Probably a reference to the Wire; who knew Robert was a fan.
He sure did have fun on stage last night. I don't think I've actually seen him smile before.
Solid show, solid set, amazing lights and graphics, top notch professionalism and performance from him and the rest of the band. Excellent example of what a large classic outdoor summer concert should be. It's been a long time since I've experienced that; Wolftrap is always so much more pared down from a set and lighting design perspective.
I'd give the show an 8/10. I deduct .5 point as I was hoping for another deep cut and another 20 minutes. Philly got 3 hours and we got 2 hours 40 minutes; there was time for them to do another 2 songs before they hit the 11pm venue curfew.
I deducted another 1.5 points because Ticketmaster can go fuck themselves. That was a debacle no fan should go through. And my inner conspiracy theorist thinks it was retaliation for Robert taking them on this Spring. I had to call both my credit card and Ticketmaster to see what was going on. Nothing off with my card and Ticketmaster said my account was fine and it was my card's fault. Yeah, sure, I had already used the card twice that day. In fact, Ticketmaster said I see tickets for sale right now Ma'am, why don't you try again on both the browser and app to which I replied that's what I've done already and I get the same message. Oh he responds, well, everything is fine with your account Ma'am. They changed policy and won't do phone so even though he saw tickets for sale, he couldn't process the sale. Another hour of trying. I'm already in Columbia so I stop for dinner and another hour of trying for a ticket with the same stupid messages online. In a lovely change of events, a group dining at the same restaurant had an extra which I overhear from a distance as I'm on other side of dining room. I yell across that I'll buy it and rush over to introduce myself and get a venmo address to pay them on the spot. They were just going to eat the ticket! (pun intended). So all worked out in the end and yet another wonderful example of good concert ticket karma.