CONCERT REVIEW: Wheels Up Tour // Clarkston, MI 6.19.2015

June 19th, 2015
DTE Energy Theater || Clarkston, MI
Sam Hunt, Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum


Sam Hunt: This guy knows how to throw a party. He had so much energy. He opened with Raised on It and moved on with a set including X2C, Break Up in a Small Town, Single for the Summer and of course Leave the Night On. However, one of the most interesting parts of his set was when he decided to walk about 28 rows out into the crowd, with minimum to no security with him. As you can imagine everyone swarmed over there. He sang House Party from the crowd and made his way back to the stage. Sam is a great entertainer and brings so much energy to the stage!


Hunter Hayes: We should start out by saying Hunter Hayes is one of my favorite artists, and I’ve seen him quite a few times. He never fails to put on a show. He sang some stuff off of the Storyline album along with his first release and his new single “21”. You may or may not no Hunter dropped a new song to Spotify titled “Where It All Begins”. This new jam is probably in my top three favorite Hayes tunes ever, so when he played it I was so excited. I hadn’t taken my eyes of HH the whole song, then I was wondering why everyone started screaming. Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum came out and sang the song with Hayes, leaving the whole audience in shock and major applause. Hearing this tune live was the highlight of the set for me! And did I mention the boy can play some serious guitar?


Lady Antebellum: I seen Lady Antebellum back in 2012 on there Own the Night tour, and they were great. But to be honest, I bought my ticket because of there opening acts, and they were just icing on the cake. However, I was so impressed. I thought they were great in 2012, but they blew me away last night. There were some major highlights for me. First of all, the beautiful Hillary Scott took the lead for a minute to sing Downtown. Well next thing you know Lady Antebellum is covering Shania Twain (a.k.a. my childhood) Any Man of Mine. Next, Hayes came back to play guitar on Compass and he and Charles were center stage doing a Compass/Wanted mashup. Lastly, Sam and Hunter returned to the stage with Lady A for a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk this Way. I think at that point everyone in the whole place was on there feet! It was phenomenal! Lady A closed the show with an encore of Need You Now and Own the Nigh.


If this party is coming to a city near you, you won’t want to miss it. This lineup will have you singing and dancing all night!

xox
Jessica