Pat Metheny Tickets

I’d never seen Metheny perform before so I have no reference to compare this performance to, but I was seriously impressed. His music is engaging, clever and a joy to hear. His guitar playing, well, simply phenomenal. He’s a guitar virtuoso. The encore was fascinating as he was backed by a delightfully kooky musical contraption and built on licks from his various guitars. He was very chatty with the audience revealing a lot about his history. Very personable and charming. A wonderful performance all around from a true guitar icon. One issue though. Several times during Pat’s playing you clearly hear someone in the back bar spray cleaning in the sink. Not a noise you want to hear while you are listening intently to an artist’s performance. Embarrassing. Can only imagine how disrespected Metheny felt. Would have thought the Theatre knew better.

Like many reviewers here my wife and first saw Pat (with his Pat Metheny Group) at a concert at Southampton College on Long Island more than 40 years ago. Since then we seen him multiple times with various brilliant ensembles. Last night’s solo show at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie NY was quite simply one of the most exceptional musical experiences in my life…which includes seeing the Brubeck Quartet just after Time Out was released, Cream on their first US tour, Gary Burton, Frank Zappa, Butterfield Blues Band, Hendrix, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, McCoy Tyner, Pharaoh Sanders (and many others at the Village Vanguard)…the list really is too long to share here. I cannot add to what has already been said here about Pat’s unique brilliance, other than to extend a most sincere thank you to a true creative genius. We are lucky to have you in our lives.

The State Theater is an incredibly horrible venue to hear music if you are seated anywhere except near the very front. Otherwise there is a very disturbing and annoying sound from the air hand dryers in the restrooms. Don’t even bother attending if you aren’t in the first few rows. It is unbelievable that any music venue would let so loud a disturbing, distracting sound be heard. Horrible experience. What an insult to the musicians as well as the audience.

I've seen Pat Methany several times in different venues. The State Theater in Portland, Maine had some background noises throughout the show. Very distracting! Couldn't tell if it was the cocktail bar (blender) or the bathroom (hand drier), but it was heard repeatedly throughout the show. I noticed several other members of the audience showing their disapproval of the distraction. Methany should have stopped performing until it was dealt with. I won't go back to the State Theater until they have rectified this issue.

Metheny only gets better and better. I've been lucky to have seen him play several times over the years. His playing last night at the State Theater was one of the most exciting concerts I ever attended. His jazz improvising was superb, smooth, original and assured. Every time he came out to play another encore he got another standing ovation. It's impossible to adequately describe the original stage presentation. Eight guitars were hiding in corners under black drapes. One of them had 42 strings! The black curtain at the back of the stage was removed to reveal a long array of percussion equipment and strange Oriental gongs that played by themselves! Totally amazing concert by a master musician.

As we all know who follow and listen to Pat Metheny he is an exceptional guitarist and musician and personally always performs live show with captivating brilliance. His appearance as a soloist (especially noting Picasso as a favorite) was very different but being honest I love the camaraderie of seeing and hearing the interactions of a small trio, the percussion section and a piano. And hey, not taking anything away from what Pat performed and the intimate dialogue with audience which was fantastic, it just was different and slightly disappointing. Further honesty speaking at the State Theatre the background noise from the venue facility carried into the auditorium hearing the hallway bathroom hand driers during quiet passages of the concert. I’ll always enjoy seeing Pat Metheny, just hope a group accompanying him rather than just Artificial Intelligence via guitar loops and impressive programmed percussion.

Absolutely Fantastic one of the best concerts I have ever been to and I have been to many many

Pat Metheny may be almost 70, but every time I see him play he has a new skill, has explored some new avenue, or has something different to share musically. Amazing! Unfortunately, the State Theater's incredibly loud hand dryers in the restrooms were very audible at inopportune times during this (often quiet) concert. They should be unplugged for a performance like this so the audience and artist are not jarred by their annoying whooshing sound interrupting the beautiful music.

The evening went very well. Restaurants close at hand for dinner before. The concert sound was excellent, with Pat Metheny playing guitars being the feature instruments. The whole experience was very enjoyable.

"Let me invite you into my living room to tell the story of my musical career..."should probably be the long name for this tour. One of the better 2 hours I've spent in a while. Though I had the misfortune of being seated next to three cretins, they couldn't ruin an immensely enjoyable musical evening in Charlotte. I did have the incredible good fortune of speaking to Pat at the hotel after the show, though my attempt at explaining our shared birth-date probably failed. Nevertheless, he thanked me for letting him in and I thanked him for a great show.