Top shelf jam, immediate all time classic stuff.
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Lucas’ walking bassline beginning around 1:45 and really hitting it around 2:02 on this Forum This Thing is the business, and Stu’s throat singing immediately after sets the course for the triumphant jam.
Forum and DC both absolutely slayed this year. Both American tour openers. I feel this is one of the best tour slots to see King Gizzard in as opening night usually sees a new coat of paint if you will for several jams. Said jams often then evolve over the course of the tour. Now that I think about it the Brussels tour opener from Europe 2024 also was a highlight with a 20+ minute Am I In Heaven set opener plus (I believe) the first jammed Fourth Colour.
TLDR = Tour openers krush
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I always go back and forth in my head about buying tix for the tour opener… is it gonna rip cause the energy and fresh perspective? Or is more of a “shaking off the cobwebs” show. Your observation makes me feel better about buying tix for the Philly opener next year though! 
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Listened to this today and agree…it’s beautiful
Watching the stream that night Stu’s gratitude rap hit hard…very heartfelt and genuine
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Stu knelt directly in front of me on rail during AIIH? and teased Land Before Timeland and I don’t think any spectator moment in live music will ever top that.
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cool observation. I’ve contended (in Brent’ Recs) that 3/2/23 tour opener in Paris, France is one of the best of a very strong spring 2023 tour (gods I wish we had sbds of that entire tour). I’ll have to take a closer look at the Brussels 2024 spring tour opener too, but I don’t recall the recording being as high quality as some later in the tour.
Hey Brent, this is Cory - we met at the Regency Ballroom. Hope all is well my friend.
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I’ll have to take a closer look at the Brussels 2024 spring tour opener too, but I don’t recall the recording being as high quality as some later in the tour.
I hope we get retroactive releases of all 2024 soundboards [obv]
Awesome to have met. TBH that night was a bit of a fog just after the election and just before the SW trip. Hope we get to meet again.
