We all know you’re coming back, the lights haven’t gone up. I’m sure it’s nice to feel wanted, but you’ve already had loads of applause, just give us the show.
Anyway I saw Kneecap last week and they just put out an hour of bangers and left without an encore. Tight as fuck, energy stayed through the roof the whole time, one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to.
I’ve been to shows where right before the last two songs they preannounce they don’t do encores, and then blast full energy into the final two songs. The crowd was chill with it and didn’t try to force one.
I always figured part of the reason more artists don’t is they just want to have some water, a keybump, or a bathroom break or something before they close out.
When I saw warmdüscher the singer definitely did a keybump mid set, even if he tried to hide it by turning his back to the audience. I don’t know why he bothered, he was obviously really high from the moment he walked on in sunglasses and started talking about taking speed in the dressing room.