Lisztomania

So something pretty great happened on Friday of this past week. I went to see PHOENIX! They just so happened to be one of my favorite bands so as one can imagine I was a bit excited. And they definitely did not disappoint. But first let's talk about some other things...

I went to the concert with some of my friends; Sam, Robyn, and Lauren. Seeing as this is a style blog of sorts I thought I should show what we actually wore! I LOVE Phoenixand their laid back Parisian effortless style so that helped me to decide on my ensemble of acid wash american apparel leggings, grey mini dress, brown pirate boots and military-esque jacket, oh and a very large bag to carry t shirts from the concert etc. which always usually turns into a communal sack for all of my friend's things too. Here we are. Sam's on the left with the cape coat from Topshop that I am quite envious of. Next is Lauren, super happy in her brown boots and leather jacket. Then me :) The far right is Robyn in the super comfy grey tunic and not so comfy ankle boots that were quickly swapped for flats.

But enough about that. The concert was AMAZING! It started off with the opener You Say Party, We Say Die. Funny story. So we're sitting in our seats and all of a sudden an older woman turns back to us and asks who we are there to see. When we responded with "Phoenix" she seemed very disapointed. It turns out that her son is the guitarist in the openening band. She described him as the cute one with long hair, a beard -- the Jesus looking one.

We had a good laugh at that for a while and then got to talking and pretty much got her life story: where her and her husband met (at UBC 39 years ago!!) and why the band has trouble touring in the states (Sam asked her that question to get the inside scoop). And then Phoenix came out...

They were pretty much everything that I had imagined them to be, and then that times about 28508972508927. Yeah. The energy was amazing with the entire crowd singing along to every song and then to top it all off for their very last song, 1901, they brought up just about as many fans as they could fit onto the stage for a crazy dance party/sing-a-long (so jealous Adrian!). You coldn't even see the band at that point but it didn't matter - just to take in everything that was going on and the epic propotion of their performance was good enough. They seemed like such nice guys; nerdy, French, amazing. It was such an incredible night, one of the best live performances I have seen. On top of that so much dancing and singing from the crowd making for a night to remember!