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ROAD TO EDEN 

ROAD TO EDEN . Following their critically lauded albums Sacred Ground (2016) and Out Of The Silence 2 (2018), Dare’s new record ‘Road To Eden’ was released via Legend Records on Friday 1st April 2022.

Featuring 10 all-new tracks, the album was produced by lead singer and songwriter Darren Wharton (of  Thin Lizzy  fame) at his own studio in the mountains of Wales.

“We wanted to write an album that translated well to live performance,” says Darren Wharton. “‘Road To Eden’ has some great anthems, energy and power. We can’t wait to play the new songs live.”

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Dare: "It isn't easy to keep on going. But I live and breathe this music"

The story of Dare, featuring tales of Thin Lizzy, changes of direction, terrible timing, record company shenanigans, and Professor Brian Cox

Although Dare’s sound stabilised at the end of the 90s, the Oldham-based band spent the first few years of their career building expectations, only to then go and knock them down again. 

Following leader, frontman and keyboard player Darren Wharton’s two-year spell as a member of Thin Lizzy , in 1988 Dare emerged with their debut Out Of The Silence – still talked of in hushed tones within AOR circles – only to then reinvent themselves as an altogether harder-rocking beast with follow-up Blood From Stone . 

It was 1991, and the band’s label, A&M, craved their own equivalent of Guns N’ Roses or Whitesnake . This enforced change in direction would ultimately sink the first incarnation of Dare, although Wharton maintains that they never broke up. Then with their third album they took another sharp left turn. With Wharton surrounded by a new set of faces, 1998’s Calm Before The Storm was full of the music that really moved him: atmospheric, Celtic-infused melodies, delivered in emotional tones. 

Talking to Classic Rock for our very first issue, in 1998, Wharton insisted: “When I go into HMV I don’t want to be filed under ‘heavy metal’ any more. I want to be in with Pink Floyd and Genesis .” 

Nearly a quarter of a century later, with their recently released Road To Eden , Dare’s tenth album, that sentiment hasn’t changed a bit.

Wharton had joined Lizzy at just 18, so the band’s dissolution came as a shock. 

“We said goodbye at the airport after a tour and it felt like a break, that we’d be back,” he recalls. “But then Phil [Lynott] got Grand Slam together and I realised that we were semi-broken up.” 

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He moved from London back to Oldham and began the search for musicians, initially dabbling with a solo career, and signed a deal with Phonogram. This would put him out of the running when he was approached to play keyboards on Whitesnake’s 1987 album . 

“I got a call from [Whitesnake guitarist] John Sykes when they were recording in Germany,” he rues, “but my solo deal made it impossible.” 

The equally fresh-faced guitarist Vinny Burns, then on a bit of a Gary Moore trip, was a recommendation. And when an incognito Wharton went to check him out playing covers of Empty Rooms and Parisienne Walkways in a local pub he was blown away. 

“When Daz [Wharton] called me I thought it was one of my mates winding me up,” Burns says now, laughing. “But half an hour later we were sitting together in a pub and within a week we had formed a band.” 

“The chemistry was instant,” Wharton says. “We both liked the same music and enjoyed a pint, and a month and a half later we had written most of Out Of The Silence .” 

With a line-up completed by bassist Martin ‘Shelley’ Shelton, keyboard player Brian Cox (today a professor and TV presenter) and drummer James Ross, the group started playing live. For first-time lead vocalist it was tough for Wharton, who at first largely sang while behind banks of hardware, and playing a keytar for the set’s rowdier moments. After finding a manager, Keith Aspden (who also represented Talk Talk), in early 1987 Dare were thrilled to find themselves in the midst of a bidding war.

“Keith brought the heads of six or seven labels up to Oldham to see us play a gig at a squash club,” Wharton remembers. “We got five offers that night, and eventually went with A&M.”

Dare were dispatched to California, where they recorded with producers Mike Shipley and Larry Klein at a studio owned by Joni Mitchell. Little did they, or anyone else, of course, know, but the likes of Def Leppard , Guns N’ Roses and Aerosmith were about to take over the planet.

“While we were over there, everything changed,” Burns reflects today. “A&M had put us with Mike Shipley, who had just done Whitesnake and the Scorpions , but we could feel everything shifting. We made that album a year too late.”

