Jason Mraz Live at Madison Square Garden: By the Numbers
How does Jason Mraz open up his first headlining show at the legendary Madison Square Garden? The way a man who got his start performing in San Diego coffee houses would: "What's up, dudes?"
And so the singer-songwriter eased into a beautiful two-hour set last night, just like he said he would, completely engaging his audience with his heartwarming songs that had them smiling from ear-to-ear.
Wearing a fedora with his pony-tail tucked in, Mraz was apparently very comfortable on that MSG stage (perhaps his recent performance at Z100's Jingle Ball helped). He even paraded around barefoot--that's how chill this dude is!
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The Virginia-native and his band sported neon stripes on their cheeks and arms as if they were some peace tribe, and they definitely brought the good vibes on favorite sing-along numbers like "I’m Yours" and "93 Million Miles."
Other highlights of this enchanting evening included a duet with Colbie Caillat on "Lucky," and covers of the Beatles' "In My Life" and Bob Marley's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright."
Here's the complete breakdown by the numbers.
Start time: 8:38 p.m.
Number of times Jason Mraz sang solo/acoustic: 11
Number of horn solos: 5
Number of harmonica solo: 1
Number of times Mraz directed the audience to do something: 6
Number of times people did “the wave”: 3
Number of times people clapped along: 10
Number of group hugs: 1 (in our seat section, anyway)
Number of crowd surfers: 0
Number of times I got the chills: 9
Number of times the audience sang along: 11
Number of people holding signs: 2 (one of them read: "I want to be your lover" and Mraz sang it out loud)
Number of times the girl behind me yelled in a piercing scream: 18
Number of times Mraz said/sang the word "love": countless
End show: 10:40 p.m.
... and here's the set-list!
Lokah
Everything Is Sound
Remedy
Don't Wake Me From This Dream
Make It Mine
Butterfly
0% Interest
Plane
Frank D. Fixer
You and I Both
Living In The Moment
The Woman I Love
You Totally Did It
Lucky
I'm Yours
This Is What Our Love Looks Like
I'm Coming Over
Encore
In My Life
Song For A Friend
93 Million Miles
I Won't Give Up
4m
20m
10m
21m
24m
20m
14m
11m
3m
2m
2m
5m
2m
21m
2m
1h 25m
1h 7m
1h 18m
18m
19m
23m
1m
1m
6m
56m
8m
4m
6m
3m
24m
42m
1m
3m
3644s
15m
18m
1h 45m
12m
1h 2m
20m
4m
43m
1m
41m
21m
20m
44m
45m
1h 20m
1h 27m
1h 33m
1h 21m
1h 30m
1h 34m
23m
5m
1m
41m
21m
15m
1m
2m
20m
21m
48m
1h 22m
44m
22m
23m
1h 3m
1h 36m
1h 17m
21m
1h 22m
20m
20m
21m
20m
1h 17m
1h 7m
41m
20m
42m
1h 30m
24m
46m
16m
1h 23m
21m
42m
20m
21m
1h 15m
20m
9m
22m
22m