Alanis Morissette at USANA

My sister Kristine and I are huge fans of Alanis Morissette!  Both of us have seen in her in concert several times (including once together) so, when we heard the announcement that Morissette was launching a tour commemorating 25 years since the release of her ground-breaking album Jagged Little Pill and that she would be making a stop in SLC, we immediately bought tickets and started counting down the days.  Then, of course, Covid canceled everything and I have to admit that I was really disappointed about missing this show (among others).  I was absolutely delighted when I heard the news that Morissette was rescheduling the whole tour and it was so great to return to USANA Amphitheatre last night for the first time in over two years!  My sister and I loved this show so much because Morissette can still belt out a tune!  As expected, she played Jagged Little Pill in its entirety (although she pushed shuffle) and I especially enjoyed the hits "All I Really Want," "Hand in My Pocket," "You Learn," Head Over Feet," "Ironic," and "You Oughta Know."  There was a time when I played these songs incessantly but I haven't heard them in a long time.  Even so, I still knew every single word and sang them right along with the entire crowd!  I also really enjoyed it when Morissette performed a snippet of a song from a later album as an intro to a deeper cut from Jagged Little Pill (her songs work very well together thematically) such as "Hands Clean" before "Forgiven," "Everything" before "Mary Jane," "Nemesis" before "Perfect," and "Losing the Plot" before "Wake Up."  She also performed a few songs from her latest album Such Pretty Forks in the Road and I especially liked "Reasons I Drink" and "Smiling," a song Morissette wrote for the Broadway show Jagged Little Pill (which is near the top of my list of shows I want to see).  Whenever I attend a concert there is always a song that I hope to hear from a performer's back catalog.  It is usually pretty obscure so I am invariably disappointed but I was absolutely thrilled when Morissette played "Uninvited" during the encore!  She also performed "Your House" in a variety music genres (it was quite amusing) and "Thank U" as a way to thank the fans for coming out to support her.  This concert was so much fun because I got to see it with my sister and because I was transported back to my younger self (without the angst).

Note:  The opening band was Garbage and I think I was looking forward to seeing them just as much as Morissette.  When I was younger I thought Shirley Manson was the coolest girl ever with her Doc Martens, dark eyeliner, and sassy hands on her hips attitude!  They didn't play my favorite song, "Supervixen," but they did play "Stupid Girl," "#1 Crush," "I Think I'm Paranoid," "Special," and "Only Happy When It Rains" interspersed with some of their newer material.  I loved their set!