Grayscale Holiday Show Review
Article written by and photos by Vanessa Holt
Local Philadelphia band Grayscale brought back their holiday shows this year, only this time they were a little bit more special. This year, the band was celebrating its 10th anniversary. Rather than just having one special night, the band had put together a whole weekend of special events for fans. They kicked it all off by performing at Johnny Brenda’s and played songs from What We’re Missing and covers. Many of the songs played there were performed for the first time ever, or hadn’t been played since 2016.
The last two shows were played at Theatre of Living Arts, the first night on December 5th, they had played fan favorites from their third and fourth studio albums: Nella Vita & Umbra. They played some of the greatest hits, such as: Dirty Bombs, Motown, In Violet, and Painkiller Weather.
From the minute the band took the stage, the energy in the room was incredible, crowdsurfers were nonstop during the show, and each person who went over the barricade was screaming the lyrics at the top of their lungs. On the second night, December 6th, they played fan favorites from their second studio album, Adornment, and their latest album, released earlier this year, The Hart.
They still kept the classics, such as In Violet and Painkiller Weather, but included a wide variety from both albums. Night two had the privilege of witnessing two special guests take the stage, the first guest was former Grayscale bassist, Nicholas Ventimiglia, who came out and played the guitar during one of the band’s consistently top-streamed song, Forever Yours.
The second special guest was Dan from The Wonder Years, who helped close out the night to Not Afraid To Die.
This weekend was probably one of the best weekends that Grayscale has done to date for fans. It catered to all ranges of fans, from the day ones to the OG Warped Tour fans to the newest ones they’ve gained after a successful year as support acts on some incredible tours. Special curated setlists played a big part but they included small touches such as bringing back out older backdrops from previous tours and including special limited tees for each night they had performed. December is a special time in Philadelphia because of the holidays, but for Grayscale fans, it’s even more special with these holiday shows that have been recurring events, and everyone leaves the venue with fun, special memories.
