Hey, what are the guys from Fun (aka fun.) doing hanging out in the lobby having a drink with the rest of the rabble? It sure looks like the lads from the New York indie pop rock band, with their rolled up pants, flouncy florally shirts, super slick hair dos, and glasses that look suspiciously like accessories rather than having any practical use.
Turns out it wasn't Fun, because they would have been mobbed, such is the popularity of the biggest new band of last year having won Grammys for best new artist and song of the year for chest-beating, chart-topping hit We Are Young.
The things is, you really know you've made it when your fans start dressing like you. And when the band appeared on stage, to piercing screams from the sold-out crowd, it was clear we were in the presence of rock stars because no one else could get away with wearing a suit coat, and black leather shorts with leggings underneath like singer Nate Ruess does.
Of course, songs off their second album, Some Nights, which peaked at No. 3 here, dominated the setlist, including All Alright which came complete with a mass swinging of hands from the crowd.
There were a clutch of songs off lesser known first album, Aim & Ignite, the best of which was The Gambler with multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and guitarist Jack Antonoff whipping up a brief but cool chamber music style duet. And there were a couple of covers, with the impromptu version of Paul Simon's Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard more silly and, well, fun, than anything else, before the main set ended with a solid rendition of the Stones' Can't Always Get What You Want, including a star turn on the flugel horn by Dost.
