Anyway, at 20 the opening band, Belladonna from Rome, began to play. 3 girls and 2 guys (guitar and drums), 3 very good songs imo, the rest was decent, though the singer sang all the songs in the same way.

After they packed their stuff, we waited for half an hour while instruments were being tuned etc. More people arrived but still it was comfortable enough to breathe, in fact they were all very quiet. At 21 SOB came on stage and we all screamed. They started with Serious and everybody under the stage jumped and sang along (a guy hit me on my jaw with his shoulder and this was the only time I got hurt  ) - then came Exploding/Reloading and Stoner Hate. When the song ended Daron, hidden behind his usual hat/aviators/beard, said "Mamma mia", pleased, even surprised maybe, by our reaction.

Then I don't remember the exact setlist, however they did play every track of the album, each one welcomed with screams of joy and clapping (Enemy especially ).

I think Daron took off hat and aviators during Kill Each Other, and started giving us his famous crazy looks. Halfway of the gig, he sang Iggy Pop's China Girl, and then I heard the beginning of Babylon!! I was so afraid that they wouldn't play it! And it was perfect, although we sang it so loud that I could barely heard Daron's voice.

He didn't speak between songs, just before Cute Machines he said "Thank you very much, this is the first time that Scars on Broadway play in Italy, and you are my cute machines, that I love".

They also played Whoring Streets with the long intro and ended with They Say, while we were jumping and raising our middle fingers

They ended the show with John, Daron and Franky coming to the barriers, holding hands, throwing picks (a guy at my left got Daron's, and one behind me got his Gatorade bottle) and drumsticks, then left the stage.

We waited there for a while, then the security guys told us to go upstairs if we wanted to meet them. Some of us did it, we were 30 or something, and after another 20/30 minutes standing in front of a doorway, John popped behind us, followed by the other band members. I got my ticket and my CD signed by John, Daron and Dominic (I couldn't get to Franky and Danny cuz we were told to move), and took pics with them -

 I was so excited that my brains blacked out and all I was able to say was thanking Daron for playing Babylon, to which he answered "In fact, it's the first time we play it live" I'm sure that in that moment my pupils were heart-shaped  I wanted to hug him but then I didn't dare  They were all very nice and kind, and laughed at our jokes, like for example a guy asked John to say "porco Dio" (most common Italian blasphemy), he did and asked what it meant, and after he said something like "Why do you always want me to say something dirty?" 

Then we had to go, it wasn't even 23 (11 pm), and the venue was already closing and I couldn't buy my T-shirt. Oh well, next time it'll be better. And longer I hope.

 I heard that Danny said that he'll leave Scars after this tour, or something like that... I just heard a guy behind me (while I was waiting to get my stuff signed by Daron) telling his friend what apparently Danny himself told him - I too hope it's not true cuz the band is working great.

Bits from the Venue

-The venue held a contest "Meet & Greet SOB", whose winners met them in the backstage, but then they came out to talk and sign and having pictures taken...and we were standing on one side and John came from the other, like, "hey, we're here"

-Daron is becoming more confident with his singing I believe, he never went out of tune, so I guess Babylon will be performed regularly. 
Another good thing of this concert was that people never asked for System songs like it happened at Serj's gig. Maybe they just got used to the fact that the guys are not "X, Y, Z from System Of A Down", but two (or three with Achozen) different and new projects.


- A guy actually asked John "what about System?" and he did a face like ARRRGHHHH!

Absolutely fucking great evening. One of the best gigs I've ever seen.

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