
The dedicated fan in me had to arrive at Festival Pier about seven hours before the show even started to see my favorite band of all time at the barricade. With promises that this would be the only time this would ever be done, it is safe to say Third Eye Blind’s mind-blowing performance at Festival Pier in Philadelphia was, hands down, the best Third Eye Blind show, and probably the best concert, I have ever experienced. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Third Eye Blind’s self-titled album, and as a thank you to the fans for keeping their music alive, the band dedicated its Summer Gods Tour to playing the album in order in its entirety. The lighting is always different, frontman Stephan Jenkins always has a new speech prepared for us, the set list is always a little bit different and the energy is alive and pulsating through every member of the crowd. Every time I leave a Third Eye Blind show, I swear it was the best concert I have ever been to.
