ICYMI: 5 Seconds Of Summer Live in Kuala Lumpur

In case you missed it, 5 Seconds Of Summer (5SOS) has finally graced our shore last Wednesday. The concert was held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre with Paperplane Pursuit as their opening act!

All of 5SOS’ concerts comes with Soundcheck Experience option which is limited to only 500 tickets per venue. One of our writers managed to snag one of those precious tickets and is alive to tell the tale!

For those who don’t know what Soundcheck Experience is all about, it is basically the ticket holders coming in to the venue 2 hours earlier to listen to the boys play a couple of songs and ask a few questions as well. However, cell phones, cameras or any sort of photography devices is strictly not allowed. During the Soundcheck, a few people were told to leave by Jeff, one of the head security of the band for disobeying the rules!

Michael Clifford, Lead Guitarist, Vocals

The band started the Soundcheck with Vapor, one of their songs from their latest album, Sounds Good Feels Good. Then they took a seat in the middle of the stage and just started talking to the crowd. They were very chill and answered about 5 questions before they performed the second song, Wrapped Around Your Finger. After the song ended, so did the Soundcheck experience.

The band kicked off the concert 2 hours later with the intro of Carry On before moving on to Hey Everybody. The moment they came onstage, the crowd literally had a burst of energy and was screaming from the start of the concert all the way till the end. The boys definitely made up for being almost 30 minutes late!

Calum Hood, Bass, Vocals

Due to the fact that there was no Asian Leg during their first headlining tour, Rock Out With Your Socks Out (ROWYSO), there was an equal amount of songs played from their first self-titled album as well as their second album. To be honest, I think the venue was shaken so hard when 5SOS started playing Disconnected, Amnesia and Heartache On The Big Screen, just to name a few.

Luke Hemmings, Guitar, Vocals

It was amazing to see how Luke Hemmings was all over the place. His interaction with the crowd definitely got the crowd moving and grooving to the songs! To make it even better, you can actually see how happy he is doing what he loves most.  We truly believe it when they said we were the best crowd so far!

“You guys are definitely the best looking crowd we have so far! I want to apply for permanent residence here!” Said Michael Clifford during the concert, a definite highlight of the concert for most of the fans, especially the ladies.

Ashton Irwin, Drums, Vocals *Sorry I don't have a better picture of Ash :(

During a recent Q&A session in Indonesia, when they were asked why Asian countries weren’t in the previous tour, Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood both said that they were not sure of their fan base here. Now that they have seen how epic us Asian crowds are, they are definitely planning on coming here again!

No doubt, all fans returned from the concert with sore throats and missing voices, but it was worth the hassle of coming hours earlier just to get a good spot.

It took them 5 years to finally come over and frankly, we believe that we made a great impression and hopefully the boys will be back really soon!

Photo Credit : Hitz FM & Twitter

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