The gauntlet has been thrown, my friends. I’m just back from seeing the Hold Steady kick off their global domination 2008 tour in support of their forthcoming album Stay Positive. What does it say when the title track - a song that isn’t even the lead single - whips the crowd into an unbridled frenzy? It screams “welcome to the the rock show!”

Here’s some footage from an earlier show demonstrating how it is done.

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Fri, Jun 27, 2008 @ 1:15 am |