Sunny Day Real Estate Tickets

After over a decade, they were amazing! Find a way to see the if you can!

GREAT SHOW. So glad to see SDRE at the top of their game. Better than ever. Wish I hear some stuff from Rising Tide, but overall incredible. Such a nicer crowd that the Anahiem HOB show too. Love the Fonda, LOVE SDRE.

They were spot on! Tight and powerful ...... I loved every moment.

SDRE rocked all night! It was great to see the orginal members jammin' again.

Ok, it's a pitty to see what "emo" has transformed into. Unfortunately, you get to witness this at this show. The two openers are pretty emo, radio-friendly, and lame. But if you're into that, you'll love them. On the other hand, being able to experience first hand, the live performance of Sunny Day is unforgettable. Even though they haven't played shows in quite some time, they're musicality is completely cohesive. They played as if they had continued playing all these years. It was an amazing experience to be able to see these guys play live.

If you like them, there's no denying how the original members are back and plays their best. There's no one like them as much as many tried to imitate. They're amazing live especially with this reunion tour.

It's like they never even took a break at all. Sounded perfect. Phenomenal show.

Having listened to the SDRE Live album probably 1000+ times, I expected them to be good, but they were even better than I would have imagined. I've seen The Fire Theft and Jeremy Enigk a half-dozen times, but SDRE is on a whole different level. Definitely one of the best shows I've been to. A non-SDRE fan might not be as impressed, but to anybody familiar with the music it was really impressive to see it live.

It was almost ten years ago the first time I heard Sunny Day Real Estate's "in Circles" off of Diary. My friend had it playing on his computer and I had to know what it was and all about the band. Unfortunately at this point he band had already broken up, but I found all the great music they had made before they did. They changed musical direction for me and much of what I listen to and write myself stems from that. Over the years they have become a bit of a pastime for me. I occasionally put on an album and listen to the music, but last night I re experienced what it was like discovering them for the first time. This was one of the best shows I've ever been to. They sounded incredible. Not only did they play the songs flawlessly but with the passion and emotion many musicians lose over the years. Jeremy Enigk sings with the kind of intensity that you find so very rarely. During the show I was amazed by how great he sounded. So rarely do you find someone sing with that kind of honesty in their voice. I can't think of anyone else as intense but Kurt Cobain. I kept wondering why more people weren't as obsessed with Sunny Day Real Estate. I probably shouldn't tell you this, because it'll only make it harder for me to get tickets next time, but you really must see them live. They are truly a great band and it's an incredible experience.

Truly a life altering event. I love the lyrics, the music, the mood... I felt like i was 16 again.

Might just be the show I have ever attended. I love these guys!

I have been waiting a long time to see them live. They rocked out from start to finish.

As usual, the sound quality... or lack thereof.... at Warehouse Live attempted to ruin yet another potentially great show. I personally don't love Sunny Day Real Estate, but my friends do. They were so excited (and just couldn't hide it) for the past few months, that even I was getting eager at the thought of seeing the reunion tour. Sunny Day did not disappoint. Dan Hoerner was a blast to watch, as every emotion he seemed to be feeling was clearly apparent on his expressive face. How can you not have a good time watching someone on stage have so much fun playing his music? William Goldsmith was terrific and also very animated as he beat away at the drums. Nate Mendel, although a bit more reserved than the others, (and on the opposite side of the stage as I was) seemed to get in the groove by the end of the show. I can't help but think the overwhelming crowds he performed for with the Foo Fighters has ruined him... But then again, I have never seen him play with Sunny Day before, so what do I know. Last, but obviously not least, Jeremy Enigk sang his Christian soul out (sorry I couldn't resist), so much so that I think he was hoarse by the end of the night... but I couldn't tell because the sound SUCKED SO BAD!! That's right Warehouse Live, I'm talking to you. The bands that play there sound like they are playing in the middle of.... oh, right, a warehouse. You tried to ruin Dinosaur Jr. before and will probably try again when they come through in a few weeks, but I guess you get the last laugh because I reluctantly keep coming back. I'm like an abused wife... no offense abused wives. Anyway, the moral of this story is Sunny Day good, Warehouse Live bad.

I would have never thought that I would ever see Sunny Day Real Estate live in concert. I've been a die hard fan since "Diary" in 1993 and to see the original members of the band back on stage together again was utterly amazing! They played all old stuff off "Diary" and "LP2" with one song off of "How it feels to be something on". That's probably because the original band made the first two albums together and they wanted to relive that time instead of having the drummer and bassist learn songs they never performed; however, they did for that one song off of "How it feels...." They also had one new song which had the same feel as their old songs and was definitly not a disappointment. Usually when a band breaks up and makes a comeback with a new song, it sucks but not Sunny Day! All in all it was a fantastic show and I would recommend that any Sunny Day fan, past or present, should go see them.

