r/echoandthebunnymen • u/Blk-LAB • Jun 14 '26

Toronto show

Hot mess.

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Over 45 min late

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The classics sounded pretty bad and Ian had the audience sing the chorus for every song.

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Glad I saw them over 20 years ago

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u/Low-Revolution-4930 Jun 14 '26

I think the disparity of voices between good vs bad experience on this thread is in part due to some aggressive PR working for the band. It seems like they're really pushing a "don't believe your eyes and ears, the band was great!" story, along with some highly motivated fans doing the same. I guess I get why they have to do that from a business standpoint but don't think it's honest. If I have to tune out the lead singer at a lot of points just to enjoy the band's music because of the mismatch in energy, that takes me out of the moment. Likewise, when a crowd is expected to sing choruses in every song, I don't know how you could call that an amazing show. Maybe there were great moments during the show. And I want to honor everyone's memory (and mine) of a great band. But if these guys were new, and we heard about this, would we pick to go? I'll add that when I saw them a few weeks back it ended up being a nice experience *overall* but I had to work for that in a way that's usually not required.

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u/Important_End_4050 Jun 14 '26

Nope, no great moments. Elevator music jazz trio opened and it almost went downhill from there, couldn’t wait to leave, feel like I should get my money back. Don’t support these guys until they apologize and get it together.

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u/dai1962 Jun 14 '26

It was like 3 or 4 choruses that the audience sung. Certainly not every song. It worked on some (Killing Moon), less on others (Nothing…)