YES . . . they can Still Rock in America and they rock harder and with more passion than any band from their era! Night Ranger performed to a capacity crowd at City National Grove in Anaheim, CA on Thursday night November 21 with no opening act – an evening with Night Ranger as they played a full set of nothing but hits and fan favorites.

At 8:00 the lights went down and although there were seats setup on this night at The Grove – most did not stay seated for long as the band hit the stage and took the crowd through a ROCKIN journey of their hit filled catalogue of songs. The band wasted no time in getting this party started as they opened with the high energy ROCKER “(You Can Still) Rock in America” which was the perfect song to kick off what was to be a memorable night of rock n roll. The first thing you notice when you see Night Ranger live aside from how great they sound is how much fun these guys are having onstage together. Lots of smiles, band interactions, and choreographed stage moves coupled with the music results in the ultimate performance.

Vocalist/bassist Jack Blades has the same onstage flair he demonstrated in the late 80’s but more impressive is his voice remains totally on point as he belts out the lyrics. This band is just so full of talent and energy . . . It goes without saying how great of a guitar player Brad Gillis is but seeing and hearing him play live just takes it to another level – one of the best guitarists to come out of the eighties without a doubt – he is a whammy bar master and makes that red Fender Stratocaster scream!

Somewhat of a hometown show for guitarist Keri Kelli (originally from Orange County) he has quite a pedigree himself having played with Alice Cooper and Slash just to name a few, Kelli and Gillis shredded up the stage all night long trading riffs. And then there is Kelly Keagy, drummer extraordinaire and lead vocals on many songs and like Blades, Keagy’s voice remains strong and powerful as ever. Rounding out the band but no less important is the killer keyboards from “E”, Eric Levy.

Damn Yankees was a “supergroup” Blades played in with Ted Nugent, Tommy Shaw and Michael Cartellone back in the early 90’s and Night Ranger treated Anaheim to a couple Damn Yankees smash hits – “Coming of Age” and “High Enough” which was just incredible to hear since Damn Yankees is no longer active. It was banger after banger, hit after hit – all killer, no filler with “Sing Me Away”, “Sentimental Street” and “When You Close Your Eyes”. For the rocking song “Night Ranger” during Keagy’s drum solo the entire band grabbed some drumsticks and joined in on pounding the drums and symbols – again another example of these guys having genuine fun onstage.

The night ended with two of Night Ranger’s biggest hits, first the sensational “Don't Tell Me You Love Me“, then one of the greatest power ballads of the 80s/90s, “Sister Christian” with Keagy on vocals WOW, just a really incredible performance that had the band sounding absolutely fantastic all night long.

Night Ranger remains one of - if not THE - premier live acts from the 80’s era and their music stands the test of time and rocks as hard today as it did 35 yrs ago.

Set List:

(You Can Still) Rock in America) | Four In the Morning | Seven Wishes | Sing Me Away | Coming of Age (Damn Yankees) | Sentimental Street | Rumors in the Air | Eddie’s Coming Out Tonight | High Road | Night Ranger (Drum Solo) | High Enough | (Damn Yankees) | Goodbye | When You Close Your Eyes | Don’t Tell Me You Love Me | Sister Christian