Step right up and take a taxicab to Terminal 5, located in midtown Manhattan.
Ela Melo rocks out with bandmates Darrick “Bozzy” Keller, Ethan Goodpaster, and Jess Haney.
Common People are a quintet based in Los Angeles, comprised of Nicky Winegardner, Sam Belzer, Asher Thomson, Konrad Ulich, and Cormac Cadden.
The crowd used their phone flashlights to light up the venue for a poignant moment during Common People’s opening set.
Concertgoers wore their very best band merch, beat-up sneakers, and leather for the crisp fall night.
Frontman Nicky Winegardner sings his heart out while Sam Belzer and Konrad Ulich support him.
Nicky Winegardner’s Knicks T-shirt got a roar of applause from the NYC crowd, who are still celebrating the NBA team’s championship victory earlier this year.
Ela Melo, Darrick “Bozzy” Keller, Ethan Goodpaster, and Jess Haney get close for a song.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise were recently featured in Rolling Stone‘s Reasons to Love Rock package, where Ela Melo spoke to their live shows. “We know if we don’t connect to it onstage, the fans won’t connect to it out there either,” she said.
Drummer Jess Haney of Rainbow Kitten Surprise cracks a smile behind his kit.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise played the hits, including “Painkillers,” “Devil Like Me,” and “Cocaine Jesus.”
Bassist Maddie Bouton and guitarist Drew Long find the groove.
From the pit to the balcony, the vibes were flowing throughout Terminal 5, which can hold 3,000 concertgoers.
Darrick “Bozzy” Keller takes a break from playing his guitar to duet with Ela Melo.
Ela Melo and Darrick “Bozzy” Keller mess around onstage which got a hearty round of cheers from the audience. “People connect with the music, and then they come and see us live and they’re blown away by the lights,” Keller told Rolling Stone.
Ela Melo, Ethan Goodpaster, and Maddie Bouton kept the energy going all night, even as it came to a close.
Fans held onto the barricade for every song Rainbow Kitten Surprise performed, especially during their finale, “It’s Called: Freefall.”
