I took in The Newboys concert at Target Center Sunday evening. Overall, I would give the concert positive marks (my ears are still ringing!).
The good:
Seats were spectacular - on the floor, 7th row (right by the walkway)
Kutless rocked!! (I missed the opening act Stellar Kart)
Newsboys' drummer Duncan still has it - the rotating drum solo was awesome! 
Newsboys' keyboardist Jeff was using a MacBookPro! (OK, I guess I have to admit that was a pretty geeky observation, but....  )
The bad:
No Phil Joel!! Since he is/was one of my favorite members of the band, I spent the beginning of the concert hoping that he would magically appear from behind the stage.
Somewhat short concert by the Newsboys -- they were done playing by 9:00 pm (I guess this was to offset for the lengthy time to get out of the Target Center ramp -- see below).
30+ minutes to get out of the Target Center parking ramp and I was probably one of the lucky ones (no money was collected on the way in).
I must have been sleeping under a rock for the past couple of months, because the news that he had left the band in Dec 2006 totally escaped me.  |  |
