Kris Allen at the Fairfield Theater 2/19

Wednesday night, Kris Allen returned to the Fairfield Theater once again (he was previously there in October 2012.)  I had bought VIP tickets so that got me in an hour early and we got a pre show performance from Kris – which he let us pick.  The first song yelled out was “I Need To Know” and he said he wasn’t sure he remembered it but would try. He struggled through it and teased “I don’t remember the words to a song I WROTE!” and said he was really embarassed.  The next song called out was Heartless and he asked if we were sick of that yet and he wasnt sure he knew the words to that one either, but made it through more of the songs.  He promised us that for the show he wouldn’t forget the words because he was practicing those! Then he went around the room to meet everyone, sign our posters and take photos. I told him that I thought his son was the cutest baby ever and he said “well, duh” haha He also said that life since Idol “Was awful” (kidding) and that he is working on the new album and would be playing us some new songs and that it should be out this year but he’s not exactly sure when yet.

At 7:45, Caroline Glaser took the stage. She was a contestant on The Voice but it was Season 4 which I did not watch (with Shakira and Usher) so I was not familiar with her at all. But when she started her set with John Mayer’s “Queen of California” I knew we could be best friends.  I really enjoyed her set, which actually ended up also including a SECOND Mayer cover of “Stop this Train”. She currently has an EP out with 3 songs on it, which I am going to have to pick up!  I also wonder if she knew that John Mayer grew up in Fairfield? (I couldn’t stick around after the show to talk to her, unfortunately)

Around 9pm, Kris took the stage. He started with the song Paul Simon, which I’m not sure if that’s what its officially been named now or not – but this was a new song that he had actually started playing when I saw him last year that had no name.  Then he did Better With You – which was a bit of a different arrangement than I am used to (probably becuse he hasn’t had a full band in a while) but I looooved it.

(This isn’t my video but I loved it so much I had to track one down)
Caroline joined him on stage for Loves Me Not, but when he went to introduce her she wasn’t there to come on stage so he started teasing that a lot of things could be going on backstage and maybe she was in the bathroom. When it seemed to be taking extra long he teased that he was just going to move on without her – but she did finally make her way to the stage! He also teased because she said it was really hot but he wasn’t hot.  They figured it must have been because she had on a sweater and he had on a lighter shirt. (But it did seem to cool down when Kris took the stage! Temperature wise, not performance wise or anything like that!)

He has a new song Dance that he said started as a joke but then he started playing it for people and they liked it so now I guess it is a contender for the new album!  I really enjoyed all of the new songs that he debuted, so I am now looking forward to his 3rd album even more than I already was (if that’s even possible.)

He went in to a little bit of Blurred Lines during my favorite song, Rooftops.  He ended the set with having everyone stand for Live Like We’re Dying and Shut That Door and even danced with a few fans who came to the edge of the stage.

For the encore, he did a song called “End of the Show” that was hilarious.  Here’s another video that’s not mine… but you should check it out because I’m not sure anything I write can do it justice.

I think he ended up playing for about an hour and half. I left the show with a sore throat from singing along and had an absolute great time. It made me a little bit more bummed that I couldn’t see him in Norfolk, but hopefully he will be back around this way soon!

 

Paul Simon
Better With You
Don’t Set Me Free
Loves Me Not
Alright With Me
Leave You Alone
Dance
In Time
It’s Always You
Out Alive
Beautiful and Wild
Monster
Rooftops
Live Like We’re Dying
Shut That Door
End of the Show

Kris Allen – Infinity Music Hall – Canceled due to Snow

You may have seen on the sidebar that I was planning on going to see Kris Allen at Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk, CT February 13.  But as my luck would have it, a huge snow storm decided to come and I made the decision that I wouldn’t be going unless things looked much, much better than what they were anticipating.  Fortunately, the night before I received this email from the venue – the show would be canceled and all tickets refunded.  I am hoping that perhaps they can work out another date with Kris in the future (Spring or Summer, perhaps?) because I do really like this venue!  I do have tickets to see him in Fairfield on the 19th so I won’t be missing him entirely and I am keeping my fingers crossed that more snow won’t be coming by to mess with my plans again!  (Kris ended up scheduling a last minute show in NYC instead the night of the 13)

