by Andi Bricklin

The last time I saw OK Go was about eight years ago when they opened up for Cheap Trick at the TLA, and I left thinking it was one of the most memorable shows I’d ever seen. Fun, clever and personal musicians playing great music, OK Go brought big stage antics to Philadelphia. I remember an array of dancing balloons that seemed just a little too big for the stage, and an encore where the band put down their instruments and danced “A Million Ways”. It was just astounding, so heading down to Union Transfer, I could not wait to see what the band had in store for Philadelphia this time around.

An ominous white sheet covered the stage and with it an almost target like circle of light right smack dab in the center. The band strategically took their places on stage behind the sheet while an expertly edited clip of movie and TV characters said “OK Go” over and over with a “DAMIAN!” from The Omen thrown in for good measure until finally the band was introduced by Kermit the Frog, because why wouldn’t you use that if you got it! When the band starts to play, huge Great and Powerful OZ- like heads overlaid the band members faces, it was like they pulled us all into one of their music videos.

But it wasn’t until the sheet got pulled down and the confetti cannons took over when the party got started! Without disappointment, the band brought astounding visuals to accompany their great live musicianship. It was like they were able to capture the magic of the U2 Zooropa tour with graphic and video projections on white screens behind the band–stadium style production in a 1000 capacity venue.

Photo by Vicki Gemmill

OK Go performed a few of my personal favorites, “You’re So Damn Hot”, “Good Idea at the Time” and “Get Over It” intertwined with audience Q&A, that included a round of Happy Birthday to one lucky girl, Anna with 2 “N”s, and brilliant storytelling. One sweet moment had a solo, acoustic Damian on a box in the middle of the audience performing “Last Leaf”. If you weren’t already swooning by this point, your knees were definitely weak when he was finished.

Did I mention there were confetti cannons? Seriously, there was so much confetti that I felt like I was in the final scene of Footloose; you could make a “confetti angel” on the floor of Union Transfer when the show was over, it was like a never-ending shower raining down on delighted fans–crazy!

It was an amazing night of music that featured four new songs off the upcoming album, Hungry Ghosts, expected for release next month and available for pre-order via Pledge Music now.

by Andi Bricklin

The last time I saw OK Go was about eight years ago when they opened up for Cheap Trick at the TLA, and I left thinking it was one of the most memorable shows I’d ever seen. Fun, clever and personal musicians playing great music, OK Go brought big stage antics to Philadelphia. I remember an array of dancing balloons that seemed just a little too big for the stage, and an encore where the band put down their instruments and danced “A Million Ways”. It was just astounding, so heading down to Union Transfer, I could not wait to see what the band had in store for Philadelphia this time around.

An ominous white sheet covered the stage and with it an almost target like circle of light right smack dab in the center. The band strategically took their places on stage behind the sheet while an expertly edited clip of movie and TV characters said “OK Go” over and over with a “DAMIAN!” from The Omen thrown in for good measure until finally the band was introduced by Kermit the Frog, because why wouldn’t you use that if you got it! When the band starts to play, huge Great and Powerful OZ- like heads overlaid the band members faces, it was like they pulled us all into one of their music videos.

But it wasn’t until the sheet got pulled down and the confetti cannons took over when the party got started! Without disappointment, the band brought astounding visuals to accompany their great live musicianship. It was like they were able to capture the magic of the U2 Zooropa tour with graphic and video projections on white screens behind the band–stadium style production in a 1000 capacity venue.

Photo by Vicki Gemmill

OK Go performed a few of my personal favorites, “You’re So Damn Hot”, “Good Idea at the Time” and “Get Over It” intertwined with audience Q&A, that included a round of Happy Birthday to one lucky girl, Anna with 2 “N”s, and brilliant storytelling. One sweet moment had a solo, acoustic Damian on a box in the middle of the audience performing “Last Leaf”. If you weren’t already swooning by this point, your knees were definitely weak when he was finished.

Did I mention there were confetti cannons? Seriously, there was so much confetti that I felt like I was in the final scene of Footloose; you could make a “confetti angel” on the floor of Union Transfer when the show was over, it was like a never-ending shower raining down on delighted fans–crazy!

It was an amazing night of music that featured four new songs off the upcoming album, Hungry Ghosts, expected for release next month and available for pre-order via Pledge Music now.