The fans were lined up outside Causeway Street in Boston to get a chance to see Starset play a sold out show at the Big Night Live.
The first and only band of the evening was American rock band from Columbus, Ohio Starset. The band consists of Dustin Bates – lead vocals, keyboards, soundboard, guitars, production (2013–present) Ron DeChant – bass, keyboards, backing vocals (2013–present) Brock Richards – guitars, backing vocals (2013–present) Adam Gilbert – drums, percussion (2013–present).
On May 3,2024 the band released their new single “Brave New World” and its accompanying video. They are currently touring on the Immersion: The final chapter tour. As soon as the fans heard the first beat of “Unbecoming” they started screaming and cheering and chanting. They were so excited to see them live with no opener. This meant that the fans got to see the band play longer and would get to enjoy a night of entertainment with an unbelievably talented group of individuals.
On the stage as the band entered there were 6 “fans” that were projecting holograms and other visual effects made for the fans to witness. Set behind the band was a huge screen that was playing while the band was standing in front of it all dressed in black and all you could see was red eyes on their upper chests. The video showed a man saying “Good Evening from a New East, I am happy to report that we have had our greatest quarter to date. Our economic growth is unpresented, hunger has been eliminated, while our criminal conviction rate is 100%. No innocent civilians have ever been punished. An accomplishment that has never been seen before in human history. Climate disaster has been reversed. Despite the evil actions of criminals. Dust storms and radiation levels are at an all time low. Public happiness is beyond measurement. But despite all the progress by our New East New West Alliance, there are insidious forces that wishes to destroy it all. Tonight we will show you the most wanted man in the entire New West. A man from your very own region. Region 23. It is imperative that you understand the threat of this terrorist and do your part to bring him to justice. We must root out terrorism before it is too late. Before we continue I must inform you there have been reports of rebel activity this very evening. So, be vigilant.” He disappears. A hologram that says New City West auditing headquarters appears.
Another man appears sitting in a chair behind a desk and a “computer” comes on and says auditory medical assessment. Loading test results. Diagnosis Brain cancer has spread. Seek Treatment? 40,000 credits. Would you like to seek treatment? Auditor financial account. Current balance 347 credits. Insufficient funds. Please try again when you have the correct credits. He shakes his head.
The screen then comes up and a computer again states incoming audit. It says a case file number. It says offense seditious language dispersing in New East. A lady appears next to him and starts saying “Oh No! Oh No! I didn’t do anything. The man says “Well according to your file, well we will just see for yourself. The computer says “presenting evidence. It has an audio clip of the woman talking and swearing. The man then says it was captured on your BMI and your sons BMI and several bystanders. I’m sorry but the evidence is irrefutable. “Now you can spend the rest of the time you have here denying it or you could give me a reason to choose immuncy.” The lady says “I am sorry, I fell behind on credits. I have a son. I didn’t have enough to pay for his schooling.” “Then New East provides everything you need. I just wanted to give him a better life. He is gifted. Please Please. I cant be sup located. He needs me.” “User number 66203 you are herby found guilty and sent to the overeaser for supplication. She screams NO! and then disappears.
The fan lights come on and illuminate. Then a voice comes on and says “All Hail the New East.”
The band starts to play and the lead singer is illuminated and is highlighted with strobe lights. They continue playing their next song “Carnivore.” Throughout their entire set the band has videos playing in the background. There is hyroglifics around the fans that are placed in front of the band.
They continue their set with songs like “Perfect Machine,” and “Frequency.” They play a Downplay cover “Waiting on The Sky To Change.”
Before the song “Other Worlds Then These,” they show another video of a man dragging another man by the arms. He takes him by the arms and then he injects him with an antidote. The man being dragged wakes up and is confused as to where he is. He is then told that he received an antidote and that he needs to get it to his leaders. He said to put him back out for 5 min and then he will bring him back and bring the antidote to the leaders. The man is put back un conscience and the video goes out and the band starts playing.
Before the song “Monster,” Another video comes on and shows a man that is what looks like a recycling yard. As the screen is showing the video a hologram of a woman appears in front of the crowd. She says “All right man, don’t turn your BMI off just walk across. The man says to her “I will be audited and suppolicated.” The woman says “I know that is the plan. You will be fine. Trust me. The man jumps up and moves his arms by his side then swings them by his side and gets ready to walk across. You see the guy walk towards the screen and then hit the screen. Once he hits the screen the man disappears and you see him enter the same area where the lady was shortly before. He is sitting in front of the auditor. He is confused as to where he is. The auditor says ” I have been expecting you.” The screen goes out and the band starts playing again.
Before “Halo,” another video comes on and shows the auditor again with another older woman. It shows them sitting on a couch and she is in a gown. The auditor holds her hand and then the three lights on the side of his head turn red and they both stare into space. The video disappears and another video comes on and shows the original man in the opening video. The “fans” underneath portray a hologram of a guy and next to him is a wanted message that says Wanted for Suspected Acts of Terrorism .He says “And so you see why we brought you here. We have to find this man. As administrators of this region you are the first line of defense. This man is the ones helping him are expected to have mudded BMI’s and are presumed to still be in sector 23. In fact his accomplices could the very people next to you this evening.” A voice comes over the speakers and says “Ok we just received word its time.” The guy and her are talking at the same time and she says”hold on I can’t hear myself think over this guy lets iternarate the audio sensory.” They block out the man talking and she is just talking. She says “Thank god much better. OK. Deep breaths. It is happening. The rebellion has begun. They have been taking out transmitters across the Philadelphia region on their way to deactivate the quantum communicator. Night shades daughter is heading it up. As you know we smuggled a very larger version of John’s BMI interrupter onto the roof and your linked into it. So deliciously ironic that it would happen right after a demonstration focused on him. If any luck when you activate the device, it will knock out the BMI transmitter for this entire sector. Diverting some new west guns this way and pulling some heat off the rebels as they move to take down QC. Ok Lets Go.”Activate your device. ” A sign comes up and says BMI Not linked. She says “Come on let’s concentrate.” Another sign says System not activate. “We have rehearsed this a hundred times. Use your BMI to activate the device. Listen you need to hurry up.” The sign then changed to BMI Linked. System activated. A video comes on and shows a tractor beam going through the middle of the screen. The screen is then interrupted and the man disappears and a sign that says BMI Signal lost. System shutting down. System offline.
Another video comes on and shows a 5 minute countdown. It is explaining about the body’s BMI. It goes on to count down from 5 min. The band then comes on and starts playing “Echo.” They continue their set with “Die For You,” “Brave New World,” “Earthrise.”They end their set with “My Demons.” This was an amazing set and was more of a theatrical movie that played out the entire set. It was great to see the band play this in its entirety. The fans were left in awe as to what they have just witnessed.
