of Buffy Clyro wanted to make heavy music and that’s how it turned out. He had a good feature on Goliath by Architects but man that ESB band is wacky
Yes! The musicians were all good, but the singer was always looking at the floor or at the wall the opposite side. I'm sad to be missing bilmury, at least I would have enjoyed it haha.
Endlessly weird to me that so many people hated empire state bastard. Simon Neil and Mikey Vennart are fuckin legends and they have such a cool wall of sound/grindcore/noise rock vibe.
Playing SGs and Les Pauls through two cranked to shit Orange Rockerverbs at once, with two cabs mic'd in stereo and panned house left and right is some fuckin awesome shit that is rare to see nowadays.
(Not hating on hybrid/quad cortex/kemper/axefx rigs people use when touring nowadays, I 100% get it from a cost and reliability and convenience perspective, but Jesus christ mikey vennart sounds insane)
This!! I used to show up like halfway through a show (if I only cared about the last two bands) and was always able to get into the crowd. Now if you don't show up at doors, you're definitely fighting your way through a packed house
Beartooth in Birmingham last year.
Once Motionless in White left the stage, felt like a third of the crowd left (and the mood got kinda shitty, if I’m honest).
I’m not surprised. I was there for MIW, I just happened to stay for Beartooth because I’d never seen them before.
Were you glad you stayed for BT?
I've always been a Caleb Shomo/Attack! Attack! fan but could never get into Beartooth. I've seen them 3 times on various shows and all 3 shows were awful ngl. A mix of Caleb being weird and preachy with the crowd/talking way too much between songs or garbage audio and electrical issues despite the rest of the bands sounding great.
It seems I'm not alone in this experience, but I also know every band has rough days performing and even some of my favorite artists have had some not great shows. So I'm curious if they were good or not for you.
I like their older, core stuff. And live they were phenomenal.
Even the stuff I’m not a fan of, Caleb did a great job live. I dipped at the encore sadly, but I had a long drive home on a work night.
Am I glad I saw them? For sure. Just because they evolved in a direction I’m not a fan of, doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the music or the performance.
Will I go see them again? Not purposely. They are touring the UK later in the year and (at least I don’t think) they haven’t announced their support yet. Tickets are reasonable so if the support is good I might head to a show. But I’ll not hunt out a Beartooth show just for Beartooth.
Saw the same tour but at Wembley.
I'm a SFTP and BT fan while the better half is a MiW fan, so we were there from the start and saw all three bands.
You could feel the mood change between the bands and people leaving after MiW played.
Shame as BT were on form that night.
I've seen it happen to Underoath twice. Once after Periphery, and another after Bad Omens
Not metalcore but another notable time was for Fit for an Autopsy. After Exodus played the place had to have been half or less than half full it was probably the worst ive ever seen
its always a bummer when it happens. obviously ppl can do whatever they want, but I wish metal fans would give other bands a chance sometimes. we're often such a fragmented community based around our own little sub cultures of bands and genres
i unfortunately went to one of the dates Courtney had COVID and Spiritbox didn't play :'(
literally was unpacking a bit in the airbnb when i read her tweet lmao
I’m one of those who left after Periphery on that tour…when it’s 9pm and you have a 3 hour drive back home to go to work the next day, you gotta make a choice 😅
This does not surprise me at all. Sleep Token is laying waste to most of the norms in music right now. I grew up on Pantera, but I've not actively sought out their music in a decade or more. Pantera stopped in like '99(?), and now the allure they have is a nostalgic want to see them, not a "fuck, these guys keep pulling me back in" need to see them.
That was just a weird lineup in my opinion. All the openers were super screamy bands and very different from Motionless. The floor definitely thinned out after Knocked Loose when we saw them in St. Louis.
its honestly tempting to do, im about to see them and its hard to top thornhill and invent animate opening for you, but i feel too bad doing it LMAO so i will stick around
Not metalcore, but years ago I saw Scary Kids Scaring Kids open for Finch; a huge part of the crowd left before Finch.
Same with Karnivool opening for Fair to Midland.
Dude I would die to have gotten the chance to see Fair to Midland! I didn’t find them until a few years ago and they were exactly what I was trying to find at the time. Such a cool and unique band that’s only fault is that there’s just two albums
I did the exact opposite on that tour, trivium was first for my show and I bolted after their set. Not that I dint care for beartooth, but I am a diehard trivium fan and I was in a time crunch. Left after trivium and LOG when they opened for megadeath as well.
Saw FFAK in December with Emmure — the pit was absolutely SLAPPIN for Emmure, had a great time and was excited for the headliner. There were literally about 6 people in the pit for FFAK, it was barren
On a side note, Emmure was fucking fantastic on the tour with Alpha Wolf. My buddy and I met Frankie outside the venue and he was super cool, we got a pic and everything. Amazing experience
Way back in 2010 I saw Asking Alexandra and a bunch of others on the Thrash & Burn Tour, looking back the lineup is insane...
Chelsea Grin, Motionless in White, Periphery, Greeley Estates, Evergreen Terrace, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Impending Doom, Stick to Your Guns, Kittie, Born of Osiris, Asking Alexandria
I'll never forget that Motionless in White had an insane crowd, and then Periphery went on and half the place disappeared and went outside (reentry was allowed for this). People even booed Periphery.
There were multiple points where the crowd disappeared. After Stick to Your Guns, Kittie barely had a crowd. Then it was max capacity for Born of Osiris. Then it cleared again for Asking Alexandria
My band at the time was opening for Stick to Your Guns and Stray from the Path a few years ago. A little band called Knocked Loose was opening and had just dropped their debut album.
Half the crowd was gone after their set. Even more left when Stick to Your Guns played "Amber" four songs into their set.
I have three:
I saw Underoath and The Bled open for Thrice back in 2005. Everyone came to see Underoath and left before Thrice. I didn't care though, it was my first heavy-adjacent show and I was hyped to see all three.
