Author’s note: This entry is meant to be a review-journal about the concert. The author feels that if this entry was to be made into one whole entry, it would be a very long one. Therefore, this entry shall be split into three parts. This is the third of three.

Thank you!

Hayley Williams simply blew the house down.

Up next was another old song by them, and personally my live favorite, Pressure. I love this song not just because it’s great live, but also because of Jeremy’s acrobatics here. Hahaha. I finally got to see the legendary “Pressure flip” with my own two (four) eyes! Jeremy usually does it with Josh, but since Josh wasn’t there, Taylor was the one who stepped up to the task of executing the flip with Jeremy. AND MAN, IT SURE WAS SOME HARDCORE STUFF! I can now die a happy and fulfilled person. Hahaha.

They played For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic next. What can I say? As with most Paramore songs, it was full of energy, and the crowd showed no signs of tiredness even after nearly a quarter of an hour of jumping and shouting.

Before playing Where The Lines Overlap, Hayley once again expressed her thanks and surprise on our overwhelming support for them. She looked around then read a read a sign by fan which said, “Hayley, will you go to the ball with me?” She kidded around for a while, saying that she’s never been to a ball before. She also asked the guy if he was going to buy her flowers. Hahahaha! She turned around to face her bandmates and said: “Guys, I got a date. I got a date in Manila.” We all laughed out loud and cheered.

Jeremy Davis did not disappoint the fans as he managed to do the "Pressure Flip" with success

Where The Lines Overlap is a great song live! I am not kidding on this one. In the end of the song, Hayley asked us to sing “whoa” again and again until she signalled us to stop. Man! All of us were so into it – with fists up! It was a tiring thing, but it was definitely enjoyable and awesome way to end the song instead of the one in the album.

Hayley then promised that they’d come back. “There is no way that we are going to wait another five years before we come back here! There’s no way we’re gonna stay away from Manila that long,” she said. We all cheered! She didn’t bother to hide her amazement that they have a MASSIVE fanbase from halfway around the world.

She also added that Jeremy was so excited to see that there were so many McDonalds tents inside the concert grounds. They love it. Seeing McDonald’s in a concert.

Hahaha! Then Hayley said she was craving for a cheeseburger. She asked us who among us wanted cheeseburgers. Nearly everyone cheered and raised their hands. “We love you! We feel like we’re family now,” Hayley then said to us.

To finish the (honestly short) show off, they played arguably the song that made them such a big act here in the Philippines, Decode. Obviously, nearly everyone was singing along to this song. Oh the Twilight connection. After the song, they just left the stage.

Hayley Williams and Zac Farro, alongside the other members of Paramore, surely gave their all.

Of course, we didn’t want the concert to end just like that. So we kept on chanting “MORE! MORE! MORE!” until they would come out for the encore.

A few minutes later, the band was back! Hayley then talked about why Josh wasn’t with them, and introduced his replacement, Justin York to us. We cheered for him.

Then, it was back to business, to rock. A pre-recorded intro to Misery Business played, and we were going wild again! Everyone began to jump around and sing along loudly again! I also finally heard the line “I’m sorry MANILA, but I passed out, now look this way!” and heard that horrendously catchy solo! The fangirl in me was going deliriously happy!

After Misery Business, Hayley asked us if we could just not wait for them to come back. Of course, we shouted “YES!” introduced one of their long-time crew members, Will Barrett, to the audience. She then asked us if it was okay with us if they took a parting picture with him using us, the audience, as the background. Of course, we cheered in agreement!

Josh Farro's replacement, Justin York, did a great job in Paramore's Manila concert.

Before the next song, Hayley also said that “We love our Filipino fans, and we love everyone who flew in and drove from far, far away to come and see us tonight. We will never take a single second for granted. We can’t wait to come back and come rock out with you guys again!” We all cheered, yet again.

Then their final song for the night, and honestly my all-time favorite Paramore song, Brick by Boring Brick played. We were all shouting out loud now, especially at the last part with the “pa-rap-pap” part! Woohoo!

After the song, Taylor suddenly went to the drums and played a drum solo, on the spot. Meanwhile, the other band member threw various stuff towards the audience. Hayley gave away her two bottles of water and dark rimmed glasses, Zac gave away his drumsticks, Justin and Jeremy threw their guitar picks and bottles of water. Lucky people who managed to get them. C: After this, they went near the drums and started to headbang! INTENSE STUFF! And then, Zac got one of his crash cymbals and threw it to the ground. ROCKING STUFF!

Then it was all over. One hour of rocking goodness from my favorite band. I’m pretty sure everyone enjoyed it. I sure did. Seeing them live is really an amazing and surreal thing. I can’t believe it’s all over. I wonder when will I be able to get this feeling of utter happiness and joy, even just for an hour, again.

I do really hope they come back soon.

This ends the ParaThrilla In Manila series of posts. The series was named as such due to the text written on Hayley Williams’ shirt. All the entries were posted by the blog’s most avid Paramore fan, Kim. Please do comment in the entries if possible!