Avenged Sevenfold held a concert in Indonesia, precisely at the GBK Madya Stadium, Central Jakarta, on Saturday, May 25, 2024.
The America band opened the concert with “Game Over,” a song from Avenged Sevenfold’s latest album. It is known that this concert is indeed part of the tour introducing the new album Life Is But A Dream.
Throughout this international music concert, there were numerous unforgettable moments. For those who couldn’t witness it live, we’ve compiled a summary of these special instances, bringing you as close to the experience as possible.
1. Indonesia was the destination for the only Avenged Sevenfold concert in Asia
Indonesian fans can rejoice because Indonesia is the only destination country in Asia for this Avenged Sevenfold concert tour. Not without reason, Avenged Sevenfold chose Indonesia because they were impressed with their fans.
“Indonesia, you are always special; the audience here is the largest of all,” said Matt Shadows, vocalist of Avenged Sevenfold, during the concert.
“I’m not lying; Jakarta is our number one fan base in the world; that’s why we play here first before starting the European tour,” Matt Shadows said on stage.
2. Opening band before the concert
In this concert, the band The Used will be the opening act for Avenged Sevenfold. Then, there is also a band from Indonesia as an opener, namely Killing Me Inside Reunion.
3. Interesting visuals during the concert
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This music band brings an exciting concept of concerts to Indonesia. They showed a fascinating AI-based video spectacle.
Four large screens showed the faces of the performers: M. Shadows (Vocals), Synyster Gates (Guitarist), Zacky Vengeance (Guitarist), Johnny Christ (Bassist), and Brooks Wackerman (Drummer).
4. The Dear God song was performed for the first time in 15 years
@musik_lite Avenged Sevenfold bikin penonton bernostalgia di Stadion Madya, Gelora Bung Karno, Sabtu (25/5/2024). Menepati janjinya, Matt Shadown Cs membawakan lagu hits mereka, Dear God saat manggung di Jakarta. Momen lagu Dear God dinyayikan di GBK membuat ribuan penonton bernyanyi bersama. Terlebih lagu yang rilis pada 2007 silam itu seolah memiliki banyak kenangan bagi para penggemar A7X di Tanah Air. Saat lagu Dear God dibawakan, para penonton langsung mengabadikan momen nostalgia itu. Mereka juga kompak menyanyikan lagu sejuta umat yang penuh kenangan ini. Sebagai informasi, lagu Dear God jadi salah satu tembang hits Avenged Sevenfold dan memiliki banyak kenangan untuk para pendengarnya. Di Indonesia, lagu tersebut mengingatkan banyak netizen pada masa-masa nongkrong di warung internet (warnet) sambil mendengarkan lagu tersebut. (Sumber : inews.id) 🎥 IG/davidalfasunarna, VT/@irfanghafur #musiklite #avengedsevenfoldindonesia #avengedsevenfold #a7x #musikhits ♬ original sound – musik lite
Avenged Sevenfold even gave Indonesian fans the privilege of performing “Dear God.” As is known, Avenged Sevenfold very rarely performs “Dear God.”
They last performed this hit in 2009. In several concerts in Jakarta, the audience who begged for this song to be performed was still ignored. Only this year did they finally” soften” and grant the fans’ wishes.
5. Perform other nostalgic songs
Despite holding a concert tour to introduce the new album Life Is But A Dream, Avenged Sevenfold made the audience feel nostalgic for their old songs.
In their performance, Avenged Sevenfold fulfilled the promise of nostalgia by continuing the performance with iconic songs such as “Almost Easy,” “Seize The Day,” and “Bat Country.”
6. After the concert, the audience chanted sholawat
The concert held at the Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium was colored by a unique incident: The Avenged Sevenfold concert audience dispersed in an orderly manner while chanting sholawat.
The video uploaded by the Instagram account @undercover.id on Sunday, May 26, 2024, shows several Avenged Sevenfold concertgoers raising their cellphones to record the actions of some people chanting sholawat.
For many music lovers in Indonesia, Avenged Sevenfold, or A7X, is known as a band that unites the 90s generation, including those who studied at pesantren.
This can be seen from the comments of netizens who watched the video. One netizen wrote, “I originally knew A7X at boarding school,” while another added, “A7X means Alhamdulillah 7x.”
That was the moment of Avenged Sevenfold’s concert in Indonesia. Hopefully, this band will still be allowed to have another music concert in Indonesia.
