Night Ranger

There is no doubt that after 42 years, Night Ranger still rocks in America (and anywhere else)! High energy, clearly having a great time still, they play with the crowd as well as for them. The music speaks for itself, of course, and I go see them any chance I get. And can I say that I think they're the only band that doesn't bury the drummer at the back of the stage? I enjoy that, even though I was way over to the other side at this particular show. The bit where everyone is playing drums is also one of my favorite parts of the show too -- unique and fun. And I scored a drumstick afterwards, so that was a treat. Even if all you've ever heard are their hits on the radio, go see them if you get a chance. You won't regret it!

Saw Night Ranger on Feb 2, in rancho mirage, at The Show, inside Agua Caliente Casino, and they were really Great. Loved the venue, it's an awesome place to see a concert. Not a bad seat in the place. Night Ranger rocked!! Thanks Guys, for a fabulous Show!! Much Appreciated!!!

Small, clean venue downtown Tucson. Event was very organized and not a bad seat in the house. Night Ranger performed on time and delivered a super high energy show that rocked the house for an hour and a half straight. Plenty of parking within 1/4 mile of the venue and plenty to eat and drink downtown as well.

Oh my God! Night Ranger did amazing! Played all there great material and even did some covers such as Crazy Train and the intro of Sweet Child O’ Mine as well as the Dang Yankees due to the Night Ranger members being part of those bands! Audio was perfect and the Guitar Solos were amazing! Hope Night Ranger comes back soon! It was great

