photo by Romain Blanquart

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band started their highly anticipated new tour on Saturday night in Toledo.

Reviews of the first show were generally positive. Here are several links:

• The Detroit News: Bob Seger's in his element at start of new tour in Toledo • Detroit Free Press: Bob Seger shows he's still got it • MLive.com: Bob Seger opens tour with some 'Old Time Rock and Roll,' a few new twists • The Toledo Blade: Seger marks triumphant return to Toledo in tour opener • Daily Tribune: Seger starts tour by rocking the house in Ohio

Tickets are now on sale for three dates in May at the Palace of Auburn Hills. So far, at least, those concerts are the closest the tour will get to Ann Arbor, where Seger grew up and started playing music.

The sound on this is pretty tinny, but YouTube user budywisr offers up a sample of the Toledo show: