Busch Gardens, VA
7/19/08
Review & picture by Dancy Zahn
What a sweaty day! It was in the nineties, but felt way hotter than that. Busch Gardens in Williamsburg is a beautifully landscaped and well kept theme park. The stifling heat did not deter visitors at all. Tonight’s show was held in Festhaus Park, located in the Oktoberfest section of the park. Gates to the field opened at 5, and there were several fans already waiting at that time. We staked out our spot near the steps to the right of the stage(guarantee for some human touch). The field began to really fill up as it neared 7pm. By 8:00 it was absolutely packed, and people were really pushing and shoving to get closer to the stage.
Rick came out in black shades, his black sleeveless button down shirt, and the awesome new jeans. He broke into WKRR, but things were a little different from that point on. (see set list below) He was in a fun mood, a lot of joking around, and he was very jumpy. This was my first time seeing WVS live, and Rick and the band sounded soooo good! The crowd was really loving it. Rick pulled an adorable little girl named Lori up on stage to sing DTTS. She sounded great! A few other people sang also, including a man who Rick suspected is a singer in a band. He was right. (sounded way too good to be just a regular fan LOL).
We got several covers tonight, which always seems to be the case at the outdoor festival shows. We were treated to Fire, as well as Red house. During Red House, Rick sang, “…wait a minute something’s wrong here…I broke a guitar string!” He tossed his guitar away, and ran back behind George B and played George’s guitar from behind while George was sandwiched in between. It was hilarious! Rick finished RH at the mic with no guitar. That’s ok, gave us a better view of the new jeans we love!
Rick and the guys did the Bath tub version of Gloria, but kept it semi clean for all the kid in the audience. At one point he went from Gloria into a verse of Riders On The Storm, then back into Gloria, cool! Rick was even sweatier than usual, if you can imagine that, so at one point on stage he did a minor costume change. He asked us to close our eyes and count to ten while he took off the black button down, and put on the WKRR tshirt. I can only speak for myself when I say I didn’t even so much as blink during those ten seconds, because I was busy capturing the moment for future viewing.
As Rick made his way off stage for Love Somebody, the crowd got a little out of hand. People were relentless in their efforts to get closer and closer to him. He stayed out in the crowd for Human Touch and My Generation. He took a cell phone from someone and called their husband, but we couldn’t hear anything that was said. He got back on stage for Jessie’s Girl, then made us wait and chant his name for the encore. Now, we had been hoping for a 2 or 3 song encore, but the show was running a little late….so when he came out and did just Love Is Alright Tonight, you might think we were disappointed. And we may have been, if not for the fact that we were too busy basking in the glory of his naked upper half to hold any grudges. Yes, that’s right. Shirtless encore, in just the camo cargo pants. I haven’t been treated to that winning combination since Cleveland in ’06. Perfection!
Set list:
WKRR
Wasted
Affair of the Heart
I’ve Done Everything For You
What’s Victoria’s Secret?
Alyson
Fire
DTTS
Red House
Bath Tub Gloria~ Riders On The Storm~Gloria
Love Somebody
My Generation
Human Touch
Jessie’s Girl
Encore
Love Is Alright Tonight
7/19/08
Review & picture by Dancy Zahn
What a sweaty day! It was in the nineties, but felt way hotter than that. Busch Gardens in Williamsburg is a beautifully landscaped and well kept theme park. The stifling heat did not deter visitors at all. Tonight’s show was held in Festhaus Park, located in the Oktoberfest section of the park. Gates to the field opened at 5, and there were several fans already waiting at that time. We staked out our spot near the steps to the right of the stage(guarantee for some human touch). The field began to really fill up as it neared 7pm. By 8:00 it was absolutely packed, and people were really pushing and shoving to get closer to the stage.
Rick came out in black shades, his black sleeveless button down shirt, and the awesome new jeans. He broke into WKRR, but things were a little different from that point on. (see set list below) He was in a fun mood, a lot of joking around, and he was very jumpy. This was my first time seeing WVS live, and Rick and the band sounded soooo good! The crowd was really loving it. Rick pulled an adorable little girl named Lori up on stage to sing DTTS. She sounded great! A few other people sang also, including a man who Rick suspected is a singer in a band. He was right. (sounded way too good to be just a regular fan LOL).
We got several covers tonight, which always seems to be the case at the outdoor festival shows. We were treated to Fire, as well as Red house. During Red House, Rick sang, “…wait a minute something’s wrong here…I broke a guitar string!” He tossed his guitar away, and ran back behind George B and played George’s guitar from behind while George was sandwiched in between. It was hilarious! Rick finished RH at the mic with no guitar. That’s ok, gave us a better view of the new jeans we love!
Rick and the guys did the Bath tub version of Gloria, but kept it semi clean for all the kid in the audience. At one point he went from Gloria into a verse of Riders On The Storm, then back into Gloria, cool! Rick was even sweatier than usual, if you can imagine that, so at one point on stage he did a minor costume change. He asked us to close our eyes and count to ten while he took off the black button down, and put on the WKRR tshirt. I can only speak for myself when I say I didn’t even so much as blink during those ten seconds, because I was busy capturing the moment for future viewing.
As Rick made his way off stage for Love Somebody, the crowd got a little out of hand. People were relentless in their efforts to get closer and closer to him. He stayed out in the crowd for Human Touch and My Generation. He took a cell phone from someone and called their husband, but we couldn’t hear anything that was said. He got back on stage for Jessie’s Girl, then made us wait and chant his name for the encore. Now, we had been hoping for a 2 or 3 song encore, but the show was running a little late….so when he came out and did just Love Is Alright Tonight, you might think we were disappointed. And we may have been, if not for the fact that we were too busy basking in the glory of his naked upper half to hold any grudges. Yes, that’s right. Shirtless encore, in just the camo cargo pants. I haven’t been treated to that winning combination since Cleveland in ’06. Perfection!
Set list:
WKRR
Wasted
Affair of the Heart
I’ve Done Everything For You
What’s Victoria’s Secret?
Alyson
Fire
DTTS
Red House
Bath Tub Gloria~ Riders On The Storm~Gloria
Love Somebody
My Generation
Human Touch
Jessie’s Girl
Encore
Love Is Alright Tonight
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