On Sunday night Tammy and I went to see The Black Keys at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. I only recently discovered the Black Keys. I heard they were coming to town and they seemed like a great band to see live so we made a point to go. The show was really good. The Black Keys play a really good live show. I had fun taking some photos with my iPhone while we were there.

Crowd of concert-goers on the arena floor at an indoor venue with large speaker arrays and lighting rigs overhead

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney came on the stage. It was a little odd just seeing two guys, but they made an amazing amount of sound for just two people.

Dark concert hall with two performers lit by bright spotlights on a small stage, crowd silhouettes filling the foreground

I really liked the simplicity of their stage setup. It worked really well with their overall feel and made it feel like a smaller show.

Concert stage lit with red, blue, white and yellow spotlights beaming over silhouetted crowd and performers

They had the largest disco ball I’ve ever seen. It was incredibly big. At least six feet in diameter.

Black and white concert photo showing crowd silhouettes raising hands toward an intensely bright starburst of stage lights on a darkened indoor stage

After an initial set they brought on two more band members and played a number of songs from Brothers.

Concert stage bathed in red and blue spotlights with silhouetted crowd in foreground and bright LED screens behind performers

I thought these lights in three rows were pretty cool.

Black and white concert scene with three rows of stage lights on trusses, bright spotlights cutting through dark air above a crowd silhouette

This made me think we were on a porch on a summer evening. Strings of bare lightbulbs.

Blurry black and white concert photo showing rows of bright stage lights above a crowd at an indoor venue

At the end a light board rose behind the stage with THE BLACK KEYS lit up on it.

Black and white concert photo showing a crowded indoor venue with a brightly lit stage and rows of spotlights overhead

So I got a little excited with the lights. The music was really great too! 😀