A. Jay Popoff of Lit performs at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown in Ontario on Dec. 16. (Terry Pierson/Staff Photographer)
Last night I was at X103.9’s Merry Meltdown show at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. It was a lot of fun to watch and there was a lot of fan interaction.
PHOTOS: Dose of Adolescence, Lit, The Dirty Heads | PHOTOS: Sick Puppies, Anberlin, Switchfoot, P.O.D. |STORY Merry Meltdown brings bands close to fans
I also loved that it was clearly a show put on by people who know the Inland region for Inland music fans. In the last 6 years I’ve been at the P-E, it’s really good to see we have our own entertainment venue in the arena and that they’re working with a local independent radio station to bring affordable shows to town (both Localpalooza and Merry Meltdown had tickets you could get for $10).
Now, onto the goodies from the show. Staff photographer Terry Pierson captured so many moments in the night that he had to put together two galleries to get them all in.
Here’s the first gallery, with Dose of Adolescence, Lit and The Dirty Heads.
In the meantime, you can catch some more photos from last night and a few short write-ups (I spent most of my time live-Tweeting) here at the Audio File blog.
Check out my posts on the following bands:
–Switchfoot
–Sick Puppies
–Dirty Heads
–Lit
–Dose of Adolescence