For the second song of the night, Howie Day plays “She Says” from his 2000 album, Australia. He says he has to play this one early in the set because it has so many high vocal notes that are a bit harder to hit in his 40s as opposed to when he wrote it in his 20s. “And when she says she wants someone to love / I hope you know / She doesn’t mean you”. 

Midway into the set, he plays “Treetops” from his 2015 album, Lanterns. “Cause we’re dancing on the treetops tonight / We’re hiding from the people and the lights”. It’s a great joyful song that contrasts with a lot of the sad songs he is playing tonight. 

Late in the night, he plays “Bunnies”. This is one of his more experimental songs. It features a lot of loops and improvisations. Also, it stretches out to about 10 minutes. “Sometimes you just have to see where it goes,” says Howie afterwards. 

To close out his set, he plays his biggest hit, from the 2003 album, Stop All The World Now. This song has over 516 million streams on Spotify.  “Even the best fall down sometimes / Even the wrong words seem to rhyme / Out of the doubt that fills your mind / You finally find / You and I collide”. Unfortunately, he only plays about half of the song before he goes into a cover medley using the same chords. 

See the full setlist here. 

Cost of a ticket: $58

PlaylistHQ Economic Rating: Good Value

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Quinn Delaney