Ticket Stub Tuesday… Round Fifteen:
@Simtilver first exposed me to Mika and Sara Bareilles at this concert, some two years ago. Since then, we’ve seen Mika together twice more and Sara an additional three times! And since then, both of these artists have changed the way I hear music.
It is of no surprise that these two acts were paired together for this tour, as both are self-taught, melodically inclined individuals who exhibit the very essence of raw talent. Their music encompasses beautiful melodies with lyrics that are far more poignant than “Boom, boom pow,” or “Rah-Rah Ah-ah-ah, Roma Ro-ma-ma…”
I think that one of the reasons that I like both of them so much is that even though they have had great success early on in their careers, they have managed to stay under the radar, so to speak, and have dodged that sell-out/main-stream bullet. Their fan base is very much genuinely interested in the music.
Thankfully, @Simtilver is a concert Nazi, so for this particular show we got to the Nokia Theatre early enough to be toward the front of the line. I am also thankful for the network of ‘line-holders’ that Sim befriended so that we didn’t actually have to wait in the line — we waited at the bar around the corner instead!
The show itself was non-stop energy right from the get go. It was a really fun way to start off the summer and to refresh my musical preferences.
