Bored and Disappointed
by Liz on 10/3/22Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom - ChicagoTo preface, we love Big Wild and were SO excited for this show. The performance ended up being a massive disappointment. They started strong, and then it became mostly an Indie band performance, occasionally punctuated by some of the EDM that got them so popular. They kept losing the crowd's interest during these songs so much that people were starting to have can-crushing competitions (??), walk away, and just stand/talk with one another. But when they would *finally* stop playing like an Indie band, the crowd went wild again. If they had mixed up their performance, it would have been a much better show. Also, the Aragon was so incredibly hot and needed to turn up their AC like crazy. We saw multiple people have to leave because they were about to faint from heat. Overall, I would never go to see Big Wild again unless we knew they would stop trying to be an Indie band and maybe mix some of that into a mostly EDM show. So. Disappointed. And Bored.