Concerts galore!

Been keeping very busy with work and life lately, but still managing to get out and see some shows and have fun. :)
I saw Keane again this weekend - I will see them anytime they come to town! They put on such a great show. They were moved from The Greek Theater due to all the fires happening in the area. :( Instead we saw them at Gibson Amphitheater. They were of course fantastic - Tom, the lead singer, has such an incredible voice. He was totally soaking up the crowd - standing ovation for the entire show! They were roaring for them. Pretty cool.
The lighting in their shows are fantastic! It's been awhile since I've seen a crowd so excited.
Hi!
Good mix of sad and upbeat music. I can listen to their stuff over and over... and I DO!
LOVE the lighting!
It was cool seeing them in a bigger venue then The Wiltern (they played there back in Jan.).
So this pic probably looks unintelligible, but he had everyone get their cell phones out and wave them during a song. It was pretty cool. The whole place was lit up with cell phones!
KEANE ROCKS!

Jules, Lara and I saw Travis a few weeks ago, it was a lot of fun! Travis is a Scottish band. They hadn't toured for 3 years, so it was a treat to see them. They do a lot of great songs, like Sing, Side, and Why Does It Always Rain On Me. They just released a new album too.
Fran, the lead singer, did an acoustic version of... eh, I don't remember. It was great though, he had the crowd get super quiet and didn't use a microphone!
We saw them at the Henry Fonda theater in Hollywood so it's a very small and intimate venue.
They sounded great live!
Purty colors. Oooooh!
ROCK IT!
The infamous trio? Two Americans and a brit? A Guy, Two Girls, and Travis? I can't think of a good headline for this one. LOVE Lara's shirt, though. :)
"Hahaha... Darion, put down the camera, or I will break it."

I took a few videos, but don't have the oomph to youtube them... :)

Happy crowd!
They were amped to be touring again.

So when Julie and I arrived, we saw a crowd of people around the side of the building. Then along the main street there were several hundred people in line waiting to get in....
As we drove by we realized Fran, the lead singer was out front! We quick parked and ran up and met him!
He was a super nice guy! SO friendly! The Scottish accent was great. He was spending time talking to everyone, answering questions, taking pictures, just hanging out.

At the end of the night, they always do a cover song. They ended up doing an AC/DC song... I don't remember the name, but I of course switched from melancholy-euro music mode into 80's big hair crazy death metal fan:

Cheers!

I Love Keane!

So Lily Allen on Monday was awesome. She put on a great show and D and I had a blast. Her voice was really great live, much better then I expected. She's got a great vocal range. Her songs are pretty funny. Check out her website.
I saw Keane a week before, they came up to play at The Wiltern, a great old theater in Hollywood. The acoustics are awesome there. The show was one of my favorites, they were incredible live and created amazing sounds with just the 3 of them.

On the way way there, stopped by Michael Jackson's favorite restaurant in all of LA:

LOL!! That's right, PARK IN REAR at YOUNG DONG. You know it, Mr. Jackson. LOLOL

The Wiltern was so pretty! I had to get tix off Craigslist due to missing the original sale date. LA is awesome because everyone plays there, but I swear every concert sells out in like 10 minutes.
Seats up in the mezzanine actually gave a great view.
Stars in the ceiling!
I don't know what's wrong with this photo. I don't know what I'm looking at. I don't know what expression this is. It's not like, overtly bad, but it's really just... ODD.
The blue lights starting out was really cool, with both of them on pianos. The keyboardist guy on the right was amazing, he was usually playing two at once and doing multiple sounds; there were no guitarists, he did everything. It sounded like an orchestra.
Lots of cool lights. They played most of the songs from their last album and many from their first one.
The lead singers vocals are incredible live, what a voice! He sounded as good as the album.
They really rocked the crowd, who was SUPER into them. Standing ovation for much of the concert.
The lead singer was brave enough to get down in the crowd twice and sing 'amongst the people', causing many freakouts. :)
The end. Sniff. They were AWESOME! Check them out!