After making a lot of money and finally getting a band manager, Lightning of Royalty, was finally playing their first ever concert. It was gonna be nothing like their previous gigs in Ponyville, hell no, it was gonna be like that except ten times bigger, instead of about fifty ponies there would be over fifty thousand ponies packing the ground in front of the stage. At least that's what their manager told them, their band manager was named Oliver Trotland, he had managed many bands before Lightning of Royalty and he knew what he was doing when it came to the subject.
"Alright guys, we have your first ever concert coming up in two days, this is nothing to go crazy about, considering your current popularity the fans will like to hear you live anyways." Oliver said.
"We know." Strummer said, leaning back in his chair.
"You guys aren't nervous?" Oliver asked.
"Nope." Sun Storm said, fingering notes on his favorite guitar, The Axe.
"Huh, well all of the bands I've worked with were at the very least a little nervous on their first concert. You sure you aren't nervous or scared in the slightest?" Oliver asked, only to be hit with a "yes" from all of the band.
"In this case, band meeting over. Do what you want." Oliver said, leaving the room.
"Any of you guys see the Wonderbolt Derby last night?" Steel Hoof asked.
"Yeah." Responded Cloud Wave.
Strummer and Sun Hoof shook their heads.
"Ever wonder what other bands Oliver managed?" Sun asked, stopping his playing.
"Yeah, I wonder if he managed any bands we look up to, y'know?" Steel added.
"Yeah! Maybe like... Saber Hoof and The Studs or Iron Maneden!" Strummer said.
"Damn right! Maybe even Wingpower or Thundersmith." Cloud Wave asked.
"I almost forgot, Thundersmith's gonna be playing at that concert with us, plus a few other bands!" Sun remembered.
"Oh dang! This concert's gonna be awesome!" Strummer said ecstatically.
The four talked about the concert until they found it good a good time to hit the hay.
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The next day was devoted to all practicing and the day after was concert day. The band was ready.
"Alright, to day's the day guys. Your first concert. Everypony ready?" Oliver asked.
"We were born ready, Olly." Sun said playfully.
"I hope, I as well as you don't wanna be messing up out there. How much have you all drink today? Oliver asked.
"We've been clean." Cloud said.
"Good. Let's get on the bus and get to the concert grounds to set up. You guys are on second." Oliver said, opening the door for them.
Lightning of Royalty walked out of the room and boarded the bus to take them to the concert grounds, Oliver boarding soon after. The bus began moving at a moderate speed and the five in the back sat back and enjoyed.
"So Oliver, what bands did you manage before us?" Steel Hoof asked.
"Yeah. Was it anypony famous." Strummer asked soon after.
"I'll tell you two of the bands I've managed. I've managed Iron Maneden and Max Speed. You should know them." Oliver said.
"I knew it was Iron Maneden!" Strummer said, hopping up.
"Didn't most of Max Speed die somehow?" Sun Storm asked.
"Yes. Two of them OD'd and the third death was from a freak drunk flying accident with the lead singer. The other two split up and became part of different bands." Oliver explained.
"I remember hearing about those deaths, it was on the news one night when I was like ten or something like that. What a sad thing to hear." Sun said.
The rest of the ride was silent, the only noise was Sun Storm playing guitar quietly. The other listened to their own music. Finally the bus arrived and the band and manager got off, some roadies took the equipment from the back, Sun let none of them touch his prized guitar when they tried to get it from him.
"Alright, remember that you guys go on at 2:00pm, don't get drunk. If you need me I'll be back stage conducting the roadies. Take some time to enjoy yourselves." Oliver said as he walked off.
"Alright. Let's go see if any other bands are here yet." Sun said as he walked toward the back stage.
Upon reaching the back stage area the band saw a door that read Band Lounge, they headed straight for it. Steel Hoof opened the door and was greeted with the sight of booze, attractive mares, and famous musicians. One stallion approached them.
"I know you guys, you're Lightning of Royalty, congrats on your first album being a platinum hit. I would've never saw it coming." The stallion said. "By the way, I'm Shell Shoq."
"Yeah, I know you! You're from Glare of Peace!" Cloud Wave said, Glare of Peace was his favorite band of all time. "I am a huge fan." He continued.
"That's good, cause I'm a fan of your stuff too, you crush on them vocals!" The dark blue earth pony said.
After a while, the band mingled amongst the celebrities that most of them looked up to musically. Sun Storm was grabbing a bottle of hard cider when a familiar looking pony walked over to him, he had a dark green coat and a mane colored brown and white.
"Hey, you must be Sun Storm, the stallion everypony's talking about." The stallion said.
"Yea--- wait? You're the legendary Earthshaker! From Thundersmith! I'm one of your biggest fans! You're the fastest guitar player on record!" Sun Storm said, he was awe struck that HIS biggest idol and inspiration approached HIM.
"You're right. I've seen quite a bit about you on the news. Your record braking music sales are insane." He said.
"Well uh... thanks." Sun Storm was once again awe struck.
"Wanna hang with us?" Earthshaker asked.
"Hell yeah!" Sun responded.
Sun sat and talked with the band members of Thundersmith until it was time for the first band to go on, which was Thundersmith.
"Good luck guys!" Sun said as his idols walked out of the door.
Sun listened to the band play and especially at the signature guitar solo that they played at the end of every show, they always combined speed and complexity in the solos and that was something Sun Storm appreciated. Next up was Lightning of Royalty.
As the band was waiting for their equipment to be set up Earthshaker approached Sun Storm.
"Hey kid, take this for some good luck out there, keep it." Earthshaker said as he held out a hoof.
When Sun saw what was in the hoof he almost shrieked like a school filly.
"Your pick?! Are you serious?!" Sun said with intense enjoyment.
"Yeah, keep that, I used that on stage by the way." Earthshaker said before walking back into the lounge.
Finally, Lightning of Royalty went onstage, when they did, the audience got wild, more wild than when any of the other bands went on and played. When they were done playing it was more than safe to say that they had a successful concert. This was the first concert they had ever played and they looked forward to more after this.