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Experience Hendrix 2016 Tour

Katie March 23, 2016 0 Comments

Thursday night the Experience Hendrix Tour came to the Oakdale. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but I really wanted to see Jonny Lang and Buddy Guy so I got tickets. Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Dweezil Zappa, Eric Johnson, Chris Layton, Mato Nanji, Noah Hunt, Henri Brown, Scott Nelson, Calvin Cooke, Chuck Campbell rotated out on stage playing Jimi Hendrix tunes. The show lasted about 3.5 hours with an intermission in between Set 1 and Set 2. (I’m not sure if the setlist below is 100% accurate but I am hoping that someone will update Setlist.fm with it soon and the widget will automatically update! I didn’t keep track and thought all the sets were the same from briefly looking at them before the show but they are not! I know for sure a couple songs are missing from this list)

The show was a lot of fun and all the of the musicians on the tour were really talented! It was also a lot of fun to see grown men “fangirl” (fanboy?) over Zakk Wylde. I’m sure any of these guys would pick on me a TON for the bands that I fangirl for – but it was funny to see them doing basically the same things. There was an X on the floor about 2 rows in front of me in the aisle and during the intermission I overheard a couple of guys going “Zakk is going to come out – and stand right here!” He did go out in the crowd before intermission a bit, but never did end up going to that X in our aisle…

I ended up leaving a bit early because it was a Thursday night so I only stuck around for Buddy’s first song. Of course, the two I wanted to see were in Set 2! But if you are a fan of any of the musicians on the line up or even just a fan of Jimi this is definitely a tour that you should be checking out.

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Concert Hanson Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Hanson 9/21/07

Katie March 17, 2016 0 Comments

Headliner: Hanson
Opener(s): Locksley
Venue: North Fork Theater Westbury, NY
Cost: $60

Setlist:

Great Divide
Hey
Cant Stop
Been There Before
Every Word I Say
Crazy Beautiful
Hole In My Life
On The Rocks
Georgia
Go
MMMBop
Strong Enough To Break
Blue Sky
If Only
Minute Without You
Penny and Me
Deeper
Running Man
Let Love Rule
Lost Without Each Other

Encore:
Something Going Round

Recap:

This show was at a venue that is typically “in the round” but Hanson sold only half house so they wouldn’t have to spin. I remember we showed up late because it was seated and one of the Locksley guys came by and said hello to me in the lobby and my friends were all “who was that!?” and I was like “oh just the guy from the opening act”, I guess since it was my 3rd show and I was front row the previous 2 he recognized me! (And it ended up becoming a bit of teasing when we heard rumors that this particular opening act member was hooking up with Hanson fans after each show!) After the show we waited by the bus, I got a photo with Isaac. Marisa managed to get all 3 guys to write out a bit of lyrics because she was considering a tattoo. I think Isaac ended up saying he couldn’t because of copyright infringement or some nonsense – which was “funny” because Zac and Taylor had already written it out for her without any issue.

Backstreet Boys Concert

Nick Carter The All American Tour 2016 New York City

Katie March 16, 2016 0 Comments

Saturday we made the trek to New York City to see Nick Carter on his solo tour. I had never seen him solo before so I was very excited to finally see him on his own. Times Square was an absolute nightmare – so many people! I couldn’t figure out if something was going on or if it was just typical Saturday tourist insanity.

Opening the show was Riley Biederer who I guess was on the most recent season of The Voice. I stopped watching the show so I didn’t know anything about her, but I enjoyed her set.

Nick took the stage at about 9pm and played until almost 11. His set was made up of a mix of his solo songs, new and old and some Backstreet Boys songs thrown in for good measure. I wasn’t all that familiar with all of his solo stuff (I have most of his CDs but don’t listen to them frequently) but really enjoyed the performance. We were looking forward to the “acoustic set” of the show which seemed to have the most Backstreet Boys songs in the set (I cheated and had a couple of setlists on my phone to help me keep track incase no one posted anything for the show) and when he said “Tonight is a special night” my friend Shea that I went with turned to me and said “Because Brian is here?” and sure enough Nick started I Want It That Way and Brian came out on stage and the place erupted in screams. Brian also stuck around to sing Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely as well. His son is in Disaster! the Musical on Broadway so we kind of figured he’d at least be in the city. Also at the show was Erik from O-Town who I spied near the end of the show on the side of the stage.

