[ATTENDED: September 20, 2022] Thursday [rescheduled from September 22, 2020 and September 21, 2021]
This was my first show at this stadium since I saw The Cure back in 1989 (my only time there aside from some football games) when it was a different building called Giants Stadium (since demolished).
Online recommendations said to park at Redd’s a restaurant nearby in Carlstadt that offered parking and shuttle service for a reasonable price. So we did that. Despite leaving plenty early (I assumed), the traffic and the shuttle (which was great) plopped us down with a little time to spare. By the time we got to our floor, Thursday had already started.
The super nice folks at the arena encouraged me to get handicapped seating (once they saw the cane) and while it took a few minutes to coordinate, it turned out to be a great option–folding chairs on a open platform instead of squeezing into seats a few rows back.
But by the time we got settled, Thursday was about half way through the set.
Thursday had opened for MCR back in 2022 when we saw them. It was the first time I’d heard of them. Since that show I saw singer Geoff Rickly solo at Underground Arts and grew more appreciative of Thursday. So I was a little bummed to be unfocused during their set.
Rickly was a great frontman–singing his heart out and being wonderfully vulnerable (his solo set showed off just how much he’s been through). His best joke of the night was saying that they got to play MetLife stadium before MCR did! The bands go way back together and last time Gerard Way sang a song with them (not this time though).
The set was almost the same as three years ago, although they included a fairly new single (which we clearly missed). They haven’t put out new material since 2011, but the passion for these songs is still strong.
Someday I’d like to see them in a smaller setting when I can really appreciate their songs.
| 2025 | 2022 |
| TAPE: State Trooper (Bruce Springsteen song) | The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out (of Control) Ξ |
| Signals Over the Air ϖ | Cross Out the Eyes © |
| White Bikes § | Signals Over the Air ϖ |
| The Other Side of the Crash/Over and Out (of Control) Ξ | Jet Black New Year (with Gerard Way on vocals) ⊄ |
| This Song Brought to You by a Falling Bomb ϖ | This Song Brought to You by a Falling Bomb ϖ |
| Fast to the End Ó | Fast to the End Ó |
| Understanding in a Car Crash © | Understanding in a Car Crash (with Anthony Green) © |
| War All the Timeϖ | War All the Time ϖ |
§ single (2024)
Ó No Devolución (2011)
Ξ A City By the Light Divided (2006)
ϖ War All the Time (2003)
⊄ Five Stories Falling (2002)
© Full Collapse (2001)
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