I know Sunny Day Real Estate have not performed together with this line-up in over a decade, but I have never seen a performance so strong as theirs is live. They have and will always be my favorites and will definitely leave you breathless the entire time. Their performances along with their musical talent prove why they are legendary!!

Sunny Day Real Estate has been my favorite band since high school. they are the soundtrack of my husband and I's highschool love affair. definitely worth the 10 hour drive to get to the show!

the greatest band you've never heard.....absolutely incredible!!!

duh. no brainer here. amazing

The audience waited patiently in flannels and hoodies, now rendered extraneous, that kept them safe from the rain, some talking about this Chicago band, that side project, some reading cheap serialized paperbacks, all bathed in blue stage lights, with Radiohead leaking in from the PA. Half an hour went by, then forty five minutes, and at last, after an hour openers The Jealous Sound took the stage to shake the walls with their kinetic breed of emotional punk. Guitars wove in and out of each other at full tilt while drummer Adam Wade tried his best to beat his kit into dust, at one point shattering a drumstick, letting the shards fly into an audience grateful to have, in the literal sense, a part of the band. Frontman Blair Shehan, who looks like a crosspollination of John Malkovich and Lex Luthor, glared through the audience with a sleepless anxiety in his eyes that mirrored their songs, building tension through clean passages, then tearing into their instruments at full force once the thunder crack of distortion reared its head. Between screams and guitar squeals they displayed a passion less evident in their studio recordings, and especially rare in opening bands. And the only thing more impressive than their fervor and musicianship was their sense of humility, stating on several occasions their gratitude towards the ticketholders and Sunny Day Real Estate alike, despite being veterans of the scene themselves, through both their own output, and their members’ former bands Knapsack and Sunday’s Best. As The Jealous Sound killed the power to their amps and packed up their gear, a sense of impatient nostalgia wove through the crowd. Everyone wanted their grand prize. As the everlasting minutes ticked by, one by one, audience members stood tippy-toe to selfishly catch a glimpse of the band before their fellow concert-goers. And at 9:12, a time without stigma or significance, every paying customer was rewarded equally, as all four original members of Sunny Day Real Estate sidled on stage as if they had stumbled back into their hometown, looking both aged and timeless. Note by note they began their set with “Friday”, stiffly shifting from verse to chorus, all of it much slower than ever before, and early on it was clear that they weren’t meshing. The meticulous interplay and unexpected turns that made their songs famous were there, but they lacked care or cohesion. As they lazed into “Seven”, ‘you’ll taste it’ the line that blared out of so many tape players over a decade ago was transformed from an enigmatic threat into a half-bored suggestion. Like an old Orson Wells, they appeared bloated, broken, and past their prime, but still undeniably genius. Gradually, almost imperceptibly, as the sweat began to fly, Jeremy Enigk let his voice take on the high gravelly texture that colors their every recording. The audience was enveloped by the incorporeal nectar flowing from their Hiwatt amps, the drums flexed beneath the open wound of Enigk’s lyrics, and as “Song About an Angel” reached its pointed climax of “sometimes you see right through me” the DeLorean revved. Without warning, they had taken three thousand people from Manhattan back to 1997, the willing guinea pigs of a musical science fair project, each one privy to a secret language that they shouted back with as much force as their bodies allowed. The experiment didn’t end there, as Sunny Day chose to premier an entirely new song near the end of their set, which gave hopes to expectant fans of a new album, perhaps one which could rival their debut, Diary or their sophomore release LP2, the two albums which their set drew almost entirely from. After they ended their set with the cathartic “Sometimes”, they almost immediately began their encore with fan-favorite “In Circles”, and followed it with a rare 7” B-side called “Spade”. In an unexpected windfall, they concluded with “48”, a disquietingly beautifully track buried near the end of Diary, where Enigk’s voice snaps between a daydreaming plea and a manic bloodcurdling wail. The music descended from the ether, shimmering above the yellow lamplight from either side of the stage. Strangely, the final two words of the song, ‘pitiful boy’ were omitted, assumedly because the notes are now out of Enigk’s range. As much as it failed to meet expectations, in a way it made sense- they aren’t young anymore. Some have boys of their own. And at the same time, despite their age, and the inherent danger of revisitation, their performance was anything but pitiful.

The Jealousy Sound were awesome. The guy they had mixing wasn't that great though. I was a little bummed about it, cause I thought that he was gonna mix SDRE as well. I was glad to be wrong. The first couple of tunes started out a little rough, but I soon realized that was because he was just getting started. About the 3rd song in the band sounded amazing. Guitar and Video Games was came out awesome!! Dan H. switched guitars almost every song, he seemed really into playing out again. They all did in fact. They came out and did In Circles as an encore. Great show. Went up and asked the guy mixing if he was in house or on tour with the band. He said that he normally does the Foo Fighters and was hired to run sound for SDRE on this tour. Check these guys out before this tour ends!!