Bad Omens & Too Close To Touch Perform 'Sympathy' (Live in Nashville)

Earlier this year on March 26th, 2022 - my friend Keaton Pierce passed away suddenly and unexpectedly due to a medical condition he had been dealing with privately.

Keaton sang in a band called Too Close To Touch, and was a close friend of ours ever since the summer of 2017 on Vans Warped Tour where we first met and spent so many nights together.

In addition to being my friend, he was someone I greatly admired as an artist, and he inspired me and the way I sing, and the way I make music to this day.

To keep his memory and the impact his art had on our band alive we’ve been playing their song Sympathy every night of this tour. While every night this is a very special part of the set - this night in particular was even more special because we were able to get all of the other members of TCTT, past and present, together again in Nashville, TN to perform “Sympathy” one more time.

I’d like to thank Kenny, Mason, Travis, and Thomas for coming and playing with us, and for allowing us to honor Keaton in this way on this tour.”

Video by Bryan Kirks & Alana Lopez
Live Audio by Matt Dierkes

[LauraaKaneki]

Time to cry again. Its been 2 years now, RIP Keaton.

[nwopyqe]

keeping Keatons vocals for parts of the chorus and essentially singing alongside him, absolute goosebumps - this is such a beautiful tribute

[RegentSnail]

Keaton's definitely there in spirit. It's in the way Noah sings, the way each band performs the song, and the ambience during each performance. The mic stand for Keaton and the video of him playing on the screens add to how hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking this performance is. It's perfect, fitting, and Bad Omens has more than made Keaton proud. 🖤

[lilayyyyy]

"I'll be filling in for Keaton tonight"... if I wasn't at work at the moment, I'd be absolutely sobbing... this cover is so beautiful ❤️

Edit 8/19/23: I saw this live in Worcester on this tour and absolutely SOBBED. Hearing this is an out of body experience. Shook me to my damn CORE.

[juhbenward]

Can we please get a studio version of this? Heads up to the sound team very good quality on the show, especially how it came out on the video, i shed a tear and got goosebumps

[Ranakade]

Can we acknowledge the fact that EVEN THE FORMER BAND MEMBERS OF TCTT came back to perform just to pay their last respects to Keaton Pierce?! Just wow❤️💯🙏

Playing it in this key felt just right for this tribute.

[cantervice]

Keaton would certainly be proud. Not only of this vocal performance but of you guys as well and what you've accomplished. Thank you for carrying on his memory.

[MarioJD]

It amazes me, to see most people don't know about Too Close To Touch, Its one of the best bands in its genre, the passion Keaton Pierce Sang... simply incredible!!! Rest In peace Brother 🙏


Great Tribute by Bad Omens 👏

[joshuaconniff]

Rest in peace Keaton. I haven't been able to listen to Too close to touch since he passed. This feels a like therapy. Thank you Bad omens

[valor]

The way he says "hello" in the beginning hits me a certain way. You can feel the pain in how he has to introduce the band in place of Keaton. This cover couldn't have been done better by anyone else. R.I.P Keaton 🤟🖤

[eringullion]

Being there right up front.. they came out and my soul shattered. I can’t even describe it. I knew they’d been performing it during this tour and was so excited to hear it, but when the band came out, I lost it. Literal historic moment to me and I’ll never forget being there and then getting to watch this and relive it over and over again.

[diablows]

I've seen hundreds of shows, some of the greats, and this was my favorite concert of all time. Unbelievable show.

[MissYunichan]

Thank you Noah for sharing this, you've honored him well on this tour. He'll live on as long as you keep remembering him 🖤

[modern_.tragedy]

Noah can make any song sound as good as the original

May Keaton rest in peace 🖤

[enaxtry]

This song was always very important for me, the fact that you guys cover it as a tribute will never make me not emotional.

[brandongoldenbaum]

As someone who also knew Keaton, this is incredible and he was definitely with you on that stage every night

[taylacherry]

We really need a studio version, exactly like this with Keaton included

[DenisAshton]

What a beautiful way to remember him. RIP Keaton Pierce

[alanlandis]

I could watch this a million times and still get chills when I hear Keaton sing!

[ashsouthwell]

One of the most touching parts of this performance for me was how Noah sung every line except "don't you dare say I'm gonna make it " and "there's a sickness living inside me" to which he left for Keaton's original vocals. I'm not sure if this is symbolic to Keaton's sudden passing but the more I think about it the more emotional the song becomes for me. Regardless, KP would be so proud of this and everything Noah stands for