Not So Silent Night Tickets

Vance Joy and The Lumineers made for a great night of live music last Friday night at the Not SO Silent Night concert in Oakland. Interesting that because Portugal The Man was the band that prompted me to buy tickets. PTM played on a dark stage the entire time with increasingly frenetic visuals behind them that seemed to suggest they wanted the visuals to compensate for the lack of any connection to its audience - or the desire to even be seen. It was so odd. And it made me want to close my eyes since the visuals were so intense and not in a good way. And their big hit song didnt even really hit its mark. When they were done, they left the stage with the audience not even sure if they were done or not given the darkness of the stage. So thanks to Vance Joy and Lumineers for some great music.

First things first, the lineup up was perfect. Walk The Moon, Foster The People, Weezer and The Killers are outstanding bands. I didn’t really care for the opening artist, but that’s just my thought. I was a little disappointed that Walk The Moon and Foster The People didn’t have a long set like Weezer and Killers (WTM played 5 songs, Foster played 6 given that WTM gave their last five minutes for Foster to play an extra song). I’m a big fan of those guys and was a little underwhelmed with the time limits they were given, just wanted a little more time for them is all. Overall good show.

This was my first year going to the NSSN concert. At first I was surprised at how short each set was, but in then end I was very impressed with the sampling of all of the acts. The organizers kept everything on time, what a nice surprise! The only disappointment was the merchandise was very limited and appeared to be sold out from the night before. There was not one NSSN t-shirt available. BIG BUMMER.

For the 2017 show, I went to see all of the bands in the lineup for the Saturday showing. It was all around amazing. I haven't seen the Killers live in over a 4 years, so that was a special treat. I just wish Walk the Moon's set was longer than 5 songs. At least I'm seeing them next year live!

This years line up for both days was great (even though I couldnt make it to night one, sadface) The Killers are SOOO AMAZING! I've seen them multiple time & will continue to see them every time they're close. Weezer is CLASSIC <3 If you haven't seen Weezer & you like them, you should go! I also see Weezer every time they are here. Walk the Moon is so fun! I'd like to see their whole set! I also wish I got to hear more from Foster the People.

This was an overall amazing night. All of the bands were great and the environment was electric. Almost had a heart attack when the lady in front of us smacked my $14 beer with LED rope she was waving around, but other than that everything was awesome

This show was outstanding! Each band fully brought it! Wish each band had more time to play—suggest that production set up behind the scenes while one band continues to play—create a rotating stage divided with a black curtain. No time would be lost to multiple set-ups.

3/5 bands were great. Portugal The Man was a huge disappointment. Luminaries were amazing

Each of the bands perfprmed very well. I don't even like Vance Joy and he was good. Welshly Arms and Manchester Orchestra were excellent, and The Lumineers were as well. Portugal. The. Man was over the top incredible. Great sound, style and light show as well. Even the stage switching was incredibly fast, fifteen minutes for all but the Lumineers, and their stuff was ready in 15 mins even if they weren't ready to come out. But the shows performances were all way to short. 25 mins for Welshly. Barely 40 mins for Manchester O. 45 mins for The Man. The whole show was over before eleven pm. Add some time to all of them and it would have been phenominal!

I am a fan of Green Day but I feel this was their best ever show. I love their new album! And they put on such a fantastic live show. So much energy. Billie Joe knows how to work the crowd!!!

Bastille and Green Day was amazing! Sat on Section 216 and it was cold the whole time!!! The show was amazing though, great artists!

Are you kidding! You could hear a pin drop on the ground it was so quite. You need to rename the show because there is no comparison to NSSN. This is an insult. If you bringing out Green Day, find bands that will match and then you can call it NSSN. Or you can have them play the entire show which they can do it. I am 59 years old and I found the show to be so mellow I could have fallen asleep. Until Green Day, the most exciting part of the show was the sing along to Queen's song as an introduction to Green Day.

Jimmy Eat World was wonderful. Did a great rendition of Last Christmas. Empire of the Sun was more flash than substance. Too much emphasis on the set and production, than on the music. blink-182 was their usual non-stop energetic performance. Well worth the price of admission.

If you have to record put your cell phone on forehead. This does not block others view. Please be considerate. Lighting folks...keep spotlight on artists not audience.

Green Day made the night unbelievable stranded up from the first opening song to the end of the last song.

Bastille sounded great, but all of the videos were distracting and didn't add to their performance. Green Day was amazing. They played almost non-stop, pausing for a moment to honor the Ghost Ship victims. Started with American Idiot and ended with Minority.

Not So Silent Night on Friday offered a mix of music and was a very good evening. The Strumbellas, Capital Cities, Glass Animals, Empire of the Sun and Blink 182. My Aussie friend and I came specifically for Empire of the Sun. Their set was incredibly staged but seemed kind of lost by the audience. We did not stay for Blink 182. For me though the night's best performance was by GLASS ANIMALS. They were amazing.

GREEN DAY absolutely tore up the Oracle Arena on Saturday with an energetic performance that capped two nights of Not So Silent Night 2016. Live 105.3 put on two great evenings with a variety of musical types. BASTILLE preceded Green Day with another amazing performance. Head and a Heart we heard from the bar area of the club level and they sounded very good. We missed all of the other opening acts.

The Concert was fantastic. The venue was freezing cold, but I was located on the top tier. All the bands played great. Green Day stood out Billie Joe brought audience members on stage and one lucky boy got to play and keep the guitar. Amazing show. I won't miss another one.

Most of the bands were good and of course Green Day did not disappoint. I wish they would have played even more. Getting in and out of the event was a breeze but I wish parking didn't cost as much as my ticket! My one complaint was the amount of time between each band. The concert could have been shorter if there was less waiting time in between each one.