They were pretty bad - and as is usual with opening acts the sound was horrendous. We were having drinks at the bar during their set so we were pretty close. Also they only played for about 20 minutes which was fine by me.

Several people mention the sound and not being able to hear. Because I have gone to this venue over the years - and I was at all 10 opening nights in 2007 - I am very familiar with it. The short story is the the building's sound sucks and it has since it opened. A bit longer investigation will allow that there are a few locations in the venue that the sound isn't too bad. Mostly that is all the way down at the other end of the arena opposite the stage. Anything else on the sides or very close to the front all you hear is a wall of sound.

So last night I could have blamed the band and said that they had Jon turned down so low you could hardly hear him. But I had trouble hearing Phil too. I am chalking this one up to the lousy venue and I will hope that Mohegan Sun and MSG sound better. Both of them have good sound. If they don't sound better - then I guess I will have to blame the band - or at least the front of house mixing engineer.