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.  |  |
#1 - wingfoot said:
2007-03-19 12:30 - (Reply)
Nice! I haven't seen the Newsboys or Kutless in a while. I too just found out about the lack of Phil Joel in the band and its definitely a bummer. I did see an article about why he left in one of the most recent issues of RelevantMagazine. It was a good explanation of the circumstances around his decision to strike out on his own and follow the path that God has set before him. I am glad you had a good time. I hope to get to an concert here sometime soon. Side note...the keyboard player for David Crowder Band also uses a mac...they were at my church a while ago and I got to see their whole setup. Pretty impressive.
#1.1 - C Velo said:
2007-03-19 17:25 - (Reply)
This was my first time seeing Kutless, but I would definitely be willing to see them again.
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I wish I could have seen the Phil Joel article (tried google'ing as well search the online mag version with no luck
One thing that I forgot to mention in my concert review is that the Newsboys had webcams set up all over the stage that was then broadcast to the huge LCD screens that were set up on the stage -- definitely a nice plus (especially if you are up in the nose bleed seats).
#2 - TheNewsBoysFan 2007-04-06 22:20 - (Reply)
Omg i saw that same concert but I saw it at The Dodge Theater in Arizon my best friend Jayde took me we had a Blast!!!!