Concert Review: Echo & The Bunnymen (Fillmore Charlotte)

BY CHRIS HOCKER Echo & The Bunnymen brought their More Songs to Learn and Sing Tour to Charlotte's Fillmore on Tuesday night. It ...

BY CHRIS HOCKER

Echo & The Bunnymen brought their More Songs to Learn and Sing Tour to Charlotte's Fillmore on Tuesday night. It was a packed house, full of fans and the children of fans, eager for a great show.

And that's exactly what they got! It's easy to look at legacy acts as bands cashing paychecks in the name of nostalgia. But not this show! Seriously, this was one of the best shows I've been to in a while. They sounded great. The lighting was dark and moody, what you'd expect for an Echo & The Bunnymen show, except for Will Sergeant, who was well lit under a spotlight all night long. Ian McCulloch joked often with the crowd while telling stories despite being in obvious pain as he asked for a "spine specialist" and spent the second half of the show seated. They even threw in snippets of a few covers -- Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side," The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues," and Bowie's "The Jean Genie." And of course, they played the hits, with "The Killing Moon" receiving the biggest response of the evening from the teenagers near me.

If you have a chance to catch the More Songs to Learn and Sing Tour, do it. You'll be glad you did. And take your kids with you!

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    • CHRIS HOCKER, Editor
      • Strange Carolinas started as a hobby for Chris Hocker who often dragged his family to offbeat detours on family vacations. Hocker decided to start photographing and writing about these roadside attractions and in June 2014, launched Strange Carolinas with a story on Myrtle Beach's KISS Coffeehouse. In addition to chronicling over 400 attractions across the Carolinas, Strange Carolinas has also become an impressive music blog.

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