...so to speak. So I finally, after many years of fandom, got to go to my first DM concert last night! I went to the Santa Barbara show, and it was awesome. Technical problems not withstanding...about four songs into it, in the middle of Walking In My Shoes, *poof*, the stage power went out. Mikes and everything. Methinks it was probably the cool LED screen they had behind them. So after about ten minutes they came back on, minus the LED screen and continued performing. It was actually really neat withOUT the screen, because at that point it was all about the music. They did get the screen working for their encores.

I was a bit surprised, considering this is an album tour, that they only did about four songs from SOTU, then the rest of the show was older stuff. Not that I minded listening to the classics, far from it, it was one of the best shows I ever saw.

Also, I was amazed when Martin came on and sang...he sounds, like, EXACTLY the same live as he does on a studio recording. What a voice he has. I also loved the silver sequined suit (say THAT five times fast) he was wearing.