Justin Moore, Darius Rucker, Brad Paisley H2O World Tour on Thursday, September 9th at the Spokane Arena
Cowboy Justin Moore opened up the evening show inside the arena on Brad’s H2O World Tour. When I walked in with my mom he had almost the whole arena standing up and singing along too “Small Town USA.” It was quite the energy rush to walk into, not going to lie! Tonight I took my mom to see Brad Paisley, she is a big country fan and was very excited to go out to a show at the arena. We ate dinner at Raw and ran over to catch Justin Moore. Another song that we had fun too was “I Could Kick Your Ass.” Which he said the song got him in a lot of trouble but also go him a record deal. It’s also his grandma’s favorite song of his! I loved that one of his band member’s played the keytar, I rarely get to see those plus see them during a country concert. Justin’s songs are fun to sing along too and man oh man do they make girls scream, I think my ears are still ringing! Justin went out with a classic, a little “Gimmie All Your Lovin’,” by ZZ Top which was just another song we sang along too. I didn’t catch his whole set but from what I saw Justin Moore was a great fit for the evening.
I wasn’t expecting Darius Rucker to steal the show! He is meant to be a country artist without a doubt. Wearing his boots, a RUN DMC Shirt, and Nike Ball Cap his set was my favorite of the night. He said he was in a good mood Spokane because football season started today! You could tell he was having a great time, which in return made us have an awesome time. His set included: “Forever Road,” “Only Wanna Be With You,” “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” “It Won’t Be Like This For Long” which he dedicated to all of the parents, “Come Back Song” which is the 1st single of his new album due out October, “Let Her Cry,” “Family Tradition” which everyone sang along too, “Hold My Hand,” and really went out with a bang by covering Prince’s “Purple Rain” at the end of the night. He killed it start to finish! I want to see him again, just fantastic live! His new music, the Hootie tunes, all of it. I can’t wait to pick up his new album “Charleston, SC 1966” on October 12th; I hope you check it out too!
I saw Brad Paisley the last time he came to Spokane and I must admit he had one of the more video interactive, cooler sets I have seen. Tonight wasn’t any different, he had a huge video screen, lights, and when he entered the stage he appeared as he was climbing out of a pool; since well it is the H2O tour! With his video screen he made it look like water, played funny clips of people in the water, had videos to go with songs, added in our Spokane Indians Logo, and many more cool effects. Opening with “Water” and playing songs including “She’s Everything,” “Catch All the Fish,” “You Do the Math,” and many many others, he sounded great. He even threw in a little snippet of “Single Ladies.” Every time I glanced over to Brad he had a new guitar, he must have as many guitars as girls do shoes. Bobble head Brad even made an appearance at the show! Another cool part about his set was at the sound board he had a pool stage, where he sat on the diving board and did a few songs. He is very creative and is definitely an entertainer, and a show you don’t want to miss.
I didn’t make it to the arena early enough to catch all the fun stuff outside but when we arrived they were just beginning to tear it down and it looked like a water circus. They even had a huge stage in the middle of the parking lot! I wish I could of gone earlier, the tour seems really cool! I am glad they made a stop in Spokane, I hope our country fans liked it because I know my mom and I did!
Photos courtesy of Jason McCollim.
