Journey and Def Leppard Reviews

Kim Hittinger from Moses Lake, Washington

JOURNEY AND DEF LEPARD

Journey is my all time favorite and I have been to four of their concerts in the past six years. Every time I’ve gone it has been a real treat. This past Saturday at the Gorge in Washington was just a mess. The sound was terrible. Arnel was off key and could not be heard over the high bass and windy noise of the guitars. The long solos were too much - way too long. There were not enough of the classic songs. They weren’t very personable to the audience. It was embarrassing and sad to see so many people leave early. Def Lepard on the other hand was a big surprise to me. I didn’t think I’d like their show as much as I did. Their sound system was great and they were engaging. The audience was very much into their performance. It was a lot of money for only half a concert.

Lucy from Nampa, Idaho

DEF/JOURNEY IN NAMPA

I'm a fan of both bands. I had a ticket issue from the start. They said sold out except most expensive seats n then all of a sudden they had tickets. Bait n switch. Then I was told I could get a meet n Greet with Journey n that was fake too. Regardless of all that - I was there for Journey. Def blew the doors off the joint. They were hands down amazing. I'm bummed to say Journey struggled. They clearly had sound issues. When they did solos the sound was good, not great, good. We couldn't hear Arnel at all except when he did some odd solo note belting during Faithfully, n he jumped around too much. Neal was a great in his solos n he did a special solo riff in Faithfully. Steve's a master at the drums n Jon was amazing on the piano but together all we could hear was the drums. Ross kept making faces at the crowd. The overall feel I got was they didn't want to be here. I was excited to see them n they didn't want to be here. Idaho has fans too, sorry were not good enough for you!

80's Rocker from Portland, Oregon

JOURNEY'S SOUND TERRIBLE/DEF LEPPARD DELIVERED

Journey's sounds was muffled, Arnel was hard to hear, and acoustics were terrible. After all the negative reviews with this tour, I can't believe they haven't fixed it. It's wrong to charge $$$ for tickets and not deliver on one basic element - sound. I WiLL NEVER attend another Journey concert. Def Leppard delivered and were very entertaining. We watched from nosebleed seats at Moda in Portland and some jerks in front of us stood the entire concert. Their seats had a rail in front of them, so they felt supported as they stood the entire time. One song or two songs...ya, sure okay...I get it. You're inspired and want to stand. However, when you don't feel stable being up that high and don't have that guard in front of you, standing to sway one or two inches doesn't feel safe. Have some common courtesy and sit in between a few songs. Security wouldn't make them sit, but I will admit it was entertaining to watch people throw things at the backs of their heads.

Jackie from San Francisco, California

DOOBIES: GOOD DL AND JOURNEY TERRIBLE

I have to say that this was the worst concert I have ever been to. We went the very night before to see the Eagles and had a fantastic time, probably one of the best concerts I've ever seen. The sound was completely off for both DL and Journey. The Doobie Brothers seemed to have better sound, not sure why. We left before Journey even finished. I was very disappointed. The sound was at its best OUTSIDE of the ballpak.

Michael Hunt from San Francisco, California

THE JOURNEY TO DEFNESS

I would hire a better sound crew or at least hire the sound crew from Foo Fighters tour as consultants. BTW, Foo Fighters sounded amazing in SAP Center. Any who, the opening act, Foreigner actually sounded good despite the 6pm-ish start with dusk looming near. DEF LEPPARD runs out on the stage, does their intro, then silence and runs back off stage. Oops. Was that a foretelling of things to come? I would say that Joe Elliot did his best to keep the energy going, but the sound issues took away from the band's performance. The hits were as I remembered them, but the distortion in the sound at various key points of their set was baffling. And then we move onto JOURNEY. The sound issues continued, but at least Arnel Pineda's voice held for the hits. If the sound crew had resolved most of the mixing issues, then I feel it would have been a magical night. ATT park is an amazing venue to experience a concert even at a brisk 55 degrees :)

Michael Webster from Hayward California

A.T & T. PARK CONCERT

D.L. was excellent. Mick and Company were solid. Journey however was not good even a little. The lead singer has done a dis service to the lyrics and nuances of said lyrics that we all know by heart. Any variance and we know we are watching and expensive Karaoke band. Then the overall sound issues! Where do i start? It was just bad.

Chuck from San Francisco CA

WENT TO SEE JOURNEY, DL WAS BETTER.

Journey is a vocal driven AOR band but I found the guitars over-powering, the sound mix was simply off. Many have said the same thing so not sure why the band hasn't tweaked things. It's not the venue because Def Leppard sounded crisper, cleaner. Seemed like Arnel was trying to sing thru the distortion. DL sounded like the records. Journey not so much. Someone needs to turn down the volume on Neal Schon's guitar. ATT park is good enough acoustically, I saw AC/DC there and they sounded awesome.

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