Ingrid Michaelson at Mall of America, Rotunda (25 April 2014) concert review
- Home
- Soldier
- Be Okay
- Girls Chase Boys
- The Way I Am
- Maybe/Everybody
- Afterlife
Tour Dates
04/29/14 Magna, UT Great Saltair
05/01/14 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
05/02/14 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
05/03/14 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
05/05/14 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
05/07/14 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
05/09/14 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s
05/10/14 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
05/13/14 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
05/14/14 Austin, TX Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
05/15/14 Houston, TX House Of Blues
05/16/14 Gulf Shores, AL Gulf Shores Public Beach
05/18/14 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
05/19/14 Orlando, FL The Beacham
05/20/14 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Theater
05/21/14 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
05/23/14 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
05/24/14 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
05/25/14 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
05/27/14 Clifton Park, NY Upstate Concert Hall
05/29/14 New York, NY Terminal 5
05/30/14 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
05/31/14 Norfolk, VA NorVa
06/02/14 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
06/03/14 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
07/11/14 Minneapolis, MN Basilica Block Party
Michaelson began her mini-set with a new song she’s opening her full shows with as well; ‘Home’ with its opening lyric, “Even in the harshest of winter I feel so warm, when the marks climb up the wall I still feel small, this is my home”, something Minnesotans could relate to after a long and brutal winter.
Joking about staring into Spongebob’s “googly eyes” as she sang and reminiscing about riding the rollercoasters while here a few years back, Michaelson moved forward with ‘Soldier’, from previous album, Everybody.
Hits followed for the rest of the short set, starting with ‘Be Okay’ and new single, ‘Girls Chase Boys’, which has made a splash with its homage-in-reverse tribute to Robert Palmer’s “Addicted to Love” music video. The song that first put her on the map, the clap-a-long friendly “The Way I Am” was next, a sweet short song that seemed to be swallowed a little by the cavernous Rotunda stage area.
In terms of sound, it’s not close to musically ideal; there is echoing and bouncing everywhere, while the music and vocals compete with shopper conversations, people riding in the adjacent amusement park and noise hollowing up and down the massive five floors. But, the Rotunda does provide maximum visual exposure, as people were encamped in front of the stage as well as along the railings on all levels to watch.
After a brief mashup of songs ‘Maybe and ‘Everybody’, Michaelson ended the set with new song and album closer, ‘Afterlife’, with lyrics that could speak as her credo: “We are going to live tonight, like there’s no tomorrow, ‘cause we are the afterlife”, mentioning before starting that she’d probably never play this kind of space again, and remarking how it somehow reminded her of “The Matrix”.
With now six albums under her belt, adding playing the most famous mall in the country to her resume, and recently announced to return to town as a headliner for July’s Basilica Block Party, Michaelson can afford to keep dreaming big as the Megamall itself.