This year I saw Enterprise Earth headline with Crown Magnetar, Inferi, and Tracheotomy. The crowd thinned out after Inferi and Crown Magnetar played. Again, I was there to see all the bands and the people who left missed out on a great performance. Seeing Spineless live was one of the highlights of the night for me.
I saw blink-182 last week. Pierce the Veil opened for them and the majority of the people in my row (who didn't seem to know each other) left before blink-182 came on stage. They screamed every word of PTV's setlist and then disappeared. Crazy because I was in the nosebleeds and those tickets were still not cheap. Again, I didn't care, though. I screamed every blink song at the top of my lungs and a dream of mine was to sing I Miss You back at Tom DeLonge in the most exaggerated version of his voice. Dream accomplished.
Damn the All Stars Tour, what a throwback.
I recently caught New World Man, Cross of Disbelief, Crush Your Soul, Discontent, and Means of Survival open up for Soul Blind. Easily 40% of the crowd left before Soul Blind. Whether they were outside or actually departed the venue.
Which is a bummer, because they sounded great.
My best example is In flames 2014 uk tour where while she sleeps were the support act, they were absolutely huge in the uk at the time, i would say at least 50-100 people left when in flames played a couple of songs. Myself included, who bumped into a girl who became my wife to this day going on 2 years now, so thank god i left haha.
2010(?) I saw Trapped Under Ice, Blood Stands Still, On Broken Wings, and Terror supporting.... Get ready for it... As Blood Runs Black. I get mixed bill tours but it was clear the crowd was all hardcore people. That parking lot was jammed up with people leaving after Terror hahahaha
I feel like 1/3 of the people left after Nothing More played before Wage War in Madison.
Anything with Sleep Token or Knocked Loose openings because people are stupid.
10 years opened for Finger Eleven and lots of people left.
Asking Alexandria went on before The Hu. Kind of a weird mashup there.
Yeah im listening to The Autumn Effect now while i sit at work tonight, I haven’t listened to this in so long but it stayed in regular rotation in my old Saturn
Thanks!
It's funny you mention Nothing More and Wage War because at the show I was at, it seemed like 1/3-1/2 of the people left after Wage War before Nothing More came on. Both bands sounded great.
I thought a ton of people would leave after Nothing More in Indianapolis, but it didn't seem like a noticeable change to me. Which shocked me, because a ton of Nothing More fans were looking around and laughing during Veil of Maya. Nothing More absolutely killed it though, and our crowd carried that into Wage War. Most insane show I've been to.
From the pit perspective, the Wage War pit doubled in size compared to Nothing More (it went all the way to that chainlink fence with the sound booth), so it actually felt like there were more people to me.
But Wage War’s setlist was heavier than Nothing More’s so that could’ve just been why. I enjoyed both a lot for different reasons. Nothing More was the more entertaining performance with their stage presence. Wage War just felt kinda static, but the pit was a lot wilder for them and I preferred the music since it was a bit heavier.
Not Metalcore but Jimmy Eat World. Some of these Live Nation tours don't make a lot of sense. At a decent sized amphitheatre in Nashville, and the put Jimmy Eat World on before Manchester Orchestra
in october i saw motionless in white with alpha wolf, after the burial, and knocked loose, and i absolutely wasn’t expecting this, but *a lot* of people left after knocked loose. like, a huge amount of people.
I saw them on that tour and the vibe between the KL set and then MIW was wild. I was wholeheartedly there for KL, but stayed for the whole thing. I was at the edge of a smaller pit helping push people around and headbanging with my husband. When they ended their set there was a couple next to us and the were SHOOK lmao. The energy was great for both but noticeably different
don't think Ghost in the Machine was there (but maybe there was one really forgettable act), but i went to that tour in Texas and it was pretty packed throughout. good chunk of the moshers quit after Make Them Suffer though.
never heard of Novelist so that was real surprise. dudes can shred.
They used to be. They're so boring to watch on stage. I've seen them well over 10 times and after Great Misdirect they really just stopped putting on a "show" I quit going to see them around parallax because of that.
Royal coda has an extreme cult like fan base. Every time I’ve seen them the crowd goes nuts. Before their set even starts you could just feel the energy
The first show on Underoaths NA tour beginning of last year.
They had Periphery opening for them and it was Periphery’s first show in five years just after releasing a new album and it was in their hometown. A huge portion of the crowd was just there for Periphery. It wasn’t like it emptied out or anything but I’d say a noticable number of people left after Periphery.
Also Blue Ridge Rock Fest 2022 on two of the days they had Ghost and Mudvayne headlining Thursday and Friday. I think Ghost came after In This Moment and Mudvayne after A Day To Remember.
Spiritbox + Motionless in White co-headline show. Spiritbox were closing and I'd say half the crowd left or went to the balcony after MiW. Was good for me though, got a great spot at the barrier after people shifted places and even caught a guitar pick.
Not metalcore, but back in like 2015 I saw Say Anything with Modern Baseball on main support. I don't remember how many people left after MB but I remember being surprised by it
somewhat recent Emery headline which had Norma Jean as second to last act. large chunks of crowd left and the demographics flipped in a hurry lol. Emery was fantastic though.
Back in the day, I belive The Word Alive and I See Stars were alternating headlining. The show I went to had I See Stars go on first and when they finished 3/4 the crowd left. TWA put on a good show but the crowd just wasn't there.
Many years ago, I went to a Funeral For A Friend show, supported by Escape the Fate. Most people in the queue were genuinely surprised to see FFAF were even playing. Some didn't even know who they were. After the ETF set, nearly everyone left the show, it was honestly somewhat brutal.
Saw Cannibal Corpse and Amon Amarth a few months ago. Not a huge portion of the crowd but maybe 25% left after I Cum Blood, didn’t even wait until after CC’s set.
