Mohegan Sun review 6-17-09

[skuncles]

Just walked in from the Mac show at the Mohegan Sun tonight. First off, this show was BETTER than the show they did there in March of this year. I'm not a big fan of doing the same set list night after night, but it has made them incredibly tight. The harmonies between Stevie and Lindsey were incredible. He now sings with her on songs he didn't before like "Gold Dust Woman" and "Storms". They did drop "Silver Springs", but I was totally ok with that, I was exhausted after "Don't Stop" and I think that's the sign of a great show. Ever since 1997 and "The Dance" I have grown to really like Lindsey's "I'm So Afraid" and tonight's performance was like an exorcism, it was mind blowing. Stevie did an awesome job on "Stand Back" although she totally flubbed one of the verses, she ended up just kind of humming the tune until she got to where she could remember the line. For her twirl during "Stand Back" she literally twirled across the stage. I liked how she changed the ending of "Gold Dust Woman" from the usual "running in the shadows..." to "run into the shadow...." subtle change yes, but very cool nonetheless. When she came out for "Go Your Own Way" with the top hat it was like going back in time to the "Mirage" concert video, she looked great. Overall she seemed to be having a blast in particular during "World Turning". In fact everyone on the stage seemed to be in top form. Doing all these shows has made them so much better than the start of the tour. Incredible!!
Now for other observations, Stevie appeared to be wearing the franken-boots all night, I couldn't tell if she changed for GYOW or not, I was too far away. I heard the ushers saying that the band was requesting that everyone in the first three rows go up to the stage before the start of the show. In fact someone from the crew came up to the people in the row right behind me and asked them if they would like to stand in front of the stage. I should have said I'd go too, but didn't want to seem pushy!!
Being that this was at the casino there were a LOT of 65 year old and up attendees. But they seemed to be just as it into the show as the younger people. Finally before going into the concert everyone is going thru security, this woman behind me says "What are we doing here? This can't be good!" Then she sees people are being frisked and she says "Oh my God! We're being searched!! You have got to be kidding me! I can't believe this!!! Why!!!!" She sounded like she was in complete state of panic!!!

Great show!!