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Review: Lynyrd Skynyrd at Canadian Tire Centre

 

Can my nose actually start bleeding from this far up?

Opening band: Randy Bachman

Thoughts of the show:

  • Trish and I went to this show with the thought of grabbing the 300 level since a) tickets were pricey and b) we aren’t the hugest fans of Skynyrd.
  • I don’t know if this was due to Skynyrd or not, but security was having a field day with busting people for smoking up.  My favourite moment was a guy being escorted out of the washroom and him saying “Someone told me it was legal as long as I smoked in the bathroom man!”
  • While I don’t follow much Randy Bachman, I was blown away by their set as he played his greatest hits and I then realized that I know quite a few of his tunes from BTO and the Guess Who.  They even had his son Tal Bachman play his 90s hit ‘She’s So High’!
  • We had a killer spot in the 300 level since there were so many empty seats.  We just found a couple of seats that weren’t squished between other people.
  • Skynyrd did not disappoint.  Let’s be honest, we all are there for Free Bird and they delivered.  My face melted a little

 

Setlist

Workin’ for MCA
Skynyrd Nation
What’s Your Name
That Smell
You Got That Right
I Know a Little
The Needle and the Spoon
Saturday Night Special
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
Tuesday’s Gone
Don’t Ask Me No Questions
Simple Man
Gimme Three Steps
Call Me the Breeze [J.J. Cale]
Sweet Home Alabama

Free Bird