on friday night, we all drove down to the greek theatre in hollywood to watch ben harper & the innocent criminals. the fact that my birthday technically ended 24hrs prior meant nothing to me as I was still in full-on-celebration-mode. dont judge because this is a fully-acceptable thing to do when you’ve just turned 29 and are staring down the deep dark abyss that is your 30s.
the concert itself could not have been better. by my count this was roughly the 4th time i’ve seen ben harper in one form or another. the guys played for nearly 3 hours and even threw in a 2nd encore. best moment of the evening was when they returned for the final encore and ben says…
“…i’ve been told i play too long. but that is usually by the record company or a music critic and neither of them ever buy a ticket!”
as the final encore kept rolling ben came up for the last song and says…”ok this last song is gonna cost us $3500 so i hope you dig it.”
apparently, playing past 11pm at the greek theater (which is nestled in a residential hollywood neighborhood) gets one fined $3500. this of course only helped his image of “sticking it to the man” and everyone was ready to throw a buck into a jar on the way out to help pay the fine.
If you’re interested in the setlist, you can find it on the official site under the “on the road” section.
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