The Avett Brothers sent musical waves through Auburn's 2014 UPC Auburn Airwaves event in their 90-minute set, Thursday, April 24 at the Auburn Arena.
B.O.B preceded as the middle act in a 50-minute set featuring fan favorites, such as "Airplanes," "Magic" and "Ghost in the Machine."
The alternative rock group The Neighbourhood opened the show with songs, such as "Everybody's Watching Me" and "Sweater Weather."
Rhett Sosebee, director of major entertainment for UPC, said his group has been planning the event since October.
"The Avett Brothers are very Auburn," Sosebee said. "B.O.B and the Neighbourhood appealed to everyone."
Sosebee said the show's sell-out was the first time in the event's history with 5,300 tickets reserved.
As the Neighbourhood performed a small crowd gathered around the stage with seats largely unfilled. Students on the floor and in the stands wore glowsticks around their heads, necks and hands.
The Neighbourhood captured the theme of their newest album Black and White with an on-stage theme of only black and white.
Mariah Sanders, big fan of the Neighbourhood, appreciated the Neighbourhood's animated stage presence.
As the Neighbourhood exited, stagehands replaced their instruments with B.O.B's turntable.
B.O.B's stage presence bled into the audience as girls joined him on stage, and he captured the audience in pictures for his Instagram account.
His joy brought the crowds to dance and sing along with almost everything he did.
Toward the end of his performance, during his song "Still in this B***h," he crowd surfed among the dancing students.
When Avett Brothers came on hardly a body was in their seat. The crowd around them multiplied in a matter of moments before the brother's impending stage arrival.
Kristen Thomas, senior in nursing, come to watch the Avett Brothers for her eighth show.
"I cried when I found out they were coming," Thomas said.
Thomas was excited to hear songs such as "Salvation Song," "Please Pardon Yourself" and "At the Beach."
The Avette Brother's band included a cello, violin, a piano, a keyboard, a banjo, guitar, base and a drumset.
Seth Avett's smile was undeniable as crowds sang the brother's lyrics back to them.
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