An Evening With Ben Barnes
For one night only in Chicago, devoted and adoring fans packed out House of Blues all eagerly awaiting the presence of Ben Barnes. Most widely known as an actor, Barnes appears in titles such as The Chronicles of Narnia, Westword, The Punisher, and Netflix’s Shadow and Bone. But make no mistake, Barnes has spent a large portion of his life dedicated to performing on stage as he got his start theatre ten years before stepping into the world of acting for the screen.
Barnes released his first ever studio album this January and embarked on his country wide tour shortly after. “I wanted to get out here and see all of you when I knew I had the break in my schedule to do so,” Barnes explains to the audience as the reasoning behind such a quick turnaround.
Throughout the night Barnes and his band delivered a show more than full of humor, love, and outstanding talent. Even demonstrating just how capable himself and his band is, for one song they all got up and swap instruments, even having his bassist come up and sing. Barnes explained that every one of them could play every single instrument on that stage how lucky he felt to share the stage with each and every one of them. Fans played along with Barnes as he talked to them like old friends and even dedicated a song to a young couple in the crowd.
There’s seemingly nothing Barnes cannot do. From a piercingly wide ranging voice and musical intelligence to an accomplished actors of many mediums, Barnes is a star to behold.
