Concert Central

With swift set changes between bands, and minimal sponsor plugs, MixFest 2007 was an almost uninterrupted four and half hours of music. Twice between sets, the DJs of Mix 98.5 offered seat upgrades to a lucky fan who sent a text message care of sponsor Dunkin’ Donuts, but when they called out the name [...]

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Just minutes before Matchbox Twenty took the stage as headliners of MixFest 2007, the song Jungle Boogie blared out from the speakers appropo of nothing. The song spun itself out and the band nonchalantly took the stage and launched into Long Day. It was a laid-back reunion, the first of a handful of tour dates [...]

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Chris Daughtry was a massive upgrade in showmanship over Mat Kearney. He was a force on stage, sexy and personable all at once, riveting to take in. There is no way to understate how much of a turn-on his performance was, all the way up the last song. He engaged the audience to [...]

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An unremarkable twenty-minute set featured Undeniable, his breakout single, and Breathe In, Breathe Out which he introduced as “a song for doctors to make out to” because it was picked up by Grey’s Anatomy. But it didn’t matter because nothing in Mat Kearney’s set stood out. Kearney and his band seemed fixed in [...]

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Even a relatively small venue like Agganis Arena was too big for the voice of Colbie Caillat. She was absolutely swallowed up by the acoustics, and her vocals weren’t that strong to begin with. She arrived on stage preceded by a 5 piece band, in a minuscule black dress that was one inch (on [...]

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Blue October sounded great. The material from the last album Foiled forces Justin Furstenfeld to sing, which he can do, but hasn’t done enough of in earlier concert outings. They opened MixFest to a tiny percentage of the 7000+ capacity crowd, but gave a tight and energized performance for those smart enough to arrive [...]

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solid Texas swing, rockabilly kid in a pale blue shirt does the classic vocalizing and keyboard, brought up a woman to vocalize as well, pleasant family atmosphere on a Sunday afternoon kind of music

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They have apparently had a very rough tour, even Mandy Moore was in tears from the crowd’s love and affection. I only recognized two songs she sang, and one was a cover of Rihanna’s Umbrella.

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Amazing, amazing, amazing.
They have apparently had a very rough tour, she was very humble and overwhelmed by the support. Continuously was giving thanks to the audience for their spirit.
Paula opened with Mississippi (she played the piano) and then played 3-4 new songs from Courage. I thought they were a bit heavy. [...]

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impossible number of skinny young men packed on one stage with an amalgam of instruments, they describe themselves as ‘experimental/folk rock/melodramatic popular song’ whatever the latter means, I remember they were cute and not annoying

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