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Kris Allen at the Wolf’s Den

Saturday night, Kris Allen was set to play the Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den.  We got there around 6pm and there was quite a line already, so we jumped right in.  I was nervous that we wouldn’t make it in to the Wolf’s Den, but it turned out that we made it in and were the first set of tables around the upper level so we would have had plenty of time to still make it inside.  I think we had a great spot though, very close to the stage, considering.

At 8pm the show started with Jillette Johnson, who has now become the first opener I have ever seen in the Wolf’s Den!  She did about a half an hour set – very similar to the last 2 times I had seen her (once with Kris and once with Honor Society).  At 9pm Kris came out for his set.

Since it is the Out Alive tour, he off course started off the set with Out Alive.  The set was a bit shaken up from the last time I saw him in January – we got 2 new songs one he had done the last couple times I have seen him – it still has no name (so my setlist book is sad) but he has said the working title is “Paul Simon” and he liked to play it to the different crowds to get a reaction.  He did a call and response portion and then teased us because we did back all the crazy stuff he asked of us – but then thanked us for doing so because we didn’t make him look like an idiot.  The other new song was called “Unique” about liking a crazy girl lol and he dedicated it to a couple in the audience.

He didn’t have time to do a request song (and last time he did a song for Newtown so I have now missed out on making a request both times!) but instead did one he thought we would enjoy which was an Everybody Wants To Rule the World / The Way You Make Me Feel mashup.

During one of the songs he kind of went off on a tangent and was singing about how we are all going to win a lot of money tonight, but maybe not and to not take his word for it and that we probably wouldn’t win… and then he stepped away to play just the guitar for a while but was cracking himself up.  When he went back up to the mic to sing more he was still laughing and had to just play until he could calm down again. Too funny.

He also was joined by “not the one and not the only” Kris Allen – who plays the saxophone for a few songs.  He said that when he had a myspace, he would always search for himself but instead found ANOTHER Kris Allen who played sax.  He lives in the area so he finally got to meet him and invited him on stage to play during I think it was Rooftops.  That was pretty neat for there to be TWO Kris Allen’s on stage at once! And Kris was definitely a great sax player as well.

For the encore, he came out by himself and said that Reba (who was performing at the arena Saturday night) was the first concert he went to when he was 7 years old and he wore a silk shirt and cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.  He also told us how a few years ago he got the chance to meet Reba and was trying to figure out what to say to her – and decided he’d tell her that she was his first concert.  Instead, all that came out was “I love you”.  So in honor of us not being at the Reba show and instead seeing him – he did one of her songs.  Or, part of it.  He didn’t seem to remember all the words and stopped after a minute or so to go into an Idol Medley.  The medley was Falling Slowly (I gasped when he started it. LOVE him singing this song!), Heartless and Ain’t No Sunshine.  The band joined him back on stage and then he did Shut That Door to close out the night.

He is just so, so good and I have been spoiled with him seeming to come to Connecticut every few months.  I hope he keeps it up!  He also mentioned that he is ready for his 3rd album so I hope that all gets underway soon as well 🙂

 

Out Alive
Better With You
Alright with Me
Vision of Love
Before We Come Undone
Faith / We Are Young
New Song (Paul Simon)
Leave You Alone
Everybody Wants To Rule the World / The Way You Make Me Feel
Monster
Unique
My Weakness
Rooftops
Live Like We’re Dying

Reba song – Fancy
Falling Slowly / Heartless / Ain’t No Sunshine
Shut That Door

Kris Allen at the Ridgefield Playhouse

Thursday night Kris Allen’s Out Alive tour came to the Ridgefield Playhouse. Although Kris took the tour name a bit too literally and got in a head on collision and broke his wrist a week or so before the tour was set to kick off – the show must go on! (Despite Kris’ doctor telling him otherwise!)

