Selling out the Vibes Event Center for the night, Dance Gavin Dance gives their San Antonio crowd a night to remember in their “Return of the Robot” tour.
With their merch booth lines going as far as the eye can see, people getting their food and drinks from the nearby stands, and the crowds already filling up, fans were ready for a night full of music.
Seattle heavy pop band, The Home Team, is no stranger to the spotlight. Having blown up recently and getting a lot of attention from the scene, the crowd was full of fans. Roaring and cheering once they hit the stage, and some even holding up posters for the band to see.
The band started their set with some songs from their 2021 album, “Slow Bloom”, performing songs like, “Right Through Me” and “Move It Or Lose It”. Singer, Brian Butcher, made sure to interact with the crowd as well, asking fun questions before moving onto the next track or just getting the crowd excited for what was next.
The band also played songs from their most recent album “The Crucible Of Life” and sang hits like, “Hell”, “Somebody Else’s Face”, “Overtime”, and a few more. The Home Team recently released their deluxe edition of “The Crucible Of Life” a few days before the show, so he asked fans if it was okay if he played some brand new tracks from it. In the middle of the Texas golden hour, the band finished their set with their most iconic hit, “Loud,” which, of course, had the crowd singing from beginning to end.
After an amazing and energetic set, the band got the fans ready and excited for Dance Gavin Dance and said their goodbyes to the San Antonio crowd.
Once 9:20 PM hit, the lights went out and bright blue lights lit up the whole stage, making a cool LED-themed setup, only being able to make out the silhouettes of the band members, fans started going crazy. Many of those in the crowd dressed up in their DGD attire, wearing strawberry hats, pins, and even strawberry-themed button-ups.
The band started off the night performing their 2024 single “Speed Demon”, followed by another older single, “War Demon”, and they then hit the crowd with an old hit fans had been waiting for. Singer, Andrew Wells, announced to the crowd the next song being “The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 2 ½” which had the crowd roaring. Many starting to mosh and crowd surfing, causing barricade security to have to start acting fast.
The band talked a bit about the release of their new upcoming album, “Pantheon”, coming out on September 12 later this year. This being the band’s first album with their new lead vocalist, Andrew Wells. Following this, the band performed a single from the album, “Midnight at McGuffy’s”.
The band made sure to constantly thank the San Antonio crowd for withstanding the Texas heat for the night, and being grateful for showing up and selling out the show. The band continued to play hits from older albums, some of those being “Blue Dream”, “The Backwards Pumpkin Song”, “The Robot With Human Hair Pt. 3”, and a few other hits.
With the crowd still sounding energized and tons still present and ready to dance, the band still had 3 encore songs by the end of their set. Ending with their second released single, “All The Way Down”, from their upcoming album, and also performing “Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most” and last but not least, “The Ghost of Billy Royalton”, which of course left everyone leaving content with hearing the band leave such a meaningful song as their last.
The band talked about how San Antonio was one of their favorite cities to perform in, due to the energy and always counting on the crowd to show up. “San Antonio, we said what we said, You’re one of the best.”, said the band in an Instagram post for the night.
With their tour being more than halfway done, keep up with Dance Gavin Dance by pre-saving their upcoming album, Pantheon.
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