Summer concert: Reviews

2013 Reviews

JUNE 19 / BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION The Kings of the Mic Tour featuring LL Cool J The Kings of the Mic Tour brought four hiphop founders, including Ice Cube, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J, to the Pavilion. Learn more.

JUNE 16 / COMCAST CENTER Dave Matthew Band Even though Matthews was under the weather, he and his band played a solid set of the group's songs.

JUNE 12 / BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION The Postal Service Jenny Lewis and Ben Gibbard provided a successful visual counterpoint to the Postal Service’s ordered music.

JUNE 8 / COMCAST CENTER Dispatch and Guster The pairing of these bands worked well, with Guster’s craft blending well with Dispatch’s showmanship.

JUNE 8 / BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION The XX with Grizzly Bear The idea of the xx and Grizzly Bear touring together didn’t make much sense, until you saw the pairing live.

JUNE 2 / COMCAST CENTER Luke Bryan Bryan shimmied, shook, and slithered his way across the stage, belting out his biggest hits as well as other folks'.

MAY 17 / COMCAST CENTER Brad Paisley Paisley's guitar skills set the tone for the concert in Mansfield, indicating to his fans that this country singer was going to rock.

2012 Reviews

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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 1 / BOA Pavilion Steve Winwood Steve Winwood riffed on many classic hits from his long career at the Bank of America Pavilion.

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.

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