The first support act was Scottish based band Azriel, who were relatively unknown to me. They had an enigmatic opening with the darkened stage and the Uncle Frank scene soundtrack from Home Alone being played underneath; it seemed very promising for a support band. Their performance was surprising and enjoyable with a melodic hardcore sound. It was also clear that although somewhat unheard of to me, there was a strong following within the audience, who were very enthusiastic and involved with their performance.

The next support act was metal band For the Fallen Dreams from Michigan, America. They were certainly less impressive in comparison to Azriel. This was largely due to the fact that the lead singer seemed unable to escape his monotone singing voice. Furthermore the other members of the band seemed to enjoy spitting their water onto the crowd a little too often especially for such a small venue. It seemed unnecessary and unwanted also. However they were energetic in their performance and interacted with the crowd well, encouraging a circle pit and to move further forward.

Finally A Day to Remember were to play. Like Azriel they used a darkened stage to create an enigmatic feel in the venue. They used the introduction music from 2001: A Space Odyssey which certainly created an intense atmosphere. Although by seeing them on their previous tour, using the same opening it had become a little less impressive. Nevertheless, it works and for those in the audience that were seeing them for the first time it guaranteed to astonish and please.

The song they opened their set with was their new single "The Downfall of Us All" and the crowd were very excited and a good majority were singing along, knowing word for word of the lyrics despite the album being released just over two weeks prior to the gig. They played a mix of old and new songs, but their set was very short maybe 45 minutes at a maximum, so although they only played 3 songs from their new album it felt like new material was more apparent than songs from their old album. Despite this though you could see that the ADTR were more enthusiastic to play new songs and this is understandable after doing several tours on the first two albums. They asked the crowd who had seen them play before, with about a quarter of the audience raising their hands and it was obvious that they were pleased by the support, especially considering it was the first time that they had played in Portsmouth.

One song they are well renowned for is their cover of Kelly Clarkson’s "Since you’ve been gone" and when they started playing it there was an intense atmosphere of excitement from the crowd. Despite this and quite understandably, the band were less enthusiastic about this performance. This was clearly shown through their performance as it seemed they were just waiting to get it over and done with, but is to be expected as it must be disheartening when an audience know the words perfectly to another artist’s song over your own and they are waiting with anticipation till you play it.

As expected there was an encore but it was a menial one song to be played on their return. This shocked me as I realised how short a set it was they just played. Although they cleverly played their most popular track "A plot to bomb the panhandle" which definitely stirred the last bits of energy left from the crowd.

Overall despite their faults, A Day to Remember were energetic and enthusiastic .They performed to a high standard and it is obvious that their new album is already popular with British audiences. It is likely that larger tours will follow for A Day to Remember with an ever growing fan base.