Tzia’s Arc Tour
The Waiting Room Lounge
April, 21st, 2023
I don’t even know where to start? I’ve been attending shows for so long that its been a very long time since I’ve been a concert where I haven’t seen any of the bands performing. It’s a great mixture of anxiety and anxiousness to not know what to expect from a show.
Until the Tzia’s Arc Tour announcement, I had never heard of Band of Silver or Weathers. Sometimes that’s for the best though. Its easier to walk into a venue without solid expectations of what’s to come.
In Marvel’s 2021 blockbuster “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, Peter Parker’s girlfriend MJ has a simple philosophy for life: “If you expect disappointment, then you can never really be disappointed.” I’m not saying that I was expecting to be disappointed, far from it. I expected a great concert. What I did not expect was just how amazing of a night it was going to be.
I had not expected Band of Silver, the trio of siblings from Nashville, to have that much of an impressive stage presence. This was the band’s first time in Omaha and they treated us like friends they’ve known for years. There was an undeniable sense of familiarity with Band of Silver, a message that could clearly be heard in their music. While not many of us knew of the band before we walked in from the cold outside, we were all fans after their short set. I’m pretty sure this won’t be their last time rocking out on a stage in Omaha.
The same goes for Weathers. Tonight was also their first time playing Omaha and from the look on vocalist Cameron Boyers’ face throughout the set, he wasn’t expecting such an intense reaction from the nearly sold-out crowd either. The California quartet has been touring the world for close to a decade, and their laser focus on stage was apparent, but they also looked like they were having fun.
Its been several years since Myers last stop in Omaha, but we never forget the amazing artists. The Tzia’s Arc Tour was such a wanted show that I spoke with people who’d make the trek from as far as Denver, Minneapolis, and Lawrence. Having already seen two amazing bands, talking to people who had seen the previous night’s show, and being a fan of Meg Myers, I do admit that my expectations were starting to get pretty high for her headlining set.
What I was not expecting for for Myers to be on the stage by herself. Every aspect of the show’s music was her responsibility, and I don’t mean like a solo piano show from Tori Amos. It was almost like a more creative sibling of Imogen Heap’s live shows. Relying so heavily on musical technology can be a disaster, especially when you’re the only one on stage. Any number of things can go wrong. Myers is such an amazing professional though that her set went off without any hitches. She knows how to not only command a crowd, she splayed her emotional self on stage. The level of courage and creativity this woman has and shows during her sets is something that should be bottled up and marketed. She made a roaring crowd of several hundred people feel like an intimate living room performance. Hopefully it won’t be another five years before her return.
