It quickly became apparent by the increasing murmur of "eh's" that Broken Social Scene was not without the support of their fellow Canadians. While border-crossers and college students eagerly awaited this sold out performance, it was clear that the buzz of Broken Social Scene had, if for only one night, brought music fans from two countries together.

The angelic female singer-songwriter Feist, an occasional contributer to Broken Social Scene, opened the show. Her performance of solo material left many speechless. In true Jeff Buckley-esque fashion, her set was highlighted by an exceptional use of space and silence that aided the nuances of her subtle style. On "Gatekeeper," her backing band (which consisted entirely of Broken Social Scene members) proved to be in top-notch shape as they supporting the act. Near the end of her set, she reminded the audience that this gorgeous venue also happened to have a dark history. Apparently, the world-famous magician, Harry Houdini met his end in the theatre. After Feist made a failed attempt at seance, her appetizing performance was brought to conclusion.

After a fitting saxophone and trumpet intro, BSS stepped out onto the stage and quickly dove into a fiery-rendition of "KC Accidental" from their previous masterpiece, You Forgot In People. At this point, all seemed well as the band of thirteen Canadians promised nothing other than their unique brand of guitar-heavy pop and organized chaos. However, during the next two songs, a horrendous clamor of feedback and static brought the show to a screeching halt. The band (as well as their sound-tech) was completely bewildered as to what was causing this holy mess. Although the elements of feedback and clamor have been no strangers to the band's trademark sound, this was a pain-inducing, shrill noise. When BSS (with their ridiculous amount of stage-gear) has a tech problem, finding the cause is like finding the needle in a Marshall hay-stack. After a twenty-minute hiatus, one couldn't help but sense that Houdini had his hand in the matter.

Lead singer, Kevin Drew, did his best to improvise a question and answer time between the audience and himself. This discussion, however, quickly turned into a bizarre striptease act in which Kevin stood before the sold-out crowd in nothing but a pair of boxers. Perhaps the mildly disturbing occurrence was unsettling enough to scare Houdini's ghost out of the theatre. For when the band made a final attempt at pushing through their set, the result was a successful hour and a half of solid rock and roll. Fan favorites such as "Cause=Time" and "Stars and Sons" were strung together with new material such as "Superconnected" and "7/4 (Shoreline)" off the newest self-titled LP.  When Feist joined the band for the highlight of the night, the brilliantly sugar-coated "Almost Crimes," Detroit and Canada couldn't have been better friends.