I saw Echo and The Bunnymen!  My first time at the Fillmore.  I think I'd probably go back there!

So many problems in my body and my life, but hey, at least I got to see a band who released some of my most beloved stuff.  Albums like Crocodiles, Porcupine, Heaven Up Here, and Ocean Rain.  Originally scheduled for Sunday at the Fillmore, I went and the show was postponed due to the band being in some kind of car accident.  It got rescheduled for two days later, and I did not think I would be able to get there, so I requested a refund.  

It was rescheduled for the same night as Kevin Morby, who I also had tickets to see, and who released my favorite album of the year, setting me up with this dilemma of who to see.  

I went towards the Kevin Morby show and made a last minute decision to go down the road from Union Transfer to the Fillmore see Echo and the Bunnymen with my fellow manager and her boyfriend, mainly because they are getting older and this could be their last tour.  Anyway it is a matter of comparing apples and oranges (comparing things that are both good in their own way!!) and I am not going to try to figure out which show would have been better.  

But I am only thankful that I got to see Echo and the Bunnymen, a band that has always just had something magical and special ahout them that cannot be duplicated by anyone.

Also I must thank the two kind souls who helped me directionally challenged self find the venue, and then find my way back to my car. 

 

Yes, I was there, and at one point maybe thirty feet from Bruce Springsteen.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bruce-springsteen/2026/xfinity-mobile-arena-philadelphia-pa-2b4b60da.html

True Story: Growing up, my friend Danielle Ivy, whose last name began with a K, started calling both of us the "DIK's" because that's what both of our initials spelled.   Both of us are forty now, so I guess we both can be asking around if anyone wants some old DIK in their lives.  

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iron-and-wine/2026/union-transfer-philadelphia-pa-34c551b.html

Just got back from an absolutely outstanding Iron and Wine concert.  I knew I love Iron and Wine, but I think I actually kind of underrated how they would be live.  The show absolutely exceeded my expectations, and they weren't even focusing on the part of their catalogue that I've listened to the most.  Everything they played just sounded so ornate, and they were able to bring the entire place to quiet so you could hear the quietest details.  Not to mention, Sam Beam really sings beautifully and better than I would have expected him to sing live.

I really do think music has healing powers, because I somehow really felt no pain as I drove home from this one.  I can't begin to explain how hard some days are, and this was one of them.  I was very close to not going.  

                                                             

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