Damon Albarn Rocks The Royale - Woo-Hoo!!
by MRyan6692 on 6/13/14Royale Boston - BostonRating: 5 out of 5After finally recording his first solo album "Everyday Robots", Damon Albarn came to Boston as part of a small tour before heading back to Europe to play festivals this summer. Getting to see him in this small 1200-person capacity venue was a treat. While the songs off his solo album are mostly "downbeat" (Damon's words), the arrangements provided by a full band resulted in a lot more energy and excitement compared to the album versions of the same songs (similar to what happens to Radiohead when they play their newer material live). The show consisted of 21 songs and lasted about an hour and forty-five minutes. The setlist covered 9 songs from "Everyday Robots", 4 songs by Blur, 5 songs from Gorillaz. 2 songs from The Good, The Bad & The Queen and 1 song by Rocket Juice & the Moon. While this might have been one of the only shows where Clint Eastwood wasn't played, we got a special treat in hearing the first ever performance of Blur's "Song 2" not played by Blur. Evidently, they spent some time sound-checking the song earlier in the day. The band was great with three of the four members having been part of the 2010 Gorillaz touring line-up.