We were in Mezzazine 14 Row P. Mezzazines 21-26 were closed off due to be behind the stage. From our vantage point we could make out that there were people on the stage but we certainly weren't picking out eye color or even sock color. Many people had binoculars. I find it rediculous that binoculars are required for a $45 seat. The most uncomfortable seat I've been in at that.
The sound was ok, and the songs were... well, it was John Cougar Mellencamp. I guess there are people that live and breathe that kind of music but we aren't those people. He started out with his song Small Town, seguewayed into Human Wheels, I saw you first, Minutes to Memories, Lonely ol' night, rain on the scarecrow, Walk tall, Paper in fire, some song I couldn't place from my spot in line for more beer, and then capped off his first set with the Authority song. Donovan joined him on stage at this point. My wife summed up the Donovan show best:
Donovan, if you didn't bring enough for the whole class...We decided to cut the night short when Mellencamp came out for his encore. We didn't need to hear Jack & Diane that badly.
Something that sticks in my craw... Mellencamp's web site stated the show would start promptly at 8. Well, as with all musicians I know, Mellencamp lives in his own time zone or something because it was much closer to 8:30 before anything actually started. The civic center's web site implored eveyone to be in the doors by 6 PM and they didn't even open the doors to the concert hall until just shy of 7:30. People were just sitting around on stairs and of course going to the T-Shirt vendor ($30 a shirt, $22 for the greatest hits cd.)
Overall I give this concert 3.5/10. Mainly it was because of the venue and partially because I've never been head over heels of either of the performers but when you get a ticket it is a package deal.
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