• Sat. Oct 5th, 2024

Hometown Guys Five Finger Death Punch Rip It Up At The MGM Grand Garden Arena Sunday Night!

Hometown Guys Five Finger Death Punch Rip It Up At The MGM Grand Garden Arena Sunday Night! – ZRockR Magazine

Sunday nights are usually viewed as a night to prepare for your week ahead. Thousands of people in Las Vegas viewed Sunday, September 8th differently. They gathered at the MGM’s Garden Arena to spend it with one of Las Vegas’ Hometown Bands, Five Finger Death Punch.


At 9:30pm they took to the stage following Marilyn Manson. The stage lit up with an array of lights which gave the neon lights of The Strip a run for its money. The entire arena was lit up, with a light show that drew you in making you feel as if you were a part of the show. However, one family became a part of the show in a literal way. Spotted in the front of the pit, Ivan called out to some kids he noticed as the face paint on their faces grabbed his attention. He then invited the entire family on stage to continue to watch the show on stage with them. They were greeted with hugs and taken to designated spot just for them.
During “Sham Pain”, Ivan stood at the front of the stage bearing their Five Finger Death Punch American Capitalist five-dollar bills and fanned them into the crowd. Immediately following, the confetti cannons blew making it rain colorful paper over the fans.


There was never a lag or a dull moment through the entire set. The energy was so strong, excitement was beaming throughout. I would certainly rather spend a Sunday night with Five Finger Death Punch than meal-prepping for the next week!

SET LIST:

  1. Welcome to the Circus
  2. Lift Me Up
  3. Trouble
  4. Wash It All Away
  5. Jekyll and Hyde
  6. Sham Pain
  7. The House of the Rising Sun
  8. No One Gets Left Behind
  9. Burn MF (with drum solo)
  10. Wrong Side of Heaven
  11. Salvation
  12. IOU
    Encore:
  13. Under and Over It
  14. Never Enough
  15. The Bleeding

Review Co- Written With Associate Writer John Bodimer

PHOTO CREDIT: All Live Photos by Mary Bodimer for ZRockR Magazine – (c) 2024 – All Rights Reserved

By Sylvia Lee

Editor/ Staff Writer and Co-Founder of ZRock'R Magazine. Sylvia has worked in and around music since she was 16, though it has always been a part of her life. In radio ( her last radio job was in the mid-90's at KKLZ before departing for other pursuits) , as part of various tour support/production crews, in promotion of both bands and even clubs (recipient of the Climax/Plan C Entertainment Blackberry Award in 2007 for her work as production manager of the Las Vegas MC Jin show ) and in rock journalism with a music column in the late 80′s called MusicLine in the Independent News in central Illinois. Sylvia has also has written articles and reviews for SCOPE, The Reader, Las Vegas Music Scene Magazine, Vegas SoundZ (she was PR director for LVMS where she helped push a little known and upcoming at the time Vegas photographer then known as Shane O'Neil Dobbs ( he later dropped the Dobbs), landing him his first concert shoot for a publication with Nine Inch Nails at the Thomas and Mack in '95) and she also did PR for Vegas SoundZ when they were in print). She also was a contributor to LA’s FIX Magazine. Sylvia credits her love of rock journalism and working in and around it to the person she calls the “First Lady of Rock n Roll Journalists” The legendary Jaan Uhelszki who co-founded influential music publication CREEM Magazine, but also gives a nod to the women who were also involved in the early days like Lisa Robinson and photographer Lynn Goldsmith. Sylvia's eye for talent and ear for great music have never failed her. Ever sarcastic with a love for Metal, Grunge, Punk, and Industrial Music; the occasional glass of fine wine; enjoying some classic movies (the original Universal horror films are a favorite) or binging episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Good Omens or all 4 seasons of Stranger Things - she is the fearless leader of this bunch of talented lunatics.

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