With the Academy the fullest I’ve seen it in a long time, it would have been a shame if Alkaline Trio hadn’t lived up to expect­a­tions. Open­ing with ‘Back to Hell’, they didn’t dis­ap­point. Des­pite their rel­at­ively sub­dued stage pres­ence, they played a great set, with some­thing for every­one. The pit was jump­ing from the first chord, and didn’t stop until the end of the encore, except to clear a path for someone who fain­ted halfway through ‘This Could Be Love’. She was fine, and the show went on, leav­ing echoes in fans’ ears for days.