In Memoriam - Aretha Franklin

                                                                     Rest in Peace

Adam Ant - Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ 7/21/2018

  I can't recall if Adam Ant had ever played in New Jersey during the last 30 years. Adam Ant and Adam & The Ants were a regular fixture on MTV when I was in High School. I loved the Epic sound of his music and had always wished I was able to see him.

  Luckily this summer his Anthems Tour came to the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park this past weekend. The show was great.

   He sounded much better than I had expected. He never seemed to have the strongest voice in the concert clips I had seen. His band was tight, heavy on guitar and drums, as expected.

   The setlist was pretty much split between his solo work and his catalog from Adam and The Ants.

   Here is the setlist.

                            Best My Guest(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Vive Le Rock

                            Dog Eat Dog(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Apollo 9

                            Friend or Foe

                            Ant Music(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Room At The Top

                            Desperate But Not Serious

                            Car Trouble(Adam & The Ants song)
                            Young Parisians(Adam & The Ants song)
                            Prince Charming(Adam & The Ants song)
                            Zerox
                            Gotta Be a Sin
                            Puss 'n Boots
                            Can't Set Rules About Love
                            Christian D'or(Adam & The Ants song)
                            Strip
                            Kings of the Wild Frontier(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Greta X

                            B Side Baby(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Stand and Deliver(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Goody Two Shoes

                            Lady/Fall In(Adam & The Ants song)

                            Red Scab

                            Physical(You're So)(Adam & The Ants song)

                           
       
              
       
                           

In Memoriam - Gary Beach

       
  Had the pleasure of meeting him before we saw The Producers. He could not have been more wonderful. Rest in Peace.

     

In Memoriam - George Theiss

                                                       New Jersey Rock Legend.
                                                                Rest in Peace

                                                        Please stay home on Saturday.

U2 - Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA 6/13/2018

 U2 played two consecutive nights at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, on June 13 & 14. I saw the opening night and thought it was the best U2 concert I have been to, although it was only my third concert of theirs.

 One of the best concerts, if not the best, visually. The visuals never overpowered the band, who were spot on all night.

  They worked between a full stage on one end of the floor, and a much smaller circular stage, where they performed a 6 song set about midway through the concert, but also were there several other times throughout the show.

 Here is the setlist:

                

                 Love Is All We Have Left

                   The Blackout

                   Lights Of Home

                   I Will Follow
                   Gloria
                   Beautiful Day
                   The Ocean
                    Iris (Hold Me Close)
                    Cedarwood Road
                    Sunday Bloody Sunday
                    The Garden of Love/Until the End of the World
                    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - Pre Recorded During Animated Sequence
                    Elevation
                    Vertigo/Rebel Rebel(David Bowie Cover)
                    Desire
                    Acrobat
                    You're The Best Thing About Me 
                     Staring at the Sun(Bono and Edge)
                     Pride (In the Name of Love)
                     Get Out Of Your Own Way 
                     American Soul  
                     City of Blinding Lights

                       One
                       Love Is Bigger Than Anything in It's Way
                       13 (There Is a Light)