 Tonight showed that there is a new market for
electronica within the popular music society,
before the doors even opened tonight's gig had
already proven a massive success as the queue
was enormous and went on for half a mile down
the road. Owl Citys first and only support act
for this tour is Lights, who is a twenty-two year
old female singer song writer from Ontario Canada
who performs Synthpop. Lights has been unable
to play the last two dates of the tour due to
losing her voice, she stated tonight she could
not miss out on playing Manchester so she would
try her best. For someone who was having problems
with their voice Lights put on an amazing performance,
playing many catchy songs off her amazing debute
album the Listening. Lights had a nice surprise
in store at the end of her set, she stated “This
is only for you Manchester” as she picked
up a guitar and played acoustic versions of River
and Last Thing On Your Mind. Lights was a perfect
support act for Owl City.
 The night flew by and it was soon time for the
main act Owl City to head to the stage, the phenomenal
success of Owl City is all down to Adam Young
who started off making music in his parents basement
in 2007. Three years later and Adams project is
a global success, with sold out tours in the UK
and America. Owl City's stage presence is some
what different to how I would perceive it to be,
I would not expect a band in this music genre
to be accompanied on stage by a violinist, a cello
player, two keyboard players and a drummer with
Adam playing guitar. The different array of instruments
create the perfect sound needed to convey Adam's
theme of a dream like world. The highlight of
the night was when Fireflies was played, the whole
crowd sang along. Tonight's show was an unforgettable
on both parts of each performers sets.
Lights 4/5
Owl City 4/5
Review By Ellie Pockley
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