Talib Kweli Tickets

First the good, Talib did an excellent job, really enjoyed his performance, Killer Mike was a good unexpected surprise. But that's where praise stop. Everyone else I was unfamiliar with but kept I an open mind. In my opinion Talib should tour with a group of higher caliber performers, the others are more grassroots artists, after FOUR AND A HALF HOURS of open acts my buddy couldn't take anymore and three hours in he left me and I was contemplating eating a bullet! But I was too far in, I've gone too far, I had to see the quest though. Not trying to bash the opening acts but there was very little contrast and variety of material and styles. It was like a 4 hour long Public Enemy song, I love PE but I dont want to hear Fight the Power for 4 straight hours. So 5 and a half hours on my feet (my dawgs were dead, so painful) I couldn't even see the encore and had to leave. Why in Gods name would they open doors at 7 and DJ started to play 830, first act at 9, main act at 11:50 during the middle of the week. But it was nice to see people bring their kids out to a hip hop show with weed in the air, alcohol induced, foul language atmosphere. So I've learned not to show up till 2 hours later.

Loved it, Howard theater is an excellent venue. I was up close to all the action and didn't have to strain myself squinting at the performance. All of the DJs were on point. Pharoahe and Kweli blew up the stage. Love, loved it!!!

What a great show! The weather was so bad and we had a long drive from Baltimore. I almost didn't show up but my wife insisted. She was the bigger Talib fan. I am so glad I did. Talib did tracks from almost every album from the Black Star days to the present. He engaged with the audience, sussed what we like and what we wanted to hear. He joked around with the crowd and his performance was on point. I had a great time and am now a Talib Kweli convert! Also, the venue was great. Howard Theater was renovated last year and the inside is nice and classy. Plus the sound system was great. I would come back and see this show in a heartbeat.

Venue was awesome great crowd but Talib stood us up. Never was a real fan just liked his hit "Get By" but think its lame he didn't show. Probably didn't miss him anyway. Definitely check out the venue if you he a chance though.

This bought back memories of being a teenager and jamming to REAL MUSIC. It was worth getting home late. Great show. Lots of energy.

I (along with two friends) drove up from Chicago to attend the tribute. We thought that it was an excellent concert. Dilla would have definitely been proud to see how many people appreciated his craft. It's bittersweet that we won't be blessed with any new material, but his legacy continues to live on. I plan on attending again next year.

I got my husband VIP tickets to see Talib Kweli as a Father's Day gift. There was suppose to be an artist meet and greet prior to the start of the show. Fans arrived early and were lined up for the meet and greet only to be told that it was rescheduled for after the show. The show commenced at around 8:30 pm. Talib didn't show up until 12:30 am. It was so hot inside the venue that it was almost intolerable, but the fans hung in there for 4 hours to watch Talib perform for 1 hour. VIP ticket holders then lined up again for the artist meet and greet only to be told that Talib had left the venue because he was sick and would not be doing the meet and greet. Refunds were issued and fans were sent on their merry way. This was a huge disappointment and I will never spend money on another Talib cd or performance etc... Talib you conducted yourself unprofessionally and you lost a fan base here in Arizona. You should have personally let your fans that you were sick and you should have apologized for being so late and not being able to do the meet and greet. Maybe if you conducted yourself in a more professional manner then you would be able to book larger venues than Club Red.

never seen kweli live before, but I'll never forget it. went out and bought gutter rainbows after it, and it's the real deal!!! please go support our indie artists!!!

The show was great! It was a perfect venue to have a more intimate show. It's just always disappointing to see what little support TRUE hip hop performers get in Indianapolis. On one hand, no complaints because I literally stood less than 10 feet from him during the entire show. I just worry that after awhile artists like Talib Kweli will choose not to come to Indy.

fantastic concert!!! If you haven't seen Talib Kweli live you must go !!!

Until recently i had never been to one his live show but have always admire his music...This show BLOW MY MIND and took me to a time when we hard GREAT MUSIC...

The show was great! Had a great time. All the performances were great. Show started a little late(good for me because I am never on time to anything) and ran late. Artists were all cool, signed autographs.

it was terrible. There were so many opening acts (most of whom sucked!) that we had to leave at 11:30 without seeing Talib. I have no idea what time Talib actually started performing, but the opening acts were way too crappy and got to us after 3 hours!

This show was so dope. Statik Selektah brought out Saigon and Skyzoo. Smif n' Wesson, Buckshot, Jean Grae, Pharoahe Monch killed it - Talib Kweli was awesome.

Great lineup, great venue, great delivery. Best concert real hip hop fans never heard of.

Talib was incredible. He is an amazing showman and I'd watch the show over again and again.

What can possibly be said about Talib Kweli that could truly explain his excellence? Nothing really, for that you have to listen to his music. Talib Kweli was the reason I started listening to hip-hop, and he's the biggest reason that I still do. I got to meet him before the show at a meet and greet in a record store. He signed a poster for me, took a picture with me, and we talked for a bit. How many internationally renowned artists do you know who would take the time to pay respect to their fans like that? Then the show at the Vogue was incredible. It's a great venue - not too big or too small, and with good acoustics. The speakers were loud, but not to the point of painful. He had a live band with him (drummer, bassist, and keyboardist/DJ) and it really made his songs sound different but in a good way. It was a fresh take. He performed a lot of crowd-pleasers and was high energy the whole time. No hypemen, no backing tracks, just an amazing artist with a microphone and a beautiful mind. Then he brought out surprise guest Hi-Tek (his producer/MC partner in Reflection Eternal) and the crowd went nuts. My only complaint would be that the opening act, Fred the Godson, was pretty bad, and there was about 45+ minutes between him and Kweli coming on where the house music was godawful (I'm talking Lil Jon and the like).

Great Show!! enjoyed it, tickets were inexpensive... You should charge more

The show was amazing. i have seen Talib in concert at least 6 times, and he always astounds.

Amazing, entertaining show... Kweli is such a talented rapper and he played all of my favorite songs. He mixed it up and did songs from his previous albums.. definitely recommended and hoping to see him again soon!