Styx in Charlotte 6-8-2010

[DerriD]

First off Great show!

All 3 bands sounded great. I hope to be uploading pics soon on Facebook. Not a friend of mine already? PM me and I'll add you.

Setlist for the curious:

Kansas-

Point of Know Return
Miracle Out of Nowhere
Hold On
Icarus
Portrait (He Knew)
Fire with Fire
Carry On My Wayward Son

Styx
Mini Medley-Borrowed Time/Superstars/Mr. Roboto/Rockin' the Paradise/ Borrowed Time
The Grand Illusion
Too Much Time of My Hands
Lady
Lorelei
High Enough
Suite Madame Blue
Fooling Yourself
Miss America
Come Sail Away
Blue Collar Man
Renegade

Foreigner:
Double Vision
Head Games
Cold As Ice
Can't Slow Down
Dirty White Boy
In Pieces
Star Rider
Feels Like the First Time
Urgent
I Want To Know What Love is
Hot Blooded
Jukebox Hero

Overall impression? Kansas-better than expected. Styx-Ditto. Todd awesome, Larry-Awesome. The band overall? Better than the last tour with Def Leppard. Foreigner? Stole the show...again... 2 new songs...THANK YOU! Cough Cough...Styx, you listening? Yet for three great bands..well worth the price of admission.

[froy]

"DerriD"

Kansas-

Point of Know Return
Miracle Out of Nowhere
Hold On
Icarus
Portrait (He Knew)
Fire with Fire
Carry On My Wayward Son

Wow no Dust In The Wind or The Wall
This should be a double bill Kansas and Foreigner not a triple too much

[rsimpson]

Dust In The Wind is always played. The Wall usually gets dropped for short sets.

[DerriD]

Yes, Dust in the Wind was played. Was transcribing my chicken scratch late last night. Sorry for the omission.

[Babyblue]

First off Great show!

All 3 bands sounded great. I hope to be uploading pics soon on Facebook. Not a friend of mine already? PM me and I'll add you.

Setlist for the curious:

Kansas-

Point of Know Return
Miracle Out of Nowhere
Hold On
Icarus
Portrait (He Knew)
Fire with Fire
Carry On My Wayward Son

Styx
Mini Medley-Borrowed Time/Superstars/Mr. Roboto/Rockin' the Paradise/ Borrowed Time
The Grand Illusion
Too Much Time of My Hands
Lady
Lorelei
High Enough
Suite Madame Blue
Fooling Yourself
Miss America
Come Sail Away
Blue Collar Man
Renegade

Foreigner:
Double Vision
Head Games
Cold As Ice
Can't Slow Down
Dirty White Boy
In Pieces
Star Rider
Feels Like the First Time
Urgent
I Want To Know What Love is
Hot Blooded
Jukebox Hero

Overall impression? Kansas-better than expected. Styx-Ditto. Todd awesome, Larry-Awesome. The band overall? Better than the last tour with Def Leppard. Foreigner? Stole the show...again... 2 new songs...THANK YOU! Cough Cough...Styx, you listening? Yet for three great bands..well worth the price of admission.

Thanks!!!!
Can't wait for Nov to get here so i can see Styx.

[MCM]

Thanks for the set lists - appreciated

[SuiteMadameBlue]

Thanks for the set lists - appreciated

Same here, thank you!!!

Glad to hear you had a great time.

I want to see Kansas!!!

[DerriD]

For my FB peeps, the pics are finally up from all 3 sets.

Overall impression of the show.

Kansas. Good mix of the 'expected' songs and the more popular non singles. Steve Walsh sounded okay. If you saw the Kansas/Styx 1996 tour, his voice was awful. Sounds better 14 years later.

Styx. I would say they were better than the Styx/Foreigner/Def Leppard tour of a couple years ago. Less of the 'going through the motions' syndrome. Would have preferred something newer than 1978 other than a touch in the medley, TMTOMH and High Enough.

No full songs from Cornerstone, KWH, EOTC, BNW, Cyclo or BBT. Nothing from Wooden Nickel era other than Lady.

All standard issue, but the band sounded good. A little more time for audience interaction and joking around.

Foreigner. This is my third time seeing them with Kelly on lead vox. Sounded great again. They have a better blend of sound than Styx. Wasn't as blown away as the first time I saw this version of the band largely because I knew what to expect. Played 2 songs off their new CD...In Pieces and Can't Slow Down. They even thanked the audience for allowing them to play new material.

For a triple bill, hard to beat the value of a ticket. Go see the show if you have the opportunity.

[Babyblue]

Thanks! will go & check out the pics.