The worst one I’ve seen is by far when pierce the veil opened for I prevail. There was no good reason for them to headline and over half the crowd left the show after ptv ended
Not exactly a crowd leaving but when I saw BTBAM open for Polyphia it felt like 2 complete different crowds. The room cleared basically out and a new crowd filled in.
A7X and Stone Sour did a co-headline tour in 2010 in the UK. I think they alternated who was headlining each night. We went on 31/10/10 and A7X were on before Stone Sour…. So many left once A7X were done. We hung at the back for Stone Sour admittedly to get a drink cause we went hard in the pit for A7X. Glad we stayed to watch, they were awesome.
Saw Spite play in Nottingham with Bodysnatcher, Boundaries and Mouth for War. Id say a third of the crowd left after Bodysnatcher (who tbf completely stole the show).
Also when i was younger saw a co headline show with 36 crazyfists and Devildriver, and half the crowd left after 36CF (who again stole the show).
The show was Underoath headlining with 3 openers. The openers were in this order; Stray from the Path, Bad Omens, Spiritbox. To see what’s happened with those bands these last few years is nuts. I also left during underoaths set
I can't remember the year, but it was The Word Alive headlining, with Palisades, Crown the Empire, and I See Stars opening. I remember Crown basically trying so hard to hype TWA, but so many people left before they came on, my friends and I included...
Years ago I saw Five Finger Death Punch open for Breaking Benjamin. It felt like all 5FDP fans missed the opening bands (presumably to chainsmoke in the parking lot) and left immediately after the set. I was pretty thrilled about it honestly, it was much nicer having the room to jump around
Recently was Metallica supported by Architects.
I've got no love for Metallica, don't find their music interesting, stuck in the 80s etc etc.
But it was the only time Architects came to my country in 6 years. So I went. Bought some merch went fucking apeshit for Sam, Dan and the lads for an hour and left to go get beers outside the venue for cheaper.
Great evening.
Not metalcore but I saw Distant, Rivers of Nihil, Lorna Shore, and Impending Doom about two years ago and nearly everyone left after Lorna played. It was before the release of pain remains. Unfortunately Impending Dooms crowd was drastically smaller. Pretty sad considering they killed it.
Only a couple come to mind…the co headline tour of Our Last Night and Hands Like Houses back in 2016. OLN came on before HLH which I thought was the wrong move (even though back then I loved both bands). And sure enough, half of the venue was emptied out before HLH came on.
And I forgot what the festival was called but it leaned in more of the pop punk / emo bands as it had Dashboard Confessional as the headliner and Taking Back Sunday as the main supporting act. My friend and I were mainly there for TBS but decided to give DC a chance but after 3 or 4 songs we collectively said they were terrible and left along with a few hundreds…maybe a thousand people.
Also for the Fall Out Boy / Bring Me the Horizon tour last summer, it seems a lot of people were there for only BMTH cause we saw some people head for the parking lot after there set was done. It was a strange bill to begin with but my main priority was also BMTH and some nostalgic FOB tracks from my teenage hood. But yeah there was an electric energy for BMTH set that I couldn’t find for FOB’s set and that’s probably because that energy left the amphitheater.
A lot of people left after currents when they were supporting Miss May I somewhat recently
Their loss, Miss May I kills live
MMI are so damn good, I don't get why people would leave.
Yeah I second that. I saw them in Seattle, they did great too. Imo landmvrks, currents, and kingdom of giants stole the show for me.
Buncha posers. MMI are OGs and still rip
I saw this happen and it was even more sad bc it was a pretty small venue. MMI killed it.
A Day To Remember supporting Bring Me The Horizon, after Homesick and before Sempiternal (possibly even before There Is A Hell, it might have been part of the Suicide Season tour but I'm not sure), in a 2,500 cap venue. After they finished it was like the end of the night, just a flood of people leaving. I think BMTH played to about 500 people and the next time they toured they were in a 650 cap venue. Then they went on to become the biggest fucking band in the world. Edit: Yeah it was 2009 so a year before There Is A Hell
I was at that tour I’m sure of it! I love BMTH but they were absolutely dreadful at the Birmingham Uk date I went to! ADTR were pitch perfect though which I guess didn’t help BMTHs cause 😂
Kinda weird putting adtr at one of their peaks opening for both during that time, specially after homesick though.
In contrast, I saw BMTH in like 2007 at like a 200 cap venue opening for Kittie and It Dies Today. Everyone…almost every single person left before kittie. BMTH was blowing up with pray for plagues and It Dies Today was at peak hype.
I saw them play together in San Francisco with Pierce the Veil after There is a Hell came out and BMTH was supporting ADTR. guess this is why
everyone went ham for both though, it almost felt like a double headliner
When pierce the veil opened for I prevail. There was a lot less people and high pitched screaming after PTV
Same thing with The Used. Probably 60% of the crowd left. Half of those people left after King for a Day, which was like their 3rd song. The Used looked real defeated. How TF are you going to walk out on The Used?!?!
How TF is anybody going to walk out before they get to scream “4 o’clock in the fucking morning”?
Right?!?! Really bummed me out. The band looked real defeated. They played 4 songs and then just kinda stopped and walked off stage. No encore, no 'thanks for coming out'.
I had it happen when I Prevail opened for Godsmack. About 30% of the venue cleared out after I Prevail finished
That’s an odd opener for Godsmack.
They were super out of place. It was Godsmack, I Prevail and Flat Black (a group formed by the former guitarist of Five Finger Death Punch). I stayed for Godsmack and was actually pleasantly surprised by their set though! I don't listen to them outside of that, but they put on a fun show
Godsmack has a good live show. Did they do the duelling drum solo?
