greek theatre - keane & ingrid michaelson

crossed off yet another sad first in socal, as i attended the fran healy/ingrid michaelson/keane trifecta at the greek theatre last night. i was supposed to visit the greek a few years back for their concert in support of 'under the iron sea,' but fires at nearby griffith park necessitated the move to the gibson amphitheatre. so here we are, finally, in july 2010...

i was equally excited to see ingrid as i was keane, and she did not disappoint. she's witty, charming and beautiful - and all of that comes across so effortlessly on stage. plus she's got the chops to back it up, so her star is definitely still on the ascent. her cover of britney spears' "toxic" - complete with dance routine - had the audience in stitches...

as for the topliners, this was the 3rd time i've seen them live (the palladium was the other) and they were amazing yet again.

they only performed three songs off of the 'night train' EP - "stop for a minute," (sans k'naan) "clear skies" and "my shadow" - with the rest of the playlist cobbled together from their previous albums. the stripped down acoustic performance of "try again" and the glorious "bedshaped" were the standouts...