Bob Seger may well be “on a lonely, lonesome highway east of Omaha” right now as he heads to his next tour stop, as the lyrics go in his hit song “Turn The Page.”

But he was neither lonely nor lonesome while onstage Tuesday at Qwest Center Omaha. Instead, he was surrounded by nearly 12,000 fans that danced in their seats, belted out his songs and cheered him on for more than two hours.

The classic rocker performed 25 songs while backed by as many as 14 musicians from the Silver Bullet Band and, though he told me a few weeks ago how tired live shows make him nowadays, he showed few signs of slowing down.

He hit his notes, played guitar and piano and ran and danced all over the stage Tuesday night. He certainly wasn’t taking it easy.

The only signals that showed his self-declared decline in energy were a quick exit from the stage during the end of “Travelin’ Man” as well as a brief intermission in the middle of the set, which was just long enough for the crowd to listen to The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy For The Devil” while they waited.

During the show, Seger hit all of his hits from “Old Time Rock And Roll” to “Katmandu.”

He got some of the bigger songs out of the way early, which allowed him to do songs such as their latest single, “Downtown Train,” as well as an old cover, Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell.”

And other than that Berry cover, it was the same set list the band has performed in recent concerts elsewhere.

But be it an old hit or a B-side, the crowd went nuts for it. Whistling and chants of “Seger-Seger-Seger” populated a lot of the show. And when Omaha was mentioned in “Turn The Page,” Seger was drowned out.

“I love doing that song in Omaha,” he said with a big grin.

Another connection was later made when Seger introduced his band. One of the backup singers, Shaun Murphy, is an Omaha native.

Speaking of the band, they played every song as I remembered them from the albums. It makes sense, since every one of the Silver Bullets is a music veteran and several of them have been with Seger for decades.

Throughout the show, I kind of forgot how many huge hits Seger has. At every turn, I was hit with another song that I’ve heard on the radio countless times. Some I forgot Seger even sang such as “Travelin’ Man,” “Mainstreet” and the concert-ending “Rock And Roll Never Forgets.”

Still, it was the big four — “Old Time Rock And Roll,” “Turn The Page,” “Against The Wind” and “Night Moves” — that really brought the house down. At one point, I could feel the seats shaking from all of the cheering.

In some interviews, including the recent one with me, Seger has mentioned that this could be his last tour, though he remains undecided on the matter.

It’s certainly not due to lack of demand.

For fans at Tuesday night’s concert, a return trip to Omaha from Seger can’t come soon enough.

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