We a took Social Cues with Cage The Elephants Detroit Show, Here is what we found out
Last night we checked out Cage the Elephants Detroit Show at DTE Energy amphitheater.
No amount of construction or tailgaters could stop the fans from getting into the sold out even at DTE Energy Theater or Pine Knob to most. With high energy of the audience it was only expected that Cage would match that and then some. The stage which had one platform with a set of stairs going up, was decorated with a red carpet bringing the attention to the Jared Champion drum kit with the emblem of the bands name printed. Matt Shultz waltz onto the floor with few odd items in a hand that includes fan and wire umbrella not to mention the black beekeepers mask which lasted for the rest of the first half of the first song. The kicked started the set with Broken boy, Cry Baby and Spiderhead.
Remember that we mention that this was going to be high energy performance? Yeah, scratch that. This was volume level set to eleven, kind of energy. With Matt running back and forth entertaining both sides of the audience with not one ounce of let down. It wasn’t just him as guitarist and brother Brad Shultz right behind jumping off from the stairs and onto the speakers. with just as much spirit. You can hear them shouting out the lyrics way beyond the amphitheater and into the outdoor food courts.
Besides hitting us with the favorites, Cage The Elephants also played a few covers one we could recollect was Queen’s We are the Champions. Now of course they played a few from their fifth album Social Cues. It wouldn’t be later on during Beck’s performance that we would get the chance to see Cage jump in with Night Running being the second from the last song.
What is left on their tour
August 4 – Indianapolis, IN at Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center*#
August 11 – Toronto, ON at Budweiser Stage*&
August 12 – Saratoga Springs, NY at Saratoga Performing Arts Center*&
August 13 – Darien Center, NY at Darien Lake Amphitheater*&
August 15 – Mansfield, MA at Xfinity Center*&
August 16 – Gilford, NH at Bank of New Hampshire*&
August 17 – New York, NY at Forest Hill Stadium*
August 20 – Holmdel, NJ at PNC Bank Arts Center*&
August 21 – Camden, NJ at BB&T Pavilion*&
August 22 – Columbia, MD at Merriweather Post Pavilion*&
August 24 – Raleigh, NC at Coastal Credit Union Music Park*&
August 25 – Charlotte, NC at PNC Music Pavilion*&
August 27 – Birmingham, AL at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre*&
August 29 – Tampa, FL at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre*&
August 30 – West Palm Beach, FL at Coral Sky Amphitheatre*&
* co-headlining with Beck, with special guest Spoon
^ with Starcrawler
# with Wild Belle
& with Sunflower Bean