A Review

I'm home sick and need something to do, so I thought I'd talk about the concert I went to this weekend.

I went and saw 'Lights' this Sunday with my roommate. I'm not sure whether you would call Lights a singer or a band? At any rate, the concert said it started at 7:00 so we foolishly showed up then. Over an hour later the opener Matt Good went on. I was a little peeved that it took so long but really shouldn't I know better? Matt turned out to be from around here, from a small town called Carlisle, and was really good. He sang with acoustic guitar and if you ever have the chance I would definitely recommend you check him out! Along with being a great musician he's a really sweet guy.

Little annoyance: why is it that it always seems that the one person you really don't want to be at the same event as you always shows up?

Moving on, Lights eventually came on and the little girls all went wild. It was really quite cute, most of them showed up in those little headbands you wear across your forehead in her honor. It was a pretty good show although I do have to say her voice seemed a little... put-on in person. Sort of like the baby voice some people use to be cute. She was very energetic and silly though and very fun to watch. Talking to her in person, she is a very nice girl and was a lot tinier than I had expected!

My roommate and I were invited out with Lights after the show, and why not? Nothing better to do on a Sunday night usually. We went to a local pub, O'Hannlons and Maurie, Adam, and the manager Linda all came to chat. I was a little disappointed that Valerie (Lights) didn't come but they said that she was tuckered out and just headed for bed. A friend of mine chatted with her at a previous show and had really liked her. I suppose I wanted to compare experiences a bit. The highlight of the evening just might have been talking to Linda. She was very talkative and just lots of fun. She used to manage for Mandy Moore which I thought was really interesting and just seemed to have an exciting life. Always fun to meet new people.

I did have a little peeve this night. I noticed later that the Lights shirt I bought was autographed Lights. Not Valerie. It seemed a bit strange to me and I really would have preferred the name. Even out at drinks Linda and the guys referred to her as Lights. When I asked them why they don't call her by name they responded that she had legally changed her name to Lights. Must be an image thing? Or security to prevent stalkers haha. Hmmm, I wonder what name I could get away with?

The concert was only $17 a ticket and the merch was pretty cheap too. I would definitely check out a concert, I have a feeling Lights could really go places. Not a bad way to spend your evening at all!