Friday night saw Chicago’s historic The Vic Theatre host the most recent stop on Wavves’ headlining tour with Twin Peaks. The Chi-town show was particularly special considering this was a homecoming concert for the Twin Peaks dudes, and for anyone who hasn’t been to one of their hometown gigs, just know that the crowd will definitely knows how to show a special type of love at these.
The moment that Cadien, Jack, Connor, Clay, and JD took the stage at The Vic it was lit, with this crowd as pumped (if not more) as the one we saw at their Lollapalooza show. The set list featured a lot of the songs that we’ve come to love seeing played at live shows, like “Making Breakfast” and “Irene,” but the band did treat the crowd to some new Twin Peaks sounds. Check out one of these songs posted on our IG. These dudes are ferocious, and every time I see them play I can tell that they are only getting better.
Wavves had the hard task of following up TP in front of their hometown crowd, but it was clear that once Nathan Williams and crew started playing the first note of their set, this crowd was going to be at their feet for the rest of the night. The whole show was on a whole other level, with the pit looking like it was absolutely the best spot to experience this concert. From the very first song to the last, the crowd was chanting and hopping along with as much enthusiasm as the band had rocking out. The absolute best part was the fact that crowd surfers were legitimately crowdsurfing from one side of the pit to the next, and not simply being taken to the front so that the security guard at the railing could bring down and send them back out to go on their merry way. Also worth noting was the grand finale, which saw frontman Nate go up into the balcony, from which he jumped off and did a flip into the welcoming crowd. I love me that Rock & Roll.
See more pictures and some footage of the show below.
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