BUSH! (The band, not George H.W., George W., Neil, Barbara, Jeb, etc.)

[GulDukat]

Just got back from Bush/Candlebox at the MGM Music Hall Fenway in Boston.

Candlebox opened the show and they were really great. I was never a huge fan but they had a lot of memorable songs (especially from the debut), and the newer ones sounded really good.

Bush were awesome. I've seen them a million times and they always are. Usually they play like a legacy act, playing the big hits and a few new ones. Tonight, while they played all the big singles from Sixteen Stone, they seemed to be more focused on the present, playing a healthy dose of songs from The Kingdom (2020) and The Art of Survival (2022). They played "The Chemicals Between Us" from The Science of Things, but I'm not sure if they played anything else from their initial run (1994-2001). Gavin jumped into the crowd and ran right past me, which has happened before, it was cool.

I felt old. Audience looked like the AARP crowd.