Absolutely wild night at Madison Square Garden last night. Surreal to see an indoor concert, full capacity again. Had to bring proof of vaccination to get in, but the security guard hardly checked my card. They did not verify my name and ID or anything, I guess just seeing the CDC card (in a plastic ziplock to keep safe, I didn't even take it out) was good enough.
I scooped up a cheap corner side of the stage ticket the day before. I chilled in my seat for all of 5 minutes before I went out searching for a better spot
Found some open seats on the other side of the stage to chill for the first half of the show before making my way down to the lower level and scooping up someones seat who had left early.
There was some crazy energy in the air in the arena. I'm sure you can understand why. It's been so long since we've been able to pack an indoor venue and release that energy from a live concert. It was the first fully opened large event at MSG since March of 2020. Here is the moment the place erupted during the first song:
Foo Fighters - Times Like TheseI'm not the most familiar with Foo Fighters, but it seemed they put out a really interesting set list. Some rarer songs, newer songs, cover songs (Queen's Somebody to Love with Dave on drums) and a very special guest of
Dave Chappelle (who apparently was in NYC for the weekend for another event) singing a cover of Radiohead's Creep24 songs total, 3 in the encore including this cover of the
Bee Gee's You Should Be Dancing Here's a pic from where I started the show:
and a pic from where I snuck up to:
Absolutely amazing experience overall, I hope concerts never go away again.
How on earth did that happen?
I have no idea, but it was one of the highlights of the night for sure. Here is a better video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1_Xxu1Qf8c
That was my first show in 16 months, and I am ready for the next one
And Jim Powers is back
Guy always gets better video than me, but pretty cool to see his and my video both linked in blabbermouth today:
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dave-chappelle-joins-foo-fighters-on-stage-at-madison-square-garden-for-cover-of-radioheads-creep-video/