While I would say I didn’t know the words to most of Nick’s set, I still had a TON of fun and he puts on a great show and has a ton of energy. I am glad that we made the trip! Super bummed that they took our tickets at the door though and the guy said he’d come bring them back and never did… and I didn’t see him after the show to ask.

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Concert Hanson Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Hanson 9/16/07

Katie March 10, 2016 0 Comments

Headliner: Hanson
Opener(s): Locksley
Venue: 9:30 Club Washington DC
Cost: $36

Setlist:

Great Divide
Minute Without You
Cant Stop
Been There Before
Crazy Beautiful
Hole In My Life
Ive Been Down
Go
MMMBop
A Song To Sing
Call Me
Never Been To Spain
Blue Sky
Hey
Got a Hold On Me
Penny and Me
Running Man
If Only
This Time Around
Lost Without Each Other
Something Going Round

Encore:
Rock N Roll Razorblade

Recap:

Back to Back front row shows! Probably one of the only times that will ever happen for me. This time we were on the other side of the stage which was nice, since you can’t really see Zac when you are on Taylor’s side! After this show, I got a drumstick! Our goal was met! I don’t remember too much specifically from this show, but I think it was the one where Erin and I got split when Locksley was breaking down the crowd so we were dramatically “fighting” with each other and they got a kick out of that.

American Idol Concert David Cook

David Cook at The Warehouse

Katie March 9, 2016 0 Comments

Sunday night David Cook played The Warehouse in Fairfield, CT. Originally he was scheduled to play Stage One, but after multiple changes in the set up for the show he ended up at the larger, newer venue which I had not yet been to. Opening up for the evening was one of my favorites, Tony Lucca! Tony did a Periscope of his show which I tried to watch Monday night but it expired about 5 seconds in on me because it was 24 hours old. Need to keep that in mind for next time I want to use a periscope to figure out a setlist. I did remember a few of his songs and they are listed at the end of the post. (If anyone was there or saw the periscope and knows the rest let me know what I’m missing!)

Funny story – the girl behind me was going on and on about how much she loves David Cook and he is her favorite ever and she is his #1 fan and whyyyy must there be an opening act!? I was texting with my friend and told her “she’ll like him” before he hit the stage because we knew Tony would for sure win her over… so I wasn’t at ALL surprised when his set ended and he walked off the stage and she said… “I think I’m in love.”

David took the stage at about 9pm and played just over an hour set. It was pretty similar set to when I saw him in November. He thanked the crowd a lot, since we had bought so many tickets they had to move him to the bigger room and he was very thankful about that. Before he did Declaration he went to intro the song and said “This is a song about something.” Well, I guess that is true. There was also a group of Hard Rock VIPs in the seats in front of me and when he checked in on them they said they wanted a personal song and for him to come in front of them and play. He came over and did a bit of the riff from “Sweet Home Alabama” and then went back to the mic and did some of 500 miles. (Is that the name of that song? I don’t think so.) Later on people were yelling things out and he thought they yelled for Freebird so he did a little bit of it and said that was all of the song he knew. But people were yelling out about their birthday so he had everyone who was having a birthday raise their hand and then said happy birthday to them all.

The encore was 4 songs – including his new single Broken Windows and he was saying how whatever radio station we listen to, whether they play his style of music or not, we should call and request the song. Even if they only do traffic, all day. Or even if it is a sports talk radio that only talks about minor league lacrosse games. We should call and tell them we want to hear Dave Cook’s new song.

After the show I hung around to chat with Tony for a bit – since he had mentioned singing a song on Parenthood and he had actually canceled his show at the smaller next door venue in order to do it. He had said the dressing room reminded him that he had played there before and I said that yes it was years ago! Somehow I always manage to make him feel super old I am pretty sure…

Tony Lucca Set

Tennessee Whiskey / Gravity / Anchored
Love Light
Trouble
Paint a Picture
Deliliah

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Concert Hanson Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Hanson 9/15/07

Katie March 3, 2016 0 Comments

Headliner: Hanson
Opener(s): Locksley
Venue: Sonar Baltimore, MD
Cost: $38

Setlist:

Great Divide
Hey
Cant Stop
Been There Before
Crazy Beautiful
Hole In My Life
Ive Been Down
Go
MMMBop
Strong Enough To Break
Never Been To Spain
Blue Sky
Minute Without You
Runaway Run
Got a Hold On Me
Penny and Me
Running Man
Let Love Rule
This Time Around
Lost Without Each Other
Something Going Round

Encore:
If Only
The Ugly Truth
Great Divide (acapella)

Recap:

For the show in Baltimore we first did The Walk which was a 1 mile walk before the show with Hanson to help raise awareness and raise money for Africa. My friend Erin was nice enough to push me in a wheelchair since there was no way I could keep up for the walk on foot so I could experience it. For the show we were in the front row. This is the show where Taylor fell off the stage during The Ugly Truth. After the show, Erin got one of Zac’s drumsticks. (That was our goal for the weekend – for us each to get one.)

