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Sadly, Michael is no longer a singer. He's a decent musician on the keyboard. However, it was apparent last night that he struggled with vocals and the keyboard. Maybe he's had a stroke or some other health issue going on. It was painful to watch, hear. Steve Winwood daughter came out and sang one of the doobies songs. I've seen bands throughout my youth and into the present. In my opinion, some bands still got it. Sadly, the doobie brothers don't. It's time to retire. Exit gracefully. I don't want to see this band ending up in parking lots and local festivals, giving shows no one cares to hear anymore.
The sound was poorly mixed. Michael McDonald’s voice went. Steve Winwood sang “Taking It to the Streets,” with McDonald, as though he heard it the first time an hour before the concert. Yet — it was one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended!
Doobie Brothers — iconic. Winwood — historic. An evening with them is exposure to great musicians playing timeless hits and an emotional lift from companions of 50 years who I have never met. Go!
I've seen Styx at least 15 times. They have always been my favorite band. The show was great. Foreigner was also fantastic, and I wasn't even a big fan of them. John Waite was great, too.
Styx has so many members now that it's hard to keep track of what's going on on stage. I like Larence Gowan, but he sang the majority of the songs. I want to hear more of Tommy Shaw's work with Styx. He's the heart of the band now, and he should have the majority of his songs featured.
The show was still great, but the CU1 Center is still a terrible place to see a concert. Sound bounces off the lawn seats and goes back toward the stage, adding to a poor sound. I know the sound guys do the best they can at this venue, but it's just hard to ir best at this venue, but it's hard to get the sound right at the venue. Styx should return to their roots and use the bare minimum of musicians to play on stage. I good sound.
I think Styx should go back to their roots and go back to the bare minimum of musicians to play on stage. I think it would help.
Creed was amazing! By far one of my favorite concerts to see. So much energy in crowd and on stage. Venue on the other hand. Very disappointing. With severe weather coming they took no precautions of setting up early in the morning to get all acts to play sooner before thunderstorms. Went to arena toot to see Def Leppard and journey in Chicago. They moved concert a hour earlier and everyone played their full set. Also leaving parking lot was chaotic. Millinial staff was not directing traffic at all. Complete chaos. Lastly spent $50 on a shirt and fits like trash. Another goodwill donation. What a waste!!!!
So I’m rating it 5stars only because what happened was sadly out of their control. 3 1/2 stars would be my “real” rating. Not because it was a bad concert or anything, Creed put on an AMAZING SHOW. Would totally tell everyone and their momma to go see them once. Why it’s 3 1/2 in my book is because of the Storm that rolled through. It’s killed 3 Doors Down set, I was MEGA heart broken. They got I think 4 songs in and then announced “Sorry, that’s all we can play.” UGH! Lol, concert was delayed for a bit but then Creed was able to preform their set in its entirety thankfully. Would’ve loved if 3 Doors Down could’ve came back and played more, but it is what it is.
Carlos Santana, a legendary guitar, great! Barely sings, sits mostly, but hey, now, he's old, he's earned the right to sit and be saluted while he fiercely makes that guitar sing. His current wife is on the drums. She is a savage beast with frenzied sticks to skins. Counting crows almost sang through their entire music catalog. I bought merchandise and a drink and some grub. I love that general parking is free. Easy in and out. I would see either band again. The venue itself is set up nicely for such crowds.
Cody Jinks & his band are the best!!!!! It was a bit frustrating how the sound seemed to be turned down a bit for them opening, which is super lame, but they still rocked it of course as always!!! My fav guys performing together was the best!!! Love Eric Church and Jinks! Can’t wait to see Jinks solo so the sound will be better!! Love Jinks & his band and his sound doesn’t get any better!!!
Great 1 hr 10 min set with a mixed set from their career. I've seen Staind at least 5x over the years but they've been on hiatus for a while so it was great to see em again. Pleasantly surprised how many (4) songs, including "Wannabe", they played off the self-titled great album! They also played a deep cut "Epiphany" off their 'Break the Cycle' album which was cool to hear live. And they of course played their bigger known hits like "It's Been A While" and "Mudshovel"! The stage setup was pretty cool too, large screens with cool imagery🤘
This was by far the best concert I have been to in a couple of years, and I’ve been to many.
These guys played not only their hits, but some deeper cuts from previous albums. The State show was beautiful and crowd. Participation was amazing.
As usual, traffic was terrible getting out of the parking lot, it’s been this way since the venue opened 20+ years ago. It literally makes me not want to see a concert there. Total chaos leaving.
