| 3 April 2003 - Denver, CO, USA Concert Review |
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Just plain....
......AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
First, I met Jon on 04/01/03 while he was arriving to Denver to give an interview to the local radio station, MIX 100.3. It just happens that the station is in the same building where I work and it was very convinient and easy for me to meet him.... :o)
Just some quick notes and comparisons to the previous Denver show on 04/30/2001:
- They sounded better, the sound was very full and bass-y
- Jon's voice seems to have gotten better since OWN tour. He hit all the high notes as if this was 1986 again....
- The stage setup is by far the best ever for Bon Jovi. The laser show and the satelites were just awesome. They even filmed special footage to play in the background (Satelite surface) while playing Undivided, Bounce and Everyday. Themes for Bounce and Undivided were 9/11 related while during Runaway (YES, they did play that) they showed video footage of NYC at night.
- Better set list, no "I'll sleep when I'm Dead / Pappa was a Rolling Stone" Medley at all, which I think was a good thing, that was overdue to retire. They played older songs that I didn't expect to hear live along with 6 tracks from Bounce. Nothing off 7800 Fahrenheit or These Days though.
- 22,000 +++ fans can't be wrong
- Everyone at my work was admiring my BOUNCE TOUR 2003 T-shirt and saying "I wish I went, my friends are calling and rubbing it in, they had a great time"
- I took a friend with me and this was to be his first Jovi experience and he was BLOWN away.
- Richie can sing very good and anyone who says otherwise shall die...
- How about this: There was a Piano, Bass, Drum and Guitar solo, all over 2 minutes long. Dave Bryan sure knows his stuff
- At the Encore, Jon was wearing a Denver Broncos jersey sporting the name of our new quarterback Jake Plummer, who was signed to Denver only about 3 weeks ago. Jon pointed at his name on the back of the shirt and said "Now we're gonna roll" meaning that Broncos will be doing good next season...
- Jon said F U to Pearl Jam (who demolished a doll with a mask of President Bush on it right on the same stage only two nighs before the Jovi show) and an F U to Justin Timberlake.
- Set list in no order:
Runaway, Living on a prayer, Bad Name, Wanted, Raise your Hands, Wild In the streets, Born to be my baby, I'll be There for you (Richie on vocals, Jon backstage), Blaze of glory, Saturday Night, It's My Life, Just Older, Bounce, Everyday, Undivided, Right Side of Wrong (great live but I still don't like the album version), The Distance, Misunderstood, ENCORE Keep the Faith, Bad Medicine and Shout..
- I got my money's worth. Their shows just keep getting better.
- Many hot girls at the show
- No sad faces after the show, everyone was still singing even if the show ended and the band left the stage.
- 3 and a half hours of Rock n Roll |
