Overall Rating
3.2
By Lindz11
Ray makes it a great day!!
Traditionally my sister and I attend a Ray Lamontagne show every year, given that he comes. We even drove down to Ohio to see him. He always comes to Meadowbrook Theatre when coming to Michigan. I enjoy the show every time and, of course this time, he did not disappoint. Love the atmosphere and out seats were amazing!
By Danelrctro69
Glorious Electric Guitar Tone
Having never seeing RL live before, I was half expecting to fall asleep durning this show. Could not have been more off. I was in electric guitar heaven and could not wipe the smile off my face the whole evening.
By Fj88
New album only.
Didn’t play any hits. 100% new album that has a lot of harder rock songs which is strange. He didn’t engage the audience, barely acknowledged ya and had a hat on over his eyes the whole time.
By Paulpajamas
Redundant
I bought these tickets to see the opening act, Neko Case was excellent. Ray is lyrically redundant and his voice is weak. He was lost outdoors.
By ChrisUnplugged
Ray at Nautica, Cleveland
Great concert, great venue.. Wish he would have played "Trouble", love the song. I know artists get tired of playing the same old thing at every show, but some need to be included as "crowd pleasers", as that is why some of the audience comes to the show. Only mildly disappointed due to that.
By LaLaLand1234
Ray LaMontagne disappointed.
I wanted to love the show but couldn’t. Ray didn’t interact with the audience and didn’t play any songs I expected to hear. I am usually so moved by his music, but wasn’t. Disappointed because I was so excited to see him and paid premium pricing for pavilion seats. Especially sucks to be disappointed when you sat through the show outside in 90 degree weather.
By Raysfiancee
He is so incredible
This is the second time I've seen Ray in concert and he certainly doesn't disappoint. If you are looking for him to play a rundown of his radio hits, this is not the concert for you. But if you want to see and appreciate an amazing musician, who is super tight with his band and plays music simply for the joy of creativity and genius, by all means, see him again and again!
By reddingoboy
Ray was excellent as usual. See ya next time!
As expected, the show was great. Second time for us to see him at this venue. It was a hot and humid night and the band still rocked hard. Ray seems a little reluctant to talk up the audience, but this must be his style. No issues, he’s all business and a good singer. Have to give a shout out to Nico Case too. She opened for Ray LaMontagne and gave a passionate set as well. Nice compliment to Ray.
By John3099
Ray needs to get over himself
Ray spoke under 10 words to the crowd the entire night. He performed largely unrecognizable songs and seemingly deliberately skipped over any and all of his songs that people showed up to listen to. His chill vibes style brings people to see his shows, his performance was a mess and nothing of the sort.
By Anonymous
I've seen Ray before and this show was lacking for me. I love his music, but just wasn't As impressed this time.
Join Ray LaMontagne on the Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour.
Ray's vast catalog spans nine full length records, chart topping radio singles, and a Grammy win, in addition to multiple Grammy nominations. This year will prove to be an exciting one for LaMontagne as he heads out on the road celebrating his first full length album, Trouble, playing the album in its entirety as well as songs from across his catalog.
Of this landmark anniversary, LaMontagne has written the following personal note to his fans:
As many of you know, last September was the 20th anniversary of the release of Trouble. Twenty years. Two Decades. That's a lot of water under the bridge. Every cell in my body has changed three times over in that time. I have been three times reborn.
There are moments in your life when you need to place a marker. Some people think that it is brave, or fearless, to never look back. I don't believe that. For the simple reason that if you never look back you will never see how far you have come. This year I place a sign post: twenty years of Trouble.
When Trouble was initially released Vinyl was considered a dead format, never to breathe again Digital audio was the new King. As we know this has proved untrue. Each year more and more music lovers are listening to Vinyl and appreciating it for its depth and breadth of sound, for its physical heft, for its tangible realness. Over the past few months Brian Lee and Bob Jackson at Waygate Mastering have remastered the album for the first time specifically for Vinyl. And I have to say, it sounds incredible. They have managed to bring out subtleties in the vocals, the instrumentation, that were somehow lost previously. It sounds as if a sonic veil has been lifted. I cannot thank them enough.
To further honor this moment I will be hitting the road later this summer for the Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour, playing the album top to tail for the first time since it was released. I hope you will come out and join me and my friends and help us celebrate this moment in time. It wouldn't be the same without you.