Photos by Joanna Gleason
Review by Jean Senat Fleury
August 17, 2024 the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass welcomed the Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ
Top, and The Outlaws. Produced by Live Nation, the 2024 Summer Tour which started on
Friday 21 July 2024, landed last week-end in Massachusetts.
Thousands and thousands of fans attended the event. Before the live show performance,
people were eating, drinking, walking around the arena. It was a great night of music. The
repertoire was a mix of Blues, Hard rock, Southern rock, and country.
7:00 p.m. The Outlaws as the first opener arrived on stage. The American southern rock
band from Tampa, Florida played a series of songs from their different albums: The
Outlaws (1975), Hurry Sundown (1977), Ghost Riders (1980), Soldiers of Fortune
(1986), Diablo Canyon (1994), It’s About Pride (2012), and the new album Dixie
Highway released in 2020.
With a new lineup, The Outlaws performed at Mansfield with a group of talented artists
including: Jimmy Domire (guitars), Jeff Aulich (guitars), Henry Paul (guitars, vocals),
Mike Bailey (drums), Randy Threet (bass, vocals), and Dave Robbins (keyboards).
The Outlaws Setlist at Xfinity Center
• There Goes Another Love Song
• Harry Sundown
• Riders in the Sky (Stan Jones and His Death Valleys Ranger cover)
• Green Grass & High Tides
8:15 p. m. ZZ Top took the stage. The American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in
1969 consisting of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist-
vocalist Elwood Francis were terrific. Gibbons and Hill (deseased) were known for their
humorous lyrics, and the matching appearances of sunglass, hats and long beards, alongside
their longtime musician partner Frank Beard were phenomenal.
The Texas trio was terrific. Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill (deased replaced by Elwood
Francis), Frank Beard, after almost 45 years playing together had shown once again their
strong blues roots. They played a series of songs from different albums – Fandango (1975),
Recycler (1990), Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), and their last release Eliminator (1983).
ZZ TOP Setlist at Xfinity Center
• Got Me Under Pressure
• I Thank You
(Sam & Dave cover)
• Waintin’ for the Bus
• Jesus Just Left Chicago
• Gimme All Your Lovin’
• Pearl Necklace
• I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
• I Gotsta Get Paid
• My Head’s in Mississippi
• Sixteen Tons
(Merle Travis cover)
• Just God Paid
• Sharp Dress Man
• Legs
Encore
• Brown Sugar
• Tube Snake Boogie
• La Grange
9:15 p.m. The audience went crazy when legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd entered the
stage. The American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964, although
performing without a single original member, was amazing. The current lineup features
guitarist and vocalist Rickey Medlocke, lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant, drummer Michael
Cartellone, guitarist Mark Matejka, keyboardist Peter Keys, guitarist Damon Johnson,
and bassist Keith Christopher.
The ambiance was electric and everyone was dancing and jumping during each song played
by the group. However the emotion was high inside the place when the music was played in
memory of the former members of the band who died in a crash plane accident in 1977. We
can feel the spirits of Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines (Steve’s sister),
assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, flying on stage. Some fans were seen seemingly in
tears during “Tuesday Gone”, a tribute to Gary Rossington founding member of Lynyrd
Skynyrd and a true southern rock legend. The same emotion was in the room when the band
performed two iconic songs: Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird.
Saturday night, the atmosphere was electrifying at Xfinity Center in Mansfield. It was so
great to see so many people dancing off their seats.
Lynyrd Skynyrd Setlist at Xfinity Center
• Workin’s for MCA
• Skynyrd Nation
• What’s Your Name
• That Smell
• I Know a Little
• Down South Jukin’
• Saturday Night Special
• The Ballad of Curtis Loew
• Tuesday’s Gone
• Simple Man
• Gimme Three Steps
• Call Me the Breeze
(J.J. Cale cover with Billy Gibbons)
13. Sweet Home Alabama
Encore :
• Free Bird
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