I was at the Chicago God is an Astronaut show last night- it was amazing. The audience reception was perfect, lots of dancing/headbanging, cheering between songs, etc. The band was openly surprised by how well they were being received- at one point the guitarist was trying to tell us that this was really their best concert ever and that we were wonderful, but we wouldn’t let him because we were cheering so much that we drowned him out.
The whole place went crazy for Fire Flies and Empty Skies. Anthony’s video of that song from NYC shows a dead crowd in comparison. There was no light show, no video projected behind them, just a tiny stage in a tiny venue, and an awesome personal experience with God is an Astronaut. I really hope someone got some good video of the show.