*** London, O2 Arena Fanviews Here 8/18/09 ***
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August 18, 2009 London, UK, O2 Arena
Opening band: Gomez
Set List: Release, Animal, Corduroy, Why Go, Small Town, Immortality, The Fixer, Even Flow, I Got Shit, Rats, Got Some, Whipping, Light Years, Insignificance, Black, Life Wasted, Blood/("Atomic Dog" - Clinton, Shider, Spradley)
1st encore: Supersonic, Hail Hail, Footsteps, Love, Reign O'er Me, Do The Evolution, Alive
2nd encore: Better Man/(Save It For Later), Crazy Mary, Leaving Here, Porch, Yellow Ledbetter
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Opening band: Gomez
Set List: Release, Animal, Corduroy, Why Go, Small Town, Immortality, The Fixer, Even Flow, I Got Shit, Rats, Got Some, Whipping, Light Years, Insignificance, Black, Life Wasted, Blood/("Atomic Dog" - Clinton, Shider, Spradley)
1st encore: Supersonic, Hail Hail, Footsteps, Love, Reign O'er Me, Do The Evolution, Alive
2nd encore: Better Man/(Save It For Later), Crazy Mary, Leaving Here, Porch, Yellow Ledbetter
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Folks these days just don't do nothing simple for the love of it
I'm up for the next 10 mins so if you have any questions let me know quick!!
Oh they premièred at least 2 new songs. One of which was Jazz Odyssey in J Minor.
MSG 1+2. 2010
Wrigley. Brooklyn 2. Hartford. 2013
St. Louis. Denver. 2014
Global Citizens Festival. 2015
MSG 2. Fenway 2. Wrigley 1. 2016
Safeco 2. Missoula. 2018
Got a look at the setlist during Black from o2 staff (had to take a toilet break after a feast of scoops!!) and on it was LUKIN before Hail Hail and BRAIN OF J before Reign O'er Me. Obviously not played but amazing show anyway!! Will post the photo at another time if anybody wants to see it!
Also, down for after ledbetter was L.W?
You're batman!- George
Yeah...yeah...I AM batman!!- Kramer
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At the moment I feel it edged SBE because of the setlist....but that may change in the morning.
Supersonic sounded great, Mike and Boom's outro to Crazy Mary was intense, Footsteps... the list of highlights goes on and on...
Unbelievable!
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Great show. Amazing start. I tired out petty quick though - didn't sleep enough after Manchester. Footsteps was immense. Great back-to-back shows. Both better than SBE I feel.
wish i was there
let me say that this crowd was absolutely INSANE! they blewwww awayyyy the msg crowd even! moshpits and crowd surfing left and right. ed even had to stop about 4 songs in and move everyone back! i swear the crowd could have taken out a fucking army tonight! it was a sight to see for sure.
but more importantly, pj. HOLY SHIT
as far as some song/performace highlights, there are many ...
FINALLY saw release open! chills up and down.
immortality early in the set was out of nowheree but amazing.
the fixer and got some reaally kicked it live!
SUPERSONIC! WOW! i know many of you must be super curious! fantastic live tune! the verses and choruses are mainly what you can here on the amazon clip .. BUT let me tell you that the bridge in the song is fucking ridiculous! mike played some crazy ass riff that is nothing like the rest of the song! it just seemed to keep unfolding and i was shitting my pants after each second. fuckin great!
rats and i got shit were ace! great to see!
ok, light years was gorgeous. before playing it ed talked about a close friend that he had recently lost. he started to break down and kept fcuking up the intro guitar! he had to stop and step away from the mic! he was majorly breaking down! the band all turned around to him to make sure he was ok to move on. they finally tried again and he pulled together after playing the intro riff many, many times so by the time he went to sing he wasnt crying his eyes out. beautiful performance!
insignificance, life wasted, and blood were definitely treats! the crowd went APESHIT during blood. i truly dont think people who weren't there could understand the intensity of this crowd. it was almost like the early 90s!
black = incredibleble
both encores had TOP NOTCH performances of the classics, as well as some treats. everything just sounded better tonight. ed's voice was out of this world. i couldnt believe it. it was insanity.
leaving here was so unexpected and great to see! the guitar fills became bass fills! awesome!
pretty much just a fabulous show! london was truly a CRAZY crowd and what a passionate performance by the band! ed gave it his alllllll tonight (so did the others, of course)! now, i'm counting down the days until all 4 nights in philly baby! cannot wait! but i have a train leaving tomorrow to go to paris for 3 nights! then back home again!
peace, everybody!
2008: MSG 1, Hartford, Mansfield 2, Ed Solo NYC 1
2009: London (O2), Philly 1, 2, 3, & 4
2010: Hartford, Boston, MSG 1 & 2
2011: Ed Solo Hartford
2012: Philly (MIA Fest)
2013: Worcester 2, Brooklyn 1 & 2, Hartford
Little Wing?
Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!
Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing
Wembley 2007
Eddie was amazing, sounded perfect! Stone played 60% of the fixer without a guitar lol.. tech difficulties!
everything was perfect, wrapped up at like 11:20 2hr & 30mins ! what a great show, they seemed to love it & not want to stop! Jeff "slapped a the bass" on leavin here and I loved it!
Ed asked the crowd to take 3 steps back at one point because he was worried about the pit, that was a really cool touch I thought. He was clearly very emotional tonight, dedicating Light Years to a friend that died yesterday, he messed up the intro and had to take a minute to compose himself before restarting it.
And for those that care about the simpler things, Ed was in shorts tonight and looked fucking cool!
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
Ed moved the crowd back after 4 or so songs - was really nice to see him take care of people. He had a ciggie at the end while sat on a monitor watching Mike play out the gig - he was just soaking up the atmosphere. He didnt want to leave either - the lights went up during porch and that means time to stop but they just kept going.
And the best bit - finding they had run out of London 18/08 t-shirts but getting a london 11/08 t-shirt instead
Now for the bootlegs.. such a good band - next time they come to the uk im going to every gig and i might even fly out to US or elsewhere to see them in the meantime.
Great setlist, best of the tour in my opinion, all the old school classics! the set took me back to the 90's big time! Crowd were pumped, it was amazing!
Extended version of Black was superb! Ben intro to Rats, insane moshing during Animal....huge singalong in betterman....footsteps!!!..what a gig!
Ed was in top form and joking around between songs and the band were on top of their game!
Best concert ever! I dont think it can be topped...amazing amazing night!
There was a different vibe from Manchester. Eddie was wild in Manchester, dancing, really into it. Tonight he was a little more mellow, but f*cking intense...Much better performance.
The seltist was perfect, alot of classics, a couple of interesting ones (Footsteps, Hail Hail, Leaving Here)
Mr Stone Gossard, what's happened to him? He's headingbanging, dancing. He's into it. He obviosly had enough of the nerdy look, taking total backstage. Great performance. He really is the oil in the Pearl Jam engine. Just watching, you can see he's keeping everyone in time, and Jeff & Mike really watch him alot.
This show may go down as one of the classics, it had everything. Now where's the boot.
2 versions have been released for this nite.
Im posting a pic of mine tomorrow
But rite Im full with every single moment of these great gigs in the last two days...
Wow!
Release, Immortality, Black, Footsteps, Porch...it just got better and better
Shepherds Bush was a great gig but this was the best gig I have been to...ever!
Thankyouthankyouthankyou 10C for the best seated tickets I have ever had
I love you Pearl Jam
More details???
Now I'm over near the bandstand, every hand moving on John Finn's wife...
Yeah its not as good as the one i didnt buy at SBE - would really like one of those from somewhere.. still got tonights just to remind me of the gig.