Awesome show! Started on time (love bands that do that) at 8pm and played to 11pm with, I'm guessing, a 20 minute intermission. Early setlists showed 5th song to be Don't Look Past Me but is now The Spirit Carries On. As much as I would like to have heard DLPM, SCO is a favorite. Never fail to be impressed by these musicians and their music's complexity.
Saw comments elsewhere about JLB's voice. Sounded spot on to me, but then I wear hearing aids (volume turned down). Any nits I thought were due more to the sound engineer. They could have lifted his voice a bit. But by the end my wife and I were asking "How the heck does he do that for 3 hours?" I gather his odd banter has become a new trademark of theirs.
Saw TA in Durham at the DPAC a year ago (fantastic!) and the crowd sat through the entire performance. I think because folks thought in terms of watching a theatrical performance which it most certainly was (would be cool to see TA made into a stage musical with actors playing/singing the parts with the band on the stage). At last night's concert, the entire audience stood the whole time. Here, instead of a themed show, it was a collection of good stuff, new and old.
My only complaint is the venue. DPAC is infinitely superior to Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Not only the acoustics but also the seating layout. I'd have to drive further but it's worth it.
Envious of those in Asheville going to tonight's show. Be prepared to be amazed.