An excellent show!!! The years melted away, and I was back in 1978, listening to my Foreigner album over and over ;-) The icing on the cake was having my daughters there with me, singing right along and knowing every word to every song. The entire band is still in top form, their stage presence and ability (and wilingness) to work the whole stage just fantastic. It's so sad to think of this as the Farewell Tour, but they so deserve it and as Kelly said, it's great to go out while they're still on top and relying on their considerable (undiminished!) talents. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting to one of their performances before it's too late!
The concert was amazing! The venue isn't what it used to be. The sound was off...too low... the monitors went out and nobody fixed it. We went back th3 next night for Lover Boy and foreigner. Same shit show. They evacuated us from the lawn offering us ALLL TO MOVE UNDER THE SHELTER AND SIT THERE. NO EXTRA CHARGE. Except the whole lawn wasn't going to fit! Not enough seats. I want my money back for both concerts.
I had the best time and my seats were great! I was really impressed by BUSH performance and the stage presence that the band had. I was always was a fan of Gavin but even more of a fan after this. Amazing talent by BUSH! Alice In Chains was nothing like I ever had experienced! The music was out of this world! I was able to rock out with fellow rockers of this one of a kind band! I left the concert wanting more and can’t wait to see what is in store for these bands moving forward! Loved every second of my time! Thank you!
The show was fantastic! Zombie, PM5K, Static X all amazing!! Wish there were more older songs played by PM5K. My only complaint is the seats. I WISH IT WOULD HAVE STATED “OBSTRUCTED VIEW” WHEN I BOUGHT THEM. Very disappointed w/TM for that! Luckily the 2 seats next to us didn’t show so we moved over so we could see better. I have almost the same seats for the upcoming Korn show and I hope we get lucky again!
I brought my son along for our first Mudvayne experience and was not disappointed! FANTASTIC!!! Opening with Dig, every beat had me reeling with adrenaline! I don’t know what was cooler, our last Zombie experience where Rob walked out from the stage, out of the reach of security, on the hands of the people in the pit, or the Chadness laying on the arms of all the fans in front of the stage while singing! An EPIC lineup, if you get a chance to see it , do not let it pass. I waited a decade to see Mudvayne, it was ABSOLUTELY worth the wait, the $, and the drive!
Pretty good show, Zombie was great per usual. Mudvayne was slightly better than the last time I saw em but still meh, not as a big fan of them. Wish Zombie would have played longer but Mudvayne and him played same amount of time (1 hr 10 min) despite not being billed as a co-headline tour. Static-X was cool and great to see live, they only played 30 min unfortunately. Edsel Dope did a commendable job fronting the band, RIP Wayne. Powerman 5000 kicked off the show well with their opening 30 min set. Very nostalgic bill for sure! 🤘
Chris Brown and lil Baby were amazing the show was great. But the crowd was very scary we was center row aa lots of fights started to break out and people were running and fighting for no reason . So we left due to our safety. Will never ever return to this venue. Needs a lot more security and less people walking drinking and ruining it for everyone else we travels 4 hours for this show very upsetting
Brian Wilson and his excellent band opened. Brian was quite unsteady, but made the valiant effort to even make the stage. He came out using a walker and occasionally sang parts of his hits. We will always celebrate his music.
Chicago , even though there were only two ‘originals’ playing. Bobby Lamm was missing.
Just watching this band now reminds me of how great they are at stirring up memories . James Pankow and Lee Laughnane led the band, with excellent vocals by the ‘new guy ‘, Neil Donnell, who has great range. They even premiered their new (38th!) album. Hopefully this isn’t ‘Goodbye’, a certified hit record!
This show was really rockin’ I saw some reviews to the contrary for past shows, but Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney brought it out last night as the sun set in Tinley Park. Even after jammin with Delta Kream, they came back with strong vocals and mad drummin to the end, with my particular favorite, Gold on the Ceiling. Went to the Ladies room late in the encore, saw people down the center still rockin out. I went to see Band of Horses too as I really like tracks, In A Drawer and Crutch, from two difft albums. Enjoyed watching the whole band perform them live. Ceramic Animal a nice surprise in a cowboy hat, lookin up their music! Can’t ignore the light show and graphics behind The Black Keys, esp the train runnin behind them at high speed. Satisfying check off the bucket list.
Incredible show!!! Went with my parents and we had a great time! My dad's originally wasn't a big pumpkins fan but it changed after the show! Like he pointed out they did a great job of playing the "hits" or "essentials" like cherub rock and today. The weren't afraid to just play those however which made each ending to a song a surprise of what they would play. Highly recommend going it has easily been one of the best concerts I've been to :)
Behemoth was great but they had some sound problems. Similarly with Gojira. Volbeat was boring, but Slipknot put on the best show I had ever f***ing seen. I need to see them whenever they're around now. I just wish I was in the pit instead of lawn, but pit tickets were nearly 4x what general admission cost. If it weren't for the fact that I was so far away, I'd give 5 stars. The venue lost it a half star.
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