Well, after looking at tour dates and seeing how things would fall this year, I ended up kicking off a summer of concerts somewhat unexpectedly at the Bamboozle Roadshow at DTE thanks to free tickets from a friend.

I’m glad that it worked out, because it was a good chance to see some good bands with very nice seats. This Bamboozle tour has a bunch of bands on 2 stages rotating time slots with each other on each stop, the list of main stage groups was: Forever the Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte, Third Eye Blind, LMFAO, Boys Like Girls and All Time Low. Obviously some of these bands have bigger followings than others, but there was a great crowd at the show.

Forever the Sickest Kids came out and put on a solid display of intense music, and set the tone for Good Charlotte to play a nice little set. It was fun to sing along to “The Anthem” and “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” again. From there, we were treated to 40 mins of Third Eye Blind. I was very impressed with them. I don’t care how old or young you are, anyone can sing along to their classic songs. “Semi-Charmed Life”, “Jumper”, and “Never Let You Go” are the kind of songs that you remember. Frontman Stephan Jenkins was pretty entertaining too. Speaking of entertaining, in a different way, we had LMFAO. I wasn’t as into their act, but it was interesting with a bunch of dancing and other characters. After that was Boys Like Girls, and that seemed to be the highlight for the screaming girls in the audience. They drew the biggest reaction of the night, since they are the most current and popular band on this tour with the younger audience.I didn’t stay for the last band as more than 4 hours of alternative rock, classic radio songs from the past and present, and interesting club beats was enough for me. All in all, it was a good experience and a good start to a summer of concerts.

-PK