Guster had an easy time warming up the crowd after the guy in between acts called us Purdue. After a flood of boos, Guster came out, said they were happy to be in Bloomington, IN at Indiana University and everyone liked them. They did a lot to keep the crowd happy and entertained for the rest of the night, too.
Dustin, Matt, and I had stellar seats right down the middle, in row 25 with no one blocking our view because we were the second section of seats about the entrance tunnel. Doesn't get much better than that. The set got off to a quick start with one of my all time favortie Guster songs, and actually the first one I ever heard. Then it was in Matt's room at Dayton, but this time Demons was playing live on my own college campus.
The set continued with an ecletic mix of new and old, and very old. But I knew and loved them all, except for one. Brian noted that he saw a lot cornhole sets while driving around the campus so they did an impromtu song about cornhole. It was interesting to say the least.
They gave us a choice between Either Way and So Long, with Eden being the "we aren't going to play it even if it wins the vote" song. I voted for So Long, but Either Way came out on top. In the end, I liked that they played it. They mixed in the new songs, but my favorite live song is still Happier, and it did not disappoint.
They did not sale any tickets to the balcony, so the ushers went to sit there when the concert began. At the end of the set, Brian said before they came out for the encore he wanted only the 20 or so people in the balcony to chant for the encore. After a stellar performance of Fa Fa, the crowd could not resist but cheering and they returned seconds after they left stage knowing their plan was not going to work.
They closed with a crowd favorite of Airport Song which i was especially excited for. The crowd through ping pong balls. Odd, I thought an IU crowd would skip this tradition in lue of loosing their beer pong balls. Oh nevermind, it was Guster. Good 'ole Guster.
It was a stellar show, which the entire crowd enjoyed thoroughly. No one left the Auditorium disappointed.
Can't wait to see who they brin in for the Little 5 Concert.
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Sounds like a really good time. Glad you enjoyed it and had such good seats.
Although I don't really know any Guster songs (am I really missing out?), it sounds like fun.
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