Royal Blood at History - Concert Photos

Royal Blood kicked off their tour at Toronto's History last night. Their latest album is Typhoons and it's out now. They've also just released a new tune "Honeybrains".

Check out my photos of Royal Blood from their performance at Lee's Palace back in 2014.

cleopatrick is heading out on the road with Royal Blood and they opened up the show. My photos of their set are here.

And here's "Honeybrains"

cleopatrick at History - Concert Photos

 

cleopatrick are heading out on tour with Royal Blood and they kicked off the tour at Toronto's History last night. I only caught part of their set, but the crowd was singing along and giving the band a huge response.

I've caught a couple of cleopatrick shows before. Check out my photos from their set at NXNE in 2019 and at Riverfest Elora in 2018.

My photos of Royal Blood's headlining set are here.

Check out the band's latest tune "No Sweat"

Thao at The Great Hall - Concert Photos

Thao and her band (I'm honestly not sure, are they still Thao and The Get Down Stay Down or not?) were in Toronto on March 24 to play a gig that was in their calendar and mine for May of 2020. This tour is to celebrate their latest album Temple.

I've had Thao's music in my library since I heard "Bag of Hammers" and picked up We Brave Bee Stings and All. This marked my first time seeing her live and also my first show of 2022. 

It was so great to be back in a live music venue, and specifically one as wonderful as The Great Hall, and enjoying the magic of live music again. These were all fantastic acts to get me back into live music in 2022! My photos and thoughts on openers Becca Mancari and Why Bonnie can be found here and here.

Thao and her band have a fun energy and excited vibe. The musicianship is outstanding and their passion was exchanged and grew between band and audience. It's always a powerful thing to be a part of. 

A few highlights from the set: "Phenom" from Temple got a great response from the crowd, "Holy Roller" is one of my personal faves and I loved hearing it live, we got to hear a new unreleased song with a very cool hook/riff, the audience participation kicked into high gear for "Fool Forever", which included some of MIA's "Bad Girls". Nice touch! I loved the impassioned delivery and outstanding vocals on "Guts", and "Every Body" has such a great groove. After the main set, Thao returned to the stage for a solo electric encore of "Feet Asleep" and "Know Better Learn Faster", capping off an awesome night of music and fantastic performances by all the artists.

What a wonderful night out and a wonderful way to start the 2022 concert season for me.

Here are a couple of Thao's tunes:

"Phenom"

"Holy Roller"

Becca Mancari at The Great Hall - Concert Photos

Becca Mancari is a singer songwriter from Nashville. 

I loved their performance of passionate, positive, uplifting and empowering music at Toronto's The Great Hall. I think the thing I liked the most was the happy vibes that emanated between the crowd and Mancari. It was wonderful to behold and I'll catch a Becca Mancari show again any time!

Becca Mancari and the band performed their set between Thao and Why Bonnie. Click here and here for my photos and thoughts on their sets.

Check out a couple of Becca Mancari's tunes:

"I'm Sorry"

"Hunter"

Why Bonnie at The Great Hall - Concert Photos

Why Bonnie are from Austin and they tell us that they love Toronto. That's always a nice thing to hear.

I really enjoyed the band's set. I bobbed my head and swayed and just generally vibed out, soaking up the great energy coming from the band's tunes and especially on the jam out sections of some tunes.

Why Bonnie were in town opening up the night with Thao and Becca Mancari. Click on through here and here for the photos and my thoughts on those sets.

Here are a couple of Why Bonnie tunes.

"Galveston"

"Athlete"