Before the show I had a meet and greet with Kris and told him I felt bad making him sign left handed and he said he felt bad that it looked so bad! He also said it was kind of weird without his guitar, but his band is great and makes up for it.

Opening was Jillette Johnson who I had previously seen open for Honor Society. She has an amazing voice and adter nearly every song the woman behind me would say, “wow”.

At about 9pm Kris took the stage and started his set with “Out Alive”, he also did Loves me Not with special guest: Jillette!

On the tour Kris said each night the band would  take requests of a cover – but he had tweeted that he had something “special” planned for our show.  he did the song for Newtown (Amy) that he debuted at his stage it show. I think just about everyone was in tears or near tears and when he was done we gave him a standing ovation.

During one song (and i can’t remember what one now!) he was playing a tambourine with a “stick”, it fell, he kept on playing it on the ground then somehow it got caught on the stick (more like a wisk) and he picked it back up and put it back on the stool it was on.  He said most people would pick up playing it in a day its taken him a week.

We stood for the encore and a bunch of girls ran up front. He did River acapella with the whole band singing with him. Then he asked who was at the Bridgeport show he didn’t perform at and he said a lot of hands were up. So he did a song we probably missed heading – Heartless! He pulled out his phone and said he’d been forgetting words but his phone was dead. He ended the encore with 7 Nation Army (awesome!) and Shut That Door.

 

Out Alive
Better With You
Alright With Me
Loves Me Not
Red Guitar
Faith / We Are Young
Newtown (Amy)
(New Song)
Leave You Alone
Monster
Rooftops
Live Like We’re Dying
River
Heartless / Gangstas Paradise
7 Nation Army
Shut That Door

 

Kris Allen at Stage One

Friday night Kris Allen FINALLY returned to Connecticut for a headlining show! (He had been here a few times for radio promo and on tour with Keith Urban and Lifehouse – but never headlining since he got sick on the Idol tour in Bridgeport and couldn’t perform)

 

I ended up upgrading my tickets to VIP which meant we got to meet Kris before the show and he also did a song for us called “Should I” we were asked not to take video but Kris said that it is out there on YouTube.

At the M&G he asked if I spell my name with an I-E and when I said yes he said that I spell it right. I told him that some people don’t think I do because I have a Y in Kathryn so it should be katy but that’s not how I do it. He seemed surprised I had a Y in Kathryn and he said he had never seen that before and seemed to think it was a bit strange haha  (For those of you that don’t know – his wife is named Katy and I believe it is short for Katherine!)  Then he asked my mom if her name had a Y in it (it does!) and I was going to tease that we really like Y’s in my family but didn’t. ha. (My mom was so happy he asked though because she didn’t think to spell it for him but don’t like when people spell it wrong!)

The M&G was from 6:30-7 and by 7 doors were open so we went to our seats and waiting until 8pm for when Kris would take the stage (there was no opener!)

He is so adorable and such a great performer. I love seeing him!  I also like how he interacts with the crowd. There was a kid in the front row dancing around and he asked for Kris’ hat. Kris said no because then we’d see his hair and then was saying how he loved how kids just don’t care and that if he left the stage the kid would get up there and finish the show for him.  Cale teased that he was Justin Bieber and then Kris said something like.. Justin Bieber is for girls! But then whispered that he liked Justin Bieber but don’t tell anyone. (Oops!)
He also had mentioned that Connecticut was a pretty state and that he didn’t think he had been here since the Idol tour.  At that point I turned to my mom and said “but he didn’t sing!” and a couple other people yelled that out to him and then he went :-O  (Think the face he made when he won idol) and that he had forgotten and then said he was sorry from the bottom of his heart and he apologized and he had never canceled a show before that or since but when he tried to talk nothing was coming out.  Then he mentioned a couple other times that this was to make up for Bridgeport.