“Mike Shipley had worked with Mr Mister and Def Leppard, so maybe it’s a little too clean-sounding,” Wharton adds. “It could have been a bit rawer, but to me it’s still a wonderful album.”

Although Out Of The Silence delivered three lower-level hits – Abandon, Nothing Is Stronger Than Love and The Raindance – progress was tough. 

“I remember hearing Steve Wright play us on Radio 1, but I was particularly upset that Piccadilly Radio, Manchester’s local station, wouldn’t play us,” Wharton says. “We soon realised how hard it is for a young band to gain acceptance.” 

Neither did the rock press know what to make of Dare. “Phil Wilding became a mate of mine, but his review of the album in Kerrang! said I sang like a strangled cat,” Wharton continues, laughing. “He might have had a point.” (In fact, Jon Hotten reviewed the album in K! , stating: ‘Dare are there to be awed, AOR fans will lap it up’ – Ed.)

A&M were about to ramp up the pressure on the fledgling singer, demanding that he put aside playing keyboards to focus on fronting the show. His first gig standing centre-stage was in front of 12,000 people in Sweden as guests of Europe. (This was one of several high-profile tours, others included ones with Jimmy Page and Gary Moore). 

“I was absolutely terrified,” Wharton admits. “It was something I really didn’t want to do. But I had spent time watching videos of David Coverdale or whoever and borrowing the moves I liked, and I’d practise them in front of the mirror.” 

That change presented Brian Cox with the space to flourish. Wharton and Burns both speak highly of the keyboard player, whose head they say was always buried in a book by the noted American physicist Richard Feynman when they were on tour. 

“We had grabbed Brian when he had a year out on the way to university,” Burns explains, while Wharton says nostalgically: “On the bus Brian and I had some fascinating conversations about space and the possibility of alien life. I have very fond memories of those couple of years he was in the band."

By this time, however, the proverbial shit was about to hit the fan. Determined to place Dare among the big-haired hard rockers of the early 1990s, A&M brought in the in-demand Keith Olsen to produce their second album, Blood From Stone . 

“Keith had just done Whitesnake [ 1987 ] and the Scorpions [ Crazy World ], but it was a wrong decision for two reasons,” Wharton says. “Firstly, I wasn’t the kind of singer for that music. Secondly, it wasn’t where our hearts lay. Blood From Ston e would have been an awesome album with David Coverdale singing it. I should have known better, but we were young and pushed into a corner. I wish that we had stuck to our guns.” 

“There are so few keyboards on Blood From Stone ,” Burns marvels. “There should have been a logical progression, but it kind of felt like the band had skipped an album.” 

Once again Dare scored a couple of minor hits, with We Don’t Need A Reason and Real Love , but most rock fans saw through what was going on. Dare were also no fools. 

“With Blood From Stone we knew we’d have to shift two million albums just to break even, so the writing was on the wall,” Burns states. 

“I’d had a conversation with our manager, who’d said A&M was being sold as a company and that we were unlikely to make a third album with them,” says Wharton. “But the band didn’t break up. It is true that Vin and I had a falling out in Germany one night, but losing a record deal is never easy, especially when you feel you have something left to give.” 

Burns went on to play with Asia, Ten, Ultravox and others. Meanwhile, a demoralised Wharton moved to North Wales, where he met a young guitarist called Richard Dews. At around the same time, Wharton was invited to be a part of a Thin Lizzy reunion. 

“I prefer to call it a tribute, because there can be no Thin Lizzy without Phil,” he explains, keen to make the distinction. “But Scott [Gorham, guitar] and John Sykes decided to do a run of dates, and I joined them. In my view, nobody but Scott and Brian [Downey, drums], along with John and myself, has the right to play those songs, and at the end of the day people still want to hear them. That’s how I feel.”

Although he has no clue how it happened, Wharton’s demos fell into the hands of German label MTM Records, who were sufficiently impressed to release them as the third Dare album, Calm Before The Storm , in 1998. 

“I think we got ten grand at the most from that, but it allowed me to buy a digital desk and build my own studio,” Wharton says. “Rather than pay to hire a producer, I bought books on how to do it myself. The album sounded horrible, but the songs were great, and gradually I learned how to do it.” 

