Back in 2014 I got to see Rise Against play at the House of Blues in Boston, which was amazing, and just recently I went to see grandson and K. Flay perform together.
I think these are my two favorite concerts I’ve been to, and the key factor seems to be the energy between the crowd and the band. It’s a thing that’s kinda hard to express in words, but for me that’s definitely what makes a concert go from good to great. It doesn’t need to be a high-energy thing necessarily, either: one of the best moments from grandson’s set was actually a really somber, lower energy song that he came down onto the floor to perform, and you could just tell that everyone was really invested in that moment.
What about you all? What takes a concert to the next level for you?
Went to grab a few links to some of the Act III songs they’ve got studio versions of, and found that they’re 7 years old at this point… felt like they were a lot more recent than that. Covid kind of just removed 3ish years from my perception of time. As such, I assume you’re fully aware of them, but in case you aren’t, Hold Back The Night and This City Made Us are absolute bangers.
I’m subscribed to their newsletter (which is mostly just tour announcements), but it occasionally contains Act III info. They’re certainly not being speedy about it, but hopefully we’ll get to hear it someday. :)
I do know them, although I didn’t realize that they’re going to be a part of Act III until I started googling just now! I only knew them from the EP that came out… yeah, almost 8 years ago. Time is nuts.