Hippo Campus – Armory – Minneapolis MN – April 23rd 2022

Saturday was a day full of excitement for Minnesota-Locals Hippo Campus, who formed in St. Paul circa 2013. Not only did they sell out The Armory in downtown Minneapolis to an absolutely electric crowd of 6,000 but earlier in the day they were surprised with a First Avenue Star which is something to be incredibly proud of – Local or not (Check out the list of Star receipients).

Jake Luppen, Nathan Stocker, Zach Sutton, Whistler Allen, & DeCarlo Jackson are true pros on stage playing with the kind of energy and vigor that has the crowd shaking the entire venue. Signs saying “We are so fu**ing proud of you!!!” were distributed to the front of the crowd to show the band every ounce of encouragement that they deserve.

Setlist

  • 2 Young 2 Die
  • Ashtray
  • Bad Dream Baby
  • Blew Its
  • Semi Pro
  • Bang Bang
  • Sex Tape
  • Honestly
  • Suicide Saturday
  • Scorpio
  • Listerine
  • Monsoon
  • Vacation
  • Ride or Die
  • Way It Goes
  • Deepfake
  • Baseball
  • Where To Now?
  • South
  • Boys
  • Understand

Encore:

  • Bambi
  • Buttercup

Ginger Root – the musical project of Cameron Lew – opened the show with a funky groove-filled set self-described as “aggressive elevator soul” which perfectly meshed with the crowd.

  • B4
  • Neighbor
  • Karaoke
  • Le château
  • Juban District / A Cruel Angel’s Thesis (Neon Genesis Evangelion Theme Rework)
  • Kimi Ni Mune Kyun (Yellow Magic Orchestra cover)
  • City Slicker
  • Loretta (with Kai Brewster, Hippo Campus’ guitar tech)
  • Weather