【150904】 RAN今天演出的综报。 Thursday night was just a preview of what's to come in Syracuse. Next year, the new Lakeview Amphitheater will boom weekly with rock, country and everything in between. We music fans will bicker over which concerts are worth seeing and which are a waste of time. We'll swap stories of shows we saw and lament the ones we missed. We'll trade rumors over who might or might not be coming to the shores of our city. But, ultimately, the concert that will always resonate most -- the one that will endure in our minds and on an eventual Wikipedia page -- will be the first: Miranda Lambert. The country-pop diva ushered in a new era of entertainment in Syracuse with an easy-to-like, all-around solid show on a muggy Thursday night at the Lakeview Amphitheater. Lambert's concert marked the apex of a dynamic summer for Syracuse music. It wasn't the biggest show by the numbers, perhaps, but it was unparalleled in scrutiny, visibility and grandiosity. It attracted music fans, politicos and casual rubberneckers interested to see how the $50 million amphitheater would hold up. While the show didn't fill the 17,500-person venue, it came pretty close. With just one month to sell tickets and competition everywhere, the turnout was admirable, with a nearly full pavilion and lots of room to spare on the lawn. As for Lambert, she played the part perfectly, acknowledging the monumental occasion to an electric audience. The packed pavilion boomed like the wide-open grandstand at the NYS Fair never has, as Lambert's lyrics rippled throughout an eager crowd. "We are christening the Lakeview Amphitheater tonight," Lambert shouted early in the night. "Let's have a big ol' party!" And so went the evening -- a big ol' party at Syracuse's newest stage. Sure the lines for food and beer were long. There was traffic. There was waiting. The grass was, in places, littered with hay. There was no soap in one bathroom and a concession stand ran out of cole slaw. But every good party needs a few fouls. And Lambert more than made up for logistical lapses with 80-plus minutes of her rock-chic country tunes. The "Bring Me Down" singer took the stage all smiles and sweets at 8:34 p.m. wearing short, black leather shorts and a white t-shirt with the sleeves rolled up. She let a video of "Something Bad" play her in, sauntering onstage with a pink electric guitar (per her tour's name). She ditched the guitar early on in the show -- it appeared mostly a prop, anyways, as her seven-piece band did the heavy lifting. She kept banter to a minimum as she played hits like "Mama's Broken Heart" and "Kerosene." She splashed in covers of "Mississippi Queen" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Travellin' Band." She even closed with ZZ Top's "Tush" before fireworks lit up the harbor. Ultimately, Lambert was everything this community needed her to be. She was charming with flashes of sass. She was apolitical and easy to enjoy. She was cheeky and endearing, winning over a crowd already clearly in her corner. She was a slam dunk for a project that desperately needed to make a good first impression. And she set the bar for years of concerts to come. 嘻嘻嘻嘻嘻
【150914】 本月的18,19日,RAN将在德州的 Luckenbach为自己的狗狗救助慈善机构 MuttNation Foundation 举办慈善演出。 这个机构成立至今,专注于狗狗的救助、领养,并且为了帮助小动物们已经捐助了超过200万刀。 与RAN同时登台的还有: Jessi Alexander (“The Climb”, “Drink On It”, “Mine Would Be You”), Jon Randall (“Whiskey Lullaby”), Radney Foster (“A Real Fine Place To Start”, “Raining on Sunday”) 以及the Voice第二季熊队成员,也是熊脸现在的伴唱Gwen Sebastian。