Van Morrison Reviews

Tracy from Clearwater, Florida

WISH HE’D PLAYED MORE HITS

I was really looking forward to this show but was disappointed for a couple of reasons. He only played 5 of his well known songs. He didn’t play Moondance, Into the Mystic, Crazy Love, or Tupelo Honey. Also the crowd at Ruth Eckerd Hall was very disrespectful. Talking loudly throughout the show and constantly getting up to get alcohol.

Bill from Palm Beach County from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

MIXED REVIEW

Wished he played more of his popular hits, but the man still sounds great after all these years. Took him about 30 minutes to get his vibe going and start to sound like the Van Morrison I used to hear growing up Band was ok. would have been better had they spread out more on such a large stage. The backup singer was amazing! Venue was fantastic for sound. Not a bad seat in the house. I will definitely come back.

Jim from Chicago, Illinois

FRUSTRATED

I saw Van Morrison last night in Chicago. I was surprised that he preferred to play covers of other artists rather than some of his most popular hits and generally regarded fan favorites! The highlight of the show was the long and highly energetic version of Gloria, that ended up sounding like an extended jam session highlighting the individual of his mega-talented band and vocalist! Unfortunately, during most of this song he was off stage and never even returned to the stage to at least take a final bow and thank his fellow musicians.

TSP from Chicago, Illinois

DISAPPOINTED

At this stage in his career I think many of his concert goers are expecting a good number of his more popular hits - more like a greatest hit concert. He played only 3-4 more widely recognized songs. Missing: Have I told you lately, Crazy Love, Into the Mystic, Moondance, etc. Really unfortunate. Without those more recognizeable songs one song just blended into the next. This was a setlist for a Ravinia lawn seat not the premium we paid for good seats at the Chicago Theater. Also don't understand how a concert ends without Van Morrison on the stage?? His band was great and loved that they were featured but that shouldn't have ended the show. He should have come back out after this and done a couple of encore songs that everyone was waiting for him to do. Disappointed.

Kim from Detroit, Michigan

VAN MORRISON

We were very excited to see Van Morrison. I heard some positive and negative comments. What id like to add is he looked tired and weak. . Very little movement. The saxophone performance was very good. He had a hard time reading the lyrics off the paper. He was disconnected from the crowd. He finally played a few popular songs. Mostly a jazzy blues inaudible words for most of the performance We were 2nd row. He left after 1hour and 35min. We all thought he would come back and to a finally. He didn't. It was sad and disappointing.. We still love and respect him and his music 🎶 .It just felt like he didn't see us. Most expensive and disappointing concert of our life .

Robert J Goldstein from Detroit, Michigan

GOOD, BUT NOT NEARLY GOOD ENOUGH--AND VAN DON'T GIVE A DAMN

Reading over reviews from other concerts elsewhere, Detroit was apparently better than most, but not nearly good enough (and Van makes clear he doesn't really care what the audience thinks). The band was good, and Van's voice & vocalizations were fine, but he most did jazzy/blues stuff that sounded pretty much the same and which the audience wasn't much interested in. They wanted to hear his hits, and he delivered some, but not many. He wasn't hostile to the crowd, rather indifferent. He seemed to enjoy himself and sometimes encouraged the crowd to sing along, which is more than usual. He NEVER introduced the band and or spoke to the audience, but he gave a two-song encore ("Brown-Eyed Girl" and "Gloria," which, again is better than often--last time I saw him NO encore and concert lasted only an hour--in Detroit he performed for 1 1/2 hours before leaving the stage without a word, while the band did an incredible 20-minute glorious riff on Gloria--actually the best part of the evening. Van never returned!

Brian from Atlanta, Georgia

PLAY WHAT MADE YOU FAMOUS

Disappointed. No Tupelo, Mystic, and an odd version of Brown Eyed Girl. Others missing as well. Might be time to hang it up

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