Modern Minstrels

Virgin College Mega Tour

Last night Andrew and I attended the Virgin College Mega Tour featuring Yellowcard, Mae, and Over It at San Jose State University. Andrew conveniently lives just 6 blocks from SJSU campus, so I parked at his place and we walked to the venue. The show was held at the "Event Center" which appeared to just be a gymnasium. Surprisingly, the place ended up being only half full, at most. It was a pretty large venue, but probably not a whole lot bigger than the Scene Pavillion in Cleveland where I saw SoCo and YC and that show was totally full.

Over It opened the show and I was definitely looking forward to seeing them. Silverstrand is just one of those fun albums you put on every once in a while. Unfortunately, only a few people in the crowd actually knew there stuff. But I give Over It credit for trying, and succeeding, to get the crowd moving for a few of their songs. ListenWatching Peter sing Partner in Crime was the highlight of the set. I look forward to seeing them again, hopefully in a crowd that actually knows their songs.

Over It Set List (not in order)

• Song from Timing is Everything
• Truth Is
• Shine (I think)
• Waiting
• New Song
• Partner in Crime
• Siren on the 101

Next up was the always excellent sounding Mae. They played a fairly long set with about a 50/50 song split between Destination: Beautiful and The Everglow. The one unfortunate thing about their set was they had to keep changing tunings and that broke up the flow of the songs a bit. A large majority of the crowd knew their stuff, so there was a good bit of singing along. Oh, and I was incredibly entertained at the little mosh pit that broke out during one of their early songs. Mae songs so do not lend themselves to moshing, so it was easily the most tame mosh pit I've ever seen.

Mae Set List (not in order)

• This Is The Countdown
• Someone Else's Arms
• Painless
• Cover Me
• All Deliberate Speed
• Embers and Envelopes
• Soundtrack for Our Movie
• Suspension
• At least 1 or 2 more

Yellowcard didn't get more than 30 seconds into Rough Landing, Holly before I gave up on letting their personal drama influence my enjoyment of their music. Simply put, Yellowcard knows how to rock and its impossible to not have a good time at one of their shows. As expected, they pretty much stuck with songs from Ocean Avenue and Lights and Sounds. However, they did give a shout out to old fans and played October Nights as well as the chorus of Rocket. I was also really happy that they played Back Home. Everyone at the show was definitely there to see YC. There was much dancing and moshing and crowd surfing, but it didn't get too crazy.

Yellowcard Set List (ordered by album)

• Rough Landing, Holly
• Lights and Sounds
• Down on My Head
• Sure Thing Falling
• 1 or 2 more from Lights and Sounds
• Way Away
• Breathing
• Ocean Avenue
• Empty Apartment
• Life of a Salesman
• Only One
• Believe
• Back Home
• October Nights
• chorus of Rocket