Iconic alternative rock band, Sunny Day Real Estate stops in Dallas on their 2024 North American Diary Anniversary Tour.
Rockers of all ages fled into the Echo Lounge and Music Hall venue as excitement grew with each second growing closer to showtime. While the lines grew at the bar and the merchandise corner, the stagehands began prepping the stage for the big show to come.
The local Dallas band, Phantomelo, who had recently performed as opener for roar at Tulips in Fort Worth, began to take the stage, which was a large upgrade to the size of their more intimate show. Before beginning their set, the band set up a phone on an amp to provide their online community of fans a more intimate experience of the show on Instagram live. As Phantomelo continued their set, the crowd was provided with an exciting and energetic performance to prepare the crowd for the headliner they had been anticipating.
The fans were not left waiting around for too long after Phantomelo had left the stage and before they knew it, the iconic band celebrated their 30th anniversary with their Diary album.
Forming in 1992, Sunny Day Real Estate began as an alternative rock/post-hardcore band with founding members consisting of Jeremy Egnick (vocals), Dan Hoerner (guitar), Nate Mendel (bass), and William Goldsmith (drums). With large influences from bands like Rites of Spring, Pixies, and Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate provided fans with an emotional hardcore sound mixed with plenty of groove and more thoughtful tempos with their debut album, Diary, in 1994.
After a short breakup in the late 90s, Mendel and Goldsmith moved to working with Nirvana’s former drummer, Dave Grohl, in his new project titled Foo Fighters. After a small dispute between the band and Goldsmith, he decided to move back to his roots at Sunny Day Real Estate, while Mendel stayed and still rocks with Grohl and the band to this day.
Throughout the years of Sunny Day Real Estate, the band has released four albums with all sorts of sounds, riffs, and beats, ensuring to give a fan an unforgettable experience with each listen.
During the show, the setlist consisted of all of the songs on the Diary album as well as a few rare B-side tracks that left the crowd going wild. Throughout the show the band gave the audience their 100% energy and passion to the crowd, as the dedicated fans bolted out their songs word for word.
With the encore leaving the audience asking for more, Sunny Day Real Estate wrapped up their show with an exciting ending to a night to remember. The band is still on tour throughout the United States, performing high energy shows to cities all around America.
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