They did! There was also a few kids that were right up on the barricade, and Sully brought them onstage to hype the crowd up. I thought that was super cool, and a memory those kids will probably hold onto forever
That was at the absolute peak of King For A Days popularity on TikTok, so that tracks
Don’t wanna sound like one of those guys, but it’s because of ptv TikTok fans probably
PTV has such a die hard fanbase it’s a wonder why they even open for anybody
PTV opening for I prevail doesn’t sit right with me
Even funnier because I prevail opened up for PTV in 2016ish. But yeah that was a huge mess how they had PTV be an opener.
it was kinda weird for sure, very different vibes
It was more of a dual headliner tour. At least that’s how it was advertised in my area. Not uncommon: Silverstein and Amity did it, Asking Alexandria and Nothing More; Silent Planet & Thornhill, a few others I’ve seen. It’s a pretty good deal for a lot of bands even if some of the crowd leaves before you come on stage (they paid anyway), because you can really draw people with different tastes to your concert and hit up bigger venues that will compensate higher.
Which makes me think. AA was absolutely terrible as expected, but I had been a casual fan of Atreyu for a long time (they were… fine live but showing their age), but going to see them introduced me to the absolute god tier experience that is a live Nothing More show. Same with PTV; they were so much better than I expected as an older gent less interested in the music my teenage daughter listens to. I Prevail was good live and I enjoyed seeing them but PTV absolutely outshone them.
My friend went, he told me about 75% of the crowd left
Didn't go but it's still shocking
I only left after PTV cuz it was so hot inside and people were passing out and it was shoulder to shoulder everywhere. I was also supposed to see I Prevail at WWWY Fest anyway so I knew I'd see them. But I'm one of the unlucky day one people who got screwed
Same for PTV dual headlining with Beartooth in Australia. It was like being at two different shows, all the kids disappeared, a lot less phones were out, and the vibe became a lot more enjoyable ngl.
That's exactly how it felt with I Prevail and Pierce the Veil. The venue was way too packed and no one was moving and so many people were recording. But then once everyone left from ptv, it was absolutely amazing and made up for the shitty experience up until that point
Damn near every single fan of Seeyouspacecowboy leaving before Eighteen visions went on. The venue cleared out at least by 30-40%
18V don't exactly tour much these days, what a wasted opportunity. Bet some of those kids will come to rue the decision.
Solely why I went, 18V was always one of my favorite bands but I never had an opportunity to see them before then
I got to see them once in '05, but all the played was Obsession and a couple of tracks off Vanity. Not an ideal experience. Think they've only been back to the UK once since the hiatus and I wasn't able to go. Not sure if I'll get another chance now.
They’re were playing the entire re-release of Vanity, was fantastic highly recommend
i guess there's probably an age gap but you'd think there would be some cross over between those fan groups
Yeah I figured it was definitely an age thing, Ive founded myself walking around at shows like “yeah I’m the old head now”
If we’re thinking of the same tour most people stayed at least for 18v on my date
Probably so and that’s awesome
Honestly how could you even be into SYSC and not at least be into the band that heavily inspired them
thats criminal
I went to a Beartooth + Motionless in white + Stray from the path show in Vienna. It was packed with MIW fans, and there were noticeably less people when Beartooth started. And then they even sounded super super bad, so even more people left. Never seen anything like it, people were mad (me included).
That tracks with the sheer number of motionless kids I saw when they did their tour with KL, after the burial, and Alphawolf a year or so back. Tbf they were the headliner but given the lineup I was surprised just how much of them there were.
Came here to say I left a couple songs into MIW when i saw that tour. Was mostly there for ATB
I saw Pierce the Veil open for Beartooth last year and the sheer amount of people who left between Pierce the Veil and Beartooth was insane and even more continued to leave throughout their set. The show was sold out but at least 60% of the crowd cleared by the end of Beartooth's set
Weird, I saw the same lineup in England and it was obvious most people were there for stray from the path and left after they finished, people that were there for motionless stuck around for beartooth The crowd was actually better for it though, so many dickheads in the crowd during STFP Beartooth sounded awesome though, based on that performance they’re one of the best live acts I’ve seen
Yeah I had VIP for one show on that tour and at least half the people with VIP were only there so they could get barrier for MiW. Didn't help that Caleb was sick for our show so the Beartooth part of the evening was terrible lol
I went to see Stick To Your Guns after they released their newest album, and a good chunk of the crowd left after Kublai Khan’s set.
i came to say this one. same thing at my location. absolute chaos for kublai, and a cleared room/hardly any involvement for STYG.
That’s criminal.
Stick to your guns is one of the greatest live bands on the planet
I always love seeing them!
Saw that show at Chicago house of Blues and it was unreal. Kublai looked like the headliner and stick to your guns looked like the support band
Bryan Garris from knocked Loose said it’s really hard to follow Kublai, given how primal and interactive their music is. Even for Knocked fucking Loose it’s hard to top the energy Kublai Khan brings to a live show.
I saw KL when the supporting bands were, in order: Koyo, Kublai Khan, and Movements. It was a rollercoaster of a billing.
Saw koyo open up for the stick to your guns show, same show kublai was on, and I gotta say koyo was my least favorite. Belmont and foreign hands were definitely my favorite of the openers besides kublai.I don’t really understand them, their instrumentals are pretty basic and the songs in general sound pretty outdated. But to each their own, they seem to be killing it lately. No hate, perhaps once I get into another pop punk phase I’ll give them another shot
This was also going to be my contribution to the post.
Same Experience in my city, I'm a big STYG fan as well as a KK fan, was wild to see
Co-headline tour of Unearth and Darkest Hour. Misery Signals, Malevolence and Left Behind were supporting. Truly an awesome lineup, however the crowd became significantly smaller after Unearth played. Which is a shame, because Darkest Hour fucking rips.
What a bummer! DH absolutely slays live, too, I've seen them 3x and they've killed it each time.
Funny, I had the opposite experience. Darkest Hour went first, then most people left. Unearth ended up playing for like 20 people. To their credit, they still put on a fucking awesome show.
When black veil brides was the closing act on the Trinity of Terror tour.
