Bob Seger may be retiring from the road this year, but he’s apparently not planning to stop playing.
“In 2020 I’ll be available for weddings,” he told the crowd Thursday, January 3rd, night at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Mich. “Keep me in mind.”
The quip has been the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s parting line since his Final Tour began in November, and certainly one that more than a few of his fans would probably like to take him up on. In Saginaw, however, Seger and his Silver Bullet Band said goodbye with a high-octane two-hour show whose 22 songs featured plenty of, well, old time rock n’ roll, as well as a few surprises.
Chief among those was the first-ever performance of “No Man’s Land,” a mid-tempo track from his Grammy Award-winning 1980 album Against the Wind. He followed that with his hit version of Rodney Crowell’s “Shame on the Moon” from 1982’s The Distance, returned to the setlist for the first time in 27 years.
“Since I’m retiring soon I figured we better roll out some of the ones we’ve never played,” said Seger who’s also been opening some shows with his chart-topping Beverly Hills Cop II hit “Shakedown.” “I’m pulling ’em out. Now’s the time.”
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