American Idol Concert

Adam Lambert – The Original High Tour – Grand Theater at Foxwoods

Katie March 2, 2016 0 Comments

Friday night Adam Lambert brought his “The Original High” tour to the Grand Theater at Foxwoods. I once again won tickets so I had no idea where my seats would be prior to the show. We ended up in Mezzanine Right, which was not really a bad spot. Opening the show was Glee cast member Alex Newell. He came out in a beautiful fur coat that was blue/red/purple that I really liked. He did about 5 or 6 songs and had everyone yell “YAAAAAAS” a few times and even told us we were “basic” when our cheers for Adam were not up to his standards. A fun opening set, for sure.

Then it was time for Adam. Since I’m not a huge Adam fan, I don’t really know most of his newer stuff or anything that isn’t on the radio, really. But I was pleased that his set was a mixture of new and old so I was able to sing along with about half the songs. Adam puts on a really great show. He took some time to interact with the crowd and then said he would stop talking and sing since that’s what we had paid for. He questioned why there were 17 cameras in the front row all recording the same thing and that the whole show was probably already on YouTube. He also mentioned that one of the fans out in the audience was very creative and had asked her something about the Flintstones but then said “Oh, that’s my shirt” I wish I knew more of what he was talking about!

He had 3-4 costume changes throughout the night but I think my favorite were the boots that he was wearing for the first part of the set. They looked like they were really sparkly.

The setlist for this show was a bit different than the previous shows. I had checked early on and saw he was doing “Another One Bites The Dust” as the encore, but it was near the end of the main set for my show. Fortunately even though I had decided to go based on the earlier sets and not keep track myself, someone had kept track and had it posted on setlist.fm by the time I got home!

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Concert SK6ers Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: SK6ers 7/10/07

Katie February 4, 2016 0 Comments

Headliner: Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
Opener(s): None
Venue: Borders Books , Boston
Cost: Free

Setlist:

Amy
Fourth of July
Glassjaw Boxer
In Front of the World
Big Easy
Start the Day Early

Recap:

I think this is the first vacation day I ever used from work for a concert. (Of course now, almost all of them are used for that!) I had been asking my coworkers how to get to Boston and they had told me… and I ended up calling them asking if we saw the Statue of Liberty if we were going the right way or not. I was of course totally joking but to this day they still swear I was not and got majorly lost. (I suck with directions but not THAT much)

This was an instore performance and signing for the release of Glassjaw Boxer.

Charity Concert Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: Maroon Effect 5/18/07

Katie January 28, 2016 0 Comments

Headliner: Pat McGee
Opener(s): The Season
Venue: Webster Hall NYC
Cost: $32

Setlist:
N/A

Recap:

David Wright of the New York Mets put this benefit concert together to help raise money for Virginia Tech after the shooting there since his brother was a student at the school. Pat McGee – who had opened for Hanson but somehow never at any of the shows that I went to headlined. I dragged my brother along. They had raffles and I won tickets to Jon Stewart!

Concert Matt Wertz SK6ers Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: SK6ers 4/6/07

Katie January 21, 2016 0 Comments

Headliner: Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers
Opener(s): Jon McLaughlin, Matt Wertz
Venue: The Avalon
Cost: $20

Setlist:
Satisfied Man
Flower In Rain
Maria
See You Later See You Soon
Pedal Steel
Anthem of our Discovery
Start the Day Early
Wagon Wheel
Uninspired Gambling
In Front of The World
Now I’m Not So Lost
Such a Way
Thirteen
Time of My Life
My Sweet Charade
Days
Up on Cripple Creek

Recap:

This concert was an amazing one. We hadn’t really known who Matt Wertz was before this tour (though we saw / met him earlier in the day) and we certainly didn’t know who Jon McLaughlin was before this tour either – but immediately fell in love. (It helped we were front row and he was practically on top of us for his set lol) It’s crazy how young everyone looks in these photos! But if there were ever another tour consisting of Matt Wertz / Jon McLaughlin / Stephen Kellogg I would be there with bells on!