Jimmy Eat World Concert

Arizona native rock band Jimmy Eat World played to a full house at UVSC's McKay Events Center Monday. The general admission area was full and almost every seat in the house had an occupant. After 15 years and 6 albums it seems Jimmy Eat World has finally achieved a decent sized fan-base.

The band played the same venue only about 3 1/2 years ago to merely half the amount of people. This time though they were able to virtually sell-out Orem's largest concert venue.

The songs the band played spanned their long career. They even dusted off some old gems sung by guitarist Tom Linton (who was the bands front man in the very early stages). The real highlights though were when charismatic lead singer Jim Adkins took over the microphone. They band played some classic radio hits like "A Praise Chorus" and "Sweetness" from 2001's Bleed American before moving into the well received new material from their latest album Chase this Light. Recent hits like "Let it Happen," and "Dizzy" had the crowd singing along in droves. Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams even sang back-up vocals during the song "Always Be."

Opening acts included fellow Arizona indie rock band Dear and the Headlights (no really that is how it was spelled) and the Grammy-nominated Tennessee pop rock band Paramore.