K.Flay at First Avenue, Minneapolis (17 May 2017)
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Musician singer and songwriter K.Flay just headlined First Avenue last Wednesday, May 17th, in support of her new record Every Where Is Some Where (Interscope/Night Street).
Opening up the show was Austin duo Missio, featuring singer Matthew Brue and producer David Butler. For their live shows, they’re joined on stage by a live percussionist.
The band has been on tour with K.Flay since November 2016, when she was on her “Crush Me” tour.
The band played tracks from their then-forthcoming Loner album, such as ‘I Don’t Give a…’ (the recording of the record featured Zeale). As always the duo was very thankful that fans knew and help promote their breakthrough single ‘Middle Fingers’ (the single peaked at #9 on the Alternative charts), which ended their brief 35-min set.
The first time we saw K.Flay, she was a special guest at the Go Show #1 in March 2015. We wrote, “ They had a minimalistic setup, with only a computer (with keyboard) and a live drummer. My favorite song on her set was ‘Wishing It Was You’ (taken from her debut album Life as a Dog), which had the lyrics, ‘I’m sucking on a bottle of Jim Beam, wishing it was you.’ By the end of the song, she produced a full bottle of Jim Beam and took a gulp.”
She eventually returned with The Mowglis in November and most recently at the sold-out Fine Line show in February 2017. The latter show, we described as, “Fitting that Valentine’s eve brought in the Crush Me Tour, with Kristine Meredith Flaherty a.k.a. K.Flay having the alt-rock versatility of a Swiss army knife, in promotion of her upcoming 2nd full-length, Every Where Is Some Where (Night Street / Interscope Records) due out April 7th. The Chicago area native can sound hard and industrial, rap like M.I.A. or twenty one pilots, or just plain strap on a guitar and rock out, depending on the song.”
With only a mere three months since her Fine Line show, the setlist was somewhat similar, including her version of ‘It’s Strange’, a Louis the Child song, but does feature K.Flay on vocals.
The key difference between the Fine Line show and this First Avenue show is its audience. You see, Go 96.3’s audience is slightly more pop music fans, while the 93x’s audience at First Avenue leaned to the hard rock/metal audience. Still, it didn’t matter if the audience liked pop, rap, or heavy rock, they all move to songs like ‘The Cops’ and ‘Hollywood Forever’.
K.Flay’s Every Where Is Some Where is out now. She will be joining Imagine Dragons on their stadium rock tour starting in late September.
Opening up the show was Austin duo Missio, featuring singer Matthew Brue and producer David Butler. For their live shows, they’re joined on stage by a live percussionist.
The band has been on tour with K.Flay since November 2016, when she was on her “Crush Me” tour.
The band played tracks from their then-forthcoming Loner album, such as ‘I Don’t Give a…’ (the recording of the record featured Zeale). As always the duo was very thankful that fans knew and help promote their breakthrough single ‘Middle Fingers’ (the single peaked at #9 on the Alternative charts), which ended their brief 35-min set.
The first time we saw K.Flay, she was a special guest at the Go Show #1 in March 2015. We wrote, “ They had a minimalistic setup, with only a computer (with keyboard) and a live drummer. My favorite song on her set was ‘Wishing It Was You’ (taken from her debut album Life as a Dog), which had the lyrics, ‘I’m sucking on a bottle of Jim Beam, wishing it was you.’ By the end of the song, she produced a full bottle of Jim Beam and took a gulp.”
She eventually returned with The Mowglis in November and most recently at the sold-out Fine Line show in February 2017. The latter show, we described as, “Fitting that Valentine’s eve brought in the Crush Me Tour, with Kristine Meredith Flaherty a.k.a. K.Flay having the alt-rock versatility of a Swiss army knife, in promotion of her upcoming 2nd full-length, Every Where Is Some Where (Night Street / Interscope Records) due out April 7th. The Chicago area native can sound hard and industrial, rap like M.I.A. or twenty one pilots, or just plain strap on a guitar and rock out, depending on the song.”
With only a mere three months since her Fine Line show, the setlist was somewhat similar, including her version of ‘It’s Strange’, a Louis the Child song, but does feature K.Flay on vocals.
The key difference between the Fine Line show and this First Avenue show is its audience. You see, Go 96.3’s audience is slightly more pop music fans, while the 93x’s audience at First Avenue leaned to the hard rock/metal audience. Still, it didn’t matter if the audience liked pop, rap, or heavy rock, they all move to songs like ‘The Cops’ and ‘Hollywood Forever’.
K.Flay’s Every Where Is Some Where is out now. She will be joining Imagine Dragons on their stadium rock tour starting in late September.
Remaining tour dates:
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05/20/17 Chicago, IL – WKQX PIQNIQ
05/27/17 Vinoy Waterfront Park @ 97X BBQ 05/28/17 104.3 Undertow Jam 05/29/17 X102.9 Rock On the River 06/14/17 Richmond, VA 06/15-06/18/17 – Dover, DE – Firefly Fest 06/22/17 – Berlin, DE – Lido 06/23-06/25 – Scheessel, DE – Hurricane Festival 06/23-06/25 – Neuhausen, DE – Southside Fest 06/27/17 Camden Assembly London 06/28/17 Camden Assembly London 07/14-07/16 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival 07/15-07/16 – Birmingham, AL – Sloss Music 08/04/17 Hollywood Casino @ 105.7 The Point 08/19/17 Bissell Park@ Riverfest 09/17/17 Pearl Street Northampton, MA 09/20/17 Port City Music Hall Portland, ME 09/21/17 Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT 09/23/17 Stewart Park @ Cayuga Sound 09/26/17 Talking Stick Resort Phoenix, AZ 09/28/17 Mattress Firm Amph Chula Vista, CA 09/29/17 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV 10/01/17 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA 10/03/17 Shoreline Amph Mountain View, CA 10/04/17 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, CA |
10/06/17
KeyArena Seattle, WA 10/08/17 Rogers Arena Vancouver, BC 10/10/17 Rogers Place Edmonton, AB 10/11/17 Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, AB 10/13/17 Usana Amphitheatre Salt Lake City, UT 10/14/17 Pepsi Center Denver, CO 10/16/17 Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, MN 10/18/17 United Center Chicago, IL 10/19/17 Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI 10/21/17 U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati, OH 10/23/17 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY 10/24/17 Prudential Center Newark, NJ 10/26/17 Centre Vidéotron Quebec City, QC 10/27/17 Bell Centre Montreal, QC 10/29/17 TD Garden Boston, MA 11/01/17 KeyBank Center Buffalo, NY 11/02/17 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 11/04/17 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT 11/05/17 Verizon Center Washington, DC 11/07/17 Philips Arena Atlanta, GA 11/08/17 Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC 11/10/17 Amway Center Orlando, FL 11/12/17 Toyota Center Houston, TX 11/13/17 American Airlines Center Dallas, TX 11/16/17 Honda Center Anaheim, CA |
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