[DID NOT ATTEND: May 15, 2022] DAVE / DJ opener
I know of DAVE from a Tiny Desk Concert.
I have complained before about one-named singers. But usually, they have somewhat unique names to trade on. But Dave? Really? Especially since the Dave Matthews people call him just Dave most of the time. How does a British rapper succeed when he is called DAVE?
Pretty well, apparently since he did three nights in New York (the poster is before new dates were added).
He also played TLA. I have never been to an exclusively rap concert. But I thought that I’d like to see DAVE, because I really like his tone (and his accent is neat).
I think the show sold out, but it turned out that I had tickets to see Crash Test Dummies that night, so DAVE was never really on the table.
I don’t know what the opening set was like. According to the Brooklyn Vegan review of one of the New York shows,
The crowd was already hyped up thanks to Hot 97’s DJ Kast One warming things up with a hits-filled DJ set, but when Dave walked out on that stage, the already-packed crowd packed in even tighter, with people storming towards the stage, a sea of phones in the air, and almost the entire crowd rapping along to every word to show-opener “Verdansk” right off the bat. (At one point, Dave stopped the show to ask everyone to move back and check on people in the front row.) For a good chunk of the show, there was nothing on stage except Dave and a hazy light show, and that’s all he needed to keep the energy level at a 10/10 song after song. He’s not only a great storyteller but a great performer, and he won over the entire room off the strengths of his raps alone.
Maybe when he comes back I’ll be able to check him out.
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