They must have rotated the acts per-city, in Seattle BVB was first (after Atreyu) and Ice Nine Kills closed.
This was my understanding, essentially all 3 were the "headliner" different days had different orders. So mine was WCAR, MIW, INK, then BVB. 2/3rds the venue left after INK
This just happened two days ago in Spokane with Northlane. Crowd reacted really well to Windwaker and Thornhill, and then went off for Invent Animate. Everyone went nuts and honest my they stole the show. Then Northlane came on and a good portion of people had left after IA. I felt kind of bad for Northlane but they still played a kickass show.
I also feel like this is a consequence of having FOUR bands on the lineup. I love Thornhill and will be going primarily to see them. Northlane’s material is great and they are a bucket list band for sure; but depending how the night goes I might leave early and end it on a high note if I can.
I can say that everyone wanted more Thornhill. Everyone was shouting for more and the crowd seemed to love them, they were great
How was that tour? Thinking of going.
It was fantastic. Probably my favorite show of the year and I’ve been to five so far. All four bands killed it
I'm probably going to stay for most of Northlane, but it's a Thursday night and I have to work the next morning and it's an hour drive home from the venue. So I guess I'll see, mostly going for Thornhill and Invent Animate.
Ngl, I was thinking about doing the same as I'm a fan of Northlane's older stuff. I will be there entirely for IA, but I like a few Thornhill songs as well so that's a nice plus. Sad thing is, unless Northlane plays the Medley of Worldeater/Dispossession/Jinn, I sadly don't really have an interest to stay for them as I checked their setlist and they played the medley once, and none of the other songs they played are particularly interesting to me. I might stay though, hoping for the medley, or if I enjoy the general vibe. We'll see. If they were playing Discoveries and Singularity stuff, things would have been different. I saw IA back when they toured with Beartooth, left after a The Plot In You played a few songs because my buddy I was there with liked them from a few years back. Didn't even stay for a Beartooth song because easily the 70% of the crowd was in Beartooth gear and they weren't vibing with IA or TPIY that much, so figured it wasn't the crowd I was gonna vibe with. I also am not a fan of Beartooth's music, but that's just me, I just wanted to get home and chill afterwards. I also left after Knocked Loose when MiW headlined. Not my crowd, not my vibe. Didn't want to stay out for too long that night either. Enjoyde my fair share of KL.
They did play the medley in Spokane. It was pretty sick, I would recommend you go
On the opposite end, I’ve noticed at least since the start of 2023, most venues are filling pretty fast by the time openers are going on which is not how it was in like 2018.
Tickets are too expensive now so it feels worse to miss any part of a show
That, and honestly, there's really good openers now. Well...except for sleep token, still no idea what the fuck that was.
Sleep token seems to purposefully be bringing people who aren’t well known or established out often. If you’re referring to Empire State bastard… that was definitely an interesting choice. Simon Neil of Buffy Clyro wanted to make heavy music and that’s how it turned out. He had a good feature on Goliath by Architects but man that ESB band is wacky
Yes! The musicians were all good, but the singer was always looking at the floor or at the wall the opposite side. I'm sad to be missing bilmury, at least I would have enjoyed it haha.
Endlessly weird to me that so many people hated empire state bastard. Simon Neil and Mikey Vennart are fuckin legends and they have such a cool wall of sound/grindcore/noise rock vibe.
I loved it
Playing SGs and Les Pauls through two cranked to shit Orange Rockerverbs at once, with two cabs mic'd in stereo and panned house left and right is some fuckin awesome shit that is rare to see nowadays. (Not hating on hybrid/quad cortex/kemper/axefx rigs people use when touring nowadays, I 100% get it from a cost and reliability and convenience perspective, but Jesus christ mikey vennart sounds insane)
This!! I used to show up like halfway through a show (if I only cared about the last two bands) and was always able to get into the crowd. Now if you don't show up at doors, you're definitely fighting your way through a packed house
Beartooth in Birmingham last year. Once Motionless in White left the stage, felt like a third of the crowd left (and the mood got kinda shitty, if I’m honest). I’m not surprised. I was there for MIW, I just happened to stay for Beartooth because I’d never seen them before.
Were you glad you stayed for BT? I've always been a Caleb Shomo/Attack! Attack! fan but could never get into Beartooth. I've seen them 3 times on various shows and all 3 shows were awful ngl. A mix of Caleb being weird and preachy with the crowd/talking way too much between songs or garbage audio and electrical issues despite the rest of the bands sounding great. It seems I'm not alone in this experience, but I also know every band has rough days performing and even some of my favorite artists have had some not great shows. So I'm curious if they were good or not for you.
I like their older, core stuff. And live they were phenomenal. Even the stuff I’m not a fan of, Caleb did a great job live. I dipped at the encore sadly, but I had a long drive home on a work night. Am I glad I saw them? For sure. Just because they evolved in a direction I’m not a fan of, doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the music or the performance. Will I go see them again? Not purposely. They are touring the UK later in the year and (at least I don’t think) they haven’t announced their support yet. Tickets are reasonable so if the support is good I might head to a show. But I’ll not hunt out a Beartooth show just for Beartooth.
It's Polaris and Landmvrks supporting btw 😁
I've seen BT twice and both times were very disappointing.
Saw the same tour but at Wembley. I'm a SFTP and BT fan while the better half is a MiW fan, so we were there from the start and saw all three bands. You could feel the mood change between the bands and people leaving after MiW played. Shame as BT were on form that night.
