Fact is you cant play them all so I give the set list my thumbs-up. The lights went down to an acoustic set highlighting the vocal magnificence Kansas has fine tuned which charted the course for a three-set, 20 song, 2 hour show which included content from 8 of their 16 studio albums spanning 48 years. I knew I was not going to experience a greatest hits set (okay by me) thanks to one nay-sayer online quoting, ‘save your money for a good tribute band’. There were 4 pub style barstools a forefront two keyboard platforms L&R, a drum platform center-stage with dual bass drums adorning the albums classic dragon artwork (heads inward). That quickly changed! Entering the auditorium en route to the 6th row the stage set caught my attention. Being my fourth time seeing the band since my maiden voyage back in the 70’s with the original crew of Walsh, Livgren, Steinhart, Williams, Hope & Ehart, there was naturally a slight trepidation on my behalf.
Billed as the ‘Point Of Know Return Tour’ with the album played in it’s entirety I got myself psyched for this one! In actually it was the 4th anniversary of the 40th anniversary tour the classic album released in late 1977 delayed (another residual effect of the pandemic).