Angels & Airwaves in Toronto
by AJ182 on 2010-04-29Sound Academy - TorontoAngels & Airwaves played a solid show last night at The Sound Academy in Toronto. Tom, the apparent front-man lead the band through a high energy and dramatic set. He was fueled by the crowd’s ruckus who chose “Tom” as their common chant over “AVA”. It was hard to take time to sympathize with the other band members as most were focused on Tom who debuted his newest dramatic hand gestures and interpretive dance moves. The band stayed true to their positive message as Tom made sure to drop encouraging words and advice of pursuing dreams inbetween songs. One apparent change from their previous shows was the infiltration of Blink’s influence on Tom’s stage presence. His previously sobering AVA stage mentality was accented with booby jokes and a tongue flailing out of his mouth during his explanation of Love Like Rockets. The band lived to their expectations and a similar vibe to their previous tours. Highlights and changes included a talking space computer and their new military jackets emblazoned with AVA crests and American flags. After several years of touring it was apparent the band had crowd-pleasing to a science. After Tom’s inspirational words and lyrics he closed the show emotionally singing out, “Torontoooooo kicks the shit out offfff….Vancouver.”