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#22: Chantal Kreviazuk (24-Feb-07) - Massey Hall
such a family affair. raine maida opened up for chantal, which was cool because i've seen him millions of times with our lady peace, but this is the first time i've seen him solo. he only sang one OLP song (innocent) and the rest of the stuff was new material. sounded pretty good overall, and i love raine, so it was cool to see him perform again. chantal came out to play piano on some of his songs.
then chantal did her set. i've never seen her perform live before, but i highly recommend it to anyone when she swings by your town. her voice is so clear and it was a really good show overall. i thought i wouldn't really know many songs since i've barely listened to her new album, but she sang quite a bit of the older, well known songs as well.
the other thing i liked about the show was that she talked to the audience quite a bit. i like those kind of moments at concerts b/c it makes a more personal connection with the audience. chantal kept saying umm alot, and she was trying to stop it, so she kept trying to replace the umm's with 'right then' because the british always say it in place of umm.
she talked about her kids and then at one point, between songs, her youngest son luca started crying backstage and everyone could hear it. so she called her kids out on stage and they sat on her lap and sang ba ba black sheep into the mike. it was so cute. then on the last song of the encore, her son rowan ran out on stage and chantal let her sit on her lap while she finished the last song. she whispered into his ear "you can sit here if you sit quietly."
one of the best things she did was for the first song of the encore, she came out to the edge of the stage, sat down with an acoustic guitar, and sang a song without a mike. because massey hall is a great venue, she didn't need a mike to be heard by everyone.
good show.
#23: Ten Second Epic (25-Feb-07) - The Opera House
i love going to different venues for shows. this was my first time at the opera house, and it's awesome. reminds me of the phoenix, and they both have similar rock shows all the time.
so there were 4 bands playing this particular night, but i only went to see ten second epic. marco got me listening to them since he knows some of the guys in the band, and it's totally my type of music. on top of that, they're from edmonton, so i gotta support the local talent!
they only had about a half an hour set, but it was high energy and fun. the lead singer was sick and had completely lost his voice in the morning. he went to the doctor and they gave him a prescription for steroids, and his voice came back. so when he told that story, he was saying he had roid rage and that his dream of winning the 100m dash is gone b/c he didn't want to be the next ben johnson.
their songs are fun and they're coming back to toronto in may, so i'll probably go see them again. their video is on heavy rotation on muchmusic right now, so i hope they keep riding this momentum. yay for edmonton!
such a family affair. raine maida opened up for chantal, which was cool because i've seen him millions of times with our lady peace, but this is the first time i've seen him solo. he only sang one OLP song (innocent) and the rest of the stuff was new material. sounded pretty good overall, and i love raine, so it was cool to see him perform again. chantal came out to play piano on some of his songs.
then chantal did her set. i've never seen her perform live before, but i highly recommend it to anyone when she swings by your town. her voice is so clear and it was a really good show overall. i thought i wouldn't really know many songs since i've barely listened to her new album, but she sang quite a bit of the older, well known songs as well.
the other thing i liked about the show was that she talked to the audience quite a bit. i like those kind of moments at concerts b/c it makes a more personal connection with the audience. chantal kept saying umm alot, and she was trying to stop it, so she kept trying to replace the umm's with 'right then' because the british always say it in place of umm.
she talked about her kids and then at one point, between songs, her youngest son luca started crying backstage and everyone could hear it. so she called her kids out on stage and they sat on her lap and sang ba ba black sheep into the mike. it was so cute. then on the last song of the encore, her son rowan ran out on stage and chantal let her sit on her lap while she finished the last song. she whispered into his ear "you can sit here if you sit quietly."
one of the best things she did was for the first song of the encore, she came out to the edge of the stage, sat down with an acoustic guitar, and sang a song without a mike. because massey hall is a great venue, she didn't need a mike to be heard by everyone.
good show.
#23: Ten Second Epic (25-Feb-07) - The Opera House
i love going to different venues for shows. this was my first time at the opera house, and it's awesome. reminds me of the phoenix, and they both have similar rock shows all the time.
so there were 4 bands playing this particular night, but i only went to see ten second epic. marco got me listening to them since he knows some of the guys in the band, and it's totally my type of music. on top of that, they're from edmonton, so i gotta support the local talent!
they only had about a half an hour set, but it was high energy and fun. the lead singer was sick and had completely lost his voice in the morning. he went to the doctor and they gave him a prescription for steroids, and his voice came back. so when he told that story, he was saying he had roid rage and that his dream of winning the 100m dash is gone b/c he didn't want to be the next ben johnson.
their songs are fun and they're coming back to toronto in may, so i'll probably go see them again. their video is on heavy rotation on muchmusic right now, so i hope they keep riding this momentum. yay for edmonton!
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