Last night J and I saw The Killers at the Mid-America Center in Iowa. The seating was most unusual for this concert. They only used half of the arena, and the $27 general admission tickets got you your choice of seat — you literally could sit anywhere you’d like. For $35 you got to stand the whole night right in front of the stage. Naturally, we splurged, although during the opening band (Louis XIV) I was wishing we had seats. They were terrible.
The Killers, on the other hand, were amazing. This is the 3rd time I’ve seen them live — first at Lollapalooza in ’05 and then at the Theater at MSG in October ’06. This concert and the one last October were both promoting Sam’s Town. Say what you want about Brandon Flowers, but that boy knows how to put on a show. He really pours his heart and soul into every word he sings, and he’s one of the few lead singers nowadays who can actually sing.
The only thing unfortunate about the evening (besides my aching feet) was that we were standing next to the rowdiest bunch of high school boys. They had zero concert-etiquette. They spent the night jumping into everybody– seriously, a mosh pit at The Killers concert? — and sweating all over me. And they spent the night crowd surfing. It was highly distracting. I don’t understand crowd surfing at all. Never once in my life have I had the urge to let strangers put their hands all over my body while hoping they don’t let me fall headfirst into the floor.
Here are some pictures I took with my Treo.
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