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Live review: The Get Up Kids @ the Marquis Theater

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Other than that, I’m with Pryor. It did feel like 1999 all over again.

Australian-based openers Youth Group punctuated their set with the hypnotic cover of Alphaville’s “Forever Young” — a song that feels like it’s ripe to be made the soundtrack to an MTV or FOX drama about coming-of-age teens and early 20-somethings. I just looked it up to see if it hasn’t already, and apparently the producers to “The O.C.” and other shows were way ahead of me…

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  • um

    “They famously held a 10-year anniversary show in their hometown of Lawrence, Kan., in 2005 and charged what they called “first year prices” — which meant five bucks a head. For what was (at the time) their final show later that year, $13 got you in the door when a $40 ticket would have still easily sold out the venue. If you wanted a souvenir T-shirt it would have set you back a measly $12.Flash forward five plus years to Tuesday night’s show:”The year is 2009. Unless you're doing some sort of new math, that's four years. And what about the openers, Casey James Prestwood and Pretty and Nice? Sloppy.

  • Dude

    The Pretty & Nice opening set was friggin' amazing, too…

  • Dude

    The Pretty & Nice opening set was friggin' amazing, too…

  • Dude

    The Pretty & Nice opening set was friggin' amazing, too…