He covered many songs from past albums, including “Life’s for the Living,” “I Hate,” “Hole,” and of course his ONE famous song, “Let Her Go,” from his 2012 Album All the Little Lights, which brought joy to many of his earliest fans. “Somebody’s Love,” from his new album Young as the Morning Old as the Sea, started off his set with a surge of electric energy his visible passion is infectious and the entire crowd was high off of it. While that may be true, there were thousands of people in the venue who would disagree. Jokingly, he said, “I only have one famous song you are laughing but it’s fucking true! Not to be confused with the Disney song “Let it Go”. Mike Rosenberg, better known as Passenger, ran onto the stage much to the crowds’ sheer delight. I know of a young lady whose night was made because of you. Sam, Christina, David, Josh and Sam R please forgive me for my lack of knowledge - it has been corrected, and please know that you have a new fan in me! Also, I think it was incredibly cool of all of you to invite fans to meet you after your set. “Bloom,” off of their very first album Woodland, was played mid-set and was the only song I had previously known. The Paper Kites continued their set playing “Renegade,” “I’m Lying to You Cause I’m Lost,” (fun fact this was written in QC!), “Too Late,” and “Electric Indigo,” from Twelvefour. The Paper Kites even mentioned that it was the tallest man they had ever seen! (Seriously though Metropolis…what was up with that?!) This staff member was unlike any other, however, towering over the crowd at 7’3″. Throughout their set (and subsequently, the Passenger set), there was a staff member of the venue weaving through the crowd selling drinks while the band was playing. That wasn’t the only thing that was noticeable. The moment he actually started to play, the crowd cheered in support of overcoming the difficulties. Embarrassingly, I didn’t really know them either.ĭuring the first song, “Revelator Eyes,” from their 2015 album Twelvefour, one of the band members had some difficulty with his guitars’ connection and sound. The opening act, The Paper Kites, for those who don’t know this band, are an indie folk band from Melbourne, Australia. I was simply amazed at the dedication of all these fans. Metropolis was packed upon my arrival, and I should mention I was there 45 minutes before the first act came on. It took me an hour and a half to get there by car, but I got there. I debated thoroughly if it was worth risking my physical well-being to make it to the concert accidents on every corner, city busses stuck in the middle of major streets, cars abandoned on the highway… it was serious chaos. It also happened to be the night of the Passenger concert at the Metropolis. Throughout, it’s his playful poeticism-and his tremulous croons, which crackle with a warm, boyish charm-that make even his saddest revelations sound so comforting.On Tuesday, March 14 th 2017, Montreal received a record breaking snowfall. Still, Rosenberg’s remained firmly indebted to his folk roots, letting his strengths shine in the details: the gentle fingerpicking of the aptly titled “Simple Song,” the nimble percussion of the upbeat “Anywhere,” or the cinematic string arrangements that cushion the heartbreak and enhance the sanguine reveries permeating 2019’s Sometimes It’s Something, Sometimes It’s Nothing At All. The slow-building “Let Her Go,” a bittersweet ballad of life’s inevitable ironies from 2012’s All the Little Lights, pushed him into the international spotlight-an opening spot on Ed Sheeran’s tour certainly helped, too. Since, he’s been highly prolific, releasing 10 albums in his first decade alone, carefully tweaking his sound every step of the way. He officially went solo as Passenger in 2009 with Wide Eyes Blind Love, a stripped-down acoustic set evoking the intimate storytelling of David Gray.
They released just one album before calling it quits, but Rosenberg, the group’s main songwriter, stuck with the name. Upon returning to Brighton, he co-founded the folk-rock band Passenger in 2003. Born Michael David Rosenberg in 1984, the Brighton, England native took classical guitar lessons as a kid and eventually brought those skills to the streets to busk around England and Australia after leaving home at age 16. Passenger’s lightly sweetened folk-pop oozes with romance-even when he’s detailing the painful experience of letting go.
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