{"id":42459,"date":"2024-08-25T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=42459"},"modified":"2024-08-26T12:32:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:32:27","slug":"review-cage-the-elephant-xfinity-center-8-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2024\/08\/25\/review-cage-the-elephant-xfinity-center-8-22\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: CAGE THE ELEPHANT @ XFINITY CENTER 8\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Photos Courtesy of Christopher J Borders-Split<\/span><\/p>\n

Review by Holly Gustavsen<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, Cage the Elephant stopped in Mansfield, Massachusetts for the 30th concert in their Neon Pill Tour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cage the Elephant is a well-established rock band with six studio albums and two Grammy awards to their name. Their most recent album, \u201cNeon Pill\u201d, was released on May 17, 2024, and lead singer Matt Shultz described it as the first time the band was \u201cconsistently uninfluenced\u201d. Cage the Elephant has been making music since 2006 and currently consists of Matt and his brother Brad Shultz on guitar, Daniel Tichenor on bass, Jared Champion on drums, Nick Bockrath on guitar, and Matthan Minster on keyboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After opening sets from Willow Avalon, Bakar, and Young the Giant, the crowd was excited and ready for Cage the Elephant to take the stage at Xfinity Center. The band came out at 9:25 p.m., right on schedule, and opened with \u201cBroken Boy\u201d from their 2019 album \u201cSocial Cues\u201d. Matt Shultz notably entered on a knee scooter with a walking boot on his right foot. The first song ended with pyrotechnics, and I could already tell this would be a magical concert. The band continued straight into their next song \u201cCry Baby\u201d and guitarist Brad Shultz played the song from the crowd, building the excitement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite the scooter, which Matt jokingly referred to as his \u201csweet new ride\u201d, Matt was jumping on one leg and gliding around the stage with more energy and enthusiasm than I would expect from a man with a broken foot. The crowd fed off of Matt\u2019s energy, handbanging and clapping along with him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cage the Elephant played a variety of songs from all six of their albums including fan favorites like \u201cAin\u2019t No Rest for the Wicked\u201d, \u201cReady to Let Go\u201d and, my personal favorite, \u201cTrouble\u201d which was bursting with energy and bass compared to the more relaxed studio recording. Between songs, Matt repeatedly expressed his love for the fans and gratitude for their support. During \u201cTelescope\u201d, fans illuminated the venue with their phone flashlights for a tender moment before the band switched back to their high-energy performance full of flashing lights, lasers, and pyrotechnics for the final three songs of the main show. At around 10:35 p.m., Matt held up finger hearts and the band left the stage to roaring applause from the crowd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fans did not have to wait long for the encore; about three minutes later the band returned to the stage to perform three more songs. The first song, \u201cShake Me Down\u201d, was met with more deafening applause. After the crowd had quieted down, Matt asked for help with the next song saying \u201cIf you know it, sing it\u201d before the first notes of \u201cCigarette Daydreams\u201d started playing to which the crowd responded with even louder cheers. During the song, Matt held out his microphone for fans to sing the last chorus alone. The echo of thousands of people singing together gave me chills. Matt thanked the crowd one final time before performing the last song of the night, \u201cCome a Little Closer\u201d with fans singing the line \u201c\u2018time flies by,\u2019 they all sang along\u201d especially loudly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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With just lights and the occasional flame to decorate the stage, the band\u2019s performance really shined. Even if you only know \u201cCigarette Daydreams\u201d or \u201cAin\u2019t No Rest for the Wicked\u201d, you should try to see Cage the Elephant live, and expect to leave a bigger fan than when you arrived.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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All Photos Courtesy of Christopher J Borders-Split Review by Holly Gustavsen   On Thursday, Cage the Elephant stopped in Mansfield, Massachusetts for the 30th concert in their Neon Pill Tour.\u00a0\u00a0   Cage the Elephant is a well-established rock band with six studio albums and two Grammy awards to their name. Their most recent album, \u201cNeon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22960,"featured_media":42464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1525,1523,15],"tags":[2058,2057,33,2019,2054,2016,97,2012,2013,2055,2056,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22960"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42459"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42476,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42459\/revisions\/42476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}