By Cindy Whitehair and Perry Whitehair
This is a bit of a departure for Front Row Reviewers Utah, but when a concert is actually billed as a “show” and you have reviewers attending the concert, a concert review you get. ~Enjoy~
Sunday Night, the Maverick Center was invaded by The Rock and Worship Roadshow #5, known by its followers as simply The Roadshow. The Roadshow is sponsored by Grand Canyon University (note – my son is a freshman at GCU), Compassion International, Logos Bible Software and New Release Tuesday. For those that don’t know what The Roadshow is, think a Christian version of the Monsters of Rock tours.
This year’s lineup was a change up from past years. Previously, the show had been headlined by Roadshow founders Mercy Me, but with a new album coming out in April, the band decided it was time to let other bands have a shot at the tour while they stayed in the studio finishing the album. However, that did not stop Mercy Me lead singer Bart Millard from putting in a couple of video appearances during the course of the show.
We As Human kicked off the show with a bang with “Strike Back” off of their self-titled first album. They brought the crowd to their feet when John Cooper from Skillet joined them for “Zombie” also from the first album.
The Neverclaim followed in what ended up being a very bittersweet performance for the band. Their drummer, Jared Key, is leaving the band to go on a long term mission to India with his wife. While they didn’t quite have the energy that We As Human started off with, they still kept the energy fairly high. Their rendition of “Mighty Jesus” with Jamie Grace had the crowd on their feet.
The first half of the show ended with Royal Tailor. I was only familiar with one of their songs, “Remain”, but the other songs in the set were so energetic and catchy and enjoyable that I could not help but joining the younger crowd in jumping to the beat during “Ready Set Go”.
Where We As Human started out the show on a high, Andy Minoe outdid them tenfold. The show’s lone rapper, Minoe won me over even I am not a huge fan of rap music with an energetic performance that made it impossible to sit still. His “Uno Uno Seis” was especially enjoyable. The title refers to Mineo’s love of Romans 1:16.
Soulfire Revolution from Bogotá, Columbia slowed things down with a couple of traditional worship songs and then they ramped things back up with their song “Revival”.
Third Day’s set was very polished – which given their 21 years together is to be expected. Lead singer Mac Powell had the crowd singing along with classics like “Revelation,” “Tunnel,” “Kicking And Screaming,” and “I Need A Miracle.” The crowd roared in appreciation when Andy Mineo joined them onstage for “I Got A Feeling.”
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Jamie Grace charmed the audience with her acoustic set which included her hit “Hold Me” and her latest “Beautiful Day” as well as a shout out to the “Jesus Freak” who discovered her through her YouTube channel, TobyMac.
But it was Skillet who had the Maverick Center crowd most engaged and energized. If you have never seen Skillet perform before, you have missed out. This band knows how to put on a show and while they have added a lot of pyrotechnics and lights to the show since the last time we saw them at SaltAir for the Awake and Alive tour in 2009, the raw energy of the band is the same. This was a solid hour of frenzied energy from lead singer/bassist John Cooper, his guitarist wife Korey, lead guitarist Seth Morrison and drummer Jen Ledger, who was Drum Magazine’s “Rising Star” of 2012. They roared through their hour-long set that included three songs from the new album “Rise” (“Not Gonna Die, “Sick of It” and “Fire and Fury”) as well as old favorites “Awake, “Comatose,” “Hero” and “Monster.” The only time Cooper slowed down at all was to explain the real story behind their song “Last Night” which was written for a friend who was contemplating suicide so that Cooper could show how much HE valued her – even if she felt no one else did. They closed the night and the tour with “Rebirthing”.
This is my second Roadshow experience and it will not be my last. The Roadshow is one of those concert events that you go to repeatedly because it is just so much fun – and affordable(thanks to their commercial sponsors. Tickets are $10.00 at the door or if purchased in advance from the venue, which makes it a perfect outing for church youth groups. We were there with the youth from our church. Or bring the family. It’s a great time for the whole family. If you purchase tickets online, they are $20.00.
You won’t have to worry about your younger children hearing or seeing anything inappropriate, although it is a rock concert so it is loud. Yet they can still enjoy the arena concert experience. There was one couple sitting near us whose two daughters, aged approximately three and five. Those little ones danced with the rest of the crowd through the entire Third Day and Skillet sets.
All in all, The Roadshow is a great family friendly evening and well worth going to when they come back to Utah next winter.
The Roadshow http://theroadshowtour.com/
Sponsors: Grand Canyon University http://www.gcu.edu/
Compassion International http://www.compassion.com/
Logos Bible Software https://www.logos.com/
New Release Tuesday http://www.newreleasetuesday.
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