Commandeering the stage ahead of a British invasion, Daisy the Great filled MGM Music Hall at Fenway with energy and light. Playing a majority of songs from their 2022 sophomore album All You Need is Time, the band brought new energy to their breakout hit “The Record Player Song,” and twirled and shimmered to “Glitter” and “Time Machine” while they jammed on stage. Singer-songwriters Kelley Dugan and Mina Walker joked with the crowd in between tracks, musing whether their sound would change were they called “Daisy the Grape”. Altogether they were an energizing opener, priming the crowd for more wonderful things to come.

The Vaccines took the stage later on Friday night, playing classic songs from What did you Expect from the Vaccines, like “Post Break-up Sex” and “If You Wanna” but adding in new tracks from their newest album Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations. The Kooks brought the crowd back down tempo by opening with “Seaside” off of their quintessential 2006 album Inside In/Inside Out, but bringing them right back up again by demanding a singalong to “She Moves in Her Own Way”. What a way to ring in the weekend!