Billy Talent At Centre Bell

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13 Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  Nuclear fusion takes place when hydrogen and helium collide.  The result is a monumental release of energy.  Science was never my strong suit.  However, if you were to replace hydrogen and helium with Alexisonfire and Billy Talent, I may have found the subject more interesting.  The atomic collision of these particles took place in Montréal, at the Centre Bell.  Bodies and ears of those close to the epicentre have yet to fully recover from a night that was 20 years in the making.  Both Alexisonfire and Billy Talent are on separate tours to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of two epic albums.  Alexisonfire’s Crisis and Billy Talent’s II.  Both albums were released in 2006. I have once again found myself attending a show that reminds me how quickly the hands of time turn.  Billy Talent took the stage as an old style clock clicked backwards from 2026 to 2006.  Just to make me feel older, I had an old clock like that on my desk, and that was more than 20 years ago.  Like Alexisonfire, Billy Talent played all of their II album.  From “Devil In A Midnight Mass” straight through to “Burn The Evidence”.  Somehow, the crowd hadn’t been burned out by this point.  Seeming to get stronger as the night went on.  The band all had wide smiles on their faces as they were met with a wall of Montréal noise.  The fans sang back the songs word for word and the crowd surfers seemed to come in endless waves.  Maybe singer Benjamin Kowalewicz is a generally happy person off stage, but on this stage, he had a huge smile every time I looked at him.  “Rusted From The Rain” began an extra set of hits before Billy Talent brought the explosive night to an end with “Viking Death March”. Afterwards, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent left to continue their respective tours.  Their worlds had collided just long enough to leave the Centre Bell rocked from the nuclear reaction of their meeting.  Crisis and II remain just as powerful 20 year later.  So are Alexisonfire and BillyTalent.  Our collective ears are still reeling from the fallout.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Billy Talent while they performed on the Centre Bell stage.

If you would like to find out more about Billy Talent and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Alexisonfire, who performed earlier that night, you can do so by following the link.  A big thank you goes out to Billy Talent's management team at Revelation Management Group, Evenko and Christopher Gonda at V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show.  As always, it is very much appreciated.  Billy Talent continue to set ablaze any stage that they hit.  Don't you dare miss it when they play in a town near you.