[ATTENDED: July 28, 2025] King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Phantom Island Tour with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Last summer I had tickets to see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at the Dell Music Center. The place is a chaotic mess and massive traffic, lack of parking and extreme heat meant that I circled the area and then said the heck with it and went home. I was a little bummed, but not outrageously. (The setlist is really good though).
When they announced this tour with The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, at the Mann Center, I knew it would be a good venue and I knew it would be a good introduction to them for my son.
We arrived with time to spare, bought some merch and then got in our seats for DJ Crenshaw. I don’t entirely see the point of someone like this. He was a live DJ spinning song before the band went on. Most of the songs were loud and distorted and honestly I couldn’t even tell you what he played.
But soon enough, the lights went down and the orchestra came out.
In many ways this was not the ideal first show for a KGLW newbie as they played their new album in its entirety, but the second set ran through a whole pile of their songs and my son was hooked.
The orchestra came out first (as they do) and Sarah Hicks received a sizable round of applause. And soon enough the album kicked off. The orchestra made the album sound huge! (more…)
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