BAD OMENS: Do You Feel Love Tour
Paycom Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March 22, 2026
Written and Photographed by Eduardo Martinez
March 23, 2026
It’s honestly wild seeing how far Bad Omens has come.
I still remember being pressed up against the barricade back in 2018 at The Diamond Ballroom when they were opening for Bullet For My Valentine, with We Came As Romans on that tour. Noah was right there—long hair, screaming a couple feet from my face. Fast forward 8 years later, and now I’m watching them headline the Paycom Center in OKC on the Do You Feel Love Tour. Full arena. Massive production. Same band, completely leveled up.
And yeah… it was fucking awesome.
President opened the show right around 7PM, and they set the tone immediately. You don’t get an opening slot on a Bad Omens tour unless you’re doing something right, and they proved it fast.
The strobes, the podium with their logo, the mask—it all felt intentional. Not just “opener energy,” but like they had their own identity dialed in already. Definitely a band to keep an eye on.
Then Beartooth came out, and man… I forgot how much of a powerhouse Caleb Shomo is live.
Dude was everywhere—running across the stage, hyping the crowd, not missing a beat vocally. Raw, aggressive, but still controlled. And yeah, shirtless, covered in glitter—hard not to notice.
What really stands out about Beartooth is how interactive their songs are. The call-and-response moments hit every time. Toward the end, Caleb did an a cappella section with the crowd, then just dropped the mic and screamed—and you could STILL hear him across the entire arena. Straight up unreal.
Now let’s talk about why we were all really there.
Bad Omens built their set around these “tapes”—basically cinematic interludes with a deep, almost Thanos-type voice telling a story between sections. It gave the whole show this dark, conceptual feel instead of just song-after-song.
Tape 1: They opened with “Specter”, and right away—you could feel it. White lights, fog everywhere, slow build… then that chorus hits: “Do you feel love?”
The crowd LOST it. From that moment on, you knew the energy wasn’t dropping all night.
“Glass Houses” hit next, and I had one of those full-circle moments. I remember hearing that same song live in 2018… but Noah now? Completely different level.
His screams are thicker, more controlled, and honestly—better live than the recording. That’s when you know an artist is evolving the right way.
They followed it up with “THE DRAIN” and “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND”, which really show that shift in their sound that pushed them to where they are now.
And the pyro… good lord
I’ve been to a lot of shows, but this might’ve been the most pyro I’ve ever seen.
Flames were going off constantly—you could feel the heat no matter where you were in the arena. And somehow the band’s still running around, dressed in all black, long sleeves, performing like that.
Couldn’t be me. But they made it look cool as hell.
Tape 2: They came back in with “Dying to Love” into “Concrete Jungle”, and the whole place was locked in.
Then “Nowhere to Go”—and suddenly Caleb from Beartooth comes back out. That moment was insane. Noah and Caleb trading vocals live? That’s one of those moments you remember.
They closed that section with “Limits”, and the crowd absolutely delivered on the call-and-response:
“One thing” — “I DID”
“One word” — “I SAID”
Everyone was in sync. One of those chills moments.
Tape 3: This part of the set flipped the energy in the best way.
Songs like “Artificial Suicide,” “V.A.N,” and “Anything > Human” came with a full lighting shift—deep blues, greens, lasers cutting through the arena. Less fire, more atmosphere. CO2 blasts, strobe hits—it gave the show a fresh feel right when it needed it.
Tape 4: By this point, you could feel we were heading toward the end.
“Like a Villain” and “Just Pretend” had everyone singing at the top of their lungs. These are the songs that turned Bad Omens into this version of Bad Omens—and hearing them in an arena setting just hits different
Final tape: They played “Impose”, and it was one of the more emotional moments of the night. Not super heavy, just… perfect. And when the confetti dropped during the final chorus? Yeah, that was a moment.
Some people started heading out—but the real ones stayed. Because we all knew what was coming…
The crowd starts chanting and then you hear two syllables with two huge floor tom hits:
Noah: “Concrete”
Crowd: “JUNGLE!”
Noah: “Concrete”
Crowd: “JUNGLE!”
Back and forth, louder each time, building tension…
Noah: “Concrete”
Crowd: “JUNGLE!”
Noah: “Concrete”
Crowd: “JUNGLE!”
“Dethrone” drops and the place just explodes.
Biggest pit of the night. People going all out, last bit of energy, last bit of rage—just pure chaos in the best way. And Noah somehow delivers those vocals perfectly all the way through. I don’t understand how he has the breath support and the compression to control those false chord aggressive vocals.
And yeah… even MORE pyro. The ending felt even bigger than the intro. Just fire everywhere.
One last moment
After the set, lights come up, people start leaving—but then the band comes back out.
No big production, just them being real—handing out signed setlists, drumsticks, picks, waving to fans. That kind of stuff matters. That’s what keeps people coming back.
Final thoughts
Shows like this are exactly why rock isn’t going anywhere.
From small venues to sold-out arenas, Bad Omens didn’t just grow—they leveled up in every way. Production, performance, vocals, connection with fans… all of it.
And being there to see that evolution in real time? That’s what it’s all about.
