Concert Report: The Chainsmokers (Amway Center)

First time back at Amway Center for a concert since Elton John (GB) earlier this year.

The arena was mostly full although there were plenty of empties too.

Had to sit through an opening act by poprock boy band 5 Seconds Of Summer (AUS) whom I had never heard of nor their songs.

The girls sitting near me in the nosebleed section of Amway both knew them and their songs and everyone was singing in unison! Well, nearly everyone.

I somehow survived and then there they were, the reason for being here! Drew and Alex are.....

The Chainsmokers (USA)

Unfortunately my contact at Amway had the night off so he was not able to get us down onto the floor next to the stage. Oh the indignity of it.

Singing "Roses". Not sure if that was vocalist Rozes who sings on the hit song or Lennon Stella who was advertised on the playbill last night.

 

The lasers were flying!

Drew singing from a suspended metal sphere.

And later a Cirque-style performance of 3 motorcycles spinning from within the globe! Unlike the DJ sets I've seen, there was also a live drummer.

Near the end of the 90-minute performance, 5SOS came back out to perform a song with The Chainsmokers. Sadly, TCS did not perform the song that really brought them into prominence, the 2014 hit "Selfie".

I was considerable closer when I saw them in Las Vegas this year at XS here.
And in December 2016 at House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista here. 
And at the UCF's CFE Arena in early 2016 here with Daya.

But despite the distance, a good time was had by all.