Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

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Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby weatherman90 » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:58 am

On June 13, we arrived at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN at 2:00 PM to get our ticket situation sorted out. The show didn't start until 8:30, and right when we pulled into the parking lot we were greeted by the sounds of Boston rehearsing. At first we thought it was a tape playing, but as we walked closer we saw the whole band out on stage getting ready for the night's show. They played for over an hour and a half, and it was a real treat getting to see them rehearse. I shot video of "Don't Be Afraid", and you can see it below. The original quality was much better with all the videos you see below, but YouTube sizes them down.

After all that excitement, we were ready for the show. Unexpectedly, Styx came out right on time at 8:30. The band walked out from the right side, and I rushed up to the front row gates and snapped pictures. The staff wanted to keep people in their seats, however, so we returned to where we sat in the center of the 8th row. The band was incredibly tight and they sounded phenomenal. They are a slick, well-oiled touring machine, having performed thousands of shows in less than the past 15 years. James "JY" Young, Tommy Shaw, and Lawrence Gowan all look fantastic and were extremely energetic on stage. They started out with "Blue Collar Man", then played "Grand Illusion" and "Lorelei". Gowan knows how to work the keys; he was constantly swinging the keyboard and jumping around. The highlight of the show was when JY, Tommy Shaw, and Ricky Phillips would all jam guitar together right in the middle of the stage. The band really enjoyed themselves throughout the performance.

The rest of the set was as follows: "I Am the Walrus", "Man In The Wilderness", "Crystal Ball", "Fooling Yourself", "Miss America", "Come Sail Away", "Renegade". The band truly owned the stage during the show and they had a blast doing it. JY was all smiles and the whole band just sounded like a CD. They tossed out over 30 guitar picks, drum sticks, STYX branded beach balls, mesh bags, and even frisbees. I was unable to make a catch but a drum stick landed right in front of me to some other fans. We were able to storm the stage during the last part of the set and I was front and center when they ripped through "Renegade". I took a great video of this song that I will post shortly. In my opinion, Styx owned the night even though I am a bigger Boston fan.

Here is a link to my full picture gallery from the night: http://flickr.com/photos/melodicrockconcerts/tags/lastfm%3Aevent%3D574839/

Here are some samples!

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Videos:

http://youtube.com/user/melodicrockconcerts
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Re: Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby froy » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:36 am

weatherman90 wrote:On June 13, we arrived at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN at 2:00 PM to get our ticket situation sorted out. The show didn't start until 8:30, and right when we pulled into the parking lot we were greeted by the sounds of Boston rehearsing. At first we thought it was a tape playing, but as we walked closer we saw the whole band out on stage getting ready for the night's show. They played for over an hour and a half, and it was a real treat getting to see them rehearse. I shot video of "Don't Be Afraid", and you can see it below. The original quality was much better with all the videos you see below, but YouTube sizes them down.

After all that excitement, we were ready for the show. Unexpectedly, Styx came out right on time at 8:30. The band walked out from the right side, and I rushed up to the front row gates and snapped pictures. The staff wanted to keep people in their seats, however, so we returned to where we sat in the center of the 8th row. The band was incredibly tight and they sounded phenomenal. They are a slick, well-oiled touring machine, having performed thousands of shows in less than the past 15 years. James "JY" Young, Tommy Shaw, and Lawrence Gowan all look fantastic and were extremely energetic on stage. They started out with "Blue Collar Man", then played "Grand Illusion" and "Lorelei". Gowan knows how to work the keys; he was constantly swinging the keyboard and jumping around. The highlight of the show was when JY, Tommy Shaw, and Ricky Phillips would all jam guitar together right in the middle of the stage. The band really enjoyed themselves throughout the performance.

The rest of the set was as follows: "I Am the Walrus", "Man In The Wilderness", "Crystal Ball", "Fooling Yourself", "Miss America", "Come Sail Away", "Renegade". The band truly owned the stage during the show and they had a blast doing it. JY was all smiles and the whole band just sounded like a CD. They tossed out over 30 guitar picks, drum sticks, STYX branded beach balls, mesh bags, and even frisbees. I was unable to make a catch but a drum stick landed right in front of me to some other fans. We were able to storm the stage during the last part of the set and I was front and center when they ripped through "Renegade". I took a great video of this song that I will post shortly. In my opinion, Styx owned the night even though I am a bigger Boston fan.

Here is a link to my full picture gallery from the night: http://flickr.com/photos/melodicrockconcerts/tags/lastfm%3Aevent%3D574839/

Here are some samples!

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Videos coming soon!!



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Re: Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby MtlLady » Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:55 am

weatherman90 wrote:In my opinion, Styx owned the night even though I am a bigger Boston fan.


I'm a fan of both so I would have loved to have been there. Styx, though, looks like they were having a ball up there! I'm beginning to think Tommy Shaw and Gumby are cousins after seeing your shot of him rocking out on the floor .... :-)
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Re: Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby Grotelul » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:38 am

froy wrote:
weatherman90 wrote:On June 13, we arrived at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN at 2:00 PM to get our ticket situation sorted out. The show didn't start until 8:30, and right when we pulled into the parking lot we were greeted by the sounds of Boston rehearsing. At first we thought it was a tape playing, but as we walked closer we saw the whole band out on stage getting ready for the night's show. They played for over an hour and a half, and it was a real treat getting to see them rehearse. I shot video of "Don't Be Afraid", and you can see it below. The original quality was much better with all the videos you see below, but YouTube sizes them down.

