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So, I wasn't actually supposed to go to this concert. But Dad talked me into it literally this afternoon. He hates going by himself, especially lately, cause his cameras been acting batshit crazy. We left about 4, made it down to Columbia by 4:50 or so, not bad timing, stopped at the mall for dinner and random wandering until the gates opened. They were still soundchecking when we headed over, so that took a little while, and it was just starting to drizzle when they let us in. Grabbed drinks and found our seats. We were both in the same row, just about ten seats apart, so not too bad there. Chilled til the show started.
7:05, Kelleigh Bannen started. Don't really know what she played, other than an okay song called 'Make You Famous,' which according to the internet does not exist? And also a pretty decent cover of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. She was done by like... 7:35 maybe.
Thomas Rhett (Akins) was up next. Started at 7:55, played til like 8:45 or so. Took us forever to figured out who he was, because we were confusing him with his father (Rhett Akins) and apparently that is why he often drops the Akins part of his name. Anyway, kept track of the setlist for him (since I got a semi-decent pic of it): Middle Class White Boy, Whatcha Got In That Cup, Make Me Wanna, Get Me Some Of That, Parking Lot Party (cut witha snippet of Beverly Hills by Weezer), Sorry For Partyin', Front Porch Junkies, Beer With Jesus, It Goes Like This, 1994, and Something To Do With My Hands. Also, interestingly enough, he was born the same year I was (1990).
Anyway. Luke Bryan. Started at 9, played til 10:45, I think. Setlist: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Country Man, Someone Else Calling You Baby, Rain Is a Good Thing, Crash My Party, That's My Kinda Night, Muckalee Creek Water, Suntan City, If You Ain't Here to Party (with snippets of Baby Got Back (Sir Mix A Lot), The Joker (Steve Miller Band), and Song of the South (Alabama)). Then they did Too Damn Young and Dirt Road Diaries out on the little stage, with LB on piano after he intro'd the band. Then they went into Do I? and The Only Way I Know, Drunk on You and then All My Friends Say with a snippet of Enter Sandman (Metallica). Encored with I Don't Want This Night to End cut with Taio Cruz' Dynamite, and then ended with Country Girl. He liked to throw beer. And Solo Cups. Got splashed numerous times. Not quite sure why this was a thing... Also, very butt-wiggly. Not complaining.
It wasn't too bad. There were a couple of annoying people. Dad almost got in a fight with some asshole who kept trying to sneak down into the GA pit (if you wanted to be in the pit so bad, why wouldn't you have just bought a GA ticket? Especially when they were cheaper than the other tickets?) and the lady in front of him almost ended up passing out from drinking too much (again, why would get so totally smashed at a concert? Don't you, I don't know, want to see the concert, given that you did pay money for it? And why would you waste money on $7 beers? Can't you just drink at home for way less money and irritate far fewer people?) Me, I had wavy hand people (can someone please explain the need to wave your hands up in the air for the entire fucking show? I don't understand?) It was some old guy waving his hands around crazily and trying to fist bump random people? All I know is that I wanted some sort of Ghost Ship-esque piano wire thing to go through at stupid-hand-over-head level and solve my problems.
Aside from that, it was a good show. Got some good pictures, too. Made it home pretty quickly, too, despite the crazy mass exodus of people.
( Pics Here )
7:05, Kelleigh Bannen started. Don't really know what she played, other than an okay song called 'Make You Famous,' which according to the internet does not exist? And also a pretty decent cover of Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. She was done by like... 7:35 maybe.
Thomas Rhett (Akins) was up next. Started at 7:55, played til like 8:45 or so. Took us forever to figured out who he was, because we were confusing him with his father (Rhett Akins) and apparently that is why he often drops the Akins part of his name. Anyway, kept track of the setlist for him (since I got a semi-decent pic of it): Middle Class White Boy, Whatcha Got In That Cup, Make Me Wanna, Get Me Some Of That, Parking Lot Party (cut witha snippet of Beverly Hills by Weezer), Sorry For Partyin', Front Porch Junkies, Beer With Jesus, It Goes Like This, 1994, and Something To Do With My Hands. Also, interestingly enough, he was born the same year I was (1990).
Anyway. Luke Bryan. Started at 9, played til 10:45, I think. Setlist: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Country Man, Someone Else Calling You Baby, Rain Is a Good Thing, Crash My Party, That's My Kinda Night, Muckalee Creek Water, Suntan City, If You Ain't Here to Party (with snippets of Baby Got Back (Sir Mix A Lot), The Joker (Steve Miller Band), and Song of the South (Alabama)). Then they did Too Damn Young and Dirt Road Diaries out on the little stage, with LB on piano after he intro'd the band. Then they went into Do I? and The Only Way I Know, Drunk on You and then All My Friends Say with a snippet of Enter Sandman (Metallica). Encored with I Don't Want This Night to End cut with Taio Cruz' Dynamite, and then ended with Country Girl. He liked to throw beer. And Solo Cups. Got splashed numerous times. Not quite sure why this was a thing... Also, very butt-wiggly. Not complaining.
It wasn't too bad. There were a couple of annoying people. Dad almost got in a fight with some asshole who kept trying to sneak down into the GA pit (if you wanted to be in the pit so bad, why wouldn't you have just bought a GA ticket? Especially when they were cheaper than the other tickets?) and the lady in front of him almost ended up passing out from drinking too much (again, why would get so totally smashed at a concert? Don't you, I don't know, want to see the concert, given that you did pay money for it? And why would you waste money on $7 beers? Can't you just drink at home for way less money and irritate far fewer people?) Me, I had wavy hand people (can someone please explain the need to wave your hands up in the air for the entire fucking show? I don't understand?) It was some old guy waving his hands around crazily and trying to fist bump random people? All I know is that I wanted some sort of Ghost Ship-esque piano wire thing to go through at stupid-hand-over-head level and solve my problems.
Aside from that, it was a good show. Got some good pictures, too. Made it home pretty quickly, too, despite the crazy mass exodus of people.
( Pics Here )