Dare recorded two more albums for MTM (2001’s Belief and 2004’s Beneath The Shining Water ) before taking the plunge to launch what Wharton freely acknowledges as a cottage industry. 

“I set up my own label, Legend Records, and got a bank loan to buy another desk – a better one. Dare was back up and running again,” he adds proudly.

But it’s a new and fundamentally different Dare. “The current sound has much more of a Celtic vibe,” Wharton agrees. “Incredibly, we got on Radio 2; Terry Wogan absolutely loved Belief . 

“I look at bands like Pink Floyd and Dire Straits with admiration because they just do what they do,” he adds. “I want to break those chains of the past.” 

Nevertheless, the returns of Burns and Nigel Clutterbuck (Dare’s second bass player) in 2008 and ’14 respectively have gradually restored some of those links. Released back in April, Road To Eden , their tenth album, offers their best blend yet of old and new – specifically its rousing opener Born In The Storm and the final track, Thy Kingdom Come , which features an epic solo from Burns. 

“We wanted to write an album that would be fun to play live,” Wharton says. “With that extra level of guitars that comes from Vinny, some of the aggressiveness is back.”

Although it will never be enough for Dare fans who still hanker after a full album of AOR-meets-pomp majesty, the band don’t lose sleep over managing such expectations. 

“We won’t make another album in the style of Out Of The Silence ,” Burns comments. “If we did, everyone would see it as a cynical ploy.” 

They didn’t make another album like Out Of The Silence , but in 2018 the band recorded a new version of it, although that was for entirely different reasons. 

“We don’t get a penny from that album, nor from Blood From Stone – not a cent,” Wharton fumes, clearly aggrieved. “There was a plan for a label to remaster and re-release it, but thanks to Universal, who own it now, it all fell through. We still play three or four of those songs every night, and personally I feel that we should own our own music. So we made our own version of it.” 

In another early interview with Classic Rock , Wharton proclaimed proudly: “It’s amazing what can be achieved through stubbornness.” 

Today, it’s a credo that Dare continue to live by. 

“I wouldn’t say stubbornness so much; we’re not trying to prove anyone wrong or anything,” Wharton shrugs. “And of course it’s true that it isn’t easy to keep on going. But I live and breathe this music. Sometimes I feel like throwing myself off a bridge, because writing songs is never simple, but our whole lives have been music. 

“As for the people who try to tell us how our music should and shouldn’t sound, well… nobody knows Dare better than Vinny and me,” he concludes. “We are aware of the boundaries of what Dare can and should be, and we stick within them. And it seems to work pretty well."

Road To Eden is available now via Legend .

Dave Ling was a co-founder of Classic Rock magazine. His words have appeared in a variety of music publications, including RAW, Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Prog, Rock Candy, Fireworks and Sounds. Dave’s life was shaped in 1974 through the purchase of a copy of Sweet’s album ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’, along with early gig experiences from Status Quo, Rush, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Yes and Queen. As a lifelong season ticket holder of Crystal Palace FC, he is completely incapable of uttering the word ‘Br***ton’.

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UK rockers DARE release riveting single ‘Born in the Storm’ and announce tour

Rock band DARE is releasing their 10th studio album Road to Eden via Legend Records on April 1, 2022.  DARE features Darren Wharton (ex-Thin Lizzy) on lead vocals.  The band will be releasing a single “Born in the Storm” on Friday, January 14th.

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Rock At Night says: DARE’s video/single “Born in the Storm” harbors the classic rock feel we all yearn. Great electric guitar and bass riffs coupled with the vocals of Wharton, DARE  has continued to carry the torch since the 80s. The video is beautiful, cinematic view of the seaside, as lightning and dark skies provoke a foreboding presence. The song could serve as a metaphor for the ongoing pandemic or any kind of adversity.  With the lyrics “they rocked till dawn”, the performing or composition of music could be the savior of an ill-fated time.

