I attended the ELP Welcome Back my Friends concert at Goodyear. The venue had wonderful accustoms for a smaller theater. My only complaint would be the seats were very tight, width and leg room. The cup holder was into my knee.

The Theater This was my first time at the Goodyear Theater. I was a bit unsure about the parking options, so I parked in the paid lot down the street from the venue for $10. Later I found that there was free parking on East Market Street. The seating was pretty reasonable at $35/per ticket plus one handling fee of $13.43. The view from the balcony was actually good and the seats wider and much more comfortable than many other concert venues I’ve been to. The theater was nice looking with multiple bars. There were small restrooms on the balcony level. The Concert I assumed the opening acts were relatively short and had not head of both The Building and Will Hodge. Red Wanting Blue I had heard of, but I really didn’t know there music. The Building was the opening act. They were very disappointing both in their sound quality and their performance. I think it was about 45 minutes but it felt allot longer. Next was Will Hodge. Kind of a country folk performance. I thought that he was very good and I’m not a fan of country music. Quite a talented musician and a strong voice. I think he played for about an hour. Finally Red Wanting Blue came out and Will Hodge joined them for the first song. Red Wanting Blue put on an amazing performance instrumentally, lyrically, the vocals and the sound quality was also good. Scott Terry lead singer was astounding. His powerful vocals and the emotion and feeling he put into the music I rate next to some of the best singers I’ve seen. His musicians were good and the drummer hammered the drums to the point I thought they would need to be replaced before the show was complete. They performed for almost two hours. I will definitely be purchasing their CD’s. Completing the night were giant balloons bounced around the theater along with confetti for a pre New Year’s Eve effect. I would recommend the theater and Red Wanting Blue is a must see band.