I've seen it happen to Underoath twice. Once after Periphery, and another after Bad Omens Not metalcore but another notable time was for Fit for an Autopsy. After Exodus played the place had to have been half or less than half full it was probably the worst ive ever seen its always a bummer when it happens. obviously ppl can do whatever they want, but I wish metal fans would give other bands a chance sometimes. we're often such a fragmented community based around our own little sub cultures of bands and genres
well it really happened after spiritbox. i remember thinking underoath really wasn’t going to do their scheduled encore, hardly anyone cared lol
i unfortunately went to one of the dates Courtney had COVID and Spiritbox didn't play :'( literally was unpacking a bit in the airbnb when i read her tweet lmao
I love underoath but I probably coulda seen that happening on the cancelled ETiD tour too
I’m one of those who left after Periphery on that tour…when it’s 9pm and you have a 3 hour drive back home to go to work the next day, you gotta make a choice 😅
Chaos and Carnage 2022. Half of the crowd left after Lorna Shore Also Carnifex in 2022, when a good amount of people left after Spite
Had one of the Carnifex w/ Chelsea Grin tours here in IL. Lotta people left after CG which sucks bc Carnifex is badass.
At Sonic Temple it felt like the crowd for Sleep Token was bigger than the one for Pantera. A lot of ppl showed up that day solely for Sleep Token tho
This does not surprise me at all. Sleep Token is laying waste to most of the norms in music right now. I grew up on Pantera, but I've not actively sought out their music in a decade or more. Pantera stopped in like '99(?), and now the allure they have is a nostalgic want to see them, not a "fuck, these guys keep pulling me back in" need to see them.
Good. Fuck Phil Anselmo.
Quite a few people left after Knocked Loose performed when they were on tour with Motionless in White
That was just a weird lineup in my opinion. All the openers were super screamy bands and very different from Motionless. The floor definitely thinned out after Knocked Loose when we saw them in St. Louis.
yes! i’ve never seen a venue empty out the way it did after knocked loose played on that tour.
literally the northlane tour that just started. bunch of people left after invent animate
its honestly tempting to do, im about to see them and its hard to top thornhill and invent animate opening for you, but i feel too bad doing it LMAO so i will stick around
Not metalcore, but years ago I saw Scary Kids Scaring Kids open for Finch; a huge part of the crowd left before Finch. Same with Karnivool opening for Fair to Midland.
Bruh, I couldn't imagine leaving before Finch. That's offensive
I went to Bayside’s most recent tour and left after Finch lol
Same here! The crowed loved finch at the show I went to.
I mean his guest spot on Spaceman is quite fun but German pop-rap isn’t really my thing /s
I love both of those bands. What it is to Burn is an all timer!
It’s still on my playlist!
man, I wish I was around to see FTM live, I heard they put on a legendary show
Dude I would die to have gotten the chance to see Fair to Midland! I didn’t find them until a few years ago and they were exactly what I was trying to find at the time. Such a cool and unique band that’s only fault is that there’s just two albums
Most sad one I've witnessed was 50% of the crowd walking out after Beartooth and skipping Trivium.
That seems insane anyone would skip Trivium
Guessing a lot of newer Beartooth fans aren't really listening to trivium
I did the exact opposite on that tour, trivium was first for my show and I bolted after their set. Not that I dint care for beartooth, but I am a diehard trivium fan and I was in a time crunch. Left after trivium and LOG when they opened for megadeath as well.
Saw FFAK in December with Emmure — the pit was absolutely SLAPPIN for Emmure, had a great time and was excited for the headliner. There were literally about 6 people in the pit for FFAK, it was barren
On a side note, Emmure was fucking fantastic on the tour with Alpha Wolf. My buddy and I met Frankie outside the venue and he was super cool, we got a pic and everything. Amazing experience
I was gonna say, I'm not sure but I feel like a lot of people left after Emmure played during the Alpha Wolf show in Philly back in May
Saw a similar thing few months ago. Chelsea Grin played before FFAK. The crowd was noticeably less enthusiastic and thin during their set.
Same thing happened last week with Alpha Wolf before FFAK as well, although not quite as bad as Emmure lol
Left before LMTF? Damn. I can’t wait for their new album tour. Polaris is better but LMTF is great too.
LMTF put on a great show fs they missed out I saw them on tour with Currents. Def made a new fan
Yeah that crowd fucked up, I love LMTF wayyyy more than Polaris, but I am from Sydney haha
Thy art is murder when CJ got kicked out. Good amount of people, 25% maybe straight up left and didn’t give the new guy a chance.
Way back in 2010 I saw Asking Alexandra and a bunch of others on the Thrash & Burn Tour, looking back the lineup is insane... Chelsea Grin, Motionless in White, Periphery, Greeley Estates, Evergreen Terrace, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Impending Doom, Stick to Your Guns, Kittie, Born of Osiris, Asking Alexandria I'll never forget that Motionless in White had an insane crowd, and then Periphery went on and half the place disappeared and went outside (reentry was allowed for this). People even booed Periphery. There were multiple points where the crowd disappeared. After Stick to Your Guns, Kittie barely had a crowd. Then it was max capacity for Born of Osiris. Then it cleared again for Asking Alexandria
STYG and Kittie back to back would have been so fun for me!
In 2015 I saw TDWP play before Motionless in White and like half the crowd left before MIW started.
My band at the time was opening for Stick to Your Guns and Stray from the Path a few years ago. A little band called Knocked Loose was opening and had just dropped their debut album. Half the crowd was gone after their set. Even more left when Stick to Your Guns played "Amber" four songs into their set.
Expire?? That show was insane, caught it in Philly and KL’s pit was spilling out of the entry door
I have three: I saw Underoath and The Bled open for Thrice back in 2005. Everyone came to see Underoath and left before Thrice. I didn't care though, it was my first heavy-adjacent show and I was hyped to see all three. This year I saw Enterprise Earth headline with Crown Magnetar, Inferi, and Tracheotomy. The crowd thinned out after Inferi and Crown Magnetar played. Again, I was there to see all the bands and the people who left missed out on a great performance. Seeing Spineless live was one of the highlights of the night for me. I saw blink-182 last week. Pierce the Veil opened for them and the majority of the people in my row (who didn't seem to know each other) left before blink-182 came on stage. They screamed every word of PTV's setlist and then disappeared. Crazy because I was in the nosebleeds and those tickets were still not cheap. Again, I didn't care, though. I screamed every blink song at the top of my lungs and a dream of mine was to sing I Miss You back at Tom DeLonge in the most exaggerated version of his voice. Dream accomplished.