He sang a new song that he said will be on iTunes soon… of course – the song doesn’t yet have a name so that wasn’t very good for my setlist. I’ll have to keep a gap in my setlist book for when it does end up getting a name. He also had said that new christmas music is coming soon too! I can not wait!

StageIt Kris Allen Performance


I have been wanting to try out StageIt for a while now and when Kris Allen announced that he’d be doing a show the day before my birthday I knew that was the perfect opportunity to try it out!

For those of you not “in the know” StageIt is a website that streams live concerts to fans.  The artists can easily set up shows from the comfort of their living room or do a live stream of one of their concerts at a venue.  For Kris’ show you could pay as much as you would like, with a $1 minimum.  The currency on StageIt are coins/notes and you get 50 for $5. (That is the minimum amount you can buy so that StageIt doesn’t get stuck with credit card fees and more money can go directly to the artist.)  You can also tip the artists with your coins/notes.

There is a set number of tickets available (so that the stream won’t crash the site completely!) and the show is at a set time, just like any other concert you might attend.

My only question is – if I was in my bedroom and Kris was in his living room – does this really count as a show in my concert count?  For now I am saying no – but if you have an argument on why I should count it – please leave a comment 🙂

The page said “standby” for a really long time and then people in the twitter chat feed started talking about him singing “Out Alive” but my page still said “Standby” A quick refresh did the trick and there was Kris… talking about how it was awkward to see the comments in the chat on the internet. (Note to self: in the future continue to refresh so you dont miss anything!)

He also teased about how he could be doing the performance with no pants on and we would never even know.

Overall, it was a fun experience but I think I prefer live shows where I can see the artist and the artist can see me.  It’s also kind of awkward to have no cheers or applause in between songs – just “cheers” from the twitter feed. I’ll probably attend more stageit shows in the future – but they will in no way replace my real shows!

Out Alive
Better With You
Monster
Blindfolded
Lights (Ellie Goulding cover)
Shut That Door

(reached 15,000 so he played longer)
Live Like We’re Dying
Rooftops
Leave You Alone
You Got A Way

 

Kris Allen at The Arches

Saturday evening, Kris Allen was going to do a performance at the Tanger Outlets at the Arches on Long Island.  It was only about 2 hours from where I live, so my mom and I decided we would go to kick off my birthday week.

We got there around 2pm, went to see where he would be performing and then headed off to a few of the shops.  After hitting up pretty much everything we wanted to check out, we stopped for Ice Cream.  While sitting on the bench I heard Kris singing, so we headed back over to the stage to watch him soundcheck.  He did bits and pieces of Monster, Always Better With You, Red Guitar and Rooftops.  At one point he wasn’t singing they were just playing the instruments and he apologized for it being “the boring part”.  Then he thanked those of us who watched and said he’d be back later.  The funniest (or most annoying!) thing was when people would come by they’d say “Is that him?” “Yeah.. it’s him!”  I guess these people had never heard of soundcheck before? It was funny because we were around the corner from the stage and I knew it was him soundchecking and these people were looking right at him and still didn’t know. (But that’s why I am concert katie and they are nobodies)

We opted to stay at the table until 6pm. (At this point it was 4:30).  Z100 set up their tent and slowly the crowd began to form.  It got to the point where we’d no longer be able to sit and watch the show, but that was ok. I was prepared to stand if I needed to.  Finally at 6pm the emcee came on stage and started attempting to get us pumped up by making us dance to LMFAO (no thanks!) and Greg T from Elvis Duran’s morning show was there too.  (I had to stand up to see what he looked like because his dumb ass is on the radio every day on my way to work)

Kris didn’t make his way to the stage until about 6:30 and by that point I was so glad to see him! He didn’t change his outfit from soundcheck – my mom commented on that – and then when we got home I realized he had the same shirt (or similar) on in all the ads for the show as well!)

