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    Night Ranger: November 15, 2024

    November 17, 2024

    I was a little nervous going into this show. Last time I saw Night Ranger, almost exactly a year ago to the date, I came down with my first case of COVID!!

    Nothing to worry about this time. I didn’t catch any communicable diseases. 🙂 The crowd was pretty dead, but Night Ranger puts on a good show no matter.

    It was also my first show at Legends Casino in Toppenish, which is only an hour away and has been getting some pretty fun shows the last couple years. Pretty typical for an indoor casino — it’s like you’re seeing a show in a glorified hotel conference ballroom. But yeah, I’ll come back next time someone I like is playing here.

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    My Year of Concerts™: Night Ranger

    November 18, 2023

    You didn’t think I was gonna go all of November without seeing a concert, did you? 😁

    MyYearOfConcerts continued last night in Tacoma with my first-ever Night Ranger show!

    It’s funny, when I told Cari I was gonna drive 3+ hours for this show, she was like… “I didn’t know you liked them THAT much!” I kinda do. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ When I cleared out my 100- to 150-piece vinyl collection from my parent’s house back in the day, and had to choose about 20-25 records to bring out west with me, Night Ranger made the trip.

    Don’t get me started about the venue (Emerald Queen Casino), but thankfully the show itself was great — much like Toto and a couple others from earlier this year, much better than I expected.

    This is Night Ranger’s 40th anniversary tour, and they’ve been releasing albums for a good part of those 40 years — but wisely, they kept the setlist to the big, first three albums from the early- and mid-80s. Heard ALL of my favorites, which was awesome.

    So that’s 16 shows in 2023. #MyYearOfConcerts might continue…I have tickets for two shows in December, but not 100% positive yet that I’m going.