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09/26/09 The Rave Milwaukee
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09/28/09 Newport Music Columbus 09/29/09 Kool Haus Toronto, Canada 09/30/09 Electric Factory Philadelphia 10/02/09 House Of Blues N Orleans 10/03/09 House Of Blues Houston 10/04/09 Austin City Limits Festival 10/05/09 Palladium Ballroom Dallas 10/19/09 Budokan Tokyo, Japan 11/03/09 Lotto Arena Antwerp 11/05/09 Zenith Paris, France 11/06/09 Zenith Paris, France 11/08/09 Berlin Arena Berlin 11/10/09 Heineken Music, Holland 11/11/09 Heineken Music Amsterdam 11/13/09 Echo Arena Liverpool 11/14/09 Sheffield Arena Sheffield 11/16/09 Newcastle Metro Arena 11/17/09 Wembley Arena London 11/18/09 Wembley Arena London 11/20/09 Birmingham NIA 11/21/09 MEN Arena Manchester 11/22/09 Trent FM Arena Nottingham 11/24/09 Glasgow SECC Glasgow 11/25/09 Belfast The Odyssey Belfast 11/26/09 The O2 Dublin 01/26/10 PalaSharp Milan, Italy 01/27/10 Summum Grenoble, France 01/29/10 Liberte Rennes, France 01/30/10 Medoquine, France 01/31/10 Zenith Montpellier, France 02/02/10 Coliseum Porto, Portugal 02/03/10 Campo Pequeno Lisbon 02/05/10 Palacio Vistalegre, Spain 02/06/10 Sant Jordi Club Barcelona |
Opening up for Arctic Monkeys are an all-girls group The Like (myspace), which probably didn't fit too well with the "rock n roll" styling of the Arctic Monkeys. I'm not sure if the audience "liked" them, but I thought they were pretty good. They reminded me of 80s girl group, like the Go-Gos. They obviously must love Duran Duran as they ended their set with a song referencing "Hungry Like a Wolf".
Also, they were all cute, especially with the wardrobe (I later spied that singer Z Berg owns a Hello Kitty purse). I was impressed with them enough to check out a free download of "Fair Game" from Work It Media.
I headed over to 7th Street to catch The Love Language (myspace), who Kate II saw a few months ago. She described the band as a "six-member troop hailing from Raleigh, North Carolina". Well, guess what? They've gained another band member along the way, they are now seven people on the very tiny, tiny 7th Street stage.
Between the two keyboardists, three guitars, one bass, one drum, they often explode with very loud melodies ... so loud that maybe it blew out one of their amp - which was quickly replaced for their last three songs on their set.
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What's changed is that Turner grew out his hair (in fact, the rest of the band seems to all have shaggy-like hair), he's actually doing more on stage like dancing and shaking in his Vines T-Shirt. He still looks youthful, but it's definitely not "I'm new at this rock thing" clean-cut look from last year.
What hasn't changed is the fact that their audience STILL INTENSELY LOVES this band. Every song is sung by a sea of eager fans, every word is clung on like dear life - it's as if they were a military, awaiting orders from the Monkeys.
Rural Alberta Advantage Setlist ♥ 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (9/25/09) |
Tour Dates
09/27/09 Ohio State Columbus, OH
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09/29/09 Tasty World Athens, GA 09/30/09 FL State Uni Tallahassee, FL 10/02/09 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA 10/03/09 Duke University Durham, NC 10/04/09 Rock’N Roll Hotel Washington DC 10/06/09 Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh, PA 10/07/09 Bowery Ballroom NY 10/08/09 Middle East Cafe Cambridge, MA 10/09/09 Higher Ground, Burlington, VT 10/10/09 Iron Horse Northampton, MA 10/11/09 Soundlab Buffalo, New York 11/04/09 Lee’s Palace Toronto, Ontario |
Being a cover lover, I was obviously keen on the "S.O.S." (Abba) and "Eye of the Tiger" (Survivor) covers. The audience seem to really dig "The Dethbridge in Lethbridge". As for the encore, they didn't really leave the stage. Instead, on the last song, all three band members went into the audience and started singing "Goodnight".
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So as 'man on the scene', both are fine bands, but both also cater to very different audiences. If you get a chance to see either band, they're definitely worth seeing, if you don't mind that they are both somewhat popular.
PS, no photographs, due to lack of a photo pass - but enjoy this rare vu-art instead.
Update 9/27/09 12:34 pm: Added two photographs.
09/26/2009 19:17:54 ♥ vu (
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