This is in no way a reflection of the Nashville Symphony. I blame myself for not doing more research first, but I just saw a Ticketmaster notification that the Nashville Symphony was doing the music of U2, and got so excited, I bought our tickets the very minute they went on sale. I assumed I'd spend the evening enjoying the Nashville Symphony doing a tribute to my favorite band, being moved by emotional, instrumental arrangements of U2 music. Instead, I paid $160 for two tickets to see a U2 cover band, with the symphony backing them up. And sadly, I couldn't hear much of the symphony because the guitars, drums, and vocalist were too loud in comparison. The rest of the crowd seemed to have a blast, and the musicians were talented, but it just wasn't at all what I thought I had paid for. Most of the time, I felt like I was watching a show on a cruise ship.
Had it been noted from the beginning that there was a vocalist, I never would have bought tickets in the first place. He wasn't bad, I just personally don't want to hear anyone else singing these songs. I've seen U2 in concert 45 times, including 8 times this summer. All this did was make me wish I'd put that $160 toward another actual U2 concert instead. I would give anything if the symphony would do U2 music again, on their own. I'd definitely be there. But I don't ever want to see this show again.