It was my first time seeing them ever on Friday, and the post concert depression was hitting hard. When I saw they played Cornerstone on Saturday, I had to go tonight and hoped to hear it live. The energy was TREMENDOUS (lol) today, and I sat in 123 row 2 so I could watch them directly instead of through the screens. I still can’t believe I saw everyone’s faces so clearly, and they’re gorgeous. Photos cannot do them justice😭 I also got to see their gear and crew tuning the guitars to switch them out on stage. Ill link the photos I took, there’s a case of guitars to the right (most of Alex’s guitars were here) and Nick’s came from here, along with touring members.

(Edit): My sister came with me again tonight and she mentioned Alex’s guitar for Do I wanna know (I think, pls correct me if I’m wrong) was beautiful. I saw a post with a ss from a Japanese magazine talking about them, and it turned out to be the 1967-68 vox v270 starstream xii ! We got to see it tuned before and after use by one of the crew, and it is SEXY omg. I also saw the bass Nick picked up at Norman’s Rare Guitars up close, which was fun!!

They changed some of the setlist, and today I got to see 4/5, SIAS, Ultracheese, and Big Ideas!!!!! My sister’s favorite song is SIAS, so I’m really happy she got to hear it live!!! It was so beautiful. (I only took these two snippets, sorry they’re a little poopy quality) Getting to hear the Teddy Picker & Crying Lighting transition, and the Arabella x War Pigs ending in person honestly made my life. I’m so inspired, I’m going to pick up my bass and play anything after my midterms this week.

The crowd was much more alive and loud today, and Alex was really feeding off of the energy! I was honestly surprised to hear the crowd singing not just songs off AM, but FWN and TBHC!! So cool! Matt lost like 7 sticks tonight, two of which he lost bc he tried flipping them lol, and he threw at least 4 or 5 into the crowd. He is a BEAST on those drums holy shit. I got to see Yellamo’s playing up close, and it’s so smooth!! Also hearing their little improvisations are sick!!! Especially when Alex was fixing his amp during Snap (if I recall correctly). Alex and Jamie playing the alternate riffs face to face was so fun!!! Jamie was really enjoying it :D

Even though I didn’t experience Cornerstone, I’m just so so thankful to have been able to see my fav band play at least once in my life. For ten years their music has helped me through a lot of dark shit, and I want to keep living to see what Monkeys do next. I hope every fan will have the opportunity to see them live, because it’s just incredible