Last night I got to see 3 great acts in Sioux City at the Tyson Events Center. I had only seen The Band Perry once, last year on the Riverfront Stage at CMA fest in about 90 degree heat at 10am. I hadn't ever seen Luke Bryan, but have wanted to for a long time (was hoping to catch him at CMA Fest last summer but didn't) and I had seen Tim 4 times, but none of the times I had heard the song Don't Take The Girl, so I was really hoping to get to hear that song this time. Of course I won't reveal if he did till later.......
First up was The Band Perry. I had the privilege to meet the sibling trio before the concert in their meet and greet. Very friendly people, but like other meet and greets I've been to for artists, I get a tad nervous and can't think of what I actually wanted to say to them when I met them. This happened 2 times since I got to meet them again after the show in an autograph/photo line that they did.
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| meet & greet before the show |
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| post concert autograph line |
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Although their set was short (20-25 minutes and 6 songs) they packed in a lot of energy. They came out singing the song Double Heart. It's a very up-tempo song, and my favorite on their album as I mentioned in the
blog post about the CD when it came out. They did 2 other un-released songs from their debut album as well as the 3 singles they've had so far from it. They had a unique intro into their current top 10 hit, You Lie. They used the refrain of the song 'I Love The Way You Lie' by Rhianna & Eminem. I was very impressed with their stage presence. Most times, the first opening act isn't allowed to use much, if any, of the catwalks that the main act may have in their stage set up. They were able to use all of the catwalk that was attached to the main stage. And they used it a lot. In fact, they kinda had to since their equipment on stage was so close to the edge that there wasn't much room for them on there!
Luke Bryan was up next after a short intermission. He put on another energy packed set that was about 45 minutes long. And like The Band Perry, he came out singing what is probably my favorite song of his, Country Man. Also like TBP, he used the catwalks most of the time. I actually feel kind bad for the people that had front row seats for the concert, because the best seats were probably more towards the middle on the floor level. Luke played all of his hits and a couple new ones from his next CD which will be out later this summer. The thing that caught my eye the most was how much he fiddled around with his ball cap that he was wearing. He came out with it on right, then later he turned it backwards and then shortly after that it would be forwards again. This happened the whole set. I wouldn't say it was distracting, I found it more amusing than anything! The most distracting part of his set was the drunk people sitting by me, but that's another story.......
And then it was time for the main attraction, Tim McGraw! Tim kept the energy going that the opening acts created and put on an almost 2 hour long show. He started out singing at a stage that was set up around the front of house area in the back. And he returned to it another time or two throughout his set. Tim played a broad range of his hits with some of his early stuff, new songs and a few in-between. He even brought out the opening acts for a couple of his songs. The Band Perry came out and joined him on 'She Can't Be Really Gone'. And then a couple songs later Luke Bryan joined with him on 'Back When'. And although he performed many of my favorites, there is one that he still managed to leave out: Don't Take The Girl. I don't know how in the all of the times I've seen him in the last 5 or so years that he hasn't done his first number one song! Hopefully if I get the chance to see him again he will do it then.
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| The Band Perry joining Tim onstage |
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| Luke Bryan with Tim |
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