SU Student Talent Shines at The Lost Horizon: A Night of Music and Memories — 20 Watts Magazine | Premier Music Publication of SU

Redgate hosted Kevin Holliday, Sammy Curcuru, and Mimicking Mars for an electric show at The Lost Horizon on Friday.

By: Ciara Carolan / Photography by Callan Nagel-Dubin / Graphic by Griffin Turner

On Friday, September 22nd, The Lost Horizon was filled with SU students prepared to watch some of their peers perform at the iconic venue thanks to a collaboration with house venue Redgate. The Lost Horizon has seen many legendary acts – from Bon Jovi to Guns n’ Roses to the Red Hot Chili Peppers – and now Kevin Holliday, Sammy Curcuru, and Mimicking Mars have joined those ranks.

To ensure that students could make it to the venue from campus, Redgate teamed up with Nick’s Tomato Pie to provide free transportation to and from the destination. Every 10 minutes, a yellow school bus – referred to as the “Nick’s Tomato Pie shuttle” –  would arrive at College Place, ready to be repacked with concert-goers. 

The first act of the night was Mimicking Mars, who performed a set of their energetic original music. “Oh wow, he’s good,” shouted one audience member as Jeremy Lanuti, the lead singer, first started to sing. As their set went on, the crowd became more and more electrified. The band’s high-energy music mixed with their sumptuous stage presence practically forced the audience to dance and jump around. 

These songs were not just fun – they were also brutally honest stories from the artists’ lives. In fact, as one song started Lanuti told the audience that it was written about one of them.