Intense energy filled the evening as fans exploded in unison, singing lyrics to almost every song at the top of their lungs. Leading the crowd, Hozier and the band worked the stage in perfect harmony as the graphics brought everything together.
The Hozier Unreal Unearth concert was a night to remember. After singing ‘Take Me to Church”, the stage went black, the crowd turned on their flashlights and screamed, hoping for an encore, and getting so much more. I heard more screaming and a guitar strum from behind me, turned around and there he was. Only three rows beind me.
Throughout the whole concert he talked about the meaning of each song directly to the audience. He also checked on a person in the first few rows before even singing his first song. This and him coming down into the audience told me how much he values his fans.
He also showed a great love for the stage crew and band. Each band member got a special solo, and the two background singers sang parts of songs that were recorded for other featured artists. Hozier also made sure to give two special shout outs to the stage manager and the head of security who had a birthday on the day of the concert. Hozier had the audience members join him in singing these people happy birthday at two different points in the concert.
I thought his song choices were perfect. He had a variety with at least one song from each album, including ‘Nobody’s Soldier’ from his new extended play (EP). Considering this was only released weeks prior to the concert it seemed really special that he sang it live. He mostly sang his more popular songs, but the audience was living for every strum of his guitar and every note he sang. My favorites were “Take me to Church” and “Too Sweet”.
During “Take Me to Church”, Hozier grabbed a Pride flag seemingly from the audience and hung it on the microphone stand. He continued this tone when he talked about reproductive rights, women’s rights, and other political issues before singing “Nina Cried Power”.
“Too Sweet” had amazing graphics behind him. It looked like creamer being poored into coffee which matched the lyrics.
The graphics were so unique to each song. There were swirling bright colors, lazers, black and white pictures, and a lot of songs used a split screen with clips from his music videos.
He thanked the whole band and technical crew, and even sang happy birthday to the stage manager and the head of security. It was clear that he valued all of their hard work and talent. Each member of the band got a moment in the spotlight, and the two backup singers got solos in a couple songs.
