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New Zealand Show

Show #6: Invercargill, New Zealand

Setlist
On the Low Rung[1], Reload, Sure, The First Show, Blue Orange

[1] Debut

Review
No one in the band had been to Invercargill before, so they wrote a song specifically for the audience. The crowd was polite, but it was clear they didn’t like the song much. The band managed to salvage the show with Reload and a big Blue Orange closer.

After this show, the band openly debated whether or not it was smart to always debut new songs at the beginning of a concert. In the end, the lead singer decided they’d keep it up, leading to some discontent within the band on the trip to Auckland.

Concert rating: 58/100

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Date: 21th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-21

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New Zealand Show

Show #7: Auckland, New Zealand

Setlist
Top[1], Four Turtles, The Wave, Ticket, Blue Orange

[1] Debut

Review
The Auckland show started with this stirring cry: “Our drummer says we shouldn’t start concerts with new songs, so let’s prove him wrong!” It turns out the drummer was right. The debut of Top didn’t go very well, and it wasn’t until the band returned to crowd pleasers Ticket and Blue Orange that the show found its footing.

Concert rating: 58/100

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Date: 22th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-22

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New Zealand Show

Show #8: Hamilton, New Zealand

Setlist
Waiting for Fred[1], Reload, Ticket, Four Turtles, Duke’s Revenge, Blue Orange

[1] Debut

Review
The band stormed into Hamilton hungry for a good show, and agreed on playing the “Big Three” to help them achieve that. Despite pleading from the drummer, who believed that their “always start with a new song” strategy was jinxing entire shows, the band started with Waiting for Fred.

It did not go well. But despite that mistake, the show ended up with the highest rating yet. And what do you do after a great show? If you’re this band, you get in a giant fight and break up.

Concert rating: 61/100

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Date: 26th January, 2020
Concert id: 2020-01-26

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New Zealand Show

Show #9: Tauranga, New Zealand

Setlist
Pixilxil[1], On the Low Rung, Waiting for Fred, Top, Blended Together, Blue Orange

[1] Debut

Review
The band stayed broken up for about three months. Just as the band was considering making some new songs, their tour manager said he had tracked down some shows in the United States and Canada and wanted to know if the band was interested.

The answer was unanimous: Yes! Of course! Before leaving on their grand adventure, they played one last night in their home country before traveling abroad. They all agreed they’d need to go out on a high note.

They did not. It was a bad show. The drummer pointed out that it was probably because they started the show with a new song (this time a cover of a Year Unknown track), and was told to stop whinging.

Concert rating: 49/100

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Date: 21th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-21

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Show USA

Show #12: San Francisco, USA

Setlist
The Wave, On the Low Rung, Blended Together, Lilliput, Duke’s Revenge, Blue Orange

Review
A truly awful show for the band. The Wave kicks things off, which gets a groan from a sizeable portion of the crowd. Then the show manages to get even worse. A subpar rendition of Blue Orange finishes out the set on a bit of a high note, not that most people even stuck around that long.

Concert rating: 44/100

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Date: 24th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-24

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Show USA

Show #11: Los Angeles, USA

Setlist
Lilliput[1], Pixilixl, Blue Orange, Ticket, Reload, Sure

[1] Debut

Review
“We have a curse! We have to stop debuting songs at the front of the show!” the drummer yelled backstage.
“We don’t have a curse,” the singer said. “Lilliput is going to work, trust me.”

It did not work. To salvage the show, the band played The Big Three as a triad in the middle of the show. That works, and in fact the band registers their best show to date. Morale is running high after this show, but there continues to be a debate within the band about the “always start with a new song” strategy.

Concert rating: 64/100

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Date: 23th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-23

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Show USA

Show #13: Portland, USA

Setlist
Top, Ticket, Waiting for Fred, Pixilixl, Blue Orange, Reload, The First Show

Review
A better show than San Francisco, but a bit uneven. Blue Orange and Reload are standouts but The First Show is not a strong closer.

Concert rating: 63/100

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Date: 25th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-25

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Show USA

Show #14: Seattle, USA

Setlist
Needle[1], Lilliput, Sure, Four Turtles, Reload, Blue Orange, Ticket

[1] Debut

Review
The curse of the debut song continued in the Emerald City. Needle was a new song inspired by the Pacific Northwest, and the band was excited to try it out. But halfway through its maiden performance, the crowd booed until the band stopped the song.

Lilliput didn’t fare much better, but Sure punched way above its weight to save the show, then the Big Three closed out the night on a high note.

This concert is emblematic of the kind of rut the band began to get into. New, adventurous songs weren’t being received well while older, more played out songs were getting huge responses. Increasingly the band began to resent those crowd pleasing songs but didn’t feel they had any choice.

Concert rating: 55/100

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Date: 26th April, 2020
Concert id: 2020-04-26

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Canada Show

Show #18: Calgary, Canada

Setlist
What a Wonderful World[1], Blue Orange, Top, Patrick Swayze, Celsius, Ticket, Lilliput, Reload, Don’t Let the Air Out of My Tires

[1] Debut

Review
The best show EP had ever played, for a lot of reasons.

First off, every song over-performed. Most concerts have a blend of songs performed worse than their average (“red songs”) and songs performed better (“blue songs”). On this evening, every single song came up blue.

Then, Blue Orange scored 98/100, breaking the record set the night before and registering almost a perfect score. Then Ticket did almost as well with a 97/100 score. And if that weren’t enough, Reload’s 93/100 meant that 3 of the best 4 performances of all time were in a single concert.

Interestingly enough, Enthusiastic Panther didn’t even headline this show! This was actually a Bad Hoo show, with EP just doing their best to warm up the crowd. No one was more surprised about the great performance than Enthusiastic Panther themselves!

“We should always be an opening act,” the drummer joked. He might not have been joking.

Show rating: 72/100

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Date: 2nd May, 2020
Concert id: 2020-05-02

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Canada Show

Show #19: Edmonton, Canada

Setlist
Another Brick in the Wall[1], Midst, The First Show, Sure, High School, Patrick Swayze, Blue Orange, Reload, Little Bones

[1] Debut; Pink Floyd cover

Review
The band found a new gear in Canada. This show started with a cover of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall. It was a bit of a miss, but Blue Orange blew everyone away with a 94/100 performance, and it was an overall solid show.

Show rating: 63/100

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Date: 2nd May, 2020
Concert id: 2020-05-02