But It Is Difficult On One Leg!

A local bagpipe group performed on the arena floor while fans were taking their seats, and Rod appeared with a foot brace on his right foot telling the 5,700 strong crowd “I’ll do my best to rock for you tonight, but it is difficult on one leg.” I thought the show was good, mostly. The set was great and the songs were great. Rods voice has been better but that I can live with as the man’s been singing a long time (polite way of saying he’s getting up there lol). What I was really disappointed about was the length of the show. It was only 90 minutes. It’s the shortest show I’ve ever been to and I’ve been to a lot. He could have altered this by simply having a back up band ( It wouldn’t have been Rod but it would’ve been something). I saw in other countries he had Cyndi Lauper but not in Canada. The face value of our ticket was $199 apiece. I don’t mind spending $400 for two people to see someone but not for just 90 minutes. That was disappointing. If we knew that ahead of time would we have spent the money and went anyway? For $400 probably not.

Setlist

1. Soul Finger (The Bar-Kays cover)

2. Infatuation

3. Love Train

4. Some Guys Have All the Luck

5. Rhythm of My Heart (Marc Jordan cover)

6. Can’t Stop Me Now

7. You Wear it Well

8. Tonight’s the Night

9. Forever Young

10. Maggie May

11. I’d Rather Go Blind

12. Downtown Train

13. First Cut is the Deepest

14. You’re in My Heart

15. Handbags and Gladrags

16. Grace

17. Nutbush City Limits

18. Stay With Me

19. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?

ENCORE

20. Sailing

21. Sweet Little Rock & Roller

Review By Debbie MacDonald
Photos By Debbie MacDonald
Montage By Tommy Kevitt