Last night, Los Angeles indie-alt trio lovelytheband and rocker-rapper Mod Sun brought their energetic 30-date co-headlining Here’s Your Flowers Tour to Columbus, Ohio at Newport Music Hall along with opening support from indie songwriter and producer No Love For The Middle Child and Missouri hip-hop artist honestav.
Notes about the show:
No Love For The Middle Child
-Blink 182 “I Miss You” cover with recorded loops
-introduced himself: mentioning he has worked with and produced songs for many artists, including: Meek Mill, Zero 9:36, Calboy, Steve Aoki
-performed new song “One Last Try”
-performed “No Sleep;” a somber, emotional song with an instrumental cello bow and plucking intro. Before performing the song, he reminded everyone to “check on your friends”
honestav
-told the crowd he’s thrilled that everyone knows the lyrics; constant smiling, appreciative, lots of continuous gratitude
-told the crowd this very first tour he’s ever been on is “changing my life”
-new EP next month
-performed “Paranoia”
-performed “Pressure,” about his dad passing away
-jumped off stage for two songs to be in front of the barricade with the crowd
Mod Sun
-Non-stop energy, lots of jumping
-On stage duet with honestav for "I'd Rather Overdose," vocalist Dylan Smith mentioned currently having five years of sobriety
-performed MGK collab “Stay Away;” Smith mentioned MGK is a close friend and feels like Columbus is his second hometown
-Brought Columbus’ rapper Doobie on stage briefly, who was hanging in the back
-introduced the full band during “Sunshine”
-Smith introduced himself: previous drummer for Scary Kids, Scaring Kids, in music for 20 years
-performed “Flames,” cover of Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris”
-told the crowd “the world needs happier music” right now; mentioned the genre of “hippy hop” that he spent 10 years doing, then performed a lengthy set with songs dating back 18 years
-performed live debut song “The Shake” with harmonica, the song had an upbeat catchy chorus
lovelytheband
-vocalist, guitarist Mitchy Collins said there’s nothing better than performing on stage with your best friends after “These Are My Friends” song, then introduced drummer Sam Price and guitarist Jordan Greenwald
-performed new songs from just released (fourth) self-titled album, including: “Nice To Know You,” “What Have I Been Missing,” “Try For You”
-Collins put the guitar away for a few songs here and there to sing while dancing across the stage
-a couple times Greenwald and Collins went to each side of the stage to jam out
-Collins often paused to introduce songs and interact with the crowd
-Collins reflected on being a band for eight years and spoke on the significance of mental health before performing and ending the set with most popular 2018 hit, “Broken”
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lovelytheband (click photos to enlarge)
MOD SUN (click photos to enlarge)
honestav (click photos to enlarge)
NO LOVE FOR THE MIDDLE CHILD
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