Night Ranger: 12/1/23 “With the Christmas season rapidly approaching I set out for Evans Georgia for my last regularly scheduled concert of the year (but you never know). The venue which is quickly becoming my favorite was the 2,062 seat Columbia County Performing Arts Center. Both the sound and view were perfect! Choosing my tickets wisely for both view and pricing on Ticketmaster’s map during the presale back in October I landed the exact center seat front row in the balcony. The evening prior I was informed that my seat would be upgraded and I ended up being seated eighteen rows back from the stage, orchestra level center, near the soundboard. Back in 1982 I had purchased Night Ranger’s first album ‘Dawn Patrol’ on vinyl when it first came out but to my chagrin hadn’t really followed the band much after that aside from their radio play favorites. The band originally formed in San Francisco in ’79 as ‘’Stereo’ and ‘Ranger’ has proven to naysayers throughout the years that yes, we can still rock in America despite the shifting of times and musical genres. Night Ranger still features its original members Jack Blades 69 (vocals, bass), Brad Gillis 66 (guitar), and Kelly Keagy 71 (drums, vocals) since the very beginning, plus Kerri Keli (guitars since 2014 who has played with a number of major artists including Alice Coper and Slash), and Eric Levy (‘The All-nighter’) on keyboards since 2011. Billed as ‘An Evening With Night Ranger’ the show was the first of a mini-15 date tour and hence there was no set list to follow along with. However with 13 studio albums producing 13 charted singles the evening was sure to be a winner no matter how it turned out! Arriving early I made made my way down to the open-concept stage for a close up revealing keyboards on a riser stage right and drums stage left separated by four stairs on each side leading up to an elevated walkway between the two. The dual drum heads each portrayed the classic logo as well as a large 40TH ANNIVERSARY logo backdrop positioned above the walkway center stage. There were no video screens. At 8:11 p.m. the lights went down to the sounds of Elvis Costello’s ‘Pump It Up’ as the American hard rock band took the stage for a one hour and 55 minute / 18 song set. Once the final member had taken their position on stage, the lighting turned to all red, white, and blue with the opening notes of ‘You Can Still Rock In America’ played over the sound system in a symphony arrangement. The spotlight then shown on Blades standing on the walkway under the logo holding his bass guitar up in the air. The rock anthem Blades wrote after reading an article about rock being dead in lieu of new wave back in 1983 began an evening filled with big hits, some covers, and many surprises. The sound quality in the venue itself was unparalleled considering it was pretty loud in there! Next on the set were ‘Four In The Morning’ 1985’s #13, and ‘Sing Me Away’ which cracked the top 40 and featured drummer Kelly on vocals and ended in a tri-guitar solo (there were plenty of them throughout the evening). Blades addressed the audience, ‘Well would you look at this, Night Ranger’s back in the great state of Georgia, how ‘bout that. I’ll tell you what, we’re just getting warmed up right now. We haven’t played in about ten days, you know, been eating turkey.’ Blades dove right into his supergroup ‘Damn Yankees’ catalogue with ‘Coming Of Age’ a #1 from the debut self titled release back in 1990. Blades switched up the lyrics skillfully from ‘I asked her her name, she said her name was Maybe’ to ‘She said her name was Georgia’ to the delight of the crowd. That wasn’t the only Damn Yankees song inserted in the set, ‘High Enough’ was featured in the second half of the show Blades introducing it by stating, ‘We’re gonna do a song I wrote with my buddy Tommy Shaw.’ ‘Sentimental Street’ a #3 single followed with perfect harmonies from the band backing up Kelly once again taking lead. Next came the surprises, the first being ‘The Secret To My Success’, Blades explaining how Michael J Fox had called up the band on the phone saying ‘I’m doing a movie called The Secret Of My Success and I want Night Ranger to play the title track.’ The song ended up being a #12 hit for the band back in 1987. ‘We’re gonna pull something right out of the back pocket from our second album okay?’, Blades announced, as a pair of unreleased as singles ensued, ‘Rumors In The Air’ the 2nd track from the ‘Midnight Madness’ album, then ‘Hey you remember ‘Call My Name’, you remember that song Eric?’ The Dawn Patrol deep cut was a great bonus, something I wasn’t expecting to hear. Covering his eyes from the spotlight to peer out towards the soundboard Jack apologized to Brian their sound man, ‘We are playing songs that were not on the setlist tonight!’. Then remarked, ‘He’s walking off the set right now. Oh, that’s another guy!’ With the spotlight now on Kerri, he played the opening riff to ’Sweet Child O Mine’ which ended abruptly as he surmised, ‘That’s all we know!’, then he busted out into a full rendering of ‘Schools Out For Summer’ from back in his Alice Cooper days. Next the spotlight was on Brad who had taken a hiatus from the band to fill in on guitar for Ozzy Osbourne after Randy Rhodes untimely passing for a full band performance of ‘Crazy Train’. For me it was a meaningful experience as I had seen Ozzy LIVE exactly 14 days after Rhodes died with Robert Sarzo filling in on guitar, he only played a handful of dates. Brad had not onboarded until later on in November of the same year —1982. The guitar solo was played with perfection, almost better LIVE than on the studio album. I know that could be considered sacrilege, but think about how many times Brad has played it LIVE so it’s really kind of an unfair comparison. ‘Who’s seen Ozzy play before raise your hand?’, Jack asked. I got to raise my hand as well as a number of folks in attendance. ‘Who has never seen Night Ranger play before raise your hand?’ I got to raise my hand again. ‘No s**t, where’ve you been, we’ve been doing this for forty years, come on!’ ’Night Ranger’, Dawn Patrol’s last track followed with a full blown drum solo occurring mid song. Jack began with a mini-bass/drum intro prior to Kelly taking over. One by one each member of the band joined in on the drum riser each with sticks in hand beginning with Kelli wearing a wolf head mask suited just for such the occasion. A surprise cover of Don Henley’s ‘Boys Of Summer’ followed with Brad and Kerri each on acoustic, Brad taking the lead solo. Blades called out, ‘Check it out, we’re doing crazy stuff for you so check this one out’. It was about time that things were starting to wind up toward a grand conclusion with a barrage of hits. First was ‘Goodbye’, a band favorite written by Blades addressing the topic of drug overdose and introducing it by saying how the song has ‘helped a lot of people out through a lot of hard times.’ Kelly left the kit with tambourine in hand for the #16 song from the ‘7 Wishes’ album. ‘When You Close Your Eyes’, ‘Don't Tell Me You Love Me’, and ‘Sister Christian’ were played in tandem completing the set. On ‘Don’t Tell Me’ Brad took the first part of the guitar solo and Kerri the second, both performed perfectly in addition to Blades spot on vocals. For ‘Sister Christian’, the band’s highest charted single, #2 in the U.S. and #1 in Canada, every cell phone flashlight was on, illuminating the auditorium! The band took their final bows to a recording of ’Sweet Caroline’ played over the sound system as the guitarists each took to the front of the stage with red solo cups full of guitar picks tossing out dozens as far as they could throw them. I overheard the sound operators remarking how the show lasted longer than they had anticipated, much to my delight. The show itself was by far one of the best of the year for me simply because the band captured entirely everything their genre of music stands for. I’ve been to rock shows where everyone keeps to their place and position on stage, not so with Night Ranger. They moved around the stage all evening long, keeping the energy levels to a ten, interacting with each other and with the audience unlike one would think for individual members in their 60’s and 70’s. One additional thing that may have made it so special for me was the fact that the I could identify completely with the demographics of the audience, just about everyone was my age. I suppose we we’re all reliving our high school years in our own kind of way. Long Live Rock!” Review and photo by DAve (Concert #841)

