BY CALEB GOELLNER
Homecoming shows tend to have a polarizing effect on successful touring acts. Much like walking the halls of a former high school, it's a mixed bag of nostalgia and trauma that returning performers either love or loathe. Fortunately for Kansas City, the former Lawrencians of Mates of State were all smiles, harmonies and appreciation.
The show began with the recently refined Beaumont at about half capacity - a population that quickly swelled to a crowd more befitting of a "hom
