[color:purple]pretty good considering it only holds 16,000 my guess is around 12K ... the lawn wasn't full full, nor were the 400s and 300s ... still a much bigger and better crowd than the last time they played there. an impressive turn-out and one that was appreciated by jack and meg judging by the smiles on their faces when they scanned the crowd and heard our various sing-alongs. the under-age quotient was much higher this time, which helped lower the drunkard factor - which was very good. biggest crowd on this tour, im sure.
we were in the pit, about 30ft from the stage. i love being up close when seeing this band because you can see the expressions on their faces. its minimalist country punk blues rock theater at its finest with loads of sweaty distortion. meg is cute and perky while jack is frantic and a bit quirky. nothing all that special about the setlist - they seem to be running with a rather scripted list for this tour with only a few switches from show to show. still, i got my hotel yorba and my doorbell, but no blue orchid. oh well. the stage set-up was really cool. a simple red screen covered the entire backdrop, and giant sillouette projections of meg drumming or jack strumming graced it through-out. jack wandered up on to the catwalk a couple of times and strutted across, stomping up smoke as he crossed. if you dont like the colour red, dont go. everything is red from jack's outfit (and yes, the bulge is enormous!) to the maple leafs on the amps to the drum kit to the backdrop. even some of the mike stands are red. the ltd. ed print (/225) by print mafia is really cool too. they sold out quickly.
55 minute set, 35 minute "encore". overall ... 9/10