This was the 13th time I've seen Night Ranger since probably the year 2000 because I was a kid in the '80s and I did not get to see them until I was a little older but let me tell you they never disappoint the three original members are just amazing as always they have so much energy they sound so amazing just like the CD! These guys are just an amazing group and it's their 40-year anniversary I finally got a t-shirt I got a cute girl t-shirt and I'm so happy I can wear it with some yoga pants and remember my fun night at party Gras! Jefferson Starship opened one original member who is 85 that can still Rock, then it was Night Ranger then Bret Michaels did a bunch of poison songs and brought Steve A. Former Journey front man that has an amazing voice he was also in the band Tyketto in the 80s 90s. I did some great Journey songs as well and he brought on Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray and did some stuff from Sugar Ray which that was not really my favorite thing but all the other stuff was great I'm just not a huge Sugar Ray fan but it was still a great show! It was sensory overload a lot of different groups and I'm in my 40s and I absolutely loved it had an amazing time had great seats they were definitely not inexpensive seats but it was worth every penny and my opinion. I would say All In All Night Ranger was the best performance of the night but the whole show was great they did not disappoint not anybody I would love to see the whole lineup again maybe minus Sugar Ray LOL

Night Ranger performed an outstanding show! Jack Blade was all over the stage like it was 1982! Brad Gillis was ripping the guitar like a buzz saw! I really enjoyed the show! The Venue (Peabody Auditorium) allowed foot traffic throughout the show. People were standing in the aisles blocking my view many times, and once the doors closed at the beginning of the show, they still allowed foot traffic in and out, unlike other shows I have attended there! It was quite disturbing!

Night Ranger sounded great like they did when I first saw them in 1985. I’ve seen them four times and they never disappoint. Jefferson Starship opened and provided an excellent set from their catalog of classics from the 60s, 70s and 80s.

They were GREAT! They played “Night Ranger” which I don’t ever remember hearing- and now my very fave! What a kick ass rocking song. I’ll be looking to see them again, if tix aren’t through evil TicketMaster/LiveNation

I've loved the music for years, tho I never got a chance to see them back in the day. I'm trying my best to make up for that now! I see them every chance I get, and they never disappoint. They're a blast!

I loved the show. The sound quality wasn't excellent, the vocals and guitar were a little muddy where I was sitting, but that wasn't the band's fault. I loved all the songs they played. I loved the energy the band exuded. The whole show just had great energy and build-up.

Night Ranger put on a great show, playing all their hit songs and a few by other artists that they like. Great interaction with the crowd and the Beacon theater is a great venue with free parking. Very enjoyable night.

They played great, the sound was solid. You could tell they were enjoying themselves as they were laughing and telling funny stories. They all grabbed drumsticks at one point and played the kit at the same time. It was a lot of fun.

Night Ranger was great. The band was awesome. They have so much energy and gave a great peformance. The only negative thing that I wish I didn't have to say is that in my opinion, the sound balance of the vocals were off. The vocals were drowned out by the instruments. But other than that, I can't wait to see them again !!!

Unlike so many bands still going from the 80s, Night Ranger still brings it at the highest level! They delivered a high energy set packed with their hits and a couple deep tracks that the die-hard fans appreciated! If you want a full in rock show, go see Night Ranger they NEVER disappoint!

Been to a lot of concerts since the summer of 77, this one rates 4 and a half. These guys still leave it all on the stage. 64 years old and celebrating 36 years since their freshman release Dawn Patrol, still in great voice (all of them) and awesome entertainers.

My sister and I saw Night Ranger at the Talking Stick Resort Showroom last night. This was my third time seeing them, and they get better every time. I've seen a lot of rock shows, and I can't think of another band that consistently plays with such talent, joy and passion. If you've never seen them live, I recommend you do!

Such a fun show as always! They played most of the hits, a couple covers, and snuck in a new song. They also played 2 Damn Yankees songs. Great show. If I could I'd see them every time they played the Bay Area!

My sister and I went to all three sets last night and as much as I usually hate taking advantage of my disability and wheelchair, I was glad I had that chair last night! Yes we had to leave after every set but so did everyone else. It's an Epcot policy but so is you have a wheelchair, you and your companion are in. Stacey and I have been fans since the 80s, me maybe more than her but she's a big fan now! Eric Levy and Kerry Kelly may be the new guys, though Eric has been there a few years. They both seem to fit right in with Jack Blades, Kelly Keagy and Brad Gillis. Each set was supposed to be 30 minutes and maybe the first, the acoustic set was but the other two were a good 45 minutes. And yes they played When You Close Your Eyes and Don't Tell Me You Love Me twice and Sister Christian three times but they were done differently each time. Kelly Keagy and Jack Blades' voices sounded great and Brad Gillis reminds me why guitar playing is fun! We loved it and will definitely go again!

Great show. Lively act, entertaining and the sound was terrific. I wanted to see them on their first tour in 1984 but was too young. Great set that did not disappoint. But I was let down by their not playing an encore and never playing my favorite song Rumors in the air. What gives?