[ATTENDED: June 19, 2017] Barenaked Ladies
It was almost exactly a year ago that we saw Barenaked Ladies. And it was almost exactly a year ago that I decided that even though their shows are a ton of fun, I didn’t really need to see them again (it’s been like 7 times now), because they have gotten kind of samey.
And then I saw that they were playing Steelstacks–the place where I have gotten unbelievably close to quite a few bands. So this was the chance to go out with a blaze of glory and see them up close for the first time.
But then there was the threat of torrential thunderstorms. So they moved the show inside to the Musikfest Cafe. We were pleased about that as the thought of standing in the rain isn’t appealing. The rain all ended by about 7 so it was moot, bit whatever. This meant that we could see this band in a teeny tiny club where the sound was amazing. A local paper says that the outside show approximates 3,000 tickets. The Cafe holds about 1,000 people. The paper said that 1,032 tickets were sold for the show. That’s not much for a fairly large band like BNL, but I have to wonder (and hope) that a lot of people came as walk-ins and were turned away. (more…)