In May of this year, Beabadoobee announced that she would be touring for her upcoming album, This is How Tomorrow Moves, and that on September 20th Beabadoobee would make a stop in Denver at the Fillmore Auditorium. I was able to secure me and my friends tickets through a smooth presale with no issues back in June.
Doors were set to open at six and the show was to start at seven. My friends and I got there a little bit before doors and the line was completely wrapped around the auditorium.
There was another event going on down the street, so finding parking took a lot of time. This was not the best experience but it’s to be expected with this kind of thing. Despite being in a long line, once doors opened it moved pretty quickly. We were able to secure a spot in the middle and waited for the show to start.
Beabadoobee had two openers for her tour, Keni Titus and Hovvdy. I had no previous knowledge or experience with these artists, yet was pleasantly surprised when their sets started.
Keni Titus sounded amazing and had a setlist that kept an upbeat energy with some occasional mellow and intimate songs that kept the audience entertained.
Hovvdy also had some great songs on their set and a very interesting voice, however it seemed they picked slower songs for their set which made it feel a lot longer than it was.
While it did not quite match the energy of the concert, despite this it was still a great set and ended up finishing two new artists I enjoy.
The openers finished up at around 8:30, and toward nine it was finally time for Beabadoobee to come on.
The setlist was perfectly crafted and I loved every second of it. As this was the This is How Tomorrow Moves Tour, she played many songs from that newer album, but she also played many songs from the rest of her discography; She played songs from her albums/EP’s: Beatopia, Fake it Flowers, Our Extended Play, and Space Cadet. She also played her first ever single, “Coffee”, released in 2017, which was so interesting to hear her play live and just shows how much she’s grown since then.
When anticipating the concert, I saw many videos online complaining about things like how people lack concert etiquette and that the vibes ruined part of their experience, which led me to be kind of nervous for Denver’s stop. However, I hardly saw or experienced things of that nature.
Obviously, there are bound to be some people pushing and shoving, not aware of their surroundings, but once the actual set started everyone seemed to be very respectful.
After the show, me and my friends went to go get merch. We were able to get in line pretty quickly and get the things we wanted. Concert merch tends to be overly expensive, but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that most things were around $45.
Overall, this was a great experience that I will remember, and am very glad that I had the opportunity to attend with my wonderful friends.
