Official Adam Kowalczyk Thread, All news, tour, promotion info Options

[SJN1279]

I figured Adam K. deserved his own thread. So any tour or promotional info for Adam can be posted here.

[tswart1]

When he plays in the US does he ever use full band and is it electric?

[dangum]

When he plays in the US does he ever use full band and is it electric?

Adam plays solo acoustic shows as well as full band electric shows in the US. His next US tour date (May 8th, Pittsburgh PA) is going to be an acoustic gig.

[York]

I know that this review is really late but better late then never...

We got to Hard Rock around 7:30 to eat and saw Adam getting ready for the sound check, actually I saw Nate before I realized that Adam was standing next to him, they played half of The Ocean which was really cool to watch. There were 2 other bands scheduled to play that night and I had assumed that Adam would be playing last but they ended up sticking him in the middle, which ended up helping me because I had to get up at 5:00 am for work the next day. The first 6 songs were performed with Nate Van Name on keyboards and Dave, I didn't catch his last name, who was on acoustic guitar which meant Adam was guitar less on most of the songs which was a nice change and for the last 2 songs it was just Adam on an acoustic guitar. The song that stuck out the most for me that night was Come Undone, which is odd because normally I'm not a huge fan of this song played live because it never sounds right without Brentt or Omarr singing backing vocals but this was the best live version of the song I've ever heard.

Setlist in order:

The Ocean
All Night
Never Good at Fighting
Come Undone
The Dream
Love Me Goodbye
Loneliest Hour
Light of Memory

Also on Adam's setlist but unfortunately not played:

Love in a Riddle (this is the second time I have seen this song on a setlist and still have yet to hear it)
Watching the Grey (I had asked him if he was planning on playing this song, it made it to the setlist but didn't get played)
Child in Need (would have loved to had heard this one again)
Let Me In (again would have loved to heard it)

I had a great time would have love to see the other songs on the setlist played but I'm not complaining, hell he could have played one song and left and I would still be happy. Towards the end of his set Adam made a comment about being back in Pittsburgh sometime this summer with Collective Soul and Blues Traveler, I believe he said something about the amphitheater but the crowd noise was pretty high so I'm not sure if he was talking about the Chevy amphitheater or not. Anyway my sister took the pictures from that night if anyone is interested they can be found here.