10/07/05 - FRONTIER FIELD, ROCHESTER, NY

Review by Paul:
Was surprised to hear Somebody so early in the show... threw me off for a second. Hearing SO 69 as a full out rocker (save for the moments after the "solo") was a treat too. Spent some time telling us a story about how a radio interviewer asked him this week about that song, and he said "dude its NOT about 1969! Come on...you know...'Me and my baby IN A 69'" which got the crowd roaring.

The WYG singer (I forget her name now) was a girl from Buffalo, and I will have to admit she was good...knew all the words.. sang...danced.... and even Bryan said he was impressed.

Other favourite moments included simple nuances like the segue from This Time into Cuts Like A Knife. As soon as the final guitar crash from TT ended, the band went into the familiar background tune for CLAK for a few seconds before BA announced CLAK and they broke into the beginning of the song from there. Likewise the transition from TSOP to Heaven was nice. Keith's pyrotechnics during Its Only Love were both impressive and funny at the same time. You would have thought he was having an orgasm with the faces he made as he "made love" to the guitar. If we only had a job we liked as much as he does......

Solo songs SFTH and All For Love came off nicely, and then BA looked over to see if he had more time, and upon finding out he did, asked us if we wanted one more with the band (DUH!) so they came out for the surprise Best Of Me. And, yes, he came down to see us for that one.....

The only disappointment was that he only did the one song from RS. I wouldnt have minded hearing Open Road last night. The crowd was MUCH better behaved during BA's set, and even the Def Leppard fans got into it. I feared early on that it was gona be an all Def Leppard crowd, based on the shirts as well as the reaction DL got, but in the end, I think the reaction for BA was even better.

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Review by Suzanne Cappelli:
Anyway, as for the show... another excellent one. This was my third of this tour so far (San Jose, Dallas) and it was amazing as usual. He played for almost an hour and a half with virtually no break. The band was great... they all seemed really into the crowd, especially Bryan. He mentioned that when they were a young band just starting out, Rochester was one of the first cities to play their music so he was psyched to come back to return the favor.

We were able to get right down in front early (first row) which ended up being a good thing b/c the Def Leppard fans didn't scatter after the Band left the stage as usual. More BA fans made their way down in front of the stage but I was surprised at how many Def Leppard fans stayed down in front too. The light show was pretty good (except for taking pics). Bryan was all over the stage as usual. The set list was in line with the last few shows... started off with One Night Love Affair again... This Side of Paradise was the only song they played from Room Service. Keith's solo during It's Only Love was brilliant... no surprise. For the last song, Bryan jumped down off the stage and climbed the three step stool on his side of the gate and sung in the crowd. He was high fives all around and singing at the same time. It was truly incredible. Earlier in the night, he told the crowd that music is so special to him (obviously) and to all of us and he wanted to thank us for "allowing me to keep on doing what I do" after all this time. I just kept thinking... no seriously, thank you!

Setlist:
One Night Love Affair
Somebody
18 Til I Die
Cant Stop This Thing We Started
Kids Wanna Rock
Summer Of '69
Back To You
Everything I Do
This Time
Cuts Like A Knife
When You're Gone
This Side Of Paradise
Heaven
Its Only Love
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Run To You
Straight From The Heart
All For Love
The Best Of Me

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Thanks to Rachel and Paul for the setlist