I have to admit that other than their name I know next to nothing about Kings of Leon. Isomehow seem to know that Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, fresh off their Newport Folk Festival appearance, should be good. There are a lot of tickets available for this show tonight; the weather is perfect so hopefully they get good walk up business at the beach.

The weather today is much like it was for the eecond night of The Classic East- absolutely beautiful. Earth, Wind and Fire were the perfect opening act and had much of the crowd up and dancing to the best of their abilities. Journey was up next and we’re surprisingly good playing their incredible catalog of hits. The “new” singer  Arnel Campanella Pineda from Manila was nothing short of extraordinary with an amazing vocal range and seemingly endless high energy.

Fleetwood Mac seemed to genuinely enjoy ending the weekend’s festivities and gave the crowd a hit filled set. Lindsay Buckingham is an underrated guitarist and shone on an solo acoustic “Big Love” and Stevie Nicks did her Stevie Nicks thing which was literally magnified by the giant video screens that overlooked the playing field giving those of us in the upper deck a great vantage point to what took place on stage. I must admit that I initially did not want to go, but the Classic East proved to be a worthwhile investment in time and energy and was an overall enjoyable experience that ended with fireworks during Fleetwood Mac’s encore. I would expect that The Classic will be brought back next summer in some form or another as it was successful as far as the attendees were concerned as well as,  I am sure, financially.

Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Rock on!

GQ