Flawless Performance by Foster the People, One to Look Forward to Again in the Future

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January 13, 2012 | by Awis Mranani

American indie pop band Foster The People performing at the Tennis Indoor Senayan stadium in Jakarta on Wednesday night. Almost 4,000 people attended the concert, the band's first in 2012. (Antara Photo)

American indie pop band Foster The People performing at the Tennis Indoor Senayan stadium in Jakarta on Wednesday night. About 4,000 people attended the concert, the band's first in 2012. (Antara Photo)

Jakarta is the first tour destination for American indie band Foster the People, and its debut concert of the year perfect and memorable.

  With almost 4,000 fans chanting to every song vocalist Mark Foster belt out on stage, the concert was so vibrant, one could see the frontman himself smiling contently.

  The band started the 90-minute gig with "Houdini", which took the super-excited crowd to more fiery enthusiasm. They then went straight to playing a more mellow number "Miss You" and "Life on the Nickel."

  Mark didn't forget to interact with the band's devotees, he thanked everyone who warmly welcomed and supported the band by saying, "terima kasih," which made the crowd screamed even louder.  

 Earlier, during the press conference, Mark said that one of the reasons the band decided to come to Southeast Asia was because there are so many Tweets from this part of the world, and so they wanted to greet and get to know their fans more by coming on a tour.

  Indonesian fans proved the band right. As they started playing "I Would Do Anything For You", thousands in the crowd sang along with Mark from their hearts as if the song was dedicated to the band. 

 The trio also belt out a less popular number titled "Love."

  "None of us [band members] thought playing music will bring us to this part of the world, which is very beautiful. We never thought we would be able to travel around the world because of music. That's why we believe everyone should never give up on their dreams and should always try to achieve them, and don't waste your time, which kind of what this next song is about," Mark said.

  They then performed "Waste" followed by "Call It What You Want" and "Don't Stop."

  Paying homage to their inspiration, legendary band Weezer, the trio played a unique cover of "Say It Isn't So."

  Frontman Mark along with drummer Mark Pontius, bassist Cubbie Fink and two other performers gave their best performances. Cubbie and Mark showed of their musical skills by playing different instruments on stage, complete with the synchronized head banging moves. While Pontius became the key to all the intense, killer beats in every song.

  The end part of the concert was enlivened by "Helena Beat", "Warrants" and the band closed off with thier hit single "Pumped Up Kicks."

  This time, the band played the number with a stronger touch of techno than the album version, the concert venue turned into a party ground for a few minutes as Mark danced on stage and then climbed the crowd barrier to get closer to his fans, who couldn't stop jumping and singing to the throbbing sound.

  The concert left huge smiles on everyone’s face, fans and band members. The band has met everyone's expectations and setting a high standard for themselves, and I suppose Jakarta's music crowd is an addictive one for musicians. Foster the People will come back, for sure.

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