August 07, 2018 -- Cleveland, OH -- David Byrne, Benjamin Clementine

Venue: Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica

Earlier in 2018 I had seen David Byrne in Atlanta at the Shaky Knees Festival and he was amazing there.

This show was the same setlist with a few songs added. It was also a great show, despite everyone on stage coming across as a little tired. The show was further impacted by the fairly muddy sound, so between the tired performance, the same setlist, and the rough sound, the Shaky Knees show was my favorite of the two.

I purchased one ticket for this show in the front row of the stands behind the floor seating. There was a very angry woman sitting a few spots to my left that kept shushing people during the opener for talking too loud. There was also a couple of really cool people sitting directly behind me who started a conversation with me about this show and when they had seen David Byrne in the past. The conversation eventually went to a place where we were comparing shows that we had been to, and I asked if they were thinking about seeing Phil Collins in a few months. The gentleman seemed to be kind of offended that I asked him this and the conversation ended not long after.

The angry woman left the show early, sometime before the encore. She gathered her purse and in a huff looked angrily at everyone and walked toward the venue’s exit. She was an angry, upset cartoon of a woman who had trouble handling the crowd.

I don’t like people talking at concerts either, but she can respectfully and graciously go fuck herself.