BAND LINE-UP DARREN WHARTON – VOCALS, KEYBOARDS VINNY BURNS – GUITARS NIGEL CLUTTERBUCK – BASS GUITAR KEV WHITEHEAD – DRUMS MARC ROBERTS – KEYBOARDS TRACK LISTING 1. BORN IN THE STORM (4:45) 2. CRADLE TO THE GRAVE (4:21) 3. FIRE NEVER FADES (3:51) 4. ROAD TO EDEN (4:07) 5. LOVERS AND FRIENDS (3:43) 6. ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG (4:37) 7. I ALWAYS WILL (4:24) 8. GRACE (3:44) 9. THE DEVIL RIDES TONIGHT (3:49) 10. THY KINGDOM COME (4:30) 11. BORN IN A STORM (ROMESH REMIX) (4:21) PRODUCED BY DARREN WHARTON

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Rock band All Time Low cancel show halfway through concert, no refund for fans

SINGAPORE – Attendees of a concert held on May 5 are demanding refunds from organiser LAMC Productions after American rock band All Time Low cancelled the show midway into their performance.

The four-man band held their concert – their first performance here in seven years – at Fort Canning Park. However, their show lasted less than an hour, according to attendees who spoke to The Straits Times.

The event began officially at about 3pm with a meet-and-greet session followed by merchandise sales from 4pm. Local band Iman’s League performed an opening set at 6.45pm, with All Time Low’s performance slated to begin at around 8pm.

About four songs into their performance, which began at about 8.15pm, All Time Low’s guitarist Jack Barakat told the crowd that lead singer Alex Gaskarth had to rush to the restroom as he was suffering from a bout of food poisoning, and that he was already feeling unwell during the meet-and-greet session. 

They continued playing without Gaskarth, who then reappeared for a few more songs before he had to use the restroom for a second time, with the rest of the band again performing without him.

Following this, the band said they had to check on Gaskarth because he had been gone for some time. Barakat then told the crowd they needed to end the show to allow Gaskarth to seek medical attention, as he was unable to stand.

Less than half of their expected set list had been performed when the final song was sung at 9pm.

Concertgoers say there was no formal announcement of the cancellation by LAMC Productions at the event, or on any of its social media platforms.

Attendee Max Lim, 19, said the crowd was not made aware of Gaskarth’s condition prior to Barakat’s announcement during the show.

Although he was disappointed, he felt that the band were not to blame, suggesting that the organisers could have rescheduled the performance instead of making the band “push out a performance”.

“I definitely hope there will be some form of compensation, the best case being a rescheduled (concert) for the cancelled tour date,” said Mr Lim, adding that he has contacted LAMC Productions about the matter.

Standard tickets for the concert were priced at $158, with several add-ons available, including $285 for a meet-and-greet session with All Time Low.

LAMC Productions’ Instagram posts featuring the concert were flooded with disgruntled fans who asked for refunds or a rescheduled performance, with some criticising the lack of any announcements addressing the concert’s cancellation.

In a statement posted on Instagram on May 6, LAMC apologised for the delay in addressing the cancellation and clarified that the band had made the decision to continue performing despite Gaskarth’s condition.

“We are working closely with All Time Low to bring them back to Singapore again as soon as possible,” said the concert organiser.

It said it would not be refunding attendees, instead offering each ticket holder a $30 promo code that will be usable on any LAMC Productions show over the next year.

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Commenters on the post expressed frustration at the move – some felt that the amount was unsatisfactory, while others disagreed with the decision to issue a voucher instead of a refund.

“$30 for another ticket which we all would have to spend further money on makes zero sense,” said Instagram user chodiejomie, who felt that the move was “straight up disappointing, unprofessional and unethical”.

All Time Low last performed in Singapore in 2017, with their fans telling ST that they had waited seven years for the band to return for a concert here.

“I understand why people would want a refund, but more than anything, I hope that they will come back and do another show, I’ve waited so long to see them live,” said attendee Adele Chew, 24.

The band’s Asia tour took them through Malaysia and Indonesia at the end of April, and the Philippines on May 3 before their stop in Singapore. They are slated to perform in three locations across Japan next: Tokyo on May 7, Nagoya on May 8 and Osaka on May 9.

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The Alarm’s Mike Peters’ cancer returns as band cancel tour dates: “I am now engaged in the biggest challenge of my life”

Peters has said he has "the highest mountain to climb in order to stay alive"

Mike Peters, frontman of Welsh new wave band The Alarm, has revealed that his cancer has returned, leading to the postponement of their upcoming US tour.

