Hi All,

So, did anyone see last night's show?? Details, people, details.....



Thanks! Rob

Here's a "review" from the second show:

In what was the first of many sellouts this season at the MSU-Riley Center, Trisha Yearwood helped the center kick off their second season. And while there were several big names that were on stage during the first year, officials say there will not be a let down when it comes to the quality of artists this year.

"We're still building on the excitement of the grand opening, so there really hasn't been too much of a lull for us," said Riley Center Executive Director Dennis Sankovich. "We're really coming into another, second year and pushing ahead."

For many of the shows, even late in the season, a good ticket is something that is beginning to be a little hard to come by.

Many of the tickets are being purchased by people in close proximity to Meridian, but sales to out-of-towners are increasing. And while they are grateful for the state and regional exposure, the attention the center is receiving nationally is what officials know is putting them on the entertainment map.

"These next several months, we're having people come from California, Florida, New York," Sankovich said. "We have patrons coming from all over the nation to Meridian to see performances here and that's exciting."

Riley Center officials say now is the time to buy tickets for shows that you would like to attend. Even if the show is still a couple of months away, tickets are going quickly.

http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/9682662.html

MUSIC REVIEW : Singer basks in crowd’s perfect love

FAYETTEVILLE — Heartache never sounded so good.

Country music star Trisha Yearwood kicked off her tour Saturday at the Walton Arts Center.

She began with two rollicking songs, “Perfect Love” and “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl ).” She later told the audience she was getting her happy songs out of the way, as most of what she records is depressing.

“I like depressing songs. They make me happy,” she said.

After a lackluster opening performance by Amy Dalley, Yearwood and her five-member band put on an impressive and diverse 90-minute show. She sang a selection of tunes from her previous 11 albums and from her newest one, due out in November.

Ten of her 14 songs were from the 1990 s, including “How Do I Live,” which was used in the 1997 film Con Air and won a Grammy. She’s also won Grammy awards for vocal collaborations with Aaron Neville and Garth Brooks, her husband.

The Georgia native had a gracious stage presence, both in addressing the audience and by allowing her band a big chunk of the spotlight. Dressed in a spangled black T-shirt, skin-tight jeans and high-heel shoes, the blonde sang from spots across the stage and returned waves from fans. Yearwood told the crowd they were “guinea pigs,” on the first tour stop and among the first to hear news songs from her new CD, Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love. Other people write songs that tell stories, and Yearwood sings them. But it’s always questionable whether it’s the studio that makes a singer’s voice so perfect.

On Saturday, Yearwood proved that she’s really that good.

She applied her versatile voice to beloved ballads and a few upbeat tunes, like the very groovy “Thinkin’ About You” and the sultry “Wrong Side of Memphis.” “ That’s What I Like About You, ” an energetic and fun song, also showed off the band.

She captivated the crowd with “Georgia Rain” and “The Song Remembers When,” slow songs that made use of her sometimes tender, yet ever-powerful, vocals.

“Walkaway Joe” was good, but just not as good as her duet recording with Don Henley.

Yearwood noted how one could speculate, in hindsight, which songs would become hits. But her biggest hits have come from “happy accidents,” songs she liked that also spoke to others.

A couple of songs seemed to have more meaning with the passage of time. One was her first hit, “She’s in Love With the Boy,” which she used to sing when she opened for Brooks in the early 1990 s, early in his career.

She and Brooks married nearly two years ago, and her diamond wedding ring shone under the spotlight.

Their recent union also added meaning to a lively song from her forthcoming album, “Cowboys Are My Weakness.” She said that one “should be self-explanatory.” The song was sassy and jazzy, with higher than normal vocals for her. But she pulled it off.

Another song, the title cut from that new album, simply rocked.

If the crowd didn’t love her before the encore, they did after her rendition of “Over the Rainbow.” The beautiful impression Yearwood made will be long lasting.

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/201063/

That is an Excellent Review! She is Definately "that good"!
I'm loving that she is getting great reviews, hopefully it will pump up sales for GH and more importantly HEAVEN!
All of you going to these Sept Shows--HAVE FUN!

Awesome review! Thanks!!

Thanks for the great review! I SO wish I was there!!!!!

anyone have any pics?

Excellent review! Sounds like quite a night!