What a Show!

Mutemath + Alanis Morisette + matchbox twenty = 4.5 hours of a rocking show! Yes, I said 4.5 hours.

First, mutemath. If you don’t know who they are and you like good rock music, you should check them out. They are an incredibly talented group of musicians who love to perform live and their comfort level on stage shows it. Although the set was short, the impression was enough to hear people all around me asking who that was.

Alanis came on next and made a lasting impression on me I will not soon forget. It is odd to me that she would be an opening act in the first place, let’s not forget she opened the door for all female rock songwriters in the early 90’s. She played all our favorites and mixed in some new stuff that was quite up to par with her sound and my expectations. What I did not expect was the passion and emotion she puts into her performances. She completely gives her soul to every song she sings on stage and you see it in her sometimes erratic body movements. We all knew she has talent, but somehow she connects with you on a different level when you watch her perform.

Matchbox Twenty was the headline of the show and did they ever perform a monster set. 22 songs filled out their set list and everyone in the place sang along with all of them over the 2 hours it took to perform them. This band gives everything they have every time they perform and this show was no different. Rob Thomas belts out the songs you love with all the passion and emotion you hear in the studio version and he never disappoints. He truly is one of the greatest songwriters of this generation as well as performer. The stage setup was amazing with 4 screens that could become transparent and move all around the stage.

How I know the set contained 22 songs was due to the best souvenir you could ever ask for at a concert. The concert itself. I pre-purchased mine online but you could naturally also buy one at the show. What it is is a wristband that contains a USB drive loaded with the MP3 version of the concert you just saw. For about the same price of a shirt, you get to hear the actual performance you just saw forever. What a great idea!