A Morning with Modest Mouse

The morning of June 19th I received an email from Live Nation and Oh My Rockness listing a Secret impromptu Modest Mouse concert in Williamsburg following their opening gig with R.E.M. at Madison Square Garden. Alas, the show sold out before the emails were even sent in 5 minutes! Luckily, a friend of mine got her hands on a pair and we were off to The Music Hall of Williamsburg at midnight.

It was strange seeing people lined up from midnight until almost 1:30AM when the doors finally opened, passerbys begging for extra tickets every few minutes. The stage hands took a long time to set up, an obvious sign that the band isn't used to playing small venues anymore, and the show began one hour late at 2:30AM.

We had a perfect spot against the stage RIGHT in front of Johnny Marr!

My absolute highlight of the show was Tiny Cities Made of Ashes...the band rocked out without apology. Issac ran up to us, licked his guitar, shouted in our faces, jumped into the crowd with mic in hand and began pushing people around while Johnny Marr's on stage solo put us in a trance. Isaac's live voice and on stage antics, along with Johnny Marr's undeniable talent made my lack of sleep for the next workday [and the Cure concert that same night] worth it! It was great to see a band of their stature play a spontaneous show until the wee hours of the morning and only charging $20 a ticket AND waiving Ticketbastard charges.

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Johnny Marr Solo I shot [not the best quality]