LMFAO came to party rock the sold out crowd at the Avila Beach Party on Friday night, and that is exactly what the duo and their Party Rock Crew did.
The Avila Beach Golf Resort outdoor venue has a capacity of 3,000 people, and it appeared as though every person in the all-ages crowd — from the groups of young girls who got dropped off by parents to soon-to-be graduating college students — was there to party. From when the doors opened until the concert ended at approximately 10 p.m., people danced and sang along.
Concert-goers Zoe Kouromenos and Cynthia Terry, who attend Cuesta College and University of California, Santa Barbara respectively, said the crowd made for an entertaining atmosphere, although some were having a little too much fun.
The pair said they saw at least two people get removed from the crowd for being “really drunk,” one of which was fighting back and had to be removed from the concert completely.
The scene of friends taking care of each other on the outskirts of the crowd was common throughout the night, and there were an unfortunate few who were driven out of the concert in an ambulance.
Despite these exceptions, the crowd brought the energy people would expect to see at a concert, Terry said.
“There are a lot of girls, and it’s getting pretty rowdy,” Terry said before it started. “It’s a young crowd, so people are getting pretty drunk. But it’s really fun, and I’m just excited for LMFAO to come on.”
Before LMFAO took the stage, co-headliner Shwayze and opening acts Chris Young the Rapper and Audiobit got the crowd singing and dancing.
After the opening acts played until the sun started to set, and for some attendees, such as Nick Bea, they proved to be better than the closing act.
“(My friends and I) are more into Shwayze,” Bea said. “He did really, really awesome. LMFAO is a little more electric. You can get into it, but Shwayze is like, you have to be a little more talented.”
Bea said the crowd was an interesting mix, but overall the girls were “sweet,” and the concert was “awesome.”
Then the electronic-dance duo made up of DJs Redfoo and SkyBlu stormed the stage to ask the crowd one question: “Who came here to party?” Then, after making the “sexy ladies” and “player pimps” make some noise, LMFAO opened with the song “Get Crazy.”
From that point on, LMFAO had the crowd shuffling all night long to hits such as “Party Rock Anthem,” “Shooting Star,” “I’m in Miami Bitch” and “I Am Not a Whore.”
In the midst of the set, the duo proved to the crowd that they can simultaneously sing, dance, take beer bongs, get concert-goers to “show some titties” and crowd surf, which didn’t take the Party Rock Crew member far from the stage despite chants of “take him to the back.”
LMFAO called Shwayze back to the stage to close with the crowd favorite, “Shots” long after the sun set on Avila Beach. They signed off by saying, “We love you San Luis Obispo, bitch.”
For Jessica Riconscente, a Cal Poly business administration junior, this marked the end of an exciting evening and an even more exciting concert.
“It was amazing — so enthusiastic,” Riconscente said. “They are just so good. They are artists you know — they are true artists, and they know how to please the crowd, and it was a great crowd. I don’t know about the outer crowd, but where I was (inside the crowd), it was amazing.”
Editor’s note: Check out a video of the event at mustangdaily.net.