Do I sing like a bird released?

My anticipated event of the year for 2007 was the Crowded House concert (though understandably not quite as eagerly anticipated as last year's event of the year). I managed to get near enough seats to the stage in the TSB arena (row H).

The first act was a Pluto. The usual rock kinda band. Nothing majorly memorable. The hidden gem of the night was Supergroove. They are a 7 piece NZ band that re-grouped just to be the opening act for Crowded House and they were just fantastic! There was great chemistry between the band members which led to an amazing performance and the guys just looked like they were having a good time up there! Its not always that you don't mind listening to more of the opening act. In fact, I almost felt like I was paying for 2 concerts for the price of 1!

Crowded House was great as well. They interspersed their new stuff with their old stuff. You could easliy tell when they were playing songs from the new album - no one sang along. In the middle of the concert it started to seem like a bit of a drag as they were playing a number of songs from their new album. I kinda of expected them to do that but I guess its not easy when you are such a iconic band that most people know the lyrics to your songs as well as the band did. And that was precisely what happened with the old stuff. It felt like a ginormous sing-a-long session at points. They played many old favourites like Don't dream its over, Take the weather and Pineapple head. They had 2 encores and finally ended the night with You better be home soon.

All in all, a great concert and a fantastic night of amazing music and enjoying the talents of other people. Hmm... I wonder what's playing in 2008 thats worth going to?