Ticket Stub Tuesday…Round Thirty-Two:

Sorry about the lack of Ticket Stub Tuesday entries! It’s hard to believe that the last concert I saw was Kylie Minogue in October of 2009. Usually, the summer is prime time for concerts, unfortunately, there wasn’t all that much to choose from this summer, until…

One night, @TGH3RD and I were lamenting about having gone so far into the summer without seeing a concert at Jones Beach. I took a look at the calendar and saw that we hadn’t missed Maroon 5, one of our favorite bands, so I ordered us some tickets.

Jones Beach is one of my favorite concert venues. There really isn’t a bad seat in the house. Owl City opened the show to a crowd that consisted of rambunctious preteens, (one of which we saw get arrested in the parking lot) and tweens accompanied by their parents. 

Maroon 5 opened with their new single, “Misery,” which I thought was an odd choice. Although it was released last June as the lead single from their upcoming album, I’m not entirely sure that the song has gotten much airplay. When Adam Levine started singing, my initial reaction was “wow, this guy must have had a rough night.” Clearly, he did not do his vocal exercises before taking stage, because it sounded as if there was a weed-wacker stuck in his throat.

That said, I feel like it took the band a couple of songs to get into the groove of the concert. The set list was a nice blend of songs from Songs About Jane, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long., and even included three new songs from Hands All Over. It wasn’t until the third or fourth song that they started to sound good.

• 1. Misery
  2. If I Never See Your Face Again
  3. Harder to Breathe
  4. Give A Little More
  5. The Sun
  6. Won’t Go Home Without You
  7. If I Ain’t Got You (Alicia Keys cover)
     
  8. Secret/What’s Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner cover)
  9. She Will Be Loved
  10. Wake Up Call
  11. Shiver
  12. Stutter
  13. This Love
  Encore:
  14. Makes Me Wonder
  15. Sunday Morning

I had an epiphany at this concert. I realized that I have turned into that old man that yells at kids who stand up and block his view, or the tool that complains about a girl’s piercing scream. That, or I really can’t tolerate people if I’m sober. I’m going to go with the later on that one.

[[@TGH3RD and Me in the Coca-Cola tent.]]