Bunn DJ Company

Luckily, I had Friday night off and took my wife to see Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark Tour at Walnut Creek. I got on Craig’s List on Monday of last week and by Friday night was sitting 3rd row center stage! Gotta love the internet and ticket scalpers! Say what you want about Kanye, but he absolutely blew the roof off the place. The show started early with Lupe Fiasco (which we missed), then we got the end of Pharrell’s set with N.E.R.D. They rocked also. Next, Rihanna came out looking amazing. She ran through a string of hits with male and female dancers and a live band…very entertaining. As it finally got dark outside around 9:00pm, the house lights went out and the curtain came down. Basically, the whole show was only one person on stage, Mr. West. The show was more like a play with all of the songs from his three albums tied together to form a story about him crashing his spaceship and trying to get off this planet (which the stage looked like). Amazing show, really. Is he an egomaniac? Yes! He even had his 6 piece band behind the video wall. Is he talented? Yes! His talent bypasses the fact that he is a jerk, I really believe that especially after getting to see his live show. He banged out all of the hits and non-hits with an energy that I have rarely seen onstage and I have seen hundreds of concerts. The bottom line is this, it was a great show and more importantly a milestone for rap shows. Most hip hop shows are plagued with poor sound, terrible lights, and a bunch of idiots marching around on stage yelling into the mic. This was the absolute opposite. One man onstage, 90 minutes of energy, great sound, great lights, and the video screen backdrop was amazing. Rappers take note, this is the man to follow when planning your next tour. I took these with my iPhone, yes, I was that close.