By Matt Kiernan

New Found Glory and Wale delivered a thrilling show to an anxious crowd in the Kaiser Gym on Saturday, but was slightly soured by at least one incident involving crowd injuries.

The Spring Weekend concert, which was organized by Central Activities Network, proved that the performers did what they could to unite the crowd. Accidents occurred during the pop punk band NFG’s performance, when during the first song two girls were injured by concert goers being pushed around. The band paused shortly and the two left the concert with the aid of friends and security.

While rapper Wale performed one of his quietest tracks, “Diary,” an audience member shouted, “You suck!” which caused Wale to stop rapping and utter more than a few words that cannot be printed.

Wale also rapped his hit, “Chillin,” which originally featured Lady Gaga but a soulfully high-pitched male backup singer filled in for her role during the live performance.

The ever-popular track, “D.A.N.C.E.” originally written by the electronic band Justice, and remixed by Wale and titled, “W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.” was given a great live spin with a powerful backing beat.

Wale is currently on tour and making stops at many colleges throughout the country, with NFG about to embark on a small tour at the end of May in England.

Headliners NFG incorporated cover songs, which included a pop punk version of alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer’s, “Kiss Me.”

NFG gave the audience an encore performance, which included their hit, “My Friends Over You,” which was played to much approval by the sing-along-prone crowd.

The CCSU Battle of the Bands winners and members of the CT music scene, alternative rock band Hi-Planes Drifter, opened for the two main acts. Hi-Planes Drifter gave a passionate performance that was supported by a positive reception from the audience.

On their song “Down and Out” the lead singer was helped by the crowd when he asked for them to yell “down” and “out” when the words came up during the chorus.

The concert was also peppered by small clashes of security and students. During NFG’s show, many students crowd surfed their way to the front, which forced security to follow them and see that they landed safely. Students who surfed once were given a marker slash on their hand to show that if they did it again, they would be kicked out of the concert.

At the end of the concert, even if students didn’t already have a mark, they were kicked out for surfing. This caused NFG lead guitairst Chad Gilbert to joke, “All right, the concert’s over, you’re all getting kicked out.”

After seeing many students kicked out, Gilbert jumped down from the stage and followed them to the exit and took the time to have his picture taken with fans.

“I thought the performances were awesome and the crowd surfing was amazing,” said CCSU freshman Craig Hunt.