I went to Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul before Des Moines, and I gotta say Des Moines ROCKED. One can sometimes forget how important the audience can be. The audience started out pretty much like the others, some on the floor even sat down for a short time, but a few songs into the show the audience seemed to get more into it and then were just nuts. Don't know if the entire audience was that way (we were in the 8th row), but it sure seemed like it to us - AND to the band. Paul and gang fed off that energy - it was electric! What a great show!