Monday was an off, or a travel day and we moved from Ann Arbor to Columbus arrivingthere in the early afternoon. In was a nice casual drive and knowing that we could sleep-in a little on Tuesday morning, a couple of local establishments for dinner, beverages and bonding were visited during the evening (and morning).
We hit the theatre a little after 1:00PM to load in and set up. The Lincoln Theatre is a beautiful place, built in 1928 and was the center of an affluent African-American business and entertainment district, known today as the King-Lincoln District. After the construction of I-70 dissected and decimated the neighborhood, the area suffered greatly and the theatre fell into disrepair, eventually closing in the ’60’s, then sitting vacant for over a couple of decades. Having recently completed a $13.5 million renovation funded by a partnership of public and private support, the Lincoln has reopened as a multi-use, state-of-the-art performing arts and education center serving the diversity of the Columbus and central Ohio community and ten resident Columbus arts organizations.
Over the Rhine’s visit is a part of the effort to revitalize the theatre as a venue for live music, based on the sold-out, enthusiastic crowd, they served the cause very well.
Tonight was “An Evening With…” show (no supporting act) and they continued to build on the energy from the previous shows. Columbus has always been a great supportive city for the band, they generally visited at least once a year but this was the first show in Columbus in 3 years, only the second in the past 5 years, so there was a lot of pent up demand, anticipation and enthusiasm for last nights show. He crowd was “there” and the band responded in kind, delivering another great night of music.
With this theatre now available and in play and the support shown by the audience, I seriously doubt if it will be another 3 years before the city sees another show.
Setlist:
Laugh of Recognition
I Don’t Wanna Waste Your Time
Trouble
Bluebird
All I Ever Get For Christmas
Northpole Man
Undamned
Rave On
Oh Yeah By the Way
We’re Gonna Pull Through
I’m On a Roll
The King Knows How
Only God Can Save Us Now
Snow Angels
Unspoken
Drunkard’s Prayer
Days Like This (w/Kim)
All My Favorite People
-E-
Ohio
Infamous Love Song
No Kill Shelter
what we need is music 