The musician first shared the news in a statement on the band’s website on April 29.

“On Sunday morning April 21st, I awoke with a large swollen gland on the left side of my neck,” Peters shared. “The early results have determined that my Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) has undergone a transformation into a High Grade Lymphoma.

“I am still reeling from the consequences of this new and completely unforeseen diagnosis and doing my best to process what is happening. I’m grateful for the love and understanding of everyone affected by the tour postponement and hoping and praying with all that I have, that this is just a pause in the story of my life, and that normal service will be able to resume soon.”

Peters has been living on and off with cancer for 29 years, and has established a cancer foundation named Love Hope Strength.

“In all that time, I have managed to outrun the disease and stay alive,” he continued. “My focus and resolve remain the same, and I’m determined to keep running even harder to stay one step ahead and resume my life as a husband, father, and musician as soon as possible.

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“Thanks for all your understanding, and I will endeavour to keep you updated as soon as I know what the doctors have in store for me and the life steps I will have to take to get back on the front foot.”

In an update posted on May 3 , Peters gave further information on his condition. He confirmed that doctors had informed him that his leukaemia had undergone “an overnight transformation into a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma known as Richter’s Syndrome”.

“I am now engaged in the biggest challenge of my life and have the highest mountain to climb in order to stay alive,” he added.

“With your support and Jules by my side, I know I can defy the odds and survive the intensive treatments the doctors at The Christie Institute have mapped out for me.

“I’m up against a formidable opponent and it won’t be easy to come through the Chemo, Stem Cell and possible Car-T transplants that are some of the options and medical weaponry at my disposal.”

He went on to state that he “should still be able to perform” at some of the band’s upcoming shows, including dates with Status Quo and Big Country , on June 2 in Scarborough and on August 13 in Halifax.

“I am determined to remain calm and take everything in a passive manner,” he added. “Don’t get too down by the lows or too excited by the highs and there shall be many of both along the way I am sure.”

“I have lived to tell the tale before and shall do so again.”

The Alarm formed in 1981, after having previously played together in punk band The Toilets. Embracing a more new wave aesthetic, they scored a UK Top 20 hit in 1983 with ‘Sixty Eight Guns’, and joined U2 on their US arena tour the same year.

They went on to secure a further eight UK Top 40 singles. Their most recent studio album was 2021’s ‘ WAЯ’.

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Slipknot announces Here Comes the Pain concert tour, return of Knotfest: How to get tickets

Heavy metal band Slipknot is celebrating the 25th-anniversary of its debut album with a new tour.

The band announced its upcoming Here Comes the Pain Tour on social media Tuesday. The 18-city North American trek kicks off in Noblesville, Indiana, on Aug. 6 and will visit Baltimore, New York City, Toronto and Dallas, among other cities.

The tour will wrap in Slipknot's hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, with the return of the band's festival Knotfest on Sept. 21.

Knocked Loose, Orbit Culture and Vended will serve as opening acts on the tour.

Slipknot, known for its mask-clad members, chaotic shows and aggressive music style, released its self-titled debut album in 1999. The album went on to sell 2 million copies , and its lead single "Wait and Bleed" earned the nu-metal band a Grammy nomination for best metal performance.

How to get tickets to Slipknot's Here Comes the Pain Tour

A ticket presale for the Here Comes the Pain Tour began Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT. For more information, visit the band's official website .

Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday at ticketmaster.com and livenation.com . VIP tickets will also be available for purchase at this time.

Slipknot Here Comes the Pain Tour dates

• Aug. 6, 2024 - Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Music Center
• Aug. 7 - Burgettstown, PA - The Pavilion at Star Lake
• Aug. 9 - Baltimore, MD - CFG Bank Arena
• Aug. 10 - Camden, NJ - Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
• Aug. 12 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
• Aug. 14 - Gilford, NH - BankNH Pavilion
• Aug. 15 - Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
• Aug. 17 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
• Sept. 1 - Pryor, OK –  Rocklahoma
• Sept. 7 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
• Sept. 8 - Ridgefield, WA - RV Inn Styles Resorts Amphitheater
• Sept. 9 - Louisville, KY - Louder Than Life
• Sept. 11 - Nampa, ID - Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
• Sept. 13 - Inglewood, CA - Intuit Dome
• Sept. 15 - Phoenix, AZ - Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
• Sept. 17 - Austin, TX - Moody Center
• Sept. 18 - Dallas, TX - Dos Equis Pavilion
• Sept. 21 - Des Moines, lA - Knotfest lowa

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Who’s playing Knotfest?

