[Concert Recap] Gaho X Kave: Chaos on stage

Gaho, known from his music for K-dramas, made his way to Europe with his band Kave. Performing in Amstelveen at the p60 on April 16th.

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Fans had already gathered outside in the late afternoon, and the local fan project was already active. Signing a little notebook, leaving cute messages for Gaho and Kave whilst signing a Dutch flag.

As the crowd gathered in front of the podium, the lights dimmed and the band stepped onto the stage. Kicking off the concert with Beautiful Night, High, Lost My Way and Part Time Lover. Loud cheers filled the room from the first notes. Next, he introduced a song we all know; Start, the OST from the hit K-drama Itaewon Class. The crowd sang along loudly. To keep the energy going, they followed up with Running, the OST for the K-drama Start-up.

After a quick introduction and thanking us for coming, he introduced his newest single, To Mars. The song came out a little over a week before the concert and Gaho was surprised that the fans already knew it so well. For a quick little breathing break, he performed his beautiful ballad; Follow me. As he does during his tour, he picked out a fan to take a polaroid on stage with him.

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The energy, however, was quickly raised back up with Venom and Die for You. Before the next song started, Gaho mentioned that they were going to perform two unreleased tracks Power and Where Is The King? Both are high-energy songs that got everyone jumping along. Afterwards, he asked us which of the two songs we liked best because they hadn’t decided yet. Fans clearly liked both, but it seemed like Where Is The King had a slight advantage.

Gaho announced the next 3 songs, Stone, Dangerous and You would be their last of the evening and they all said their individual goodbyes and thank you’s before starting the song with which their stage presence took the crowd by storm, as the band members seamlessly interchanged musical instruments. The pianist found himself behind the drums, whilst the DJ played the guitar. It was a chaotic mess in all the positive ways. Fans couldn’t stop laughing and cheering along as the band members fooled around.

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At one point, Gaho was singing with a paper Burger King crown on his head, taking pictures using a Nintendo DS. A fan must have brought that relic along. A fan in the first row facetimed a friend who couldn't make it to the concert and Gaho took the phone and talked to them for a moment.

But as we all know, the end isn’t really the end, there is always an encore, this time the encore consisted of Right Now, Start and Where’s The King. To the surprise of many fans, Gaho even left the stage and joined the fans on the floor, where they were all singing and jumping together to end the concert on a high note.

Photography & Review by: Tessa van Damme

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