Early in the set, Neon Trees play “Animal” from their 2010 Album, Habits. “Oh-oh, I want some more / Oh-oh, what are you waiting for? / Take a bite of my heart tonight”. This is such a fun and joyous song and it has the entire crowd dancing along. 

They follow this with “1983”. The lead singer, Tyler Glenn, says he kinda regrets putting the year of his birth in this song, because now everyone knows how old he is! “It’s coming all back to me / Nineteen-eighty-three / The year I was born”. 

Soon afterwards they play “Songs I Can’t Listen To”, which was released as a single in 2015. “I’ve got a list of songs I can’t listen to / And it’s all because we’re through”. Wow, the emotion of these lyrics is so raw. For anyone who has felt this, it hits them right in the gut. 

Glenn comments on how the crowd is a bit small, since it is a Monday night. Then he asks if anyone has had the experience of thinking about someone sexually, but not telling them. After a small response, he asks  “is it too early in the week to be sexual?” He then launches into “Secret” from their latest album, 2024’s Sink Your Teeth. 

In the middle of “Bad Dreams”, he sings a bit of “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan after saying it’s about to get gay in here. At the Metro two nights ago, Jukebox the Ghost played the full song. Another similarity to that concert is that on both nights, it was the drummer’s birthday and the lead singer had everyone sing “Happy Birthday”. 

To close out the night, they play their supermassive hit, “Everybody Talks” from their 2012 album, Picture Show. This song has over 1 billion streams on Spotify. “It started with a whisper / And that was when I kissed her / And then she made my lips hurt / I could hear the chit-chat”. This song is pop rock perfection and it sends the crowd out with a giant smile on their face. 

See the full setlist here. 

Cost of a ticket: $40

PlaylistHQ Economic Rating: Exceptional

Rating Scale: Exceptional > Good Value > Discounted > Go for Free > Don’t Bother

Quinn Delaney