Between You and Me closed out their Sh!t Yeah Tour at Chain Reaction alongside Young Culture, Homesafe, & Not My Weekend and their finale was simply dramatic on all levels. It's safe to say Between You and Me knows how to pick a lineup and make every show they play count and the concert (as one might expect) had a lot of iconic moments for all who attended. It was definitely a special show and one I'll never forget.  Let's dig in!

At the beginning of the concert, the place was already packed. So you know everyone was ready for when the opener Not My Weekend hit the stage. This is one of those bands that easily has the energy, charisma, and talent to headline their own tour. Having them play first almost feels like a crime (but someone has to do it). The lead singer Patrick Gilchrist has a really cool aesthetic as well, he came out wearing the kind of goggles you see on various anime characters such as Haruko from Fooly Cooly and Syaoran from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles etc. Meanwhile, band member Kyle Roy was showing support for Homesafe by wearing a Homesafe T-shirt. You could tell from how the band interacted with the audience such as Patrick thanking everyone for getting there early that the band really appreciates their fans. The set had a lot of energy to it with the lead singer jumping around and a fair share of crowd surfers.  The set featured songs such as "Overload", "Shut.up", "When You're Around", "Hurricane Weather", "Otherside", "Lightning" and "Knock Me Out". Most of these songs can be found on their latest album Shimmer Season.

There was one point during the set where Patrick made an anime reference that had everyone raising their hands in the air.  The energy during "Otherside" was something else and was a refreshing experience. At a certain point during their set, one of the band members from Between You and Me came up on stage with a shoe with alcohol in it and gave it to Kyle to drink.  While Kyle was drinking it the guy from Between You and Me and Not my Weekend's drummer Deven were smiling and cheering, so as weird as the moment sounds, it was surprisingly wholesome. Basically when touring with an Australian band expect the unexpected. Overall with the whole band smiling and having fun on stage, it was one of those experiences where it's impossible not to have a good time. Joy is contagious.

The next band to hit the stage was Homesafe and you could tell that they leveled up since their show on tour in Los Angeles. They looked like they were having a lot of fun on stage. There were so many iconic hair flips and jumping around on stage, that the energy even had the audience dancing. Between You and Me even jumped on stage and sang during one of Homesafe's songs. Their songs performed that night were "Permanent Resolution", "Relapse", "Hourglass", "Sry2Say", "Vanilla-Scented Laser Beams", "Save Me", "With You", "Hold On", and "Guts".  Their song "Save Me" is a very relatable one to anyone who's ever been stuck in the same routine and felt alone.   Meanwhile "Sry2Say", "Permanent Resolution" and "Hold On" can all be found on their latest EP, What Did You Find Out? which came out last month. A lot of their music has a relatable getting through life despite it all feeling to it. And honestly a lot of sick guitar parts.

The final band to hit the stage before Between You and Me was Young Culture. Young Culture is one of those bands that always puts on an insane enough set that if you didn't know there was a band after them, you'd think they're the headliner. Their lead singer Alex knows how to perform on a stage like he owns it.  They had the whole audience clapping and singing along. Alex even jumped into the pit during a song. There were even moments where Kyle from Not My Weekend was crowd surfing during Young Culture's set and another moment where the legendary shoe was brought out. You could really tell that all the bands love each other. Songs performed include "Party Girl", "Drift", "Tattoo", "Not in Love", "Jesus", "Better Off as Friends", "Hailey Beverly 2016", "Shiver", "Kinda Over it", and "Holiday in Vegas".  "Holiday in Vegas" and "Not in Love" were especially fun to see live and had everyone jumping around. You could feel all the excitement from the crowd surfers too. At times even there were multiple crowd surfers on stage and Alex crowd surfing was an iconic moment.

Finally, it was time for the headliner to hit the stage and everyone was hyped for Between You and Me. If you wanted to capture sick audience reactions, this was the best set to do it. There were constant crowd surfers and multiple on the stage multiple times. A lot of jumps from the band members on stage and in a sense, all chaos broke loose but in a good way. At one point during the set, the lead singer of the band Jake Wilson is seen wearing a pair of sunglasses shaped like hearts on stage. We even had a bunch of balloons come out of nowhere and them floating through the crowd. The songs played during this legendary set were "Dakota", "Supervillain", "Nevermind", "In The Middle", "Yeah", "Pleased to Meet You", "Move On", "Goldfish", "All-Star" (cover from Shrek), "Overthinking", "Kill My Vibe", "Better Days", "Go To Hell", "Butterflies" and for their legendary encore "Deadbeat".

The audience waved their hands in the air and sang along to "In The Middle". The energy was electric during "All-Star". "While Better Days" was one of those songs that emotionally gets you. They had a touching speech before getting into their song "Butterflies" and in a sense all the balloons floating in the air in a way felt like they resembled butterflies. Although one of the most epic moments during that was when they had the audience all come up on stage and dance along. Another sick moment during the end was all the other bands coming up and performing with Between You and Me on stage. However, the most interesting moment that I've never seen happen at a show before was when two of the band members got into a big blow-up pool and proceeded through the power of the audience to crowd surf in the pool back to the stage. They also crowd-surfed outside of the pool as well. Needless to say, the bands brought a big sense of community that night and it was an unforgettable experience.