| Concert Review of Bon Jovi at Xcel Energy Center on Tue Mar 18, 2008 |
| Event Date |
| Tue Mar 18, 2008 |
| Source |
| Pioneer Press |
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| Semi-country Bon Jovi is totally irresistible By Ross Raihala Pop Music Critic Article Last Updated: 03/19/2008 12:21:03 AM CDT Any lingering concerns that Bon Jovi has gone Nashville were put to rest Tuesday night in front of 18,000 deliriously happy fans at the Xcel Energy Center. The first of a two-night stand at the X to promote the band's country record, "Lost Highway," the splashy, high-energy show was just as much a country concert as, say, an evening with Kenny Chesney or Rascal Flatts. Which is to say, it wasn't really that country at all. Sure, they had a violin/fiddle player on stage and, yeah, there was a bit of twang here and there. But then again, Jon Bon Jovi first claimed he was a steel-horse riding cowboy all the way back in 1986. The sing-along choruses and bumper-sticker sentiment of mainstream country fit the Bon Jovi formula so well because, really, there's not much difference between the two. And Tuesday's performance was almost ridiculously entertaining. Campy? Yes. Silly? Absolutely. Irresistible? Totally. For a solid 145 minutes, Bon Jovi and company rolled out hit after hit after hit, from the current single "Whole Lot of Leavin' " all the way back to the band's 1983 breakthrough "Runaway." Even the album tracks from "Lost Highway" sounded instantly familiar, like "We Got it Going On," a co-write with Big and Rich that's probably being used as the backing for a montage of sports clips at this very moment. Bon Jovi remains one of the most compelling, and hammiest, frontmen of his era, and he's still fit enough to squeeze into sperm-killingly tight trousers. (Folks with decent seats for tonight's encore performance should keep this in mind while watching JBJ in the flesh. The guy has achieved a silent-film era mastery of playing to the cameras, so much so that when you actually see him in person, as opposed to up on the big screens, his sweeping poses and melodramatic faces look a little ridiculous.). |
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| This concert rocked. First we got to see Daughtry and then Bon Jovi. They still have so much energy and everyone has aged so gracefully. Sang all the classics with some new and really got the crowd going. Totally worth the $150. Awesome show! |
| They didnt sing of of there classics |
| Awesome!! |
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