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#31: Muse w/ Cold War Kids (01-Aug-07) - Arrow Hall
so i've already seen both of these acts on separate occasions, and both by accident. muse was playing at last year's virgin festival and cold war kids opened up for tokyo police club. and when i saw both bands the first time, they both put on a great live show. which meant this show would be awesome.
the group i went with weren't so much into cold war kids, so by the time we got to the venue, they had already started. i wasn't overly concerned since i've seen them already. but we caught most of their set, in between getting merchandise and waiting in line to get into the beer area. cold war kids didn't disappoint. they were as good as the first time i saw them. they played a new song too, which was cool.
then muse came on. i only have their newest CD, and i honestly don't like listening to their album that much. someone asked me on a scale of 1 to 10, how much i like them. i gave them a 4/10. but i would give their live show a solid 9/10. it's not like their songs sound different, but there's something about hearing them perform it live that makes it so much better.
one thing that was a concert first for me was that muse did 2 encores. it didn't make it that good when it was still a planned 2 encore show. the house lights didn't come on, so it was obvious they were coming back.
now the venue. this was the first time i've been to arrow hall. it's just one of many halls in this convention centre out near the airport, which is one major reason why i never go to shows there, it's too far. i'm not overly a fan of big halls for concert venues, so it was as expected. it was bloody hot in there too. my friend was a big muse fan so he wanted to be up close, which mean being in the middle of a hot and sweaty crowd of people. i was fine with it, but you can see better when you stand further back, so i basically didn't see anything the whole show. it didn't really bother me though, it's about the music anyways and i'm not the biggest muse fan in the world so i don't mind not actually seeing them.
all in all, 2 great live acts. 1 great show.
next up: kenny chesney in detroit. oh you read that right. i'm being dragged to a kenny chesney concert in detroit as payback for dragging a friend to all the other shows i want to go to. should be interesting. besides the concert, i'm excited for the road trip! not only is it kenny chesney though, there's brooks and dunn, sugarland (i think that's what they're called), and that girl who did dancing with the stars and then quit b/c she was going through a divorce. it's like a country music festival! i'm from alberta, but all my life i've never been to a country show, and now i'm going to detroit to see one!
then right when i come back i'm going to my 2nd justin timberlake concert of the year. just to balance off the chesney.
so i've already seen both of these acts on separate occasions, and both by accident. muse was playing at last year's virgin festival and cold war kids opened up for tokyo police club. and when i saw both bands the first time, they both put on a great live show. which meant this show would be awesome.
the group i went with weren't so much into cold war kids, so by the time we got to the venue, they had already started. i wasn't overly concerned since i've seen them already. but we caught most of their set, in between getting merchandise and waiting in line to get into the beer area. cold war kids didn't disappoint. they were as good as the first time i saw them. they played a new song too, which was cool.
then muse came on. i only have their newest CD, and i honestly don't like listening to their album that much. someone asked me on a scale of 1 to 10, how much i like them. i gave them a 4/10. but i would give their live show a solid 9/10. it's not like their songs sound different, but there's something about hearing them perform it live that makes it so much better.
one thing that was a concert first for me was that muse did 2 encores. it didn't make it that good when it was still a planned 2 encore show. the house lights didn't come on, so it was obvious they were coming back.
now the venue. this was the first time i've been to arrow hall. it's just one of many halls in this convention centre out near the airport, which is one major reason why i never go to shows there, it's too far. i'm not overly a fan of big halls for concert venues, so it was as expected. it was bloody hot in there too. my friend was a big muse fan so he wanted to be up close, which mean being in the middle of a hot and sweaty crowd of people. i was fine with it, but you can see better when you stand further back, so i basically didn't see anything the whole show. it didn't really bother me though, it's about the music anyways and i'm not the biggest muse fan in the world so i don't mind not actually seeing them.
all in all, 2 great live acts. 1 great show.
next up: kenny chesney in detroit. oh you read that right. i'm being dragged to a kenny chesney concert in detroit as payback for dragging a friend to all the other shows i want to go to. should be interesting. besides the concert, i'm excited for the road trip! not only is it kenny chesney though, there's brooks and dunn, sugarland (i think that's what they're called), and that girl who did dancing with the stars and then quit b/c she was going through a divorce. it's like a country music festival! i'm from alberta, but all my life i've never been to a country show, and now i'm going to detroit to see one!
then right when i come back i'm going to my 2nd justin timberlake concert of the year. just to balance off the chesney.
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