2015-08-01 Xfinity Center, Boston, MA

They kicked ass…. From the 15th row the band sounded absolutely huge. There was a lot of band interaction tonight as opposed to what we’ve seen so far. Maybe it was where I was sitting (center left and close) but I couldn’t hear Dave stray into uncomfortable ranges much at all. It doesn’t mean he didn’t, but I couldn’t hear it. He also seemed to be pretty loose, in good spirits, almost channeling his fun, old self, not the creepy uncle we’ve seen alot of. Truth be told, he did seem to be behind the beat at times, bordering on out of breath, but the band was steamrolling through and nobody noticed. It was hot today, so it was impressive to me that they played and entertained their balls off as much as they did. Ed seemed to be sincerely enjoying himself while Wolf seems to have been reading up on some of the criticism and ventured out of his area to interact more. He also took cellphone video of the crowd during Ed’s solo when he was standing behind the drums. Alex was great all night, even though his solo spot is not my favorite part of the show. The setlist was exactly the same as we’ve seen. Drop Dead Legs was awesome to hear live, as was Dirty Movies. Hot For Teacher was a real standout b/c of the lightshow. I don’t know that I’ve noticed the lights in the videos I’ve seen, but live it was unreal. The lights added a great deal to many of the songs, so kudos to those people for doing a great job. Overall, I think it was a great show to see. If you are wavering about going like I was, don’t. Get your tickets and go. It was a hit to the wallet, but how many more opportunities are we going to have????

wjamflan: Maybe Dave or someone in the band has been getting pelted at shows with Aquafina caps.

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Don’t know about Aquafina, but one time in Kenny’s basement, a girl named Illegal Evelin shot a bottle cap at Dave and after that they dated for three years. So you’d think Dave would be OK with caps flying at him. Might be a hot lookin’ cougar out there on the prowl for an aging rock star who’s a good aim with an Aquafina cap!

Nice review by the way.

sickman: Every show I’ve ever been to at Xfinity in Hartford in the last 10 years had the same rule. I usually bring in an extra cap.

Interesting….it’s only been the Xfinity Center since January 2014. Before that, it had 3 other names. I still call it Great Woods, because that’s what it was called when I worked there. Anyway, I haven’t been to any shows in the last year and a half so I had never heard that before. It just seemed oddly VH if you know what I mean. Maybe they took it from elsewhere. Maybe it’s Xfinity policy. Either way, It was unexpected….

Runnin’ With The Devil

Beautiful Girls

Hot For Teacher

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