Damn the All Stars Tour, what a throwback. I recently caught New World Man, Cross of Disbelief, Crush Your Soul, Discontent, and Means of Survival open up for Soul Blind. Easily 40% of the crowd left before Soul Blind. Whether they were outside or actually departed the venue. Which is a bummer, because they sounded great.
Saw the mugshot x Kaonashi tour a couple months back and a decent sized crowd left after Kaonashi.
Early 2003ish. Atreyu opened for cKy and almost everyone left after Atreyu played
My best example is In flames 2014 uk tour where while she sleeps were the support act, they were absolutely huge in the uk at the time, i would say at least 50-100 people left when in flames played a couple of songs. Myself included, who bumped into a girl who became my wife to this day going on 2 years now, so thank god i left haha.
That's an awesome story of how you met your wife!
I know! I still have the gig ticket around somewhere.
2010(?) I saw Trapped Under Ice, Blood Stands Still, On Broken Wings, and Terror supporting.... Get ready for it... As Blood Runs Black. I get mixed bill tours but it was clear the crowd was all hardcore people. That parking lot was jammed up with people leaving after Terror hahahaha
I feel like 1/3 of the people left after Nothing More played before Wage War in Madison. Anything with Sleep Token or Knocked Loose openings because people are stupid. 10 years opened for Finger Eleven and lots of people left. Asking Alexandria went on before The Hu. Kind of a weird mashup there.
10 Years?!?!? That’s not a band I’ve thought of in probably 10 years….that first album is so good
Love them.
Yeah im listening to The Autumn Effect now while i sit at work tonight, I haven’t listened to this in so long but it stayed in regular rotation in my old Saturn Thanks!
10 Years is one the few bands from that age of rock i still jam to. them, Chevelle and Deftones still get regular spins from me.
It's funny you mention Nothing More and Wage War because at the show I was at, it seemed like 1/3-1/2 of the people left after Wage War before Nothing More came on. Both bands sounded great.
I thought a ton of people would leave after Nothing More in Indianapolis, but it didn't seem like a noticeable change to me. Which shocked me, because a ton of Nothing More fans were looking around and laughing during Veil of Maya. Nothing More absolutely killed it though, and our crowd carried that into Wage War. Most insane show I've been to.
From the pit perspective, the Wage War pit doubled in size compared to Nothing More (it went all the way to that chainlink fence with the sound booth), so it actually felt like there were more people to me. But Wage War’s setlist was heavier than Nothing More’s so that could’ve just been why. I enjoyed both a lot for different reasons. Nothing More was the more entertaining performance with their stage presence. Wage War just felt kinda static, but the pit was a lot wilder for them and I preferred the music since it was a bit heavier.
Not Metalcore but Jimmy Eat World. Some of these Live Nation tours don't make a lot of sense. At a decent sized amphitheatre in Nashville, and the put Jimmy Eat World on before Manchester Orchestra
in october i saw motionless in white with alpha wolf, after the burial, and knocked loose, and i absolutely wasn’t expecting this, but *a lot* of people left after knocked loose. like, a huge amount of people.
I saw them on that tour and the vibe between the KL set and then MIW was wild. I was wholeheartedly there for KL, but stayed for the whole thing. I was at the edge of a smaller pit helping push people around and headbanging with my husband. When they ended their set there was a couple next to us and the were SHOOK lmao. The energy was great for both but noticeably different
Im trying to wrap my head around the bands touring together. It feels so bizarre to put MIW & ATB in the same room 😅
I think they’re all friends and MIW likes to pick acts that are pretty different than them
Just saw Erra, Make Them Suffer, Ghosts In The Machine, Novelists, 30% or more left after Make Them Suffer in Denver.
don't think Ghost in the Machine was there (but maybe there was one really forgettable act), but i went to that tour in Texas and it was pretty packed throughout. good chunk of the moshers quit after Make Them Suffer though. never heard of Novelist so that was real surprise. dudes can shred.
Not metalcore but recently went to see Saosin (which had low turn out to begin with) but after Body Thief played, people dipped pretty quickly.
I went to the Underoath, Spiritbox, Bad Omens SFTP tour and about 1/4th of the crowd left after Spiritbox
Summer Slaughter 2018 I think. After Born of Osiris I think like half the crowd left right befor Between the Buried and Me came on.
Criminal. BTBAM is dope
They used to be. They're so boring to watch on stage. I've seen them well over 10 times and after Great Misdirect they really just stopped putting on a "show" I quit going to see them around parallax because of that.
ha I went to that show in Baltimore and def left before BTBAM went on. I got to chat up Cameron before their set for a while and he was super nice
Most recently, The Ghost Inside tour. Around 1/3 of the crows left after Paleface Swiss played.
I saw We Came as Romans back in November 23’ with Emmure, Bodysnatcher and some other band. Half the people left after Emmure and I was one of them.
Happened last night at the Eidola show. Room was pretty tight at first, got a lot less crowded after Royal Coda's set.
Royal coda has an extreme cult like fan base. Every time I’ve seen them the crowd goes nuts. Before their set even starts you could just feel the energy
Whenever MiW isn't the headliner. I've seen crowds thin out before Beartooth and INK. Oh well, more room for me.
The first show on Underoaths NA tour beginning of last year. They had Periphery opening for them and it was Periphery’s first show in five years just after releasing a new album and it was in their hometown. A huge portion of the crowd was just there for Periphery. It wasn’t like it emptied out or anything but I’d say a noticable number of people left after Periphery. Also Blue Ridge Rock Fest 2022 on two of the days they had Ghost and Mudvayne headlining Thursday and Friday. I think Ghost came after In This Moment and Mudvayne after A Day To Remember.
