A final goodbye
The stage was set and the lights dimmed to create that kind of ambiance you’d only expect to find at a sold out Rock Concert and as the crowds kept swarming into the Dutch Hospital, Colombo 1, where ‘The Slipping Chairs’ were set to perform their final gig, the energy around was surreal.
For nearly nine years, the band was in the industry, slowly but surely winning the hearts of those frequent and not so frequent pub crawlers and of course the music lovers. All of them would come to immerse themselves in a few hours of stellar song covers and since more recently, the band’s new album, ‘The Sweet Escape.’
This was all until April, 2018 when the band posted on Social Media, saying “It’s time for us to
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say goodbye,” much to the shock of their fans. As per the announcement, ‘The Slipping Chairs’ were to play their farewell shows at three different ven- ues, the final to take place at the Dutch Hospital Colombo. A huge roar was heard from the crowd as the band took to the stage. They opened with a Kings of Leon classic, ‘Use Somebody.’ And with a sound, that’s only unique to the Slipping Chairs, they were quick to mesmerise their audience.
As per their usual routine, the band had the crowd dancing to their renowned covers of “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”by Fall Out Boy, ‘Budapest’ by George Ezra