Waking up to a snow day on February 27was the just the icing on the cake of the much-anticipated Maroon 5 concert. I spent the day preparing with my best friend and blasting their music, trying to imagine how the songs will sound live. When I finally arrived at the Sprint Center arena, I could barely contain myself. One of my favorite artists was somewhere within the same building as I was and within just a couple of hours, my dream of hearing him live would come true.
The first opening act, Owl City, came on at exactly 7:30, and it was nice to finally get the show on the road. They performed several of their songs from their new album, “The Midsummer Station”. My favorite part was when they told the audience to hold up anything that lights up and the whole arena sang along to “Fireflies” with the glare of cell phones lighting up the place.
After a 20 minute break, the second opening act, Neon Trees, came on. I’m not a huge fan of their music but I have to admit, they put on a great concert. They went a little crazy with the strobe lights, but were able to get everyone up on their feet to sing “Everybody Talks”, which is rare for opening acts to have that effect on the audience.
9:30pm came around and the lights went out, filling the arena with darkness and instantly exciting everyone in there. The sound of a telephone ringing filled the stadium, and the band ran out on stage and performed one of their most popular songs, “Payphone””. It was the perfect way to open the show and get everyone pumped and screaming. The concert definitely gave you your money’s worth; the concert went on for an hour and a half and the energy never ran out.
While Maroon 5 did not perform all the songs off their newest album, “Overexposed”, they sang several older songs, which are some of my favorites. What I loved the most about the concert was how heartfelt it was; just the little moments Adam Levine took with the audience to connect with us made everyone feel like they were right there on the floor with him. He even addressed the picketers who were outside the Sprint Center, and told us exactly how he’d like us to address them.
The encore held another few songs, including my favorite song of the night, an acoustic version of “She Will Be Loved”. The most beautiful sound in the world is when the band stops and the lead singer holds the microphone out to the audience, and the entire arena comes together as one band and belts it out. There’s really no describing this situation unless you have experienced it yourself, in which case I highly recommend you go see Maroon 5 the next time they come to town.