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Frank Turner Setlist
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Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls just stopped by the Varsity Theater, touring in support of his latest Positive Songs For Negative People (Interscope).
Beans on Toast opened the show. Although this was just Jay McAllister and his guitar, he got more out of the crowd than many of the metal bands I see play. He sang songs about politics, chicken farms, even a song about his hatred for Nashville, TN. His lyrics were hilarious and the crowd (myself included) completely fell in love with him and his bigger than life personality.
McAllister seemed to truly be in love with Dinkytown (the area that the Varsity Theater is in). He was explaining to a crowd that if he wrote a song about Dinkytown, it would be nothing short of a love song. He kept on mentioning how he was going to move here and start a family here. When he joined Frank Turner on stage towards the end of the show, he was wearing a Dinkytown t-shirt.
Last night was the first time I have ever seen a double bass and it's player crowd surf. (No, I'm not kidding.) Skinny Lister was amazing and got the crowd moving last night. Their songs were super up-beat and just fun to listen to. They were also damn fun to watch. The six members of this British folk band couldn't stand still to save their lives. Their music was fun. It wasn't complicated, it wasn't perfect, but it was fun.
The second Frank Turner got on stage the sold out crowd seemed to fade away and it felt like it was Frank singing just to me. It seemed like every song he sang was written for me. Like his song Tattoos where he talks about blowing your paycheck on tattoos that you will probably later regret but that are part of you. Or the song Recovery which is about exactly that, the road to recovery of whatever problems you have.
Turner, later on the encore, did a cover of The Hold Steady's Your Little Hoodrat Friend after confessing his love for the music that comes out of the Twin Cities (although The Hold Steady isn't necessarily a "local band", they still have roots here). He even admitted to having some lyrics from this song tattooed on his back.
The "tour flag" was at the show last night. What's a "tour flag"? Basically, as Turner explained it, it's a banner that a fan made that has been to every show recently including overseas, Mexico.... everywhere. Apparently it just keeps on getting passed on at each show and has made it everywhere. Oh man, if flags could talk!
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls (his backing band) played for right around two hours straight. He played a little bit of the old and a little bit of the new. He even played a couple of requests that were sent to him via Twitter earlier in the day.
Frank Turner's Positive Songs For Negative People is out now on Interscope.
Remaining tour dates:
Beans on Toast
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McAllister seemed to truly be in love with Dinkytown (the area that the Varsity Theater is in). He was explaining to a crowd that if he wrote a song about Dinkytown, it would be nothing short of a love song. He kept on mentioning how he was going to move here and start a family here. When he joined Frank Turner on stage towards the end of the show, he was wearing a Dinkytown t-shirt.
Skinny Lister
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The second Frank Turner got on stage the sold out crowd seemed to fade away and it felt like it was Frank singing just to me. It seemed like every song he sang was written for me. Like his song Tattoos where he talks about blowing your paycheck on tattoos that you will probably later regret but that are part of you. Or the song Recovery which is about exactly that, the road to recovery of whatever problems you have.
Frank Turner crowd surfing
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The "tour flag" was at the show last night. What's a "tour flag"? Basically, as Turner explained it, it's a banner that a fan made that has been to every show recently including overseas, Mexico.... everywhere. Apparently it just keeps on getting passed on at each show and has made it everywhere. Oh man, if flags could talk!
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls (his backing band) played for right around two hours straight. He played a little bit of the old and a little bit of the new. He even played a couple of requests that were sent to him via Twitter earlier in the day.
Frank Turner's Positive Songs For Negative People is out now on Interscope.
Remaining tour dates:
10/10 Boulder, CO The Boulder Theatre
10/12 Salt City City, UT Urban Lounge
10/13 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
10/15 Seattle, WA The Neptune
10/16 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
10/17 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
10/19 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
10/20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/22 Los Angeles, CA The Mayan
10/23 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10/24 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
10/25 Phoenix, AZ The Press Room
10/27 Austin, TX Emo’s
10/28 Dallas, TX House of Blues
10/29 Houston, TX House of Blues
10/30 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Festival
10/12 Salt City City, UT Urban Lounge
10/13 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
10/15 Seattle, WA The Neptune
10/16 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
10/17 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
10/19 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
10/20 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
10/22 Los Angeles, CA The Mayan
10/23 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10/24 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
10/25 Phoenix, AZ The Press Room
10/27 Austin, TX Emo’s
10/28 Dallas, TX House of Blues
10/29 Houston, TX House of Blues
10/30 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music Festival
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Frank Turner at Varsity Theater, Minneapolis (07 October 2015) |
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