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Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites perform at Comerica Park during The Lumineers\u2019 performance Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n - \n
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Fans fill the stands at Comerica Park during The Lumineers\u2019 performance Saturday.
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Fans fill the stands at Comerica Park during the Detroit leg of The Lumineers\u2019 Automatic World Tour at Comerica Park Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThey say dreams come true, but this is beyond anything we could have ever dreamed\u201d, said Wesley Schultz, the co-founder and lead singer of The Lumineers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just a few years ago, The Lumineers performed at Pine Knob Music Theatre, a hillside amphitheater where voices drifted into the summer air. Now, they stood beneath the towering lights of Comerica Park, a venue more than twice the size, where the scale of the stage finally matched the scale of the dream \u2013 a dream that belonged as much to the audience as it did to the band. For so many, The Lumineers have been more than a band; their music a constant soundtrack, guiding them through the uncertainties of life. Detroit wasn\u2019t just another stop on tour, it was a full-circle moment, the kind that makes a single night feel like the culmination of years.<\/p>\n
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The Backseat Lovers open for The Lumineers during the Detroit leg of the Automatic World Tour at Comerica Park Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ![\"Chance](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_9646.jpg?resize=780%2C1172&ssl=1\")
Chance Pe\u00f1a opens for The Lumineers during the Detroit leg of the Automatic World Tour at Comerica Park Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a>
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Chance Pe\u00f1a opens for The Lumineers during the Automatic World Tour at Comerica Park Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a>
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The Backseat Lovers open for The Lumineers during their performance at Comerica Park Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a>
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Chance Pe\u00f1a and The Backseat Lovers opened the show, both their sets a reflection of their unique artistry. Pe\u00f1a\u2019s songs are the kind you play in a dark room lit by fairy lights, his sound drifting through speakers that transport you somewhere else. That same intimacy pulsed through his performance, as if the music belonged to every person in the crowd all at once. The Backseat Lovers, on the other hand, were the perfect way to lift the energy higher. Their songs are the ones that make a walk to class feel cinematic, that inject rhythm into even the most ordinary moments. Onstage, that energy multiplied tenfold. Lead singer and guitarist Joshua Harmon\u2019s presence was electric, sending waves through the crowd so that by the end of the set, the air itself seemed charged with anticipation.<\/p>\n
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Wesley Schultz sings passionately into the mic during The Lumineers\u2019 Automatic World Tour Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ![\"Wesley](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.michigandaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_9941.jpg?resize=780%2C1172&ssl=1\")
Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites perform at Comerica Park during The Lumineers\u2019 performance Saturday. Ananya Kedia\/DAILY.<\/i> Buy this photo.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n Finally, The Lumineers took the stage. What followed was a two-hour journey through their 14-year discography, a tapestry woven from nostalgia and discovery \u2013 from songs that carried the audience through the band\u2019s early years to the newer tracks that felt like promises of what was still to come. They opened with \u201cSame Old Song\u201d, and from that first note, the venue seemed to come alive: Every light on the stage and in the crowd moved in perfect synchrony. The set moved effortlessly between joy and heartbreak, the singalongs of \u201cHo Hey\u201d and \u201cOphelia\u201d, juxtaposed with the quiet ache of \u201cCharlie Boy\u201d. \u201cBig Parade\u201d brought an exhilarating chaos as each band member sang a separate section. The audience especially cheered when pianist Stelth Ulvang danced and climbed across the stage; his energy infectious and impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n
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