John Hutchings

It had been six long years since the local contingent of Bombay Bicycle Club fans were able to see the band when they pulled up to Royale last Monday night. Since then, they’ve put out two new studio albums: the seemingly prophetically titled Everything Else Has Gone Wrong in January 2020 just before everything did go very wrong and last year’s My Big Day. The latest LP debuted at No. 3 in their native UK, their fifth consecutive Top 10 album on the country’s charts. 

One of the most enthralling things about live music is getting to watch one person take control of a room full of thousands and have them hang on his every movement. That was what the experience was like on Friday night at House of Blues when Jamaican-American multi instrumentalist Masego took to the stage.

Times and technology have changed a lot since then, and these days Gorillaz concerts are presented featuring both the stunning visuals of virtual band members, while the human band members play on an open stage for the audience to see. On their recent visit to Boston earlier this week, there were as many as 16 people on stage at one time or another.