Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1253680)

I was absolutely pumped :D Medicine sounded horrendous (as expected), but this time it wasn’t even completely due to Jon’s ”singing” - the band was playing it with pretty much no spunk, too. It just dragged and fell flat for me, although Jon was moving and the crowd was particularly enthusiastic during the song.

Also, I witnessed a similar thing to what epfg did in Rio ’17: Jon pushed himself so hard during the main set, both vocally and physically, that he was barely able to finish the show. When he started singing the first verse of Wanted, I immediately thought ”uh oh...” and by the end of the song, his voice was absolutely shot to the shit house. Prayer was good only because of the crowd (which actually was quite lame for most of the night) - Jon was lucky to have 50,000 backing singers to help him get through the song.

Great night, and definitely way above my (almost non-existent) expectations. I still stand behind my previous words about Jon’s poor vocal shape overall - as it was very obviously displayed in the encore -, but his frontmanship is still unrivaled, and the overall great energy and atmosphere of the show (despite the shitty crowd) made the trip well worth it. Jonny’s church of rock ’n’ roll won me over, once again.

PS. I was nearly crying at the end of These Days, when Jon made us sing the woo-ooh’s. The way he stood there, pointing the mic on us over and over again, his facial expression telling of him being completely possessed by the moment... that was our Jon, the one we all know and love. That moment in that song made me think about the time I was a 4-year-old kid hearing TD for the first time. Prior to last night, I never thought I’d ever be able to hear it live - and then I did.

These kinds of special moments are the reason why, despite all the vocal issues, crappy set lists, lousy new albums etc., I still love this band, and always will.

Thank you, Jon.

Originally Posted by bonjovi90 (Post 1253695)

I though the same about HAND. It has been one of the most dreadful songs in the set (in terms of performance) since the stadium tour in the US in 2013! This one was okay by today's standards. He kept (for most parts) the pace and there was some voice of his audible. I'm not saying his voice has improved, but he manages it to get through that song better with what he has left.

Originally Posted by weekend (Post 1253677)

The size of the crowd is insane. They are really packed in tight. Must be at least 100k.

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Originally Posted by james_d (Post 1253696)

To me he seems to have learnt how to sing with his current voice better if that makes any sense. His vocal chords won't have changed much but he seems to have learnt more how to sing round his limits. It's obvious that it still isn't good, but as others have said it's closer to acceptable.

Originally Posted by BJFan99 (Post 1253680)

I was absolutely pumped :D Medicine sounded horrendous (as expected), but this time it wasn’t even completely due to Jon’s ”singing” - the band was playing it with pretty much no spunk, too. It just dragged and fell flat for me, although Jon was moving and the crowd was particularly enthusiastic during the song.

Also, I witnessed a similar thing to what epfg did in Rio ’17: Jon pushed himself so hard during the main set, both vocally and physically, that he was barely able to finish the show. When he started singing the first verse of Wanted, I immediately thought ”uh oh...” and by the end of the song, his voice was absolutely shot to the shit house. Prayer was good only because of the crowd (which actually was quite lame for most of the night) - Jon was lucky to have 50,000 backing singers to help him get through the song.

Great night, and definitely way above my (almost non-existent) expectations. I still stand behind my previous words about Jon’s poor vocal shape overall - as it was very obviously displayed in the encore -, but his frontmanship is still unrivaled, and the overall great energy and atmosphere of the show (despite the shitty crowd) made the trip well worth it. Jonny’s church of rock ’n’ roll won me over, once again.

PS. I was nearly crying at the end of These Days, when Jon made us sing the woo-ooh’s. The way he stood there, pointing the mic on us over and over again, his facial expression telling of him being completely possessed by the moment... that was our Jon, the one we all know and love. That moment in that song made me think about the time I was a 4-year-old kid hearing TD for the first time. Prior to last night, I never thought I’d ever be able to hear it live - and then I did.

These kinds of special moments are the reason why, despite all the vocal issues, crappy set lists, lousy new albums etc., I still love this band, and always will.

Thank you, Jon.

Originally Posted by MrIks from Finland (Post 1253697)

45 000 is the official number from LiveNation. It is surely more but the capacity for this concert configuration is 60 000 so not more than that for sure... The venue takes 70 000 when the stage is in the middle of the field and the additional stand is in use.

Also it's uphill from the stage to the back so from this angle it looks much tighter that it actually is. I was there a year ago to witness that.