Live Review: You Me At Six, Hellions, Columbus

North of Brisbane, in the Grand Ballroom of Eatons Hill Hotel, hundreds, even thousands, of fans of all ages begin to occupy the venue for one of the world's most recognisable pop-rock bands of this generation, You Me At Six.

The lights are an overbearing deep red, but it's still just bright enough for the venue to lift off in cheers for hometown heroes Columbus as they take the stage. After possibly a minute of tuning instruments, the Brisbane boys shred straight into their set. Playing Daffodil, Replace Me and Downsides Of Being Honest, they welcome crowd into what'll undoubtedly be an amazing night.

While the crowd remain relaxed and placid, a relatively small mosh breaks out as Hellions take the stage. The band's most impressive feat is the consistent mobility of each member. The band starts off with relatively humble track Thresher, but then take things to a higher, more active note for 25. When they bring the absolute goods with Nottingham, there's a young kid up on the balcony in the all-ages section going absolutely crazy. Someone should've let that young gun join the mosh! After closing with Quality Of Life, the length of the security barrier begins to pack with those ready for You Me At Six.

The lights drop and piano begins to play in the background, and the crowd lifts their voices into a deafening cheer accompanied by screams as You Me At Six frontman Josh Franceschi starts singing and the rest of his band takes the stage. And after their bittersweet entry, the familiar guitar riff of Bite My Tongue psyches up the entire crowd into possibly the biggest singalong ever heard. Franceschi continuously balances between singing himself and letting the room take control, the performance connected so perfectly between crowd and band.

The teenage nostalgia sets in once again as Fresh Start Fever, Lived A Lie and Loverboy are performed beautifully, the crowd going absolutely mental and every light trained on Franceschi's stage presence. After getting heavy for The Swarm, the band bring it down with the familiar beauty of Give before people across the venue jump on each other's shoulders for No One Does It Better.

The most intimate part of the full set is when the band stop to explain how much they adore Australia, and how they'd be more than willing to put everyone on buses to come to a massive venue next time they hit our shores. After closing with Too Young To Feel This Old, chants for an encore take over the crowd. Coming out again to play older fan faves Stay With Me, Reckless, Underdog and finally, Room To Breathe, the whole night is one of the best performances of You Me At Six ever in Australian history.

What a night!