After Falling In Reverse’s performance at Louder Than Life, an overheard comment perfectly summed up the atmosphere and intensity.
“That’s the most people I’ve ever seen crowd surf at one time,” the young concergoer told his friends, while walking back from the pit.
In fact, at one point, we spotted a man crowd surfing toward the stage, with a young woman literally standing on top of him, using his body as a board, surfing her way toward the rail.
“Look at this shit,” frontman Ronnie Radke told the crowd.
“You guys are nuts.”
The Southern California rockers were the first headline act on Day #3 of the festival on Saturday, September 23, 2023.
They ignited the Loudmouth Stage under the steaming Louisville, Kentucky sun.
“Louder Than Life… this is exactly where you’re supposed to be, right here, right now,” Radke said.
The band tore through a 10-song set, opening with 2022’s ‘Zombified’ and closing with 2019’s ‘Popular Monster’.
With streams of crowd surfers breaking through the surface of the audience and an intense mosh pit forming near the stage, the action-packed set kept the crowd energized for its entirety.
“Wow, I feel like the biggest band in the world right now,” Radke told the crowd.
Displaying diverse sounds from song-to-song, Falling In Reverse were comparable to The Used at times, Disturbed at others, along with Linkin Park, especially when Radke traded his torching vocals and deep screams, for crisp, Eminem-like raps.
Four songs in, the band gave the crowd a light-hearted treat, breaking out into a cover of Smash Mouth’s 1999 hit ‘All-Star’.
However, the band did tease the crowd with a short, but heavy, melody during the tune.
Radke showed his appreciation to the crowd and their fans, offering some advice and encouragement while he was at it.
“I never gave up,” he said.
“In jail, through all of it, I never gave up, I promise you that. I love you guys. Thank-you for all the fuckin’ streams on Spotify, the views on YouTube, you buying the merch, are you fucking kidding me? I love you guys. Wow, it feels good.”
Here is the complete Falling In Reverse setlist from Louder Than Life:
1. Zombified
2. I’m Not a Vampire
3. Losing My Mind
4. All Star (Smash Mouth cover)
5. Fuck You and All Your Friends
6. The Drug in Me Is You
7. Just Like You
8. Watch the World Burn
9. Voices in My Head
10. Popular Monster
Here are some photos snapped by Jake Miller:
Here are some more photos taken by Steve Thrasher:
Follow Falling In Reverse on their official website https://fallinginreverse.com/.