Matchbox 20

Thanks to Donna we managed to get tickets to Matchbox 20 at the Entertainment Centre. It wasn't until we walked into the place that we realised that we had 3rd row from the front seats and the best view ever!!

When we arrived, Thirsty Merc were doing their thing to get the crowd going and doing a pretty good job of it too. They went through their hits such as 'In the summertime', 'Someday Someday' and '20 Good Reasons' - the whole time I was pestered by Julie to air guitar along!

Thirsty Merc do their thang...

Once Matchbox 20 stepped foot on stage as predicted the whole place went nuts and Rob Thomas launched into what would be a 2 hour performance of hit after hit. They rolled out the new (from Exile on Mainstream) and old and the crowd lapped it up.

Rob Thomas mid performance

As much as Donna & Jo wanted to, unfortunately there was no getting past the security guard to get to the front and once he spotted Donna's camera he made her put it away so I'm lucky to have these shots at all. Apparently they decided to play a different Australian song at every one of their gigs down-under and we were treated to a INXS cover version before they wrapped up their show with a great performance of Long Day.

Matchbox 20 take a bow