Audience participation in the form of singing and gesturing came with hits “Barrel of a Gun,” “Fa Fa,” and “Airport Song.” Other treats included some material from the album Guster put on hold for this tour, “Ramona” and what is currently called “New Song #2.” The inevitable cover came in the form of The Zombies’ “Time of the Season” on which Miller played bass and Gardner provided the breathy “ahhh” accompaniment. The cheesiness was palpable.

“Thanks for having us back,” Miller announced as the band returned for a three-song encore that featured the most pensive song of the evening, “Mona Lisa,” executed with as much feeling as one can in a large arena.

The Crimson had the opportunity to speak with guitarist Adam Gardner about Guster’s rise to semi-stardom, the upcoming album, song writing and failing classes:

THC: How did you manage to be full-time students and record an album at the same time?

Gardner: The semester that we recorded, we took a lot of incompletes and took things over the summer. We’d get to class at ten in the morning, head to the studio around six and be there ‘til two or three in the morning, go to bed at four and wake up for class at nine the next morning. It was pretty hectic.