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The Fray
Saint Louis Music Park — Maryland Heights, MO

Piano-driven rock from Denver that peaked right when Grey's Anatomy needed a song to play over someone flatlining. Isaac Slade wrote hooks that sounded enormous on cheap car speakers. If you know the words to How to Save a Life but can't explain why, that's the whole point.

Polished and earnest. The piano hits harder in person than you'd expect. Crowds go dead quiet during the verses and lose it on the choruses.

Known for How to Save a Life, Over My Head (Cable Car), You Found Me, Never Say Never, Look After You

The Fray touched down at Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in July 2015, delivering a setlist that balanced their biggest moments with deeper cuts. They opened with "Heartbeat" and worked through fan favorites like "You Found Me" and "How to Save a Life," but the real gems were scattered throughout—"Rainy Zurich" and "Look After You" showed off their softer side, while "Hurricane" and "Over My Head (Cable Car)" reminded everyone why they mattered in the mid-2000s alternative landscape. Closing with "Love Don't Die" felt like the right choice for a band built on emotional sincerity, even if that sincerity sometimes veered into the obvious.

Chuck Berry invented rock and roll here. Miles Davis came up across the river in East St. Louis. Uncle Tupelo gave alt-country its name in Belleville. St. Louis has been quietly shaping American music for over a century. Today the scene runs through The Pageant and Delmar Hall on the Loop, The Factory out in Chesterfield, the newly reopened Ready Room in The Grove, and smaller rooms like Off Broadway, the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, and Heavy Anchor. Music at the Intersection has filled the void LouFest left. The city doesn't need the reputation — the rooms are full regardless.

Base yourself in the Central West End, where the tree-lined streets and converted lofts give the neighborhood a genuinely livable vibe. Hit Broadway Oyster Bar for something with actual character, or Park Avenue Coffee if you need to ease in. Spend an afternoon at the City Museum—it's genuinely weird and worth your time, not a tourist trap. The Pulitzer Arts Foundation is also worth an hour if contemporary art is your thing. St. Louis takes itself less seriously than most cities, which makes it easy to move around and find decent food without overthinking it.

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