Shine while you have the chance to shine, and that is exactly what she did. Martina lit the stage up last night in the Greensboro coliseum, along Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan every single “redneck” (as Blake and Luke said) in that complex was on their feet. Luke Bryan came out as the show opener, this was his first night on the Shine All Night tour, and he looked and sounded like a seasoned veteran. With great stage presence and very gracious for his Best New Artist of the Year award, the crowd went wild when he sang “Do I” and also his new single, “Rain is a good thing” the crowd went crazy. Luke was a great opening act he knew how to get the crowd going and he did. Set change took about 15 minutes for Blake Shelton, he came out he sang his hit songs, Ol’ red, Some Beach, and Hillbilly bone. He also covered the Rhett Atkins song “You can kiss me Country Ass” and the entire crowd was on their feet singing right along with every word. Before he started that song, he referenced a lot things that made the crowd very happy and the one that is the best of all the he referenced, it was “I hate when I go into Wendy’s and the person waiting on me has his pants is below his butt” and every single person stood up and said “Hell Yeah!” Blake ended his set with Ol’ Red and all of his fans acted like “Ol’ Red” was their own. The beautiful Martina McBride came out with techno remixes of her songs, and then a huge disco ball. The smoked filled the stage and then you seen her silhouette with her fist raised high in the air. She kept everyone entertained the entire night. After she finished her opening segment she came up to the front of the stage and said “Greensboro, are you ready to shine all night with me?” and they crowd went crazy! She began to sing concrete angel and flew across the coliseum on a moon and she embraced her fans all the back up to the stage, she has an amazing connection with her fans. She finished the night with Where would you be and broken wing medley, she got a standing ovation for those two songs, she hit unbelievable notes and she showed how grateful she was to her fans when they gave her that standing o. She then sang Independence Day as her final song and every time I hear this song it makes me fall in love even more. She then came back and said “We ain’t done yet” and sang 2 cover songs, Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing and Bryan Adam’s summer of 69. Last night, Martina showed that she has many, many years left in her. She really “shined” and she is one artist that I would recommend to see every time she is near you. Last night Greensboro was the only house big enough for all the shining that Martina, Blake and Luke did last.
Concert Rating: 5 stars
Highlights: Rain is a Good Thing- Luke Bryan Hillbilly Bone and Ol’ Red –Blake Shelton
Where Would You Be, Independence Day, Ride, and her cover of Summer of ’69–Martina McBride