The 2024 lineup for Knotfest includes the return of Slipknot, the festival’s headliner and founder. The band will play a set that draws from its 1999 debut album “Slipknot.”

The lineup also includes Till Lindemann from Rammstein, hardcore/metal forerunners Knocked Loose , metalcore influencers Hatebreed and Poison The Well , heavy metal icons GWAR , in addition to Vended , Dying Wish , Zulu, Twin Temple, Holy Wars, Swollen Teeth and Spine & Dose. Vended features two members who are sons of members of Slipknot (Griffin Taylor, son of Corey Taylor, and Simon Crahan, son of Shawn “Clown” Crahan).

Where is Knotfest being held?

Knotfest Iowa 2024 takes place on Saturday, Sept. 21, at Water Works Park, 2201 George Flagg Pkwy., Des Moines.

Knotfest Iowa brings a revamped Knotfest Museum to celebrate Slipknot’s 25-year career. A staple at Knotfests all over the world, it features a collection of artifacts from the band’s history.

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How do I buy tickets to Knotfest?

Tickets for Knotfest go on sale Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon for premium sales of $99.50 on Knotfest.com , followed by Knotfest.com general subscriber presale tickets starting at noon. Tickets are on sale to the general public starting at $125 this Friday at 10 a.m. on Knotfest.com . 

Who is Slipknot?

Percussionist Shawn Crahan, former vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray formed Slipknot in 1995. Vocalist Corey Taylor joined the band in 1997 as its new lead singer.

Crahan came up with the idea of wearing a mask when he brought a clown mask with him to rehearsals. Now he’s known as “The Clown.” By 1997, the band decided that everyone would wear a mask and a matching jumpsuit.

The band's seventh studio album, "The End, So Far," came out in September 2022.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band setlist for European tour opener in Cardiff

Posted: May 5, 2024 | Last updated: May 5, 2024

Rockin' all over the world

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band keep on keeping on. They opened their European tour in Cardiff, Wales, on  May 5 to a soggy but thrilled throng. Which songs made the setlist? It's started to vary, so let's take a look at how this one played out...

'So Young and in Love' (tour premiere)

'Lonesome Day'

'Prove It All Night'

'No Surrender'

'Darlington County'

'Ghosts'

'Better Days'

'The Promised Land'

'Spirit in the Night'

'Hungry Heart'

'If I Was the Priest'

'My City of Ruins'

'Nightshift'

'The River'

'Last Man Standing'

'Backstreets'

'Because The One'

'She's The One'

'Wrecking Ball'

'The Rising'

'Badlands'

'Thunder Road'

'Born in the USA'

'Born To Run'

'Bobby Jean'

'dancing in the dark'.

'Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out'

'Twist and Shout'

'I'll See You in My Dreams'

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The band's lead singer, Alex Gaskarth, spent the night in hospital after falling ill with food poisoning.

The stage set-up for All Time Low's concert at Fort Canning Park on May 5, 2024, and the band's lead singer Alex Gaskarth during the show. (Images: CNA/Ashley Tham)

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SINGAPORE: American pop-punk band All Time Low ended their concert at Fort Canning Park early on Sunday (May 5) after their lead singer fell ill with food poisoning, leaving fans in the lurch less than an hour into the show. 

The band's lead singer, Alex Gaskarth, was "sent to the hospital after the show and was released early this morning", the concert's promoter LAMC Productions said in an Instagram post on Monday.

Concertgoers will not receive refunds.

Gaskarth provided an update on his condition in an Instagram story posted at about 5pm on Monday.

"I was fighting through a pretty bad illness and unfortunately it got the better of me mid-show," he wrote in the story, which included a picture of his hospital bed.

