Friday night was a memorable night for the band RAINEY, as it was their last-ever performance.
The band is comprised of Lipscomb’s alumna Lana Rainey, alumnus Ben Siebold, senior Trevor Ault, senior Landon Woods and sophomore Andrew Grasso.
The indie-rock pop group announced their split over social media, where they also advertised dates and times for their final concerts.
Opening for RAINEY’s concert were two other Lipscomb groups: The Vangos and Nordista Freeze. The Vangos opened first and featured many of the University’s contemporary students including senior Jasmin Bridgeforth, sophomore Riley Adkisson, sophomore Zach Daves, Grasso and non-Lipscomb sophomore Trent Briden.
Following The Vangos, Freeze performed his usual set and announced his upcoming annual music festival, “Freezefest,” in April.
“There are 200 bands on the bill,” he said. “I’ll probably have to narrow it down before then.”
After Freeze and his peers finished, the small house packed even more. Many fans had come, not just from Lipscomb, to see RAINEY’s last performance.
The band hardly stopped performing to talk to the crowd, other than to thank them repeatedly for their love and support.
“We’ve used music as a creative outlet for these past few years,” Wood said, “and it’s hard to see that go away for us as a group. So thank you for supporting us while we could make music together and giving us that chance.”