5 Seconds Of Summer

Had a great time as always, as I’ve seen them almost yearly since 2016. I’m very disappointed that they’ve stopped coming to the nordics, as they have a huge fan base here. Therefor had to fly out from Sweden to Belgium. I’d say this was probably the least personal of their shows that I’ve seen, as they didn’t talk much and when they did it was a bit cringeworthy to be honest (going on and on about how they’re sorry for never coming to Brussels and that if they could decide they would come here every time… which I mean they’re not the tour schedulers but they obviously do get an opinion. So it came across as quite awkward…) Aside from that, they were lovely as always and excel at what you actually pay for; playing music and performing. Nothing revolutionary, they keep to their stage patterns and positions that they’ve had for years, but they do it well and emanate with the audience while playing. The audience battle with Ashton was a bit confusing, it wasn’t explained so unless you expected it from other shows it was quite a mess. The video segments between songs were very entertaining and well done, even especially recorded for each country with a local hotel! I really liked the song dice segment! However I wish the audience actually got to decide on the song by holding the dice down, rather than it falling back to stage with no actual input of the audience. I loved that I got to hear an oldie, even if it wasn’t my fav “English Love Affair” (we got “If you don’t know”). Overall it was definitely a good time but I’m jaded by nostalgia from previous shows… Enjoy this photo of someone picking up tiny Calum: