DTE Energy Music Theatre
Clarkston, MI
August 24, 2014
“I don’t know what they call this place now, but I’ll always know it as Pine Knob!”
The mere mention of the venue’s original name elicited an eardrum-rattling roar from the 15,000-plus that packed the DTE Energy Music Theatre.
Sunday was a special day on the Hypnotic Eye tour. With lots of family in attendance on a gorgeous Michigan summer night, Tom and the band were all excited for a rare outdoor show on this arena tour. Not only had friends come from far and wide, but Michigan native and long-time resident Bob Seger came out to see the show and shared a laugh and a few stories with Tom and the guys before their set.
Two hours later, as the band wound into a cloud of whirling feedback at the end of the “American Girl” encore, Tom stepped to the mike to thank the crowd and tipped his hat to his old friend and pre-show visitor.
"Rock and roll lives!” Tom shouted as the dissonance grew behind him. “And rock and roll never forgets!”
So You Want To Be A Rock ‘n Roll Star (The Byrds cover)
Mary Jane's Last Dance
American Dream Plan B
Into The Great Wide Open
Forgotten Man
I Won't Back Down
Free Fallin'
Spike
Woman In Love
U Get Me High
Rebels
I Got A Woman
You’re So Bad
Learning to Fly
Shadow People
I Should Have Known It
Refugee
Runnin' Down A Dream
Encore:
You Wreck Me
Steppin’ Stone (Paul Revere & the Raiders cover)
American Girl