2008 Woodie Awards
Maroon 5 thrills fans
Jennifer Dolinsky
Issue date: 4/5/05 Section: Entertainment
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"Two years ago, we hit a milestone in our career," Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine informed the packed stadium Friday night. "We were here at the Liacouras Center opening for John Mayer. I thought about how great it would be back here...to have fans screaming our names and singing our songs. So, thank you for being here." Maroon 5, made up of lead singer Adam Levine, guitarist James Valentine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden on bass and Ryan Dusick on the drums, opened their show with their break-out hit, "Harder to Breathe." Having recently won the Grammy for Best New Artist, the band was obviously pumped. The crowd was on their feet within five seconds of the opening song and remained that way throughout the hour and a half show.
The band played all of their hits, including a fun rendition of "This Love," asking the audience to participate in singing the song before they started it. This was the most exciting song of the night; the crowd was completely into it, singing along and dancing as the spotlights roamed over the crowd, casting a rainbow of colors throughout the stadium. The background behind the band paid homage to the bandʼs Web site, flowing with bright gold and red lights and spinning with different images.
The energy of the crowd was loaded with enthusiasm as the band went through every song of their multiplatinum selling CD, Songs About Jane. They sang such songs as their new hit single, "Sunday Morning," the sultry "Secret," the wickedly guitar powered, "Shiver," and the catchy "The Sun." They also trailed off into their version of Pink Floydʼs "Another Brick in the Wall" which drew the crowd into even more shrieks.
Among those songs and the others from the CD, they played two new songs that hold incredible promise to make their next CD as huge as their current one. "Wasted All These Years" and "Canʼt Stop Thinking About You" excel in the same way the rest of the bandʼs songs do: they are unique in sound and lyrics and catchy in every way. It made the fans delighted to hear there is new music that will hopefully be arriving soon and proved that it has definitely been worth the wait. The two new songs created an incredible sense of the fans wanting more; the crowd got right into those songs as they did the others.
The band played all of their hits, including a fun rendition of "This Love," asking the audience to participate in singing the song before they started it. This was the most exciting song of the night; the crowd was completely into it, singing along and dancing as the spotlights roamed over the crowd, casting a rainbow of colors throughout the stadium. The background behind the band paid homage to the bandʼs Web site, flowing with bright gold and red lights and spinning with different images.
The energy of the crowd was loaded with enthusiasm as the band went through every song of their multiplatinum selling CD, Songs About Jane. They sang such songs as their new hit single, "Sunday Morning," the sultry "Secret," the wickedly guitar powered, "Shiver," and the catchy "The Sun." They also trailed off into their version of Pink Floydʼs "Another Brick in the Wall" which drew the crowd into even more shrieks.
Among those songs and the others from the CD, they played two new songs that hold incredible promise to make their next CD as huge as their current one. "Wasted All These Years" and "Canʼt Stop Thinking About You" excel in the same way the rest of the bandʼs songs do: they are unique in sound and lyrics and catchy in every way. It made the fans delighted to hear there is new music that will hopefully be arriving soon and proved that it has definitely been worth the wait. The two new songs created an incredible sense of the fans wanting more; the crowd got right into those songs as they did the others.
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