I saw 45 minutes of it. Jon was, in all honesty, pretty weak. He struggled with Wanted, which is pitiable. And, I could barely hear him on the duets because he was so undeniably timid. If this was ANY other band, people would laugh them off the stage. It is pathetic because it was only like 9 songs and spaced out over, probably, two hours. When Jon isn't belting out an anthem, he is JUST PLAIN LOST. He breaths incorrectly for the song style and has to squeeze out anything above the middle of the midrange. I wish they would have taken some risks and gone all out for this show, it is CROSSROADS, not CARPOOL. Mesh your songs, be inventive, and COLLIDE! Don't just play the same songs and switch off the verses! There were like 10 musicians out there for Christ's sake!!! Jam out a bit, solo...THAT is was this kid of thing should be...not just a nice show, because it just then becomes a missed opportunity. So what if your label forced you to do this, it ISN'T a bad idea, quit moping and ROCK.

The sugarland band was comical. The guy with the tiny guitar...thing. So much energy, and yet, I couldn't hear a damn not he played! It was hilarious, like watching Rudy...or the 4 year old trying to play guitar with his dad on a toy intrument. Very funny. You couldn't really hear any of them, except the slide guitar and the fiddle, which were alright and nice, but certainly nothing sophisticated like the stuff Richie does. Get a Jerry Douglass kinda solo in there or SOMETHING. I mean, Wanted would have been PERFECT for this. But no... There wasn't really much of a mix of sound except that it was awesome to see Richie take the reigns of solos in Sugarland songs... (can this band not solo at all or were they just showing deference for Richie?) Also, I think Jon doing some duets would be great, but he really needs to work on harmonizing. DO MORE, but practice a bit!

And the way Jon whined out the first notes on WSYCGH before his little rap about life was almost heartbreaking. They are just midrange tones...Breath man, Breath...diaphragm...AND STOP SMOKING YOU ****ING IDIOT! YOU STUPID STUPID ****ING ASS.

Ok,
Now the positive

Finally: Have a Nice Day ROCKED. Jon sounded great, she sounded great. She looked good and was very high energy and Jon TRIED to share the stage with someone new. It was cool. They should keep it up; the duets the energy.

In the end, nothing really commemorative about this show except the pretty girl.

Never thought I would say this about the band, but:
I'm getting a bit tired of this crap...

B