"I've been fortunate to get quick medical treatment and hopefully have the worst of it behind me now," he added.

All Time Low was slated to perform at 8pm after local opening act Iman's League, and they took the stage at about 8.15pm. They performed about four songs before Gaskarth rushed off stage.

The four-member band's lead guitarist Jack Barakat explained that Gaskarth was feeling unwell due to a bout of food poisoning but was doing his best to perform. 

Without their lead singer, the band's other members decided to perform a cover of a Blink-182 song while waiting for Gaskarth to return. 

Upon his return, Gaskarth apologised and said it was a musician's worst nightmare to have a great audience but to have his body failing.

Barakat then joked that he knew about five Blink-182 songs if the singer needed to rush off the stage again. 

After performing two more songs, Gaskarth left the stage once more without saying anything to the crowd. The band performed another cover before deciding to perform one of their own songs without him. 

The remaining members then said they would take a quick break to check on Gaskarth as he had been gone for some time.

Barakat subsequently returned to the stage and announced that they would have to end the concert as Gaskarth could not stand.

The show ended at about 9pm, less than 50 minutes after it started.

After the last song, members of the band handed out guitar picks and drumsticks to the crowd before leaving the stage without a final bow.

In his Instagram story on Monday, Gaskarth also reflected on what unfolded at the concert, saying he "gave it absolutely everything" he had.

"As a performer, it's genuinely heartbreaking when your body gives out in a way that affects a gig like that," he said.

"I was on the verge of tears backstage hearing you all sing along so loud. All we can ever do is our best and I'm grateful I got to share those moments with you all," he added.

All Time Low performed about 10 songs in total, two of them Blink-182 covers. This was less than half of the number of songs they performed at earlier shows on their current tour in Indonesia and the Philippines.

However, LAMC said that the band had performed "to the best of their ability under the circumstances". 

"The band did their best even though their lead singer Alex Gaskarth became increasingly unwell during the show," they said in their Instagram post on the concert.

"We apologise for the delay in clarifying the situation as it was a shock to us as well," they added.

"We were not made aware of the severity of his condition and it was beyond our control."

Fans of All Time Low had taken to LAMC's Instagram page to ask for refunds, however, the promoter said that there would be none.

Instead, they offered each ticket-holder "a S$30 (US$22.20) unique promo code redeemable on any LAMC show over the next year". 

This was met with complaints from attendees, with some saying that this was not sufficient. 

"We paid for a full concert experience with the expectation of some standard of crisis management," commented a fan on LAMC's post.

As of 6.45pm on Monday, comments could be longer left on the post while comments left earlier were no longer visible. As of 8.45pm, comments could again be left while comments from earlier reappeared.

"CAN'T BE HELPED"

Fans CNA spoke to after the concert on Sunday expressed their disappointment at what had happened.

One fan, 27-year-old Scott, had travelled to Singapore from the United States to watch the show.

"We're kind of sad, we came all the way from San Diego," he said.

"We love the band and … had a great time while they were playing, but it's unfortunate," he added.

Scott, who was on his first trip to Singapore, said that he and a friend paid at least US$10,000 for the whole trip.

"I don't know what to feel right now, I'm still processing that it's ended," said 23-year-old Nikki Affikah, who said she paid about S$300 for the whole experience.  She added that it was hard to tell that Gaskarth was sick until it was announced. "He was such a pro," she said. 

Another attendee told CNA that she was "very torn" about the incident.

"We do feel for the band but we also feel ... it's very wasted, especially since it's been seven years since they last came," she said.

"Everyone was very excited and it's not like the tickets were cheap ...The fact that it hasn't even been an hour, it kind of sucks."

Despite their disappointment, fans also wished Gaskarth well and said that the situation was not the band's fault. "The fact that Alex performed so many songs with food poisoning is really remarkable," said a 29-year-old concertgoer, who has been a fan of the band for more than 10 years.

She added that it was "devastating" since it was her first time seeing All Time Low live, but wished that Gaskarth would get well soon for the rest of the tour. 

"We are sad but it can't be helped. If you're sick, you're sick," said another fan, 24-year-old Mercury J Alice.

"He's done more than enough for the band and I wish him a speedy recovery."

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