"We're making music together, we're making love together, and it's the best thing in the world," he announced before leading the band into the jaggedly aggressive "A Certain Shade of Green. Boyd duly noted each: "Thank you for the underpants, that was really cool" "Oh, you clever kids, throwing quarters onstage" "Hey, thanks for the flowers" "We don't need your wallets, but thank you, it's a nice gesture."Īt show's close, he switched from rock god to evangelist, offering the crowd an arena version of absolution. The singer, who doffed his shirt after a few songs, also showed he wasn't afraid to poke fun at his blossoming stud-muffin image when he serenaded the audience with an a cappella verse from Madonna's "Like a Virgin."Īs the evening progressed, fans responded by showering the stage with tokens of affection.
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Kilmore showed off his scratching expertise in a series of solos Boyd tempered the hectic rap-metal of "New Skin" by strapping on a drum for some percussive touches. Funk-metal tracks like "Circles," "Are You In?" and "Wish You Were Here" played off power ballads like "Just a Phase," "Warning" and "Echo" the straightforward, midtempo rock of "Make Yourself" and "Drive" were balanced by more experimental, up-tempo offerings like "Vitamin" and the Eastern-tinged "Aqueous Transmission." Performing on a stark half-circle stage and mixing older hits in with the new, the band constructed its 105-minute set the way it builds its songs, switching between the loud and the soft, the anthem-like and the introspective.
Incubus' first headlining arena tour, which reaches San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium tonight, successfully transfers this diversity to a live setting.
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