Tuesday was the highly anticipated Fleet Foxes concert at the legendary Massey Hall, and I was lucky enough to have had a ticket for this sold out concert. Fleet Foxes have been blowing up with success in the past year including a performance On Saturday Night Live, and headlining shows at theatres around the continent. What shocked me about Fleet Foxes' success is the fact that the last time they were here, in April 2008, they were supporting Blitzen Trapper for not even a sold out show at the El Mocambo. Now, just over a year after that show, 3000 people paid $50 a ticket to see them.
The Opening act was Dungen (pronounced dune-yen), an instrumental jam band from Sweden. I arrived at Massey just in time to see them perform their last song. I thought it sounded very tight, and judging the amount of t-shirts and records they sold, I'm guessing the crowd thought so too.
Fleet Foxes took the stage at 9:15 and everybody cheered. They seemed a little overwhelmed but excited as well. After every song, the crowd went nuts and the Lead singer/guitarist Robin Pecknold, looked like he was shocked by the reaction. The highlight of the night was when Robin played a song completely unplugged (his guitar wasn't plugged in and he wasn't singing into any mic) by himself and everybody was blown away. At the end of the show I bought a tour poster (even though it was for autumn 2008), and just as I was leaving the venue, I bumped into their guitarist, Skyler Skjelset and he signed my poster. Good thing I had a sharpie on me. For those who are interested here is a link to the set list:http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fleet-foxes/2009/massey-hall-toronto-canada-3d7b913.html
The Opening act was Dungen (pronounced dune-yen), an instrumental jam band from Sweden. I arrived at Massey just in time to see them perform their last song. I thought it sounded very tight, and judging the amount of t-shirts and records they sold, I'm guessing the crowd thought so too.
Fleet Foxes took the stage at 9:15 and everybody cheered. They seemed a little overwhelmed but excited as well. After every song, the crowd went nuts and the Lead singer/guitarist Robin Pecknold, looked like he was shocked by the reaction. The highlight of the night was when Robin played a song completely unplugged (his guitar wasn't plugged in and he wasn't singing into any mic) by himself and everybody was blown away. At the end of the show I bought a tour poster (even though it was for autumn 2008), and just as I was leaving the venue, I bumped into their guitarist, Skyler Skjelset and he signed my poster. Good thing I had a sharpie on me. For those who are interested here is a link to the set list:http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fleet-foxes/2009/massey-hall-toronto-canada-3d7b913.html
No comments:
Post a Comment