Just Josh/ Star Tribune photo by Jeff Wheeler

You come for the voice and you walk away talking about his playful personality.

Josh Groban likes to josh around as he proved during his two-hour performance Friday at Target Center. While his stately music fits his PBS-loving audience, his tastes in humor befits a silly 30-year-old. Be ready for jokes about mosh pits, b.o. (his words) and farts.

He's quick witted — and nimble enough to save himself.

"Will you marry me?" a fan shouted as the singer made his way from the main stage to a small satellite stage. (He cruised through the crowd a few times on Friday.)

Groban: "I will marry you. I promise. I'll marry all of you. We'll take a road trip to Utah. Oh crap, is Utah here tonight?"

The potential polygamist also showed off his drum chops and piano skills, and, as stated in my review, that true tenor, with its range from falsetto to borderline baritone.

On Friday, Groban was very much aware of where he was because he wrote six songs on his new album in Minneapolis with songwriter-for-hire Dan Wilson, the lead singer of Semisonic. Groban talked St. Paul vs. Minneapolis, praised our "food and beverage industry" (no shout-outs to his favorite haunts), mentioned his interview with the Star Tribune (thanks, Josh) and plugged his charity-for-the-night, Free Arts Minnesota, which helps bring arts to abused and homeless kids.

Like his new album, "Illuminations," the show felt more singer-songwriter-like than any of Groban's previous arena performances. Heck, he didn't even perform "The Prayer."

Here is what Groban and his 13-piece band played:

Straight to You/ Changing Colors/ February/ You Are Loved/ Oceano/ Alejate/ Bells of New York/ Higher Window/ Alla Luce/ War at Home/ Live and Let Die band instrumental/ Voce Overture/ Voce/ Q&A and Remember When It Rained with Matt (a fan)/ Galileo/ Wandering Kind (instrumental)/ If I Walk Away/ Weeping/ Machine/ Broken Vow/ Per Te ENCORE Play Me (Neil Diamond)/ You Raise Me Up