I have attempted to see the Silversun Pickups twice over the past year. The first time, they were the opening act for Ok Go and Snow Patrol at the Bill Graham Civic Center in San Francisco, and for some reason, they decided to go on stage at 7:30PM even though the show started at 8:30PM, so I missed them. I never really figured out why that happened, but needless to say, it was a bit frustrating. Ok Go made things whole, because they were incredible. Snow Patrol...what I expected. Really good show, but didn't blow me away.
The second time was at Live 105 BFD at the Shoreline Amphitheater. The whole reason for going was to see Silversun Pickups and Cold War Kids. Alas. Had to work for most of that Saturday and missed both bands. I did get to see Social Distortion, which was very entertaining, and Bloc Party who had their show cut short because Social Distortion went over their time. Like I said. Pretty entertaining.
I will finally get to see them this Friday at the Fillmore, which is probably my favorite venue in San Francisco. Keeping my fingers crossed that it will be worth the wait, but fairly confident I won't be disappointed.
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