In terms of their singles, Maroon 5 are more machine than band, but that was a charmingly human moment Thursday.Īnd there were several pulse-quickening moments across a 95-minute set. Their latest full-length, June's "Jordi," has some of the worst reviews of the year.īut that's why Levine goofing up in Milwaukee was actually refreshing. Led by Levine’s vanilla falsetto, it’s pleasing, largely innocuous pop best served on a chill Spotify playlist, or to fill the silence at a department store or coffee shop. That’s come at a cost, with the band pushing aside personality and embracing softer, more synthetic sounds over time to keep up with trends. Compared to practically every other band around, they’ve dominated, with at least one top five single on the Billboard Hot 100 on every album since its 2002 debut album - and sometimes as many as four. Nevertheless though, Maroon 5’s DMV stop on their latest tour was a great way to spend a few hours.More: Here are all the Milwaukee venues, concerts that will require masks, proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test, including Summerfest In addition, my favorite Maroon 5 song, “Lost Stars” was not part of the setlist.
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On the plus side though, my son seemed to enjoy his performance so I guess that is the silver lining.įor an opening act, I would have much preferred a short opening set by group member PJ Morton, who is an amazingly talented solo artist in his own right. Now it could be my forty years of age and my love of real Hip Hop, but whatever Blackbear was doing, just was not for me.
The group’s opening act was Blackbear, and the less said about his performance, the better. My first time seeing Maroon 5 was a fun night out. Despite the lukewarm critical response to the group’s latest album Jordi, “Beautiful Mistakes” and “Memories” both came across great live. My night was made when I heard “Sunday Morning”, while my wife was happy when she heard an acoustic version of “Payphone” and my son’s song of the night was “Don’t Wanna Know”. Ideally, just about any hit song you wanted to hear, was performed. Instead, though, the group kept it moving by performing songs from their seven-album catalog. It would have been great to hear Levine sing his verses of Kanye West’s “Touch The Sky”, Ying Yang Twins “Live Again” or Lil Wayne’s “Trust Nobody”. At this point, I honestly expected Levine and the group to do a medley of Levine’s Hip Hop features. Adam Levine then dipped into his features catalog for a performance of “Stereo Hearts”. From there, the group took it back to the 2002 debut Songs About Jane for a lively performance of “This Love”. While Adam Levine’s dancing didn’t pay proper homage to Mick Jagger, Levine’s stage presence made up for it. The band opened the show with their 2011 hit “Moves Like Jagger “. Carrying the simple title the 2021 Tour, Maroon 5’s eleventh headlining tour was a night of tight musicianship and the pristine falsetto of frontman Adam Levine.
Maroon 5 was one of many acts who had to postpone their 2020 tour, however on September 7th, 2021, the band’s fans in the DMV finally got to experience it. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the industries to take a hit was live music.