I was at summerfest last night, and I must say I was a little disappointed. For the HAND tour, I was at Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, and all 3 shows kicked this one's booty. But, maybe if you didn't care for HAND, you would like this style - but I prefer the high energry shows. The energy was DOWN. Jon did mention that they had recently been in Japan and that he was tired. Way less jumping around, hardly any crowd interaction, and he referred to feeling too old for this several times. He even counted from age 22 to age 45 before going into Runaway. I actually liked that though, I thought it was pretty funny. The venue, in my opinion, was terrible. I will not go to a Marcus Amp show again. I was in the yellow section, which ticket master called floor, it was not on the floor at all. The mic was so muffled that you couldn't make out what Jon was saying in between songs. Everyone around me in my section kept saying, "What'd he say?" And, the show was short it felt. They started at 8:30 and ended at 10:30. I jumped around a lot, so I was tired and ok with the length. but I heard I guy a few rows back say "2 Measely hours!" The journal did give a good review, which I agree that the show was a great show. But, having been to so many excellent Bon Jovi concerts in the past, I was a little disappointed. Or, maybe I've just become spoiled. I'll be interested in reading other people's reviews though. The venue didn't help at all in my opinion. But, I would still give the show and 8 on a scale of 1-10. Normally, I would give their shows a 24. Favorite songs of the night, were Wanted Dead or Alive, Hallelujah, Bad Medicine, Make a Memory, Hey Man I'm Alive (sorry I don't remember the names of the songs and don't want to look it up right now), and some newer songs. Least favorite was twist and shout. I"m not into the oldies songs during the shows. Oh yeah, one more thing, when the show started, it was still light out and they just walked to their instruments and started playing. Maybe I'm cheesy, but I like that Bon Jovi has crazy beginnings. Playing on a secret stage behind, cool screens lowing down... But, that is not their fault I guess becuase of the venue layout. Ok, I'm done now Like I said, I guess I've been spoiled in the past and now my bar is set too high. But, I'm still glad I went, and they still rocked. Best part of the night, Jon said "We'll see you in January!" (I'm happy I could make that out with the fuzzy mic situation) I hope that means that they are coming back and will be at a better venue like the Bradley center, and I'm going to go and do a Bon Jovi concert the way that I think they play best! One more thing, I thought that Richie played excellent, and he seemed high energy and doing great.