Last Tuesday, I went on a little road trip with Jesse, Carrie and our friend Derek. We drove to Toronto to see Kings Of Leon! It was extra exciting because it was the second time Jesse and I have seen them this year, and the first time Carrie and I had been to a concert together. We have been wanting to see Kings Of Leon since we lived together almost 6 years ago.
I've been to Toronto a hundred times. I can backseat drive myself there with my eyes closed. Yet somehow, it's easily one of my favourite road trips. It's like my home away from home.
Kings Of Leon are one of those bands that could play any venue and still look and sound amazing. This time they were at Molson Amphitheatre, which I had only been to once previously to see Incubus and they made it feel like the best venue ever. Sound and visual quality was pure perfection.
This time, however, it wasn't as jaw dropping because we had "bad seats" and I realized how crazy over priced everything is there. I'm talking $8.50 for a bottle of water, $6 for a slice of pizza. And while I don't usually mind because I don't eat at concerts, we didn't stop for dinner as we had planned due to the painstaking long wait to pay for parking. It's either coins or a Visa which none of us happened to have on us. Apparently, it's too inconvenient to have bills on you. Luckily for us, a kind gentleman, who had seen Kings Of Leon upwards of 30 times, paid for our parking with his Visa. Canadians, eh?
Kongos and Young the Giant opened the show and I must say, I am quite impressed with Kongos! I had never heard them before, so my expectations weren't high at all, but damn they can put on a great show. Young The Giant was fun too. Finally, after what seemed like decades of waiting, Carrie and I were finally seeing Kings Of Leon together. And it was amazing. Exceeds all my expectations of what any band should be like live. Dare I say that they may even have topped my list of favourite bands I've seen live, which is a tough achievement (Foo Fighters are number one, obviously).
Carrie and I had come up with sort of a dream set list of all the songs we hoped they'd play, so it was fun in between songs to guess what they'd play next. I was anticipating that our #songforthecity would have been Talihina Sky but we ended up with Soft, which if you're a KOL fan, you know how amazing that was. The rest of the set list was a dream come true, and Jesse and I got to hear some songs we didn't get to when we saw them back in February. Overall, it was amazing. I can't wait to see them again and again! For anyone who is interested, here is the setlist:
This time, however, it wasn't as jaw dropping because we had "bad seats" and I realized how crazy over priced everything is there. I'm talking $8.50 for a bottle of water, $6 for a slice of pizza. And while I don't usually mind because I don't eat at concerts, we didn't stop for dinner as we had planned due to the painstaking long wait to pay for parking. It's either coins or a Visa which none of us happened to have on us. Apparently, it's too inconvenient to have bills on you. Luckily for us, a kind gentleman, who had seen Kings Of Leon upwards of 30 times, paid for our parking with his Visa. Canadians, eh?
Kongos and Young the Giant opened the show and I must say, I am quite impressed with Kongos! I had never heard them before, so my expectations weren't high at all, but damn they can put on a great show. Young The Giant was fun too. Finally, after what seemed like decades of waiting, Carrie and I were finally seeing Kings Of Leon together. And it was amazing. Exceeds all my expectations of what any band should be like live. Dare I say that they may even have topped my list of favourite bands I've seen live, which is a tough achievement (Foo Fighters are number one, obviously).
Carrie and I had come up with sort of a dream set list of all the songs we hoped they'd play, so it was fun in between songs to guess what they'd play next. I was anticipating that our #songforthecity would have been Talihina Sky but we ended up with Soft, which if you're a KOL fan, you know how amazing that was. The rest of the set list was a dream come true, and Jesse and I got to hear some songs we didn't get to when we saw them back in February. Overall, it was amazing. I can't wait to see them again and again! For anyone who is interested, here is the setlist:
It was made public yesterday by Kings Of Leon that they had a bus accident. A pedestrian jumped out in front of them and the bus had to stop abruptly, leaving Nathan with a couple of broken ribs, and forcing the Followills to cancel the following show. As rude as I feel for saying this, thank goodness our show wasn't cancelled. After missing Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden, I needed this concert. This year has been seriously lacking in the live music department, and seeing my favourite bands is kind of like breathing air to me. Plus, it had been a trip 6 years in the making, it had to come to fruition. It had to. I do send a thousand hugs and well wishes to the Followills and hope that Nathan makes a speedy recovery! xo
All photos of Kings Of Leon are courtesy of the lovely and very talented Riley Taylor for AUX TV, misc photos via my Instagram.
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