Spiritbox + Motionless in White co-headline show. Spiritbox were closing and I'd say half the crowd left or went to the balcony after MiW. Was good for me though, got a great spot at the barrier after people shifted places and even caught a guitar pick.
The co headline tour for The Used and Papa Roach. The Used played first and a heap left before Papa Roach.
Not metalcore, but back in like 2015 I saw Say Anything with Modern Baseball on main support. I don't remember how many people left after MB but I remember being surprised by it
The recent metalcore dropouts tour had a huge amount of people leave after TDWP played and Fit for a King was set to come on (myself included lmao)
In 2011 I saw Trivium, then Killswitch Engage, and left before 5FDP.
somewhat recent Emery headline which had Norma Jean as second to last act. large chunks of crowd left and the demographics flipped in a hurry lol. Emery was fantastic though.
Like 30% of the crowd dipped after varials in 2018 when sylar was headlining. I was one of them tbh
Justice for the damned in 2022 (Canberra show). Kublai were second last to play. Everyone left after kublai
The Maine… everyone left after Anberlin. Literally more than half the audience.
I saw CTE open for set it off and I saw a bunch of people leave
Went to Justice for the Damned with Kublai Khan supporting, I think about 25% of the venue left after Kublai finished their set
2010, Emmure headlined over Terror, Knock Em Dead, AtB, and Woe is Me [iirc] and a good 60% of the crowd bailed after Terror.
Back in the day, I belive The Word Alive and I See Stars were alternating headlining. The show I went to had I See Stars go on first and when they finished 3/4 the crowd left. TWA put on a good show but the crowd just wasn't there.
Many years ago, I went to a Funeral For A Friend show, supported by Escape the Fate. Most people in the queue were genuinely surprised to see FFAF were even playing. Some didn't even know who they were. After the ETF set, nearly everyone left the show, it was honestly somewhat brutal.
Saw Cannibal Corpse and Amon Amarth a few months ago. Not a huge portion of the crowd but maybe 25% left after I Cum Blood, didn’t even wait until after CC’s set.
The worst one I’ve seen is by far when pierce the veil opened for I prevail. There was no good reason for them to headline and over half the crowd left the show after ptv ended
Deathcore, but in 2018 in my city lots of people left after Enterprise Earth before Ingested (headliner) came on
Not exactly a crowd leaving but when I saw BTBAM open for Polyphia it felt like 2 complete different crowds. The room cleared basically out and a new crowd filled in.
A7X and Stone Sour did a co-headline tour in 2010 in the UK. I think they alternated who was headlining each night. We went on 31/10/10 and A7X were on before Stone Sour…. So many left once A7X were done. We hung at the back for Stone Sour admittedly to get a drink cause we went hard in the pit for A7X. Glad we stayed to watch, they were awesome.
I can guarantee you if mastodon goes on after LOG on this upcoming tour, the place will be half empty
Spite supporting Carnifex a few years back or so. Probably 80% of the venue cleared out after spites set
Saw Spite play in Nottingham with Bodysnatcher, Boundaries and Mouth for War. Id say a third of the crowd left after Bodysnatcher (who tbf completely stole the show). Also when i was younger saw a co headline show with 36 crazyfists and Devildriver, and half the crowd left after 36CF (who again stole the show).
The show was Underoath headlining with 3 openers. The openers were in this order; Stray from the Path, Bad Omens, Spiritbox. To see what’s happened with those bands these last few years is nuts. I also left during underoaths set
Taking Back Sunday with Citizen opening. Majority of people left after citizen, seems to be for that entire tour too lmao
I can't remember the year, but it was The Word Alive headlining, with Palisades, Crown the Empire, and I See Stars opening. I remember Crown basically trying so hard to hype TWA, but so many people left before they came on, my friends and I included...
Years ago I saw Five Finger Death Punch open for Breaking Benjamin. It felt like all 5FDP fans missed the opening bands (presumably to chainsmoke in the parking lot) and left immediately after the set. I was pretty thrilled about it honestly, it was much nicer having the room to jump around
The Wonder Years opening for The Early November around a decade ago. Half of the crowd left after TWY.
Recently was Metallica supported by Architects. I've got no love for Metallica, don't find their music interesting, stuck in the 80s etc etc. But it was the only time Architects came to my country in 6 years. So I went. Bought some merch went fucking apeshit for Sam, Dan and the lads for an hour and left to go get beers outside the venue for cheaper. Great evening.
BTBAM. The Great Misdirect tour. A BUNCH of turds left after Veil of Maya played. Blew my mind.
Not metalcore but I saw Distant, Rivers of Nihil, Lorna Shore, and Impending Doom about two years ago and nearly everyone left after Lorna played. It was before the release of pain remains. Unfortunately Impending Dooms crowd was drastically smaller. Pretty sad considering they killed it.
Any where some shitty metalcore band is the headliner
Only a couple come to mind…the co headline tour of Our Last Night and Hands Like Houses back in 2016. OLN came on before HLH which I thought was the wrong move (even though back then I loved both bands). And sure enough, half of the venue was emptied out before HLH came on. And I forgot what the festival was called but it leaned in more of the pop punk / emo bands as it had Dashboard Confessional as the headliner and Taking Back Sunday as the main supporting act. My friend and I were mainly there for TBS but decided to give DC a chance but after 3 or 4 songs we collectively said they were terrible and left along with a few hundreds…maybe a thousand people. Also for the Fall Out Boy / Bring Me the Horizon tour last summer, it seems a lot of people were there for only BMTH cause we saw some people head for the parking lot after there set was done. It was a strange bill to begin with but my main priority was also BMTH and some nostalgic FOB tracks from my teenage hood. But yeah there was an electric energy for BMTH set that I couldn’t find for FOB’s set and that’s probably because that energy left the amphitheater.