One Republic came out with guns a blazing, I’ve photographed them before so I knew what to expect. The lead vocalist Ryan Tedder does a bang up job during his live showss, one of those artist who may actually sound better live, than on a recording.

 

You could feel the give an take from the crowd to the performer, as he almost immediately connected with them. Ryan is similar to Bebe Rexha, in that he also writes and produces music for other artists. Recently winning a Grammy for a couple of songs he contributed to Taylor Swift’s album, 1986.

He has collaborated with a who’s who’s in today’s music world, including U2, Madonna, Adelle, Maroon 5, Ariana Grande, Carrie Underwood, and the laundry list goes on and on, to numerous to mention here. Fantastic way to cap off the evening, would’ve loved to have heard more.

He also spoke of their last concert here at Araneta Coliseum , saying it was “one of our favourite shows we’ve ever done in our entire career” and it wasn’t just lip service, you could tell he meant it.  “Everyone here is just so nice, it’s almost hard to freakin’ believe.”