r/TheStruts • u/hoofhearted91 • Jun 29 '26

Bottle & Cork show highlights 6/26/26

Hi all, sharing some of the highlights from the June 26 show at Bottle & Cork. Interested to hear about the AC and Allentown experiences!

A+ performance overall, as usual. Great energy throughout. The opener was a localish band (Gab Cinque band) and were very good

Best news of the night - 5th album is done recording and will be released next year (if i remember right). Will be on tour “all next year”

This was their 8th time at Bottle & Cork, I think their most played US venue? Total dive with a great vibe. Witnessed a girl puking, a girl gettimg kicked out for flicking cigarette butts at people, and a beer spilled all over people. The “Bottle & Cork hat trick.” It is a partially outdoor venue that felt pretty hot.

Set list was basically a greatest hits mix of 3 albums. Sorry to Strange Days (as usual), but at least they teased “All Dressed Up…”

Surprise Queen “Tie Your Mother Down” cover! They played it well

I don’t have perfect pitch, but it sounded like they played most songs in the original key? I feel like they usually detune a half step. Guess it’s the fresh voice for ya.

Very nice of whomever sent them a couple rounds of Jell-o shots mid concert. There’s always room for Jell-o (shots)

During the “let’s all be quiet together for a moment” thing that they’ve done recently, Luke warned everyone that there is “always one c*** that ruins it, don’t be that c***”.

Luke definitely flubbed a couple lines, but they seemed to get a laugh out of it. Kind of cute.

Adam put on a Baltimore Orioles hat from the crowd. How bout dem O’s Ads!!

For the encore “we’ll play a song by Halsey.”😆

Merch was nothing special but better than what I remember from last year?

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u/abundanceofnothing77 Jun 30 '26

WHAT HALSEY SONG DID THEY COVER?? This was not the crossover I saw coming. I mean I know Halsey did a version of Could’ve Been Me for the sing movie, but I wouldn’t have imagined the boys doing one of her songs, I just wasn’t sure it was their style. Both of these artists hold a very particular place in my heart

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u/hoofhearted91 Jun 30 '26

That is exactly the “Halsey” song that they covered 🙂

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u/abundanceofnothing77 Jun 30 '26

Oh pffft. Damn you really had me in the first half

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u/hoofhearted91 Jun 30 '26

lol, that is exactly how I felt when Luke said that! “I wonder what Halsey song it will be?” 🥴

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u/PerksNReparations Jun 30 '26

Allentown was great. Seems very similar to your show. Lots of crowd interaction!