Kings of Leon Cover the Pixies, Play New Songs at Explosive Toronto Concert

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It may not be the city’s most acoustically impressive venue, but Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre has seen its fair share of spine-tingling crowd sing-alongs. Wednesday night was no exception, as 16,000 frenzied fans joined with Nashville’s rock superstars Kings of Leon for a hair-raising rendition of their signature single, ‘Sex on Fire.’

During the climax of the group’s set, lead singer Caleb Followill — suffering from a slight cold — invited the sold-out audience to help him out on the 2008 smash. Encouraging the crowd with, “Don’t let me down,” Followill launched into the tune’s opening riff and was consequently bombarded with a sea of euphoric fist pumping. When the anthemic chorus kicked in, the crowd yelled the lyrics at the top of their lungs, leaving the heartthrob with an awestruck grin.

“We’ve had some good shows on this tour; we’ve had some funny shows on this tour,” Followill told the crowd (referring to the group’s unfortunate run-in with pigeon excrement a week earlier). “But this is the best crowd we’ve played to.”