After all that excitement, we were ready for the show. Unexpectedly, Styx came out right on time at 8:30. The band walked out from the right side, and I rushed up to the front row gates and snapped pictures. The staff wanted to keep people in their seats, however, so we returned to where we sat in the center of the 8th row. The band was incredibly tight and they sounded phenomenal. They are a slick, well-oiled touring machine, having performed thousands of shows in less than the past 15 years. James "JY" Young, Tommy Shaw, and Lawrence Gowan all look fantastic and were extremely energetic on stage. They started out with "Blue Collar Man", then played "Grand Illusion" and "Lorelei". Gowan knows how to work the keys; he was constantly swinging the keyboard and jumping around. The highlight of the show was when JY, Tommy Shaw, and Ricky Phillips would all jam guitar together right in the middle of the stage. The band really enjoyed themselves throughout the performance.

The rest of the set was as follows: "I Am the Walrus", "Man In The Wilderness", "Crystal Ball", "Fooling Yourself", "Miss America", "Come Sail Away", "Renegade". The band truly owned the stage during the show and they had a blast doing it. JY was all smiles and the whole band just sounded like a CD. They tossed out over 30 guitar picks, drum sticks, STYX branded beach balls, mesh bags, and even frisbees. I was unable to make a catch but a drum stick landed right in front of me to some other fans. We were able to storm the stage during the last part of the set and I was front and center when they ripped through "Renegade". I took a great video of this song that I will post shortly. In my opinion, Styx owned the night even though I am a bigger Boston fan.

Here is a link to my full picture gallery from the night: http://flickr.com/photos/melodicrockconcerts/tags/lastfm%3Aevent%3D574839/

Here are some samples!

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Postby Angiekay » Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:45 am



I heard the new youtube Boston singer was horrible and out of his league. Your thoughts, Weather?








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Postby RumTumJM » Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:48 am

While I have not seen them yet (I have front row for Wantagh on Aug. 12), all the reviews I have read and all of the videos I have seen say that Tommy DeCarlo is doing amazingly. He sounds like Brad is back in many ways. However, I hear he is not the best in terms of stage presence, but Mike Sweet takes over for that!!
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Postby weatherman90 » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:49 pm

Angiekay wrote:

I heard the new youtube Boston singer was horrible and out of his league. Your thoughts, Weather?



I really enjoyed his singing. He sounded great, but you could tell that he was nervous. Some others mentioned that he tends to point at the same groups of people over and over, and that he tightly grips the mic. None of that really bothered me, but I'm sure he will be less nervous on the rest of the tour. I have some videos that you can see here of him:

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=melodicrockconcerts

There is one video at the bottom which I shot at their rehearsal - you can get a better idea of his voice on that one.
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Postby stmonkeys » Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:51 pm

congrats for scoring front row at jones beach!!! :D (i did that in 97, and 2nd row in 2001)

i am seeing boston & styx on 6/24, so i'll let you know how the show is. i've also heard mixed things about boston, but i am intregued by them. how was kimberly? i just recently started taking bass lessons, and am looking forward to seeing her.
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Postby weatherman90 » Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:15 pm

Everyone got to hear a LOT of Kimberley! Her bass was turned up quite a bit (too much).

Her vocals are great and she's good on the guitar as well. A great asset to Boston's sound.
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Postby sniper16 » Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:37 pm

shes not bad to look at either, sounds like michael is doing the fran cosmo parts, and tommy is doing brads
got 8th row in dayton on july 22nd cant wait.
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Re: Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby elmotano » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:34 am

As you can see nobody cares[/quote]

Actually fraud, all I can see is that you are an A$$
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Postby Renegade79 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:32 am

Image Weather, thanks for sharing your pictures and videos.
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Re: Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby froy » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:57 pm

elmotano wrote:As you can see nobody cares


Actually fraud, all I can see is that you are an A$$
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Postby LtVanish » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:20 pm

Cool pics, glad that you had a great time. I'm sure Boston will start clicking after a few more shows, I am glad I get to see them in July in Chicago, I'm sure by then they will be spot on.
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Re: Boston/Styx Concert Review (June 13 08) - PICTURES!!

Postby elmotano » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:26 am

froy wrote:
elmotano wrote:As you can see nobody cares


Actually fraud, all I can see is that you are an A$$


Im on the money
Thanks elmo..[/quote]

No I censored it but you are way too much a loser to realize it, so fraud, let me be clear, you are a sad pathetic loser, have a nice day.
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Postby weatherman90 » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:42 am

Forgot to add the video link!

Videos:

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Audio is poor, but video quality is very good if you watch them in high quality mode.
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Postby MCM » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:48 am

Glad to hear a good review, thanks for the pictures. I will be seeing this same show in August in Salamanca NY our seats are 3rd row on the side. I'm actually looking forward to the fact it's a small venue.

(I know, I know, all they can play now are the casino's and small venues, blah blah blah)
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