Hey everyone Smile back again with another concert review. Tonight I set off to Noblesville, IN to Ruoff Music Center. Ruoff is conveniently located off of I-69 at 12880 E 146th St Noblesville, IN 46060. Ruoff is a large outdoor music venue. Parking is not included and is $25 at the door or $20 with pre purchase with ticket. Tonight is the Five Finger Death Punch 20th Anniversary World Tour. The world tour features Eva Under Fire, Cody Jinks, and Five Finger Death Punch.
The first band to take the stage tonight was Eva Under Fire. They are a rock quintette from Detroit, Michigan. They have been around since 2015 and are well known and tours quite a bit with many different tours and festivals. Tonight they played a 7 song set. They got the crowd warmed up and engaged for the bands to follow.
The next band to hit the stage was Cody Jinks. Cody Jinks is a Honky Tonk Country Artist from Fort Worth, Texas. With over 11 full length albums under his belt he is no stranger to the country music scene. He got up on the stage and just played thru his 12 song set. He even said, “I know a lot of you aren’t here for the country music so I’m going to get going and get thru this set.” I found the choice of putting Cody Jinks on this tour was questionable, but who am I? If you are a fan of country music it was great but I still think it was an odd choice nonetheless.
Finally it was time for Five Finger Death Punch to take the stage. Everybody was ready for Five Finger Death Punch to do the damn thing. Five Finger Death Punch is from Las Vegas, Nevada. They are a multi platinum recording rock group with 10 albums under their belts. This tour is their 20th anniversary. They had a 20 song set. The played a lot of the old stuff and some of the new songs. They played my favorite songs Under and Over it, Jekyll and Hyde, Bad Company, Lift Me Up and Burn Mother Fucker.
All in all this show had a good turn out. It was by no means sold out but there was a lot of people there. As I stated before I thought the choice of the line up was a bit odd. Honestly for the 20th anniversary tour I thought Five Finger Death Punch kind of mailed this one in. I’ve seen them plenty of times before and this show just seemed lackluster. I couldn’t have been the only fan wanting more? We will chock this one up to maybe it was an off night for them on this long world tour. As always I look forward to see who Live Nation brings to Ruoff Music Center in the future. A fun little side note I actually tested some of the concrete for the new renovation of the pavilion for Ruoff Music Center this year for my real job. Enough about that, make sure to check back in here at Graveyardradio.net for more of my great event reviews. Until next time folks, Keep Smiling!