Absolutely fantastic!
by Kim on 2025-08-30Scotiabank Centre - HalifaxRating: 5 out of 5We sang, we danced, we laughed- fully enjoyed the whole experience!

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You don't sell over two million copies of your debut album without some serious hard work, and Australian singer/songwriter Vance Joy has never been shy of major elbow grease. When Vance Joy first cut his teeth performing at open mic nights in Melbourne, he was feeding on a diet of artists like The Pogues and Paul Kelly. By 2013 he was ready to introduce the world to his ukulele-led charm 'Riptide', which became an instant global classic. The connection and journey his music was about to have on the world in years to come was an unexpected reward to the young songwriter.
Vance Joy (born James Keogh) consolidated on that first impression with further anthems 'Mess is Mine', 'Georgia' and 'Fire and the Flood'. Those hits all found a home on the 2014's debut 'dream your life away'. Vance Joy spent 2013 and 2014 playing clubs around the world before the album was released which then saw him surface everywhere from singing on the American Idol Season Final to being handpicked to open Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour, festivals from Lollapalooza in Chicago and South America, to Coachella, Splendour in the Grass and the AFL Grand Final. After his successful Sold Out 2016 'Fire and The Flood' North American theatre run, and Australian performances at the Sydney Opera House, Margaret Court Arena and Riverstage he took a well-earned rest.
Come July 2017 - Vance Joy kicked off the campaign for his sophomore album 'Nation of Two' with the lead single 'Lay It On Me' showing it was destined to be another successful album. The track was followed six months later with the album and follow up single 'Saturday Sun', a tune so good that he held up delivering Nation of Two to ensure it made the cut.
The success of 'Nation of Two' saw Vance Joy tour the world throughout 2018 on the 'Nation of Two World Tour' ranging in venues from Arena's across Canada, amphitheatres in North America including the famous Red Rocks, the first Latin American headline shows, theatres across Europe and Arena's across Australia including two sold-out hometown shows at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena. November 2018, the end of the 83 date World Tour, Vance Joy had yet another offer to tour with one of the world's biggest female artists. P!NK extended an offer for Vance Joy to join her European stadium run on her Beautiful Trauma World Tour. Summer 2019 saw Vance Joy and band join her biggest tour to date and enjoy an extensive run of Stadium shows across Europe before taking another well-earned break to work on album number three.
In 2021 Vance Joy returned with 'Missing Piece', the song soon hit x2 Platinum in Australia, #1 at USA Triple A Radio, #2 on the Australian Radio Chart, #2 at the USA and Canada Alternative Radio Chart and won Best Video at the ARIA Awards. Released in June 2022, 'In Our Own Sweet Time', the third album by Vance Joy featured hit single, 'Clarity' which peaked at #3 on the USA Alt Radio Charts. The song spent one week at #1, nine weeks in the Top 5 and eleven weeks in the Top 10 on the Triple A Radio Charts in the US. In Australia, Vance Joy received 5 ARIA Nominations after the album's release including, Best Solo Artist, Best Adult Contemporary Artist, Best Pop Release for Clarity, Song of the Year for Clarity and Best Video for Every Side of You. Winning Best Video for the 2nd year in a row.
With 5 billion streams across all platforms, it's no surprise that listeners all over the world connect to Vance Joys intimate yet anthemic song writing. His lyrics take you on a journey that will reach out and hold you for a delicate moment. Bringing together a unique, charming mix of folk music with pop influences, these songs capture the familiar pulse of everyday experiences in a unique and celebratory manner.
B-Stage (Acoustic)
Main stage
We sang, we danced, we laughed- fully enjoyed the whole experience!
Such an amazing experience. Great Sound, Great Seats. Loved it!
The only issue I had was that one security officer kept checking on the area and parked himself in front of me. It was annoying as he leaves up against the wall (sec 19) amd stayed to watch the concert. There was able room to park a few feet away and not impeed anybody view. Also, popcorn from the Agricola side of the building was cold and gross. Perhaps smaller batches more frequently??
Great energy from start to finish. He engages the crowd, plays all the hits, and leaves it all on stage. This was my kids first concert and will be a hard one to top!
Vance Joy was great and played an awesome set. The sound in the Scotiabank Centre wasn’t very good though. We were almost beside the stage, and there was a nasty echo that distracted from the performance. I’m not sure if this is unique to where we were sitting, or the venue as a whole.
Saw Vance when he opened for TSwift in Montreal, didn't take too much convincing to see him as a headliner in Halifax, he did not disappoint, great concert!
Performance was great, sound mixing was terrible. The bass was so over powering and distorted you could barely hear the other instruments
The concert and performance was amazing. It’s great when a performer sounds as good or better live. Vance Joy did a great job and would easily pay to see him again. The venue however was trash. The Scotiabank Center in Halifax has terrible acoustics. For the majority of the concert it sounded like someone was sitting in the nosebleeds playing a guitar out of timing. It was just the sound of every strum bouncing back at us a second after first hearing it.
It was so easy to buy tickets but mind you the venue was smaller than I anticipated. It was a smooth process no line ups, we got straight in. Vance was so sweet and it felt like a good vibe. The best part was instead of the teenagers just trying so hard to stand out, We actually had a great audience that enjoyed the show with all their heart.
The concert was too short. Only 1 hour of performance.