Nothing But Thieves
The Filllmore
Philadelphia, Pa
September 15, 2023
by Steve Trager
With all the fantastic ways we can now stream our favorite music and enjoy a plethora of our beloved bands, many of us want to take a deep left turn and discover bands we often hear through others how great they are yet, knowing very little about many, for some following a trend in popularity seems to be a general key, and for others discovering a new band is quite exciting especially with YouTube music that truly has opened up a whole new world.
It’s been a long time for fans of this band to finally get a glimpse on what appears to be their first American tour in support of Dead Club City, a new CD of great musical portions Nothing but Thieves certainly was worth the wait to bring their greatest live show ever to the stages of North America.
Just how popular is this band, nothing is more of an eye-popping surprise with the fan line stretched from the door around the corner even before the venue doors opened for the opening artist. Never underestimate any band that has never played Philadelphia before not evening knowing beforehand about sheer popularity and this band formed in 2012 has become an overnight sensation just across the shores of the UK and beyond.
While mainstream rock radio introduced us to Nothing but Thieves with just one song, we know there are a large pile of great uplifting energetic songs captivating this band through every single back catalog.
Opening for the Theives, another great band with sheer energy also first time in Philly Kid Kapichi, hailing from the shows of the UK certainly got a great welcome at the Fillmore as the warm up act early on.
A quick change over and a brief intermission and the Fillmore was truly ready for a band to explode with a diverse set list spanning their career as a band everything from the heavy hitters, the lesser-known songs and the danceable songs we have long come to expect from this great band.
The bands’ 19 song set list featured several fresh new songs straight from DCC to which they opened with the title track “Welcome to The Dead Club City“.
With a fresh new CD on hand, the band featured key songs like
“Tomorrow Is Closed”, “City Haunts”, “Do You Love Me Yet”, “Green Eyes – Siena”, “Pop the Balloon” and “Overcome”.
I think the high point of the entire show was when the band broke into the single “Sorry” from 2017’s Broken Machine, basically a single that broke this band to American mainstream rock radio.
I absolutely love the fan to band interaction, gives you that warm fuzzy feeling especially when every die-hard music fan can sing the lyrics to every single popular song raising the roof off the venue, and this was nothing short of spectacular gazing around the room.
On a high note, rounding out the evening, I can truly say not knowing what to expect from a band I have never seen before, and only know one song, I was truly impressed with a great show and what they brought to the table an energetic show with upbeat songs and a fun evening.
