Andy Grammer Big Stupid Heart Tour – Oakdale Theater
Sunday I woke up at 2am CST, had a lyft scheduled for 3am CST and started making my way home from banana ball in OKC. (That post to come, but it was easier for me to knock this one out first.) I had a flight to Atlanta and then a flight to Hartford. When I arrived I heard the gate agent saying that there was a plane that needed parts and I started to panic – but it was the 2nd flight out to Atlanta. We were leaving at 5am and there was another at 7am that ended up delayed until 12:30 – but when we landed we all had texts saying “sorry for the delay, here’s meal vouchers” which freaked me out – WHAT DELAY? But I had no delay and my guess is they sent it to the wrong OKC to ATL flight! Oops! Both flights were without incident. I made it back home around 2pm and napped until it was time to meet my friend and head to the venue since I had maybe a 2 hour nap in the hotel and maybe a 2 hour nap on each flight. (Which overall I probably got close to 8 hours – just not all at once!)
This was my 900th! concert!
Opening the night was Walk Off The Earth who I was looking forward to seeing again after seeing them open for Lindsey Stirling a few years back. They also have their sons in a band, a tiny Hanson, if you will, called Luminati Suns who came out for a couple of songs and then we sang Happy Birthday to the youngest brother, Romeo, who turned 9. There were 3 kids rocking out the ENTIRE set and I was very excited that they were the ones chosen to get the show ukulele!
Then it was time for Andy! The show started with a cellist playing “Bittersweet Symphony” and went into Big Stupid Heart, the title track off his album that is coming out in October. He also did I think 4 other songs off the new album, in addition to a bunch of his singles. (Ironically enough “Magic” was playing at the airport while I waited to board and it made it into the setlist). The show was full of energy and inspiration, which I’ve come to expect at Andy’s shows. He also thanked us for sticking with him, since when he first came out it was the hunger games of white guys with guitars – but he is still around – thanks to us!
I don’t really get to choose who gets the honor of being milestone concerts because it just kind of depends where things end up falling, but I am not sure I could have picked a better 900th show if I tried!