Now I've had time to unwind and sleep, I have some thoughts.
Firstly, the elephant in the room... Emily was amazing. Her energy, her stage presence, her voice. I am beyond impressed, I cannot believe how well she did. These are some big fucking boots to fill and she handled it with grace. I am so confident in LP's future now. I expected key changes to accommodate her and Mike's singing, and it works great - the emotion of the music is still there despite it sounding a little different. Her voice did croak in The Catalyst, and she bounced back so fast - what a first show for her!
The show was AMAZING!! That laser blasting shit, the fractured imagery, holy fucking cow. Endless energy.
Shame about Rob not coming back. I expected he would, and a lot of you guys here were right. The guy is great, he actually produced my favourite ONE OK ROCK album, and tbh the new track has that same vibe from that album.
I called November 15th for LP8! A lot of us did to be fair, but come on let us be right about something at least haha!