The amazing Ting Tings stopped into Philly this passed Thursday and if you were lucky enough to get a ticket (meaning you bought one within the first day or so, then the first hour after it was moved to a larger venue) then you got to experience much of the excitement that I am about to explain here first hand.
First off, is the complete surprise of the opening band: Hot Tub. They were amazing. An immediate stage presence, something like if Peaches had sex with Ad Rock and spit out a baby that grew up watching Bowie and listening to gangsta rap (yeah… shit was a little crazy). It was odd; after the intial “wtf??” from the crowd after seeing these three girls that look like their straight from outer space or an orphanage run by Bootsy Collins, there was a unanimous “OMG!” (rofl, lmao, dtf?). They were amazing and their music was pretty good, too.
With only four songs to their set, they played the entire thing without stop. Jumping off stage, molesting fans by sticking them under dresses, they even brought a little girl on stage and played for her. That must have been pretty incredible for her; as her face was frozen in a permanent “Oh my God, I can’t believe I’m on stage.” Of course, I’m pretty sure with song titles like Man Bitch, that the irony almost overruled the sincerity of the gesture, but whatever. They still pulled off an amazing show. These girls seem like they’re mad cool and are having as much (if not more) un on stage then the crowd is. I could be a dick and be really cynical (like I normally am), but they were there to play music and have fun and they more than accomplished this goal.
Anyway, back to the fucking point: the Ting Tings. Now, I’m a fan of the Ting Tings. In
So, the Ting Tings come out and literally play their entire record non-stop. It’s definitely a concert for those who love to dance and have fun with their music and the band was great enough to not be greedy with too much of their own (often pointing the mic to the crowd).
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Overall, it was a very focused set. The music live sounded almost exactly like it did on the record (even with the multi-layered sounds on tracks like Feed You Head). Overall, the concert was a great experience and one can tell why everytime they come to Philly the crowds get bigger and bigger. For the encore, Jules comes out and does a crazy DJing job. He looks like he’s having afucking amazing time doing it and the crowd seemed very impressed.
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Should You See This? If you are a fan of the Ting Tings or dancing in general, yes.
The only bad thing is that it was unbearably hot in that motherfucker. I spoke to the manager afterward, who stated someone forgot to turn on the air conditioner and as soon as he found out, he turned it back on. This is a picture to give you a picture of how hot it really was.
