Gig Review: Blindspott @ The Trust Arena - 29 July 2022
Friday, 29 July saw me heading to The Trusts Arena for my first gig in a couple of months, and I was incredibly excited for this show. West Auckland’s Blindspott were playing their “homecoming” show, their first in West Auckland in 16 years, with Written By Wolves and DJ Kane Hawkins as support. As a Westie myself, I was very excited to see a band that is so connected to the area I grew up in. The event was a near sellout, with tons of people turning up to see what would no doubt be an iconic show in Blindspotts career. I saw Written By Wolves for the first time at Ding Dong Lounge at the beginning of June. I was very impressed by that show and excited to see what they could do with a bigger venue like Trusts Arena. Part of what made Written’s Ding Dong show so great was the intimacy of the venue. While it is much harder to create a feeling of intimacy in an arena, the band certainly did not disappoint. They brilliantly fulfilled the job of a support act: to get the crowd hyped. Mikey ...