Broadview Stage at SPAC

Hozier himself was great, but live nation and SPAC oversold this concert. You’re packed in on the lawn and can’t even see the stage so you’re basically watching a giant TV screen. I would give it last stars, but this is it. Hozier‘s fault, it’s the concert venue and live nation being greedy.

The Hozier concert was just OK, I was very upset that there was no screen image of Allyson Russell. I didn’t realize that at this venue if you had lawn seats they could not fview any of the concert-and when the opening act who I adore, was not visible on the screen, which wasn’t that large from my seat anyway was nonexistent. Finally when Hozier came on the screen was visible, but it really wasn’t a very personal environment to see Hozier in either I might be complaining too much because it wasn’t the artist That was the problem, it was the venue.

i went in with high expectations, and those expectations were well exceeded. hozier is one of those artists that sounds even better live than in his recordings, and he was incredibly humble and gracious the entire evening. at one point during cherry wine, he pulled out his earpiece and asked the crowd to sing the chorus again, then proceeded to get choked up on stage listening to everyone. he’s also the only artist i’ve ever seen that took the time to not only name and thank every member of his band, but his stage crew and tour manager as well. my only complaint is about the venue itself, as the speakers on the far back of the lawn weren’t working for the first three and a half songs of his set. once the tech issues were solved, the rest of the evening was incredible!

Hozier himself was great, very amazing concert; however, there were some members of the crowd that were very drunk and obnoxious screaming “f**k everyone that’s not us. Sorry that you are all perfect people.” Etc. and dumping their beer on other people that were standing in front of us because said people looked at the obnoxious ones when they were screaming. Overall amazing concert, some people just need to learn concert etiquette.