The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant
Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA..... sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own comments if you were also there!
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Billy Joel, Gavin DeGraw
Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA..... It was my first time seeing Joel, even though I'm not a hater like so many other people that I know have bafflingly turned out to be. I can't fathom why any Piano Man with a sense of melody get dismissed as fluff by so many "cool" music fans (Ben Folds gets a pass because he's never had a true hit). Maybe it's because I'm such a Beatles fan and appreciate Joel reaching for similar approaches to songwriting, but I've always been a fan. And seeing a concert like this reminds you how much of a human jukebox the man has been over his career. The fact that he released his last non-classical album more than 20 years prior to this concert and, therefore, had no new album to promote was also an interesting wrinkle to the setlist. In the places where an artist like McCartney or Springsteen or the Stones would be playing the new songs (and sending many attendees to visit their local concessionaires for overpriced cans of...
Rush
Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA..... I had never seen them and my brother-in-law was going so I thought, why not? It was good to see a Neil Peart drum solo and the performance of the Moving Pictures album straight through. setlist: The Spirit of Radio Time Stand Still Presto Stick It Out Workin' Them Angels Leave That Thing Alone Faithless BU2B Freewill Marathon Subdivisions Tom Sawyer Red Barchetta YYZ Limelight The Camera Eye Witch Hunt Vital Signs Caravan [drum Solo] Closer to the Heart 2112 Part I: Overture 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx Far Cry encore break La Villa Strangiato Working Man
Paul McCartney
Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, PA My third time seeing Macca live. Compared to seeing him in 1989 , it was noticeable that his voice had lost a bit of strength but the 36 (or so) song setlist shows his stamina was strong as ever. A splendid time was had by all. My crummy pic of the pre-show visuals. setlist: Venus and Mars Rock Show Jet All My Loving Letting Go Got to Get You Into My Life Highway Let Me Roll It The Long and Winding Road Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five Let 'Em In My Love I'm Looking Through You Two of Us Blackbird Here Today Dance Tonight Mrs. Vandebilt Eleanor Rigby Something Sing the Changes Band on the Run Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Back in the U.S.S.R. I've Got a Feeling Paperback Writer A Day in the Life Let It Be Live and Let Die Hey Jude encore break Day Tripper Lady Madonna Get Back encore break Yesterday Helter Skelter Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) The End sorry, I haven't yet written about this show... add your own co...