Day two: Cincinnati, Ohio
delsEveryone was a little more chilled today. The venue was a proper shed—outdoor but with a roof to protect audience and stage from the elements. Just as hot as yesterday but we didn’t have the sun actually cooking us as we played. In fact by show time it was not unpleasant on the stage. No general admission though, so the love we got in Columbus from directly in front of the stage from the few souls gathered there who bought tickets because we were on the bill is missing. But the love was still there scattered around the cavernous space and by the end of our set it was starting to feel like there might be a concert in the room.
Semisonic put on a great show after us, and BNL know exactly how to take the audience with them when they take the stage. Buy 10.30 they had the PNC Pavilion in the palms of their hands—Ed had five thousand people singing every word along with him and we were starting to see how this is all meant to work.