Bush makes stop in Kansas City on their Black and White Rainbows Tour

Friday May, 5, 2017: The Power and Light District in Kansas City was overflowing with rabid concert goers, and it was not just because Garth Brooks was kicking off the first show of his seven show run. Bush had made its return to Kansas City, and the KC Live Block was packed to the gills to experience it. Opening the night was the local Kansas City band, Kangaroo Knife Fight. Judging by the accent of singer Anthony Avis, the name of the band is paying homage to his native home land of Australia. Kangaroo Knife Fight brought a clean rock sound to the stage that matched up well with the gentlemen they were opening up for.

Bush was welcomed to the KC Live stage with a chorus of cheers form the awaiting crowd. They wasted no time in reminding the audience who they were here to see with a blast from the past, “Everything Zen”, which was received with glowing applause. The band sounded exceptionally tight and Gavin Rossdale’s voice seemed to have lost nothing. Bush sounded phenomenal live after all these years, and it could be seen on all the smiling faces throughout the crowd. Bush took the fans on a long and winding road down memory lane with several stop offs at their latest album, Black and White Rainbows. Bush closed the night with a four song encore that included not just fan favorites “Machinehead”, “Glycerine”, and “Comedown”, but a cover of R.E.M.’s “The One I Love.” It was a fun night for everyone, as seeing one of the great bands of your adolescence always has a tendency to recall all of the memories of the years gone by.