{"id":2972,"date":"2018-02-28T14:59:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:59:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:59:55","slug":"a-day-to-remember-fifteen-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/?p=2972","title":{"rendered":"A Day To Remember: Fifteen years in the making."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Meg Vasseur<\/p>\n<p>Starting out in the spring of 2003, a rock band from Ocala, Florida has crashed their way through the punk rock music scene by mashing together elements of rhythmic guitar riffs, headbanging drum beats and upbeat vocals that will leave any listener wanting more. Fifteen years ago, the band A Day To Remember was created, and has released six studio albums, thirteen singles, twenty-two music videos, and awarded three platinum records.\u00a0 Their most famous songs, \u201cIf It Means A Lot To You\u201d and \u201cDownfall Of Us All\u201d were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/JER-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2971\" src=\"http:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/JER-copy-242x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/JER-copy-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/JER-copy.png 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Day To Remember announced late last year that in 2018 they will kick off a <em>\u201c15 Years In The Making\u201d <\/em>tour with special guests, Papa Roach, Falling In Reverse, and The Devil Wears Prada. The tour made stops in the Midwest at Grand Rapids, MI, Saint Louis, MO and right here in Chicago, Illinois at the UIC Pavillion on February 24!<\/p>\n<p>For the average college student concerned with money, A Day to Remember tickets are relatively cheap and will keep you on your feet with their onstage antics like confetti cannons, T-shirt cannons, toilet paper, streamers, fire, and even a giant inflatable hamster ball! A Day To Remember\u2019s onstage energy will surely reflect back onto any concertgoer, their unique style of music and rambunctious personalities make any individual have a memorable experience, it will genuinely be a day to remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Meg Vasseur Starting out in the spring of 2003, a rock band from Ocala, Florida has crashed their way through the punk rock music scene by mashing together elements of rhythmic guitar riffs, headbanging drum beats and upbeat vocals that will leave any listener wanting more. Fifteen years ago, the band A Day To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-life-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectator.cuchicago.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}