Isaac Slade, lead singer for The Fray, addressed the crowd on the songs on his new album and couldn't find the words to express how he felt.

After stumbling over himself, he made a confession.

"We're pretty effed up," Slade said, which was followed by a roar of applause from the Bryce Jordan Center (BJC) floor.

The piano-rock band played a set at the BJC mostly made up of songs from their self-titled album, but still managed to sneak in a few songs from How to Save a Life along the way.

The show opened with the introduction from "Happiness" that transitioned into "Over My Head (Cable Car)."

Regardless of if Slade was in an altered state, he wowed the crowd with his stage presence. During the beginning of the show, he jumped onto a small platform from the main set, tossed around his microphone stand and danced in and out of the spotlight.

The set for The Fray was covered in different kinds of light fixtures. Five LED screens displayed images in the background, which included pictures of fire, trees and colorful wings from a parrot.

Along with strings of strobe lights that hung from the top of the stage, the other lights included small, box-like fixtures with red lights wrapped around them.

Slade then rolled out a piano to play "How to Save a Life." When he asked how the students' semester was going, he received an honest, mixed reaction filled with yays and boos.

"You sound awfully excited about that," Slade said in reply. "That's good."

Guitarist Joe King then sang lead on the ballad "Ungodly Hour" so Slade could rest his voice for the harder portion of the set.

The band surprised the audience when they turned up the volume to play two of its harder songs, "Little House" and "We Build Then We Break."

After playing "You Found Me," as their final song, the band returned for an encore to play its cover of the Kanye West song "Heartless."

Melissa Warn (freshman-accounting) said she saw The Fray at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Homdel, N.J., and couldn't wait to see them again.

Warn invited her friend, Anne Lohmeyer (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) when she had an extra ticket.

"I was like, 'Yes. I would rather go to the concert than study,' " Lohmeyer said.

The BJC was not filled to capacity -- but fans on the floor outnumbered the very few fans sitting on the sides of the venue. Some concert-goers said students would not come to the concert because of the Monday night concert date.

Brycen Hancock, 13, from Peters Township Middle School, said it was difficult for the band's younger fans to see the show on a school night.

"Having a concert on a Monday night was a problem for younger kids," Hancock said. "They have to drive up here to see the show."

Aria Modanlo (freshman-electrical engineering) said the timing was not right to have a show on a Monday.

"If it was the beginning of the school year or the end, I wouldn't think that would be a problem," Modanlo said. "Now, with midterms, that is a problem."

Folk rock band The Wheel opened up for The Fray with a 40-minute set.