

#FITS AND TANTRUMS MONEY GRABBER MOVIE#
This transformation has extended to the old movie palaces on and around Broadway as the long shuttered United Artists Theater is the latest historic building to receive a full overhaul and remodeling in advance of a grand re-opening in February for a pair of Spiritualized shows during Valentine’s Day weekend. Live and, more recently, the Fig at 7th shopping complex, among other luxury hotels, restaurants and apartments. Since the late 1990s, the area has developed a new identity with the opening of Staples Center, Nokia Plaza at L.A. The opening of The Theatre at Ace Hotel is part of an ongoing revitalization within downtown Los Angeles.

Darlings of the US festival circuit, I’ve seen them in venues of varying sizes around LA and they chalked another one off the list last week with a satisfying, albeit sound-flawed set at the restored United Artists Theater, now named The Theatre at Ace Hotel. Led by two complementary singers, Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs, the remainder of the band is comprised of a quartet whose instrumental proficiencies bring their pop/funk/R&B song catalog to life. Over the past six years, the Los Angeles-based group has traversed across North America with occasional detours to Europe and Australia, gaining fans through their irresistibly energetic live shows.

Fitz and The Tantrums have soul to spare.
