Comments on: Boston, Styx @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:52:46 +0000

Wow. I can’t believe what happened at the Denver show. Sorry to hear it. Just wanted to say that I was at the Jones Beach (NY) show last night and Boston was unbelievable. DeCarlo and Sweet both did vocals and they were amazing. I want you guys to see the show from last night because it was a high-energy, highly entertaining show. They played for an hour and a half with a two song encore – Smokin’ & Party. They were really excellent. REO Speedwagon was pretty good, too.

By: A.Kobinaugh

A.Kobinaugh — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:35:59 +0000

I saw that concert too and admittedly Styx was the best of the two bands overall. I also saw Boston in KC thinking that the Denver show must have just been a fluke and Tommy Decarlo was no better there as he barely sang on most of the songs and when he did there was not even an attempt to hit any high notes! Its a shame that auditions weren’t held for the lead singer poisition of Boston because I absolutely know who should have gotten the job his name is bill bishop and he is the singer for a Boston tribute band in KC called 4th stage and their vidoes are all over you-tube. I will be amazed of Scholz doesen’t fire decarlo before the end of the tour. Go back to Home depo Tommy decarlo and give Tom Scholz a chance to salvage his band!

By: Afton Lees

Afton Lees — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:02:01 +0000

I have seen Boston and Styx several times this tour. Tommy DeCarlo is doing an excellent job and the reviews have been outstanding. Red Rocks, though, was not a good one as he could hardly even talk prior to showtime (they said this on the radio).

I will say, though, the reviews on both the Styx and Boston boards have been kick ass. I got to see them 4 times this summer and Tommy has been wowing crowds everywhere. But, I will agree, Red Rocks was the worst one that I saw. The fans on both fan boards have said the same thing.

These things happen, man, it sucks, but the rest of the tour, Boston has rawked the house!!

By: CRA

CRA — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:46:02 +0000

Well, it was not a fluke at Red Rocks. I saw the show last night in St. Louis. My only regret is not reading the comments above prior to buying the tickets. Boston was a joke!! The lead singer was a statue standing center stage. Sorry, every once in awhile he would wave his hands. You could barely hear him at all, which was fine. I made it through 6 songs and had to leave.

Styx was great. They are absolutely worth seeing. Just wait for them to tour with a band other than Boston.

By: len moses

len moses — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:28:30 +0000

well i am a big boston fan and i believe that if tommy doesn’t work out, then tom can have michael sweet and bring back fran cosmo!!!!!! there will never be another brad delp but fran can sure hit those high notes. thing is, something caught tom sholtz attention when he first heard tommy decarlo, so he had a bad night, we all have those every now and then.

By: Biily Bogowen

Biily Bogowen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:31:30 +0000

I can hear Ole Tommy Scholz screaming at his cover band in the dressing room from here!

By: A Roadie

A Roadie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:24:09 +0000

I sincerely hope everyone who reads down this far understands that DDY, JY , and Lawrence Gowan would never actually write the responses above, or for that matter than any major artist would ever comment electronically on any review, regardless of content. It is perplexing that people would post in the name of these (or any) artists, but it reinforces the adage that one should not believe everything one sees in print.

By: MontanaJim

MontanaJim — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:06:46 +0000

I flew from Montana to see this concert. While Red Rocks as a concert venue is fantastic, the management of it is one of the poorest I have ever seen. From my experience, there is little communication between management and any of the vendors or their own employees. I sent an e mail to Ron Garrison, Guest Services Manager at Red Rocks about the problems we encountered. I received a sanitized version of “we did what we could, not much else we can do” reply. Red Rocks could be so much more if it was properly operated. The “Gorge” in Seattle puts Red Rocks to shame. (And I’m not even from Seattle).

As for Boston, that is the worst performance by a major band that I have ever seen. Boston has always been one of my favorite bands and I was very disappointed by the meltdown that happened that night. Styx totally rocked the place and set Boston up for a complete rock show. Instead, we have a singer who can’t hit the high ranges that Brad Delp could, so he is helped by the female backup singer. It worked extremely well on “Don’t Look Back”, the best song they did that night. Then the total collapse on “More Than a Feeling”. Then they decided it was best to put on a bar band jam. While many people left, the rest sat on their hands. Another concert first, people sitting down (most of the crowd) halfway through a big concert. They finally got a fair number of people up for “Long Time”, but way too late. Another first for me….the headliner band that didn’t play an encore and nobody that wanted one. What a waste of money.

By: pete

pete — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:49:51 +0000

Styx was incridble, what a tight band that totally rocked!! Boston on the other hand was less than impressive – i was one of the thousands that cut out early, something i rarely do. I guess they needed a guy from Lowes to back up the guy from Home Depot!!

By: BigB

BigB — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:24:45 +0000

I thought this reviewed rocked!! Who cares who played the “keyboreds”! Guitars are the real power in rock! Also, I wouldn’t be bragging if a dude from Styper was in my band!