Jon was actually the first concert I ever went. to, I remember it so clearly and to this day it's tied for my favorite concert I've ever been to. I was in 7th grade and he came to Norfolk VA which is about 30min from where I lived and I went to a private school in Norfolk. I also was big into doing theatre and the school musicals at that time and one year the kids who did the summer musical got to use the revenue from the musical to go to VTA (the Virginia Theatre Association, it was basically a meeting between schools in Virginia where they could send kids to see other schools short 1 act plays and do workshops and see interviews with big stage actors/actresses from Virginia and sometimes even some broadway actors/actresses would show up and do Q and A's). The same week as VTA, Jon was playing at the NORVA, a little venue maybe a 15 minute walk from where VTA was being held. I had been SUPER into The Human Condition and maybe a few months prior a bunch of his projects from before THC had just gotten added to Spotify. I begged my parents to get me tickets and since all my friends at VTA were also going and they were all way older than me (15-17) I had a ride home from the concert already. Blaque Keyz opened for him and it was great, at the time I hadn't really looked into Keyz's stuff that wasn't with Jon but I remember he had a weird online raffle thing to give some people in the audience a phone number for his burner phone and I actually won. He used to to advertise some projects and I actually remember realizing it wasn't just a bot number when I mentioned that I had gotten on my friends shoulders and he recognized me. Speaking of, I got on my friends shoulders and cheered when he did his verse from "When the Lions come" and I remember him looking up at me and trying not to laugh during the verse then after I got down and he finished the verse he goes "I saw you guys, y'all are creative." Then Jon came out and did a bunch of his big hits, I specifically remember loving when he did Luxury. He said something like "Let's see how long it takes you to recognize this one" then remade the beat doing the iconic horn bit last and everyone freaked out when he did it. He ended the night with a version of James Morrison where in between verses and chorus he would yell as loud as possible "ROCK THE F*CK OUT" and then it would turn into almost like a metal breakdown. It was one of the coolest alternate renditions of a song I've ever heard and it has stuck in my head so clearly to this day. I also remember he gave a really heartfelt speech at the end about God and how he wished more people would let go of their burdens and realize that God is waiting for them with open arms and while I can't remember the exact words the way he spoke still gets me a little foggy eyed. I've always wanted him to go back on tour since then cause I haven't been to a concert like that since.