Dark Tranquillity in L.A.

I went to see Dark Tranquillity open a concert at the Wiltern. I brought some trash-bags against the forecast of rain, but I forgot that they were the small kitchen sized ones. It did rain, and we ripped head and arm holes into them and wore them as shirts; they were about the right size for that. Anyway, we stood for an hour in the rain and met some dude who was hitting on some chick who had come from Mexico City to see DT.

DT was awesome, but sadly, people were still finding their seats for the first few songs. They only played seven songs before they left the stage and were replaced by The Devil Wears Prada, a band which was doing nothing for me except making me glad I had earplugs.

The show closed with Killswitch Engage, which was fun. Musically, I liked them much better than Prada but certainly not as much as DT. However, the performance was at least as enjoyable because I had had time to get hopped up on energy drinks and beer by that point, and the crowd was really into it.

I think that I got seated in the Prada section or something, because a bunch of people who sat silently and made me feel awkward for headbanging during DT started flipping out when those spazzy kids took the stage. Anyway, basically everyone was rocking out to killswitch, which makes sense because they were headlining and all.

I really need to see a show with Dark Tranquillity headlining. If seeing those seven songs with that mellow crowd was worth two hours driving and an hour standing in the rain (and it was), then holy shit a real show will be good.

http://www.darktranquillity.com/realindex.html
They played:
Terminus (Damage Done)
? Shadow in Our Blood ?(We are the Void)
Lesser Faith (Fiction)
Misery's Crown (Fiction)
Treason Wall (Damage Done)
Iridium (We are the Void)
Final Resistance (Damage Done)