There has also been consistent praise for their recent record drop, “Dirty Word” of which 5 of the 7 songs delivered on this night derived. The talented outfit has been revered in the mainstream media lately, including Rolling Stone Magazine coverage of their Outside Lands Festival performance with John Oates in the Super Jam. Daniels interrupted the lyrical flow of the tune to direct, “Let’s get this party started!” The powerful band proceeded to blast through an explosive six song set that only increased with energy and purpose as the Center’s seats began to readily fill with patrons.Īlthough the band has played to enormously populated festivals all over the country, this performance marked their largest indoor crowd, with their previous appearance at the 1st Bank Center in Colorado being slightly smaller.

Given our current pop climate, it gives me hope as a musician who believes in songs to see an arena full of people who just simply love good music.” The soulful quartet started it off with a thick and bouncy groove with “Everybody Wants Some” a fitting opener to the show and the first song from the 2010 album of the same name that included the contagious “woo-hoos” towards the end. Hard-hitting drummer of Dumptaphunk, formerly of Beyonce‘s band, Nikki Glaspie, added, “It means a great deal to open for somebody like him. He was excited because he knew they were the right band to get the party started – and they did. Richie personally chose the band when he heard all the submissions to support his tour. With 11 released albums under his belt, the Grammy and Academy Award winning singer/songwriter returned after years of relative obscurity to own the house that Jay-Z built.Īlthough a different genre than Lionel Richie, the band that is well-known as NOLA’s King of Funk, Dumpstaphunk, were chosen to open five shows on Richie’s 2013 tour. 64 year old Lionel Richie enthralled an energetic and participatory crowd with a performance that spanned over 2 hours. On a bustling Tuesday night in Brooklyn at the new Barclays Center, a music legend enchanted a capacity crowd of 18,103 with a bevy of hits from an impressive catalog spanning nearly five decades. “We have been through a journey together and we’re not done yet” – Lionel Richie

All night long lionel richie