In mid-September, Lotus returned to the Centennial State for a two-night run along the Colorado Front Range. On Friday, September 15th, the band hit the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado, for a special show chock full of throwbacks ahead of their headlining performance at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater the next night on Saturday, September 16th.
Lotus Throws It Back In Boulder And Down At Red Rocks [Photos/Videos]
For old-school fans of the group, Lotus’ show at the Boulder Theater was the hands-down highlight of the weekend. With Red Rocks the following night, Friday’s show was already poised to be a strong performance—the band could vary the setlist away from songs that are more “Red Rocks friendly” with appeal across a larger audience, plus the group tends to thrive during more their more intimate shows. Almost as if they were using Boulder’s show as a thank-you to their dedicated fans, Lotus laid out a throwback show for the ages, putting on a truly stellar show at the 850-person venue.
Lotus Announces Thanksgiving And New Year’s Eve Plans
“Drunken Giraffe” came during the start of the first set of the Boulder Theater show, topping off the three-song, nonstop show-opening sequence of “L’immeuble”, “Lucid Awakening”, and “Drunken Giraffe”. “Drunken Giraffe” is off Lotus’ 2006 release, The Strength Of Weak Ties, and this string of songs clued fans into the theme of the night, as the band mostly forewent tracks from their most recent albums, instead, mostly playing songs that were first debuted during the early to mid-2000’s.
You can watch Lotus’ recently released video recap of their already-legendary Boulder Theater performance below.
[Photo: Ali Baker]