| 9 November 2005 - Columbus, OH, USA Concert Review |
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an honest review of Columbus, OH
Last Man Standing, You Give Love A Bad Name, Complicated, Born To Be My Baby, Story Of My Life, I Want To Be Loved, Runaway, The Radio Saved My Life Tonight, Have A Nice Day, Who Says You Can't Go Home, It's My Life, Bed Of Roses (acoustic), I'll Be There For You (acoustic), Blaze Of Glory (acoustic), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Bad Medicine, Raise Your Hands, Living On A Prayer
Encore* I Get A Rush, Just Older, Someday I'll Be Saturday Night, Treat Her Right, Wanted Dead Or Alive
While not the best show ever put on by Bon Jovi this was certainly worth the price of admission. The sound was a bit muddy for the first 2 or 3 songs with Jon's vocals being washed out but this seemed to get better as the night went on. After stating that he was unhappy with the previous nights performance in Cleveland, Jon really ramped up the energy level which stayed high for the rest of the show. The setlist was a little heavy on the HAND material and could have included a few more of the classics. Also, the acoustic portion in the middle of the show seems really out of place. Both "I'll Be There For You" and "Blaze Of Glory" sounded very hollow and weak, and would be better served with different arrangements (perhaps back to the original). The last 4 songs before the encores really rocked hard, and was the musical high point of the evening by far. Overall this was very good and worth the $50 it cost to get in the doors. As an added side note to the very large girl sitting in Row A of section 322...if in the future you again feel the need to throw your tent sized underwear over the railing onto the unsuspecting crowd below, please have the courtesy to at least toss a clean pair next time.
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