From the first song he had great command of the stage and he interacted with the crowd a lot.  And it wasn’t just boring banter either – he commented on the outlets and stuff like that so you know he had to come up with it in the moment and it wasn’t just “wow you guys are so great!” scripted nonsense that a lot of artists seem to do these days.

About halfway through his set I realized I had never seen him do a headlining set before – all the other times were either radio events or he was opening for someone else.  It was nice to hear the new songs and get a full hour set out of him instead of just 4 or 5 songs!

He did a “karaoke hour” medley which made me cringe a bit though. It started with Rihanna’s “We Found Love” but then went in to Katy Perry’s “Firework” and then to Lady Gaga “Just Dance” (ugh) and then he kind of redeemed himself by doing Brian McKnight’s “One” but completely lost me again when he did part of Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend”  (I’m obviously joking – these are just not artists I am in to but I love Kris and he could sing whatever and I’d be totally cool with it.)

He also mentioned that one song got requested a lot and that he was finally going to play it – My Weakness.  He split the crowd up and had us sing “no woman no cry” and “everything is gonna be all right” and said that we did great for it being his first time trying that and he thought he needed to step up his part to sound better with us.

Overall it was a fun time, it had been a while since I had seen Kris and I’m hoping it won’t have to be that long again!

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December 3 – TIC Christmas Show

Friday night TIC 96.5 brought their Christmas Show to the Toyota presents Oakdale Theater in WALLINGFORD, CT. (Not Hartford. Not even close)  The lineup was Christina Perri, Guster, Kris Allen, Sara Bareilles and the Goo Goo Dolls.

Christina Perri I have not heard of outside of when I was listening to TIC non stop to win the passes to Hanson’s acoustic cafe.  She has a song called “Jar of Hearts” which I liked originally, but like with any radio station, they completely played her out. She did 4 songs and I really liked her.  She had a physical EP there, which is usually only available on iTunes, but I didn’t bother to pick it up. I am hoping for an iTunes shopping spree sometime after Christmas – so she has been added to that list 😉  I also heard her interview with Damon Scott on the way to the show and she was saying how 2 years ago she was married, had dogs and worked in production on music videos.  And now she is divorced and has a music career! I didn’t pay attention to much of the rest of the interview though because I CAN. NOT. STAND. Damon Scott.  When Christina said she was Italian (and that is why her last name ends in an ‘i’) he said something about how he could “see the mustache.”  Do people really ENJOY DJs like this? UGH!

Next up was Guster.  It is not that I don’t like them, they just always seem to find themselves performing before someone I reaalllly want to see (previously Maroon 5 and at this show Kris Allen) and so I just can’t find myself getting into it.  They did 5 songs, the last of which was done out in the crowd which was cool.  And most of the crowd was respectful and quiet since they had no mic or sound system out there.  I also saw on twitter it was one fans 130th Guster show – which is awesome! I hope one day I crack 100 for an artist or two…

Then it was time for Kris Allen. He did an acoustic set with his buddy Cale. (We love Cale) He started off with his latest single – Alright with Me, which I have YET to hear TIC play, but according to some tweets several people heard it on the way home from the show. (That will teach me to leave early haha) He also did Everybody Wants to Rule the World mashed up with The Way You Make Me Feel – which I think he had added to his set after our Lifehouse show so that was a new one for me and he also did a cover of U2’s Stuck in a Moment that was awesome (I think I have a clip of it – but I have to preview it because my friend Christine was being kind of crazy during some of my filming LOL I need to see if I have anything appropriate to post) He also did his 2nd single The Truth (where Christine teased me asking what I’d do if the dude from Train came out to sing it with him – he didn’t though, thank god because I don’t know what I would have done) and ended out the set with his first single, Live Like We’re Dying.  It wasn’t quite as interactive as his past couple of shows (though Keith Urban it was the most interactive) but it is Kris and he is pretty much my favorite person in the world so he can do no wrong.. EXCEPT for when we couldn’t manage to meet him.  My poor CD has gone with me to I think 6 shows now? And has yet to get signed by Kris… one of these days…

