“It’s like the f*ckin’ Mormon Tabernacle…”

(Continued from Part 1 of the evening’s story.)

Approximately 8:30pm, Matt Nathanson and band take the stage. The (little bit broken) Citgo sign on stage just sets the mood perfectly. I took some videos during the show, and I have posted them to YouTube. I took some of them in landscape mode and some in portrait mode, I couldn’t really tell you why. (LOL, just enjoy the videos as we get to them.)

We start the evening with Boston Accent, the title track from the new album. Such a fun singalong song with the “la la la la la, la la la la”s at the end. We move into Car Crash, such an amazing song. Next up is Kinks Shirt and then we move into Run…

Next up we get the pleasure of hearing German Cars. What an incredible song. From that we bounce into Headphones, which was a blast to sing at the top of my lungs. And from there, we get the fun lil ditty created by none other than Prince… Starfish and Coffee. In the video you’ll see where MN was teaching us all the chorus and having so much fun with it.

I remember seeing him play that during one of his “Lockdown Livestreams” on YouTube, and it was such a fun song! He told the story behind the song and it is truly just a good time. 🙂

Next song on the list was Soundtrack, which I freaking love. A fantastic love song for sure.

Then we got some throwback songs, back to the Some Mad Hope and Beneath These Fireworks albums. All We Are, Sad Songs, Curve of the Earth, Angel, I Saw… (The setlist says we also got Bent but I think they may have skipped that one due to MN not feeling well… either that or I was truly just spaced out and can’t remember them playing it..)

One of my favorite songs from the Sings His Sad Heart album was next, Used to Be. Then, friendos, one of the MN songs that gives me life… Faster! Video does include MN and Aaron giving us a tutorial on when to do the *clap*.

We were treated to yet another cover song: Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover). So freaking good, and I wasn’t expecting to hear this one! Then we got the classic Come On Get Higher, a song that even non-MN fans might have heard… and the show closed with Suspended. (There was one more song on the set list, but again I think they skipped it due to MN not feeling well.) You see the title of this post? That phrase was uttered during this song performance… he’s not wrong.

When the show ended, I waited around for a bit. You know, just in case. But after a couple of minutes the crew started clearing off the stage. Jenny got her hands on one of the set lists and let me snap a quick pic of it…

Oh, and remember the merch I talked about that the VIPs got? Jenny gave me one of their posters. <3

Jenny and Jason, you have no idea how much I appreciate you two. I hope our paths cross again in the future… heck, or even online! I’d love to say hi again! It’s also in one of these videos where MN basically gives you permission to hang out with his kid, too… lol. So you have video proof of such. 😉

A walked me back to my car in the parking deck, then I drove him to his Jeep, and we went our separate ways. I got home around midnight, got 6 hours of sleep, then it was back to work like nothing spectacular had happened the night before.

But it was truly a magical night that I won’t ever forget. <3

Thank you Stephen Kellogg, Matty Nay, Jenny, Jason, and A for making Valentine’s Day 2023 so amazing.