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The concert I've been waiting for. Last time Snow Patrol came to town, they were fairly new to people. They had only one real song everyone knew (Run - off their 2005 Spitting Games album) and they charged only $20 a ticket. Embrace, a fairly well-known band in the UK, opened for them. This time, all bets were off. Two opening acts - Silversun Pickup and OK GO blessed the stage. The tickets were double the price, the room was double the capacity it was last time around and there were less teeny-bopper kids who were only there because the lead singer was hot. Woot!Silversun Pickup opened the night with a couple of their tunes. Wasn't really feeling them until the last song, Lazy Eye. The drummer from OK GO and the guitarist from Snow Patrol joined the band on stage for a pretty kickass jam. Let the games begin! OK GO was up next - with their flashy tweed suits, comb-overs and cheeky background, they were going to be a hard act to follow. This band was made famous by their music video, "Here We Go Again" which was rated one of YouTube's best. Lead singer, Damian Kulash had a little camera hooked up to his microphone so at any given time, he could show the audience his nose hairs. Super hot, erm.. or not. "We're in Canada, right? You have gadgets, don't you? Up here? In Canada? Like pocket laptops and cell phones? Gadgets?" The audience roared as they were invited to light up the night with their cell phones - only at the second verse though - during a hot version of Electric Light Orchestra's "Don't Bring Me Down". Before closing out a stellar set with “Here We Go,” they told the crowd that the song had recently been covered by Kidz Bop, a group of kids performing grown-up rock songs. “This is a song that’s basically about waking up with a hangover after a one-night stand and asking yourself, ‘What the hell just happened?’ Now, are there any 8-year-olds that know what that feels like? And the ones that do, do you really want them covering your song?”  After about 20 minutes of set-up for the grand puba, lead singer, Gary Lightbody, graced the stage with his brilliant smile and from there on in - was absolutely the most thankful entertainer I have ever seen come to town. He smiled, he talked to the audience, he remembered that we were in Calgary (which, surprisingly enough, not many bands remember) and made everyone feel at ease for an hour and a half.Their most recognized song, Chasing Cars (which was made extra famous by its play on Grey's Anatomy) was sung about midway through their set. Everyone, and I mean everyone, sang like they were the ones on the stage. Gary stepped back from the mic, and allowed the sweet sound of the audience to sing accapella. He just stood there and took it all in, with a smile similar to that of a kid at Christmas. Almost 20 songs later, they closed the set with Hands Open and thanked the audience for coming and for allowing them to play. We need more concerts like this - ones where you really get your money's worth. Ones where the band loves being there, no matter how long they've been away from home for.
Posted by Bella at 11:27 PM# 1 Comments: Sounds like it was a wicked show! By
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