After Kris was Sara Bareilles, who I don’t know too much about, but I do enjoy the singles of hers I have heard on the radio (Love Song and King of Anything) and please forgive me if I spell her name wrong and/or multiple different ways throughout this post.  Eventually I will figure it out..  Unfortunately though, the guy behind us (who, go figure, is brothers with our “friend” at TIC) decided that it would be a good idea to TALK THROUGH HER ENTIRE SET.  It was kind of funny too though, because he kept saying he wanted to hear her sing Gravity – so I figured he must have enjoyed her at least a little bit, so I couldn’t quite understand why talking SO LOUD that we heard him more than the performance seemed like a good idea to him. But, considering his family line – I guess I should have known he wouldn’t know better.  She did end up singing Gravity – as her last song of the set – and he was singing and talking through it. I.. don’t get it.  But Sara was awesome and very thankful to be there.

After her set, Kris tweeted a picture of her performing and we were able to spot him up in one of the boxes.  Which we figured we had no way of getting to.  So that stunk.  I tried to keep my eye on him, but then it was time for Goo Goo Dolls and it was dark and hard to see him.

I.. wasn’t too impressed with Goo Goo Dolls.  They were kind of creepy looking. LOL  Plus, everyone was standing for their set and I liked it more when everyone was sitting down.  The slope in the floor at Oakdale has been killing me lately!  We stayed for a few songs of their set, but then decided to head out.  When we were leaving we noticed that all of Kris’ merch was taken down off the board. Figured he probably had left already (since I lost track of him up in the box) 🙁

It was an interesting pairing of acts for the show, but for the most part I enjoyed myself.  Although the fact that we were surrounded by people with All Access Passes, was kind of frustrating.  How we ended up as like the only people who got tickets via presale and not comp, I’ll never know!

More photos coming soon – setlists that I was able to piece together (ie theyre not all complete) are under the cut


Christina Perri Setlist:
Daydream
Bang Bang Bang
Arms
Jar of Hearts

Guster Setlist:
Satellite
This Could All Be Yours
Hang On
It’s My Life (Billy Joel Cover)
(and a couple more)

Kris Allen Setlist:
Alright With Me
Red Guitar
Everybody Wants To Rule The World / The Way You Make Me Feel (covers)
The Truth
Stuck In A Moment (U2 cover)
Live Like You’re Dying

Sara Barreilles Setlist:
(not in order and might not be complete)
Vegas
Love Song
Uncharted
Hold My Heart
Gonna Get Over You
Single Ladies (Beyonce Cover)
King Of Anything
Goodbye
Gravity

Goo Goo Dolls Setlist:
Big Machine
Slide
Dizzy
Here is Gone
Second Time
Smash
Can’t Let It Go
Black Balloon
Home
Better Days
Stay With You
Now I Hear
Tucked Away
Name
Let Love In
As I Am
(This is what was taped the the wall – we left early so I don’t know if they did an encore w/ more stuff)

Lifehouse&Kris Allen 10/15/10 Smoke&Mirrors Tour

Last night Kris Allen and Lifehouse came to MGM Grand at Foxwoods for the Smoke and Mirrors tour.  Somehow we managed to get orchestra seats, I had never been that close before at the venue.  I wonder if it has something to do with Ticketmaster selling some of the tickets now…

I had thought that there would be another opener – a girl that was discovered on Youtube was on the tour, or so I thought, but when 8pm hit and the lights went down it was Kris Allen’s band that was on the stage… which threw me. I wasn’t ready for that at all so I spent half of the first song digging in my purse to find my camera! (She probably wasn’t there because Foxwoods is probably pretty strict about how long and late everyone can play)

Kris sounded great, but I wasn’t getting the same energy as I did at the Oakdale show with Keith Urban.  I think this was due to the crowd though, not Kris.  Kris was definitely ‘on’.  I was surprised he didn’t sing The Truth and was surprised that he did sing Red Guitar – I was thinking he’d have done roughly the same set as he did with Keith.

