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eavy rain and congested rush hour traffic failed to discourage thousands of Owl City’s devoted fans to reach the sold-out concert venue to watch their favorite band performing live on Friday night.

Hours before the concert, showgoers flooded the Twitter account of Adrie Subono, a renowned promoter whose company Java Musikindo organized the show, tweeting him about how the traffic was dreadful and expressing worries that they might not make it to Senayan Indoor Tennis Stadium, Central Jakarta, on time.

“For those who are still out there in the rain, be patient, OK? The show would start a bit late,” Adrie tweeted to calm the band’s fans.

Friday’s concert, part of the Owl City “All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour”, penned another record for the promoter after tickets sold out in one day, matching Java’s previous gigs when they brought rapper Pitbull, singer Bruno Mars and pop rock band Maroon 5.

The city’s distressing and chaotic traffic jam failed to lessen the enthusiasm of concertgoers.

When the lights were finally out at 8:15 p.m. and Breanne Düren — Owl City’s backing vocalist and keyboardist who has just launched her solo career took the stage behind her keyboard — the crowd heaved a sigh of relief for making it there.

Düren warmed the crowd up before the main show with her little girl-like vocal style to warm welcome and big applause as she performed sweet pop songs taken from her EP Sparks such “Gold Mine” and “No One Else”.

Forty five minutes later, the crowd reacted in a screaming frenzy when Adam Young, the frontliner, appeared in ripped jeans, white V-neck T-shirt and black vest with his usual tousled hair.

Starting the night with “The Real World”, Young stirred madness among teenage girls when he snapped his camera at the crowd.

Die-hard fans of Young might not have been surprised by his actions he has a personal project called “Through the Lens of Adam Young” in Owl City official website in which he captures his journey around the world.

“Memories are impossible to replace if lost or damaged and that’s why you’ll never see me without my camera,” Young says in his web.

Owl City is an American electronic musical project initiated by singer and songwriter Young in 2007. The Minnesota native started this project by writing and recording in his basement, when he had trouble sleeping. He once said that the songs were all he had to show for his sleepless nights.

The one-man band gained popularity in 2009 through its unexpectedly hit album Ocean Eyes, which includes its lead single “Fireflies”, followed with album All Things Bright and Beautiful, released this year.

In the Jakarta show, Young showed his skill as a multi instrumentalist by crooning tracks like “Hello Seattle”, “Angels” and “Umbrella Beach”. Laura Musten (violist) and Hannah Schroeder (cellist) lighted up the night, while Daniel Jorgenson did his part in mixing vibes.

“Question Jakarta, do you have fireflies? Please sing with me,” Young hailed, playing “Fireflies”, which catapulted him to stardom before jamming “Kamikaze”, “Galaxies” and “Alligator Sky”.

Even though the songs stroke the same tone, 5,000 people seemed enjoying the concert, serenading along with Adam’s whisper-soft voice.

After performing “The Yacht Club”, the band went off before coming back with an encore, wrapping the fine night up with “How I Become the Sea” and “If My Heart Was a House”.