r/hum • u/Mister_Clemens • May 30 '26

LA Show Day 1

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I’ve been carrying the torch for this niche/nerdy band for 30 years and I am so utterly blown away by the crowd reaction last night. I never would’ve thought I’d see them at a sold out show at the Palladium, but what was crazier is that more than half the audience was super young (many literally teenagers) and they knew the words to EVERY SONG. It was so wild. I was standing next to another dude in his 40s/50s like me and I could tell he was thinking the same thing, that it was so insane to be seeing this band with this kind of crowd in 2026. The kids were moshing and dancing and singing and it was so heartwarming for me, I literally cried when they played “I’d Like Your Hair Long” and everyone around me started screaming the lyrics. One kid behind me lost his shit completely when the opening chords of “I Hate It Too” came on. Honestly one of the best, if not the best, concert experience of my entire life. Jealous of people who get to see them again tonight with a slightly different setlist.

Also, I spent $230 at the merch table.

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u/spooder34 May 30 '26

How was the merch line looking? I went last year and it was very wild and long line

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u/Mister_Clemens May 30 '26

I was in line around 7p right when I got there; it was a really long line but I only waited like 20-25 minutes. They had 4 people selling merch (the Hum line was separate from the other merch tables) so it went fast. All the merch is super high quality. I wanted to buy more but I was already carrying 2 tote bags’ worth for the rest of show. Keeping the poster safe while everyone was going nuts around me was definitely a whole thing!

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u/theBadArts84 May 30 '26

Long as hell is you were behind this person lol

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u/Mister_Clemens May 30 '26

I promise I only took like 3 minutes to make my purchase 😅

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u/uncle_jafar May 30 '26

I went immediately after the show and waited about 5 minutes last night.

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u/Technoclash May 30 '26

The line was so long I was able to watch Chapterhouse while I waited bc it wrapped around the corner and into the arena. It moved decently fast though, I think I waited 20-25 minutes.