For merch, Kris had 2 shirts, one yellow with a Buck on it and a light shirt with multi colored piano on it, a zip up hoodie and a signed photo.  I got the photo right away but I was a bit sad that it probably meant Kris wasn’t going to be signing anywhere!  (Usually I don’t like getting autos unless I got them from the artist myself but the fact that I had Adam’s signature and not Kris’ was kind of bothering me lol)

After Kris’ set ended, with a Live Like We’re Dying sing-a-long, it was time for a 20 minute intermission. (Kris played roughly 40 minutes)

Lifehouse came out at about 9.  I really don’t know any of their stuff but the radio singles, but I did enjoy their performance.  It was quite a change from the very quick acoustic set I had seen them do earlier this year (with only half the band)  Their stage setup was relatively basic – with the exception of some screens around the drumset that had different effects going on them throughout the night.

They did about 7 songs and then all but Jason left the stage.  He said for the next 10-15 minutes we were in charge of the setlist and allowed people to yell out requests.  Of course it would have been nice if he said what the requests were (all he mentioned was “Everything”) to make my setlist keeping go a little bit easier haha because I couldn’t really make out what anyone was yelling at him and I’m kind of surprised he could! Near the end, Rick came out and stood off to the side looking like he was yawning and bored.  Then he moved closer as Jason kept playing and eventually was so close to Jason that he couldn’t help but laugh and they went back to a full band set up.

Jason also went through the crowd a bit for a song.  This caused a frenzy, as expected! The ushers were running to block off the stairs so people wouldn’t go running all over the place to get closer to him. (I think this was during Whatever It Takes, because for Wrecking Ball Jason was MIA for some of the song – or maybe I just couldn’t see him because Big Foot was 2 rows in front of me conveniently blocking Jason for a good 70% of the show lol)

Since it was the first night of the show, I tried to keep track of the setlist but as I am not familiar with a lot of Lifehouse’s stuff, there are a couple songs that I can’t figure out now.  Also, Everything is on there twice.  They definitely did it in the encore, and Jason said the name during his little acoustic set so I am assuming he sang it there as well (he only did bits of the songs then, from what I could tell) but I am not 100% sure.  If anyone knows what the missing 2 songs are based on the lines I have posted, leave me a comment so I can update 🙂  I’m actually pretty impressed with myself that there were only 2 songs I couldn’t eventually figure out (I usually write down a line or two from the song that is repeated, sometimes it ends up being the song title – sometimes I have to google and then sometimes even then I still have nothing)  Thanks to Will for filling in the blanks on the songs for me 🙂

Kris setlist:
Written All Over My Face
Can’t Stay Away
Red Guitar
Alright With Me
Man In The Mirror
Is It Over
Live Like We’re Dying

Lifehouse setlist:
Intro
All In
Here Tomorrow Gone Today
Spin
Nerve Damage
You And Me
Whatever It Takes
Wrecking Ball

*just jason*
Everything
It Is What It Is
Storm
Sick Cycle Carousel
From Where You Are
The End Has Only Begun

Wash
Falling In
Hanging By A Moment
First Time
Broken

Halfway Gone
Everything

No media from this show, they were pretty strict when they saw people taking video and since I was basically the last row of orchestra I didn’t want to risk it. Photos are under the cut!


