A strong crowd of young rock and hip-hop fans showed up in full force for Fall Out Boy’s Saturday night concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion, with opener Hoodie Allen, as part of the Machias Savings Bank concert series.
Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley, the four members of the Illinois-based band, put on a nearly two-hour show featuring pyrotechnics and fire, cinematic horror-movie inspired video breaks and a loud, proud set of their anthemic blend of pop, punk, rock and electronic music.
As one of the leading rock acts currently topping charts and filling arenas and other large venues, Fall Out Boy is one of the biggest bands currently performing and recording.
An audience mostly comprised of people in their teens and 20s — and a handful of their parents, most of whom seemed to enjoy the show just as much — raised their fists and cell phones in appreciation. Despite temperatures that dropped into the low 60s and upper 50s, fans rocked shorts and tank tops throughout the evening, brisk wind notwithstanding.
Fall Out Boy, who last played in Maine at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland in 2006, started their show off with their first big hit, “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down,” and made their way through a blend of other massive hits, like “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mrmrs,” as well as their recent hits, like “Centuries,” and live favorite “Uma Thurman.”
Halfway through the show, the band made their way to the sound booth in the middle of the crowd, and played an acoustic set that included the song “Immortals,” a break from their otherwise unabashedly loud and energetic set.
Opener Hoodie Allen started the night off around 7 p.m., playing a blend of hip-hop and rock that included his songs “Nolan Ryan” and “All About It,” as well as a cover of “My Own Worst Enemy,” from 1990s pop-punk band Lit.
It was a busy day overall on the Bangor Waterfront, with the Tap Into Summer beer festival drawing hundreds of attendees in the afternoon and the GlowBash 5K, a road race and scavenger hunt, attracting runners all over downtown in the early evening.
Up next in the Machias Savings Bank concert series in Bangor is country superstar Eric Church, with Lone Bellow as an opener on July 9, followed by Van Halen and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on July 30. For more information, visit waterfrontconcerts.com.
