January 16, 2017 – Columbus, OH – Run The Jewels, The Gaslamp Killer

Venue:  Promowest Pavilion/Express Live (Indoor)

Run The Jewels are a great live act.

It isn't so awesome to see them live when the Express Live venue is sold out.

I went to this show with Joe and Chuck, and we arrived late, which didn't help us out in finding a spot to see.

It was very hard to get down onto the floor, and when we did, we could only get down to the extreme side stage area by the fire exits.  We ended up going up into the balcony and standing behind someone on the right-hand side.  A small drunk man stumbled around next to me, bumping into me occasionally, and meanwhile we could barely see them on stage.

Run The Jewels had amazing energy and put on a good show, but the night was ruined by the crowd and the sold out/over-sold Express Live venue.

I would see them again, later in the year at the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY, and they had some of the exact same stage banter and the songs were in the same order, which was disspointing. 

At Forecastle Festival, I happily stood at the back of the crowd with plenty of room around me.