Justin Stone got the night started with some hip hop that got the fans riled up. Justin is an up and coming rap artist developing a mix of genres in pop, punk, emo, and rap. He is known for his most recent album, Look What You Started, which reached #10 on the iTunes Hip-Hop charts. Justin Stone appears on I Prevail’s song “Rise Above It” and later joined I Prevail on stage.
Issues was up next and started their set with “Coma” and “Tapping Out”, which now has over a million hits on Spotify. Issues is an American rock band based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2012. They are known for their combination of metalcore, nu-metal, pop, and contemporary R&B. The band released their debut studio album, Issues (2014), highlighted be DJ-based breakdowns and a mixture of metalcore and electronica, charting at #9 on the US Billboard 200. They released their remix album, Diamond Dreams, in November 2014. Their second studio album, Headspace, was released in May 2016.
I Prevail finally took the stage as the crowd surfing. Stage divers had climbed onto the backs of others to make their way forward and to get a piece of front-row action. As I Prevail’s 2016 debut album, Lifelines started to get attention, lead singer Brian Burkheiser was diagnosed with a polyp on his vocal cord that needed to be surgically removed. Brian addressed the crowd about the importance of mental health. “After my vocal injury, I almost gave up and left my band. I was in the worst mental state of my life and felt like everything we worked for was over.”
Setlist:
- Bow Down
- Scars
- Rise Above It
- Gasoline
- Hurricane
- Lifelines
- Stuck in Your Head
- Face Your Demons
- Deadweight
- Goodbye (interlude)
- Paranoid
- Low
- Every Time You Leave
- DOA
Encore:
- Breaking Down
- Come and Get It
I Prevail
Issues
Justin Stone