I liked his tattoos

Lifehouse&Kris Allen 10/15/10 Smoke&Mirrors Tour

Last night Kris Allen and Lifehouse came to MGM Grand at Foxwoods for the Smoke and Mirrors tour.  Somehow we managed to get orchestra seats, I had never been that close before at the venue.  I wonder if it has something to do with Ticketmaster selling some of the tickets now…

I had thought that there would be another opener – a girl that was discovered on Youtube was on the tour, or so I thought, but when 8pm hit and the lights went down it was Kris Allen’s band that was on the stage… which threw me. I wasn’t ready for that at all so I spent half of the first song digging in my purse to find my camera! (She probably wasn’t there because Foxwoods is probably pretty strict about how long and late everyone can play)

Kris sounded great, but I wasn’t getting the same energy as I did at the Oakdale show with Keith Urban.  I think this was due to the crowd though, not Kris.  Kris was definitely ‘on’.  I was surprised he didn’t sing The Truth and was surprised that he did sing Red Guitar – I was thinking he’d have done roughly the same set as he did with Keith.

For merch, Kris had 2 shirts, one yellow with a Buck on it and a light shirt with multi colored piano on it, a zip up hoodie and a signed photo.  I got the photo right away but I was a bit sad that it probably meant Kris wasn’t going to be signing anywhere!  (Usually I don’t like getting autos unless I got them from the artist myself but the fact that I had Adam’s signature and not Kris’ was kind of bothering me lol)

After Kris’ set ended, with a Live Like We’re Dying sing-a-long, it was time for a 20 minute intermission. (Kris played roughly 40 minutes)

Lifehouse came out at about 9.  I really don’t know any of their stuff but the radio singles, but I did enjoy their performance.  It was quite a change from the very quick acoustic set I had seen them do earlier this year (with only half the band)  Their stage setup was relatively basic – with the exception of some screens around the drumset that had different effects going on them throughout the night.

They did about 7 songs and then all but Jason left the stage.  He said for the next 10-15 minutes we were in charge of the setlist and allowed people to yell out requests.  Of course it would have been nice if he said what the requests were (all he mentioned was “Everything”) to make my setlist keeping go a little bit easier haha because I couldn’t really make out what anyone was yelling at him and I’m kind of surprised he could! Near the end, Rick came out and stood off to the side looking like he was yawning and bored.  Then he moved closer as Jason kept playing and eventually was so close to Jason that he couldn’t help but laugh and they went back to a full band set up.

Jason also went through the crowd a bit for a song.  This caused a frenzy, as expected! The ushers were running to block off the stairs so people wouldn’t go running all over the place to get closer to him. (I think this was during Whatever It Takes, because for Wrecking Ball Jason was MIA for some of the song – or maybe I just couldn’t see him because Big Foot was 2 rows in front of me conveniently blocking Jason for a good 70% of the show lol)

Since it was the first night of the show, I tried to keep track of the setlist but as I am not familiar with a lot of Lifehouse’s stuff, there are a couple songs that I can’t figure out now.  Also, Everything is on there twice.  They definitely did it in the encore, and Jason said the name during his little acoustic set so I am assuming he sang it there as well (he only did bits of the songs then, from what I could tell) but I am not 100% sure.  If anyone knows what the missing 2 songs are based on the lines I have posted, leave me a comment so I can update 🙂  I’m actually pretty impressed with myself that there were only 2 songs I couldn’t eventually figure out (I usually write down a line or two from the song that is repeated, sometimes it ends up being the song title – sometimes I have to google and then sometimes even then I still have nothing)  Thanks to Will for filling in the blanks on the songs for me 🙂

Kris setlist:
Written All Over My Face
Can’t Stay Away
Red Guitar
Alright With Me
Man In The Mirror
Is It Over
Live Like We’re Dying

Lifehouse setlist:
Intro
All In
Here Tomorrow Gone Today
Spin
Nerve Damage
You And Me
Whatever It Takes
Wrecking Ball

*just jason*
Everything
It Is What It Is
Storm
Sick Cycle Carousel
From Where You Are
The End Has Only Begun

Wash
Falling In
Hanging By A Moment
First Time
Broken

Halfway Gone
Everything

No media from this show, they were pretty strict when they saw people taking video and since I was basically the last row of orchestra I didn’t want to risk it. Photos are under the cut!


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