Morning Silk

Globe Hall·Denver, CO

Frank Corr's NYC project, on the road behind The Jungle Giants' fifth album, Experiencing Feelings of Joy.

The Backseat Lovers

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Friko

Phone-free by the band's request. Every phone in a locked pouch, every song watched with actual eyes.

Tame Impala

Ball Arena·Denver, CO

w/ Dominic Fike

In the round this time. Apocalypse Dreams straight into the Deadbeat Jam, if the rest of the leg is any guide.

Your Neighbors

Globe Hall·Denver, CO

w/ VISION ARCADE

Their first real headline run, touring American Hedonism in a room that holds a few hundred people.

bbno$

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Oliver Tree, Käärijä, YNG Martyr, Jungle Bobby

His first Red Rocks headline. Oliver Tree restarted When I'm Down mid-set and nobody minded.

Last Dinosaurs

Fox Theatre·Boulder, CO

w/ elmjack

Touring Wellnxss, the re-recording they made after finally getting Wellness back from the label.

dodie

Summit Music Hall·Denver, CO

w/ Andy Louis

Opened with Arms Unfolding every night of the run, and the crowd voted on the encore.

LAUNDRY DAY

Globe Hall·Denver, CO

w/ WHATMORE

Eighteen days after EARWORM dropped. The encore was a cover of (I've Had) The Time of My Life, obviously.

Laufey

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Suki Waterhouse

Five acts, a string quartet, dancers, and Laufey on cello. She called it probably the most beautiful venue she had ever played.

Conan Gray

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Hemlocke Springs

Final night of the leg. The fan vote for the setlist was Astronomy versus Astronomy, because he wanted it at Red Rocks.

Bring Me The Horizon

Ball Arena·Denver, CO

w/ Motionless In White, The Plot In You, Amira Elfeky

Wonderwall, clean verses into a screamed chorus. Liam Gallagher approved.

Reneé Rapp

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Ravyn Lenae

Opening night of the entire tour. She played Colorado in Colorado, and three songs got their live debut.

Men I Trust

Mission Ballroom·Denver, CO

w/ strongboi

Two albums out that year, both named after horses. Encore was Worn Down into Billie Toppy.

Coldplay

Empower Field at Mile High·Denver, CO

w/ Elyanna, WILLOW

Show 199 of the tour. A thunderstorm held the start until 9:20, then Higher Power hit with fireworks in light rain.

Peach Pit

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Briston Maroney, Bnny

Billed as a co-headline with Briston Maroney, but Peach Pit closed. Rain delay, then a War Pigs intro straight into Magpie.

Djo

Mission Ballroom·Denver, CO

w/ Post Animal

Post Animal opened, which is Joe Keery's old band, and half of them wandered back on stage during his set.

bbno$

Ogden Theatre·Denver, CO

w/ Jungle Bobby

Ninety minutes of jokes with raps in between. Rasputin over the PA on the way out.

Tyler, The Creator

Ball Arena·Denver, CO

w/ Lil Yachty, Paris Texas

Thirty-eight songs across three stages. Where This Flower Blooms, live for the first time since 2019.

Melanie Martinez

Oakland Arena·Oakland, CA

w/ Men I Trust, Beach Bunny

Second night of her first arena tour, sold out. Three acts, one per album, with a Swan Lake interlude and ballet dancers in the fog.

Summer Salt

Washington's·Fort Collins, CO

w/ Lady Denim, Holdfast.

A Sunday a week before Christmas, two Colorado bands opening, in a 1908 building that only became a music hall in 2018.

Kai Wachi

Ogden Theatre·Denver, CO

w/ Hairitage, High Zombie

Skins is the EP, not the room. Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, heavy bass under unusually vulnerable vocals.

Wallows

Mission Ballroom·Denver, CO

w/ spill tab

Last night of the first US leg. They stopped Talk Like That to break up a fight and restarted I'm Full after someone fainted.

Sullivan King

Red Rocks Amphitheatre·Morrison, CO

w/ Kai Wachi, Ray Volpe b2b Grabbitz, Benda, Decadon

His first Red Rocks headline, on Father's Day. Brought his wife and newborn on stage, then played acoustic guitar live for the first time.

Cavetown

Fillmore Auditorium·Denver, CO

w/ Tessa Violet, Addison Grace

Tessa Violet came back out for Smoke Signals. Someone proposed during her set. Encore was Devil Town.

Tame Impala

Ball Arena·Denver, CO

w/ Sudan Archives

Booked for July 2020 at what was still the Pepsi Center. Fourteen months late and worth it.

Charlie Daniels Band

Frontier Park Arena·Cheyenne, WY

w/ Tracy Lawrence

His eleventh Frontier Days night show, more than any other act ever, and his last. He was 81.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Pepsi Center·Denver, CO

Twentieth anniversary tour, and the last winter run in founder Paul O'Neill's lifetime. Two shows that day, both with the pyro.

Earth, Wind & Fire

Pepsi Center·Denver, CO

w/ Chicago

Co-headline with Chicago. Both bands opened together, 21 musicians on one stage, then an hour each, then everyone back out for the finale.