Snow Patrol - Wildness Tour, KL Live

First concert of the year for me.

How much of a fan am I? I enjoy the ballads as much as the next person but not enough to know or care who the rest of the band are. I probably got into it about the same time as most people - around the heyday of the song Run. But not a superfan by any measure.

But was kinda excited to finally attend a Snow Patrol gig since I didn't go when they were in Singapore YEARS ago (again, time and finances). Wasn't excited about it being at KL Live (it's been a couple of years since I was last there), but what to do. Got an early bird ticket when they were first released MONTHS AGO, so the confirmation email has been sitting pinned in my inbox since.

Got there around 8 something, parked next door (still the same parking rate). 

Merch: Two designs, one being the standard tour one with the dates on the back and the logo shirt for RM140 each - not that cheap but also could've been more expensive. Only got the logo tee because I wasn't a fan of the other design. I saw another tee shirt design and asked the people manning the booth if there was an opening act (there was).

Security was annoying but thorough - they make you go downstairs, wait in line UP the stairs, and split the line down by gender for the patdowns and bag checks. It was only after the patdown that they scan tickets for the wristband. (While they allow re-entry, but you'd get a pat down every time you come back in.)

There was a Heineken sampling booth (for their new 0% alcohol beer, the 0.0%) and also the uMobile photo booth. Drinks were (as usual) overpriced AF, with beers going for RM20 and water and/or Coke going for RM10 (I already had a RM1.50 Coke on the drive over)

Much as I lament never having kaki to go to these things with, but when it comes to free standing events, I don't mind going alone. Found a friend (who had made it known that she was gonna be there), who came despite having to use crutches. It was too dark inside to see if there were a lot of pregnant ladies in attendance or not. Thankfully it was mostly smoke free inside too. 

Opening act was Ryan McMullan (had to Google that), who kept things brief and did a few songs (including a cover). The poor kid had to play with the band later because one of the band members couldn't travel for health reasons? So props to him for having to learn 17 Snow Patrol songs on short notice.

Setlist toss - always fun to watch as a non collector. 

Band came on around 9.15 p.m., and probably finished around 10 something. Which was great, I guess, but it still took me almost an hour to get out of KL because of roadworks. 

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NB. 

• They announced on their social media the next day that due to (frontman) Gary's throat and chest infection, they have to cancel their Singapore and Jakarta gigs. So was kinda impressed that Gary carried on for as long as he did. Thanks for not cancelling out on KL? 
• Tears streamed down my face when they played What If This Is All the Love You Ever Get? I already teared just hearing the album version on the drive over. 
• Love watching the setlist catch after the show (when the roadies will toss the paper setlist into the waiting crowd). Setlist and guitar pick collecting, not really my jam. Normally I just ask whoever caught them if I could take a picture so I could update it on setlist.fm, which they always say yes to because I'm not fighting them for it. 
• Got an email from the online merch store and they were selling the same t-shirts for S$50. Eeks.
• Note to self: maybe use TnG to pay for parking to get back unto Jln Sultan Ismail without having to leave out the back.