The Rise Against show was effing awesome. They definitely did not disappoint. You know how you have a band that you listen to all the time, but when you go to se them live they suck? Yea, well that didn't happen. Those effers have a great stage presence (think authority zero). But there's one thing that bothers me. How can people sit on the sideline at a show like that? I've gotta be up near the stage screaming lyrics in unison (or at least what my tone-deaf ass thinks is in unison), getting konked on the head by crowd surfers feet, and enduring the occasional elbow, or two, to the face. That's the way I enjoy music - being part of the crowd and feeding off of the energy and giving that energy back. That's the way you enjoy a show.
