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Summer concert: Reviews

Starting in May 2013, we'll be posting all summer show reviews on this page. You can see what The Boston Globe's music critics said about the show right here.

Did you attend a show at the Bank of America Pavilion or the Comcast Center this summer? Share your feedback about the concert on the Live Nation Facebook page or by tweeting @livenationne.

2013 Reviews

Stay tuned for awesome concert reviews when the 2013 summer concert season kicks off.

2012 Reviews
May 29 / Comcast Center

Radiohead

The English quintet dispensed its own brand of good cheer amid the slippery rhythms and droning grooves at the Comcast Center.
June 1 / BOA Pavilion

Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood riffed on many classic hits from his long career at the Bank of America Pavilion.
June 4-5 / Comcast Center

Dave Matthews Band

After taking a summer off from its tradition tour to host the Caravan concerts, Dave Matthews returned to Mansfield, playing a fiery, if predictable, set.
June 16 / Comcast Center

Rascal Flatts

The band headlined the annual Country 102.5 festival with a set that reinforced the sound and spark that has made them a country favorite.
June 17 / Comcast Center

Drake

The 25-year-old rapper wowed a crowd of 20,000 with his skilled, but scripted, set at the Comcast Center.
June 23 / Bank of America Pavilion

Bonnie Raitt

The singer-songwriter's years of experience delivered a show that gave the audience something to talk about.
June 26 / Bank of America Pavilion

The Beach Boys

On their 50th anniversary tour, all the remaining Beach Boys spread some good vibrations at the pavilion, giving the crowd over two-and-half hours of sunny surf tunes.
July 1 / Fenway Park

Roger Waters

Roger Waters delivered a “Wall” at Fenway Park to rival the Green Monster itself. Waters’s stadium-size version of the production he first launched two years ago in arenas is a dramatic improvement to the show’s inherent sensory overload.
July 10 / Bank of America Pavilion

Stevie Nicks

Nicks enchanted the crowd at the pavilion with a two-hour set that was part “Storytellers,” part patriotic tribute, part crystal visions, and all heart.
August 14 & 15 / Fenway Park

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Bruce's sold-out Fenway shows were a testament to the pull his old-school showmanship and heartfelt connection with the audience have on the Boston area.
August 18 / BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION

John Prine and Lucinda Williams

Despite their stylistic differences, John Prine and Lucinda Williams were perfectly paired at Bank of America Pavilion, giving the crowd a night of songs worthy of the title modern classics.
August 23 / Bank of America Pavilion

D'Angelo and Mary J. Blige

D’Angelo and Blige make a stirring pairing at the pavilion. Backed by a 10-piece funk band, D'Angelo proved he's ready to get back in the game while Blige delighted the crowd with a roller coaster of euphoric highs and introspective moments.
September 10 / Comcast Center

Zac Brown Band

The Zac Brown Band came in through the country door, but it spent more time in concert covering Aerosmith, Nirvana, Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, and John Mayer songs than on anything fitting a traditional country mold at the Comcast Center.
FROM THE GLOBE ARCHIVES

Flashback review:
Kiss, 1978

The Globe music critic noted that the outrageous rock band seemed to be "con men, in their grease-painted faces . . . but the perverse pleasure they derive [did] appear genuine."
Kiss, the rock barbarians

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