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
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
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
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
