Kings Of Leon Photos From The ACC

April 22nd, 2009

by Alberto Bonora
Last night Kings Of Leon ripped the roof off the ACC with an amazing show. The sold out ACC is a huge jump for the boys from Tennessee who have previously played the Kool Haus. With the success of their latest album ‘Only By The Night’ it was no surprise to me that they would sell out the ACC, it was only a matter of time.

The minute that the Followill brothers and cousin stepped foot on stage, everyone in the ACC were on their feet cheering. This was probably the loudest show I’ve ever been to at the ACC (which also includes Leaf & Raptor games).

Throughout the whole show the guys played songs from all four of their albums including the hit California Waiting from their first album. They opened the show with Crawl from their latest album which was a good idea in my eyes because it allowed the fans who recently got into Kings to get comfortable with the show before they played their older tracks. Following Crawl they played a handful of their older tracks before ripping into the smash hit Sex On Fire. The minute that first cord was played the place erupted into madness. This was probably the loudest part of the show besides the time in between their set and the encore. I’m sure everyone in the ACC was singing every word to Sex On Fire which was great because it is an awesome song to have as an anthem/sing-a-long song.

Other songs that drew sing-a-longs and a huge amount of noise were California Waiting, On Call, Knocked Up and Use Somebody. Besides a great performance they also had a great presence on stage. In true rockstar fashion we saw guitarist Matthew Followill smoked a cigarette while playing and lead singer Caleb Followill had a few drinks on stage.

Opening for Kings Of Leon was a band from New York City called The Walkmen. Their set was pretty good but the standout of their performance was the ever popular track The Rat.

Below is the setlist for Kings Of Leon, if I messed it up or am missing anything please let me know.

Setlist:
Crawl
Taper Jean Girl
My Party
Molly’s Chambers
California Waiting
Red Morning Light
Sex On Fire
Notion
Milk
Four Kicks
The Bucket
On Call
Fans
Charmer
Use Somebody
Cold Desert
Slow Night, So Long