Stirling Summer Series 2023

[CaptHayfever]

Lindsey Stirling came to town! She was incredible. Her shows just get cooler & cooler every time.
Walk Off the Earth opened, & they kicked butt too.

The venue is pretty miserable. The Saint Louis Music Park is only a few years old, but its layout & location seem purposely designed to infuriate (and, if you happen to be attending with somebody who has limited mobility, it makes just *entering & exiting* the venue an ordeal that could be avoided with even the slightest thought applied). Also, it's a Ticketmaster-owned venue, & they try to force you to use their stupid app for your tickets, unless you go to the box office in person (thus missing out on the entire presale window) & show them that you don't have a smartphone. Also, because of the noise curfew of the suburb it's located in, they made the openers start 15 minutes before the listed showtime. At least the weather was nice (it's open-air). This is Lindsey's 2nd show in that joint; I really hope she books a different venue on her next tour.

But anyway, back to good things, here's the program (if I put something in parentheses, then there's a significant difference between the studio & live versions, whether in sound or in sight)....

During openers' set:
Long Way Home

Main Setlist:
Beyond the Veil
Underground
Artemis
The Arena
Shatter Me (aerial)
Toccata and Fugue
[Interlude: Puppy Dance]
Masquerade
Hold My Heart (with Sarah Blackwood filling in for ZZ Ward)
Moon Trance
Roundtable Rival/The Upside (medley) [we didn't have an audience guest though]
Carol of the Bells
[Interlude: Narration]
Crystallize (aerial)
Mirage
Don't Let This Feeling Fade (with Gianni Luminati filling in for Rivers Cuomo)
Guardian/Lose You Now (they're 2 different mixes of the same song that she mashed up for the tour)

Encore:
Love Goes On and On (aerial)
Kashmir

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

How do you show them you don't have a smartphone? I don't like the sound of that whole app thing really.

[CaptHayfever]

^I pull my flip phone out of my pocket & watch their eyes go wide in disbelief.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[I REALLY HATE POKEMON!]

Lol that's a pretty funny way to do it. If it's a zoomer he might ask what it even is.

[Heroine of the Dragon]

I'm going to enjoy having a listen!! <3

[Heroine of the Dragon]

Loved this!! Thanks for sharing!!

[CaptHayfever]

I compiled a list of all the audience guests Lindsey had for the tour.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"