This week’s live music recap showcases concerts at 20 Monroe Live, Elevation, The Pyramid Scheme, Bell’s Brewery Eccentric Cafe, SpeakEZ Lounge and the third annual Starkbierfest at Cedar Springs Brewing.
‘Screaming Infidelities’: Chris Carrabba and Dashboard Confessional powered through a fan-pleasing set at 20 Monroe Live. (Photo/Anthony Norkus)
More than a decade ago, I had the misfortune of ferrying my daughter and a carload of middle-school girls across the state to Saginaw to watch heartthrob singer Chris Carrabba and Dashboard Confessional fire up a screaming throng of teens and tweens.
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Fighting ‘The Good Fight’: Carrabba on stage Friday night. (Photo/Anna Sink)
I say “misfortune” only because, as a dad, it was a grueling and ear-piercing 12-hour expedition filled with giggling, chattering young passengers, waiting in a long line outside the venue, suffering through a series of opening acts and sitting on a hard bleacher seat for hours as the mostly female crowd swooned through Dashboard Confessional’s set. Then, of course, there was the wearying, gossip-filled, late-night ride back home.
Interestingly, Dashboard Confessional’s first-ever appearance at Grand Rapids’ 20 Monroe Live on Friday borrowed heavily from the set list of that show lo so many years ago: At least a dozen songs came from the band’s first four albums, starting with “Age Six Racer” that opened the evening to an encore rendition of “Hands Down,” making it a nostalgic night indeed for those 20-somethings in the crowd who once cheered the band as tweens. (Check out the set list below.)
Browse the concert images by photographers Anthony Norkus and Anna Sink, along with photo gallery recaps of other shows over the past week from Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo.
PHOTO GALLERY: Dashboard Confessional, Beach Slang, Kississippi (Friday)
Photos by Anthony Norkus and Anna Sink
Dashboard Confessional Set List (20 Monroe Live 4/6/18): Age Six Racer, For You to Notice, As Lovers Go, Just What to Say, So Impossible, The Best Deceptions (Acoustic), We Fight, The Sharp Hint of New Tears, The Good Fight, Again I Go Unnoticed, Belong, The Swiss Army Romance, Saints and Sailors, Remember to Breathe, Adore, Don’t Wait, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (Acoustic), Heart Beat Here, Vindicated, Screaming Infidelities, Stolen, Hands Down (Courtesy of setlist.fm)
PHOTO GALLERY: Jake’s Music Festival at Elevation (Friday)
Photos by Kendra Kamp and Anna Sink
PHOTO GALLERY: SpeakEZ Lounge, The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids
Olin Clark at SpeakEZ Lounge, photos by Chris Clark (Wednesday)
Wild Child, The Wild Reeds at The Pyramid Scheme, photos by Katy Batdorff (Saturday)
