{"id":832,"date":"2026-05-26T12:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=832"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:07:38","slug":"global-headliner-said-the-sky-is-bringing-a-special-live-set-to-mission-ballroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"Global headliner Said the Sky is bringing a special live set to Mission Ballroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Before he was a globe-trotting musician with millions of streams and Red Rocks headlining shows under his belt, Trevor Christensen and his friends from Arvada\u2019s Pomona High would set up at Leela European Cafe, just off Denver\u2019s 16th Street, to play chess and amuse each other with magic tricks.<\/p>\n<p>A proud member of the drumline for his high school marching band, Christensen brought his creative Colorado vibe to Boston when he attended Berklee College of Music \u2014 at least before dropping out to work on music full-time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure my songs would sound different if I was raised somewhere else, because there\u2019s just something about the air in Denver,\u201d said the 33-year-old, who since 2014 has written, produced and toured under the name Said the Sky. His expansive sonic palette includes soaring anthems, tender ballads, and hard-driving dance tracks with a focus on thumping bass and earworm melodies.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"youtube-player\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9pVf03Z37r4?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;listType=playlist&amp;list=OLAK5uy_lBEPkNUCl1dE9aoL2niz3YBuzn63Pz4Cw\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m out on tour for a month or two, I come back to Denver, and even the smell of the air here is satisfying,\u201d said Christensen, who recently released a pair of new albums a mere two months apart. \u201cHaving so much sky probably helps, because you don\u2019t get that in most cities. It\u2019s mostly buildings and skyline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christensen, who often plays festivals such as Bonnaroo and events like Denver\u2019s Decadence EDM extravaganza, will perform songs from his new albums, \u201cCloser to the Sun\u201d (released November 2025) and \u201cSalt &amp; Silence\u201d (January 2026) when Said the Sky headlines Mission Ballroom on Friday, May 29, for a 16-up and show. It starts at 8 p.m. at 4242 Wynkoop St. in the River North Art District.<\/p>\n<p>Said the Sky has good company in Colorado, which is not only a top live music market in general, but a global hub for electronic and bass sounds. The state counts GRiZ, CloZee, Mersiv and Pretty Lights as residents \u2014 among other EDM luminaries who visit, work and tour here. But even by EDM\u2019s immersive and risk-taking standards, the Mission Ballroom set is unusual for fans with support acts sandwiched between a pair of very different Said the Sky sets.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not entirely strange for Christensen, however, who began playing piano at age 8 and has since gone on to tour and perform widely, including with platinum-selling Denver artist Illenium (a.k.a. Nick Miller). In 2023, Illenium became the first Colorado-based musician to headline Empower Field at Mile High with driving, thumping, and intensely melodic electronic dance music. As a friend, collaborator and member of his band, Christensen handled percussion and keyboards for that show and others.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe lets me do my thing up there, but toward the beginning of the set he had me doing the vocoder part on \u2018Starfall,\u2019 because we wrote that one together,\u201d Christensen said of the 2023 song, which currently has more than 1 million plays on YouTube. \u201cIt was a big inspirational moment because I\u2019ve never really considered myself a vocalist, even though I sing here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=828\">Two Colorado wordsmiths are competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now Christensen\u2019s prepping a unique live set that opens with songs from the subdued, mostly percussion-free album \u201cSalt &amp; Silence,\u201d followed by sets from Shallou and Zensei, and then another show-closing run with songs from \u201cCloser to the Sun\u201d and others. His high-concept \u201cIcarus &amp; I\u201d tour has honed that format, with Christensen seated behind a custom-built piano for the \u201cSalt &amp; Silence\u201d songs, and him standing and leading the crowd in a massive dance party for \u201cLost in the Sun\u201d and other songs.<\/p>\n<p>The two new albums add to an already deep catalog that includes LPs; collabs with vocalists and likeminded artists Seven Lions, Dabin, and William Black; remixes for acts such as The Chainsmokers and Selena Gomez; and uncredited but nationally known projects he\u2019d rather not name.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"youtube-player\" height=\"360\" loading=\"lazy\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/asE3ZKMaI88?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en-US&amp;autohide=2&amp;wmode=transparent\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even with several shows under his belt that feature songs from the two latest albums, and more than a decade of stage experience in commanding crowds, his latest drive still has no set destination. It\u2019s a sweeping exploration, he said, but it comes from a personal place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt weird going into this, to try to find space for so much ambient, symphonic and orchestral music,\u201d he said. \u201cI generally have a lot of chill stuff in my sets, but a whole album?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, he\u2019ll keep using the Greek myth of Icarus as a metaphor \u2014 flying too close to the sun will melt your wax wings, after all \u2014 but wants to leave specific interpretations up to fans who might apply it to their own lives. Said the Sky\u2019s live experience is more about feeling than analysis, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the writers and artists I work with are in the studio, so playing live is like a whole other world,\u201d he said. \u201cIt sounds cheesy but I find my energy and genuine inspiration in the music, whether it\u2019s mine or someone else\u2019s. It\u2019s an incredible thing that you can do with sound, to make somebody else feel the way I\u2019m feeling right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=826\">Rachael Rudel uses late surge to finish as top American in Bolder Boulder women\u2019s pro race<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=830\">DIA will create walkway to all concourses using underground tunnels<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDM giant Said the Sky has a pair of invigorating, and very different, new albums. 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