Detroit

[Blueletter18]

Hey everyone! So this was my second show of the tour, and the crowd was MUCH better (as a whole) than Anaheim, which made for a loose vibe and a little bit better show, in my opinion. I also had better seats this time around (fourth row of the balcony close to the stage), which I was grateful for!

Anyways, on to some highlights from the show:

Sisters of the Moon was great, it really does get stronger every time. I sensed a lingering bit of rivalry with Stevie and Lindsey trying to out do each other and really kill it on their songs, which elevates their respective performances.

Landslide was dedicated to her "fairy god daughters" Ruby and Tessa, both of whom she said were "probably in the tent with their dad" during the song, and then her ear monitors failed. She made some comment about having to go back to mobile monitors like it was 1975, which was kind of funny. "Backstage, someone help!" lol. Then the monitors were back on after like thirty seconds. The entire crowd was singing along, and Stevie was happily directing the chorus at the end as she was singing, which was cute.

Before Big Love, Lindsey had to shake out his right hand again, and this time he let it dangle and kind of made a joke out of it. Then he played Big Love flawlessly, as always. I hope the hand is not getting worse, but it doesn't seem to affect his playing.

The Without You story was longer than Anaheim, and it was seriously longer than the song, which was fine with me. I felt like she felt more comfortable with the crowd tonight, so she kept it long. She said the demo was lost twice, once by the person who "stole" it from the house, and then when they lost it themselves after they'd gotten it back. She also talked about how her voice, Lindsey's voice, and Lindsey's guitar formed this sort of triad that attracted Mick.

Gold Dust Woman was probably Stevie's most intense performance of the night, and the stagger/robotic type walk she does at the end reminds me of how she used to do it during her solo tours in the 80s and bend over at the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRrcM_Ok3SE. John was making some of those same freaky sounds on bass, although not quite as creepy as the ones from her band on the Wild Heart Tour.

I'm So Afraid was a show stopper, and Stand Back was especially strong tonight.

During Mick's solo before World Turning, I noticed Lindsey sitting cross-legged with his guitar at the edge of his side of the stage and just watching Mick and waiting there instead of off in the wings, which was cool. Not sure if he does this every time?

I still can't get used to Stevie singing Don't Stop. It's better than when she tried to do it solo at that one Clinton gala, but it made me miss Christine that much more--I'm excited for when she joins them in England.

I would write more, but I've got to go to to work! I'll try to post some video later as well.