Not the best they could do
by Brooklyn - resident on 5/23/23Bowery Ballroom - New YorkRating: 3 out of 5Almost an hour late till the opening act. In the meantime they did the laziest thing they could do and play random music instead of getting the dj to play some of that himself and engage the crowd. People got bored very easily in that time and people just started messing around and trying to entertain themselves(watching the basketball game through other people’s phone, watching some guy play crossy roads, and the crowd telling one guy where he should swipe on tinder), my friend that I got to go with me last minute almost bailed cause of the wait. First opening act heavily under performed for the wait and he knows he could’ve done better. The second opening act was good. He knew how to engage the crowd and had a few songs everybody was vibing with but imo he needed 1 or 2 different song that would’ve got the crowd moving like the first song he played. Redveil coming on stage saved the show for me. He’s a great performer, knew how to engage the crowd, looked like he was having fun, gave the crowd what they wanted, and shared stories about himself that gave new meanings to songs I don’t think I would’ve cared about. The show needs improvement, but it’s not anything that can’t be fixed or improved on.