Hot Chelle Rae – Bluebird Theater, Feb 14, 2012

Jenn Cohen | March 1, 2012 | 1 Comment

by Doug Leavy

Well Denver, you can now place yourself in the history books of Hot Chelle Rae’s stellar career! If you made it out to the February 14 show, you noticed leader singer, Ryan Follese, get a little emotional and mention that tonight was the band’s FIRST sold-out headlining show. Yeah, pretty sweet, and some of us can say “we were there.” OK so on to the meat of the show…

The band, consisting of Ryan Follesé (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Nash Overstreet (lead guitar, backing vocals), Ian Keagy (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Jamie Follesé (drums) proved from the opening light and remixed beats of “Beautiful Freaks,” that this was going to be a killer show. They packed the 75-minute show full of fun antics and tunes, including hits; “I Like it Like That,” “Bleed,” and “Why Don’t You Love Me,” with guest vocals by tour mate Cady Groves. They closed with the now multi-platinum selling single, “Tonight, Tonight” and yes, the balcony just about came down in the Bluebird from the fans jumping up and down, and singing at the top of their lungs.

I’ve seen HCR perform a few times (as recently as Oct ’11) and they keep getting exponentially better! Talking to the guys before the show, I couldn’t help but get intoxicated by their excitement and love of the new album, Whatever, how life is going, and how much they REALLY do love and appreciate their fans. Do not be surprised to see them packing out the Fillmore or larger venue next time they are in town. Their days of smaller venues are pretty much over. Hate to say it, but you snooze, you loose.

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