*** Sydney Fanviews Here 11/22/09 ***

edwho

November 22, 2009
Sydney Football Stadium
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Support 1: Liam Finn

Support 2: Ben Harper and Relentless7

Set List: I Will Not Be Broken, Faded, Number With No Name, Under Pressure with Eddie Vedder, Never Tear Us Apart, Rock & Roll Is Free (If You Want It), Shimmer & Shine, Lay There & Hate Me, Boots Like These, Up To You Now


Pearl Jam

MAIN SET: Why Go, Hail Hail, Interstellar Overdrive/Corduroy, Severed Hand, Small Town, The Fixer, Given To Fly, Dissident, Even Flow, Untitled, MFC, Unthought Known, Down, Garden, Whipping, Mankind, Got Some, Do The Evolution

ENCORE 1: Happy Birthday Joanie Lee, Red Mosquito with Ben Harper, Indifference with Ben Harper, State Of Love And Trust, Light Years, Last Exit, Porch

ENCORE 2: Throw Your Arms Around Me with Liam Finn, Crazy Mary, Rockin’ In The Free World* **


*Early Set List thanks to “dcafe”

**Set List confirmed by Admin

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pjfan31

Last exit wan't played till 2nd set. I'll post more later.gotta sleep. Up for work in a few hrs

pjfan31

And Garden played in main set.

Black-12

Happy Birthday to Joni! Heard you got the best birthday presant ever!!!!! Amazing set list too!

LongRoad

echoing my comment in the other thread, Ed struggled tonight big time. The worst I've ever seen him as far as losing the voice goes. He did what not many others would do - he tried his best when he just didnt feel up to it. I just hope he recovers and i have no problem with the shorter set list and left out songs tonight. Anyone else in his condition wouldnt even want to get out of bed but he gave everything he had and more. He gave one last push in RITFW and really let lose, I bet the voice was completely gone after that.

He was angry with himself and you could tell he didnt want to let the crowd down.

Get better Ed.

Over5Horizons

Onto Sydney and met by a 40 degree C' day!!......Again my sons join me but this time I'm in the seats....1st time for this Aussie tour.

It was incredible to see the crowd build from this vantage point....In Perth Adelaide and Melbourne I was in the first block on the floor....From the stands I saw the entire floor fill and felt the power of a completely commited crowd.

In fact if i think back to '06 this is one of the main differences. This time people in the stands all were up and dancing from the start. All age brackets into it early and didn't let up. It was fun to have some room to let go and bounce when i felt like it.

I have deliberately left out Ben and Liam previously but tonight I must mention Ben's version of INXS's "Never tear us apart" during his set. Completely unexpected and a special treat that captured the Sydney crowds attention. Brilliant.

Apart from being able to dance with conviction my highlights for Sydney were;

Hail Hail (finally)
DISSIDENT (dedicated to the TC fan who keeps getting front and centre each show - respect -what DID you request?? and sorry i can't remember your name
Untitled - ahhhh and MFC
GARDEN
WHIPPING (again ----Dance dance dance......
and then ..........

In part because Eddie had a sore throat they (Stone) played Mankind........What I liked about this was Stone bothering to thank Eddie who turns up every time and thanks everyone else......HERE HERE !!!...

SOLAT and PORCH again but this time dancing my ass off was truely magic.

Sadly the last encore was brief...I'm sure because of Eddie's illness.....I sensed he was apologetic and didn't want to stop but was left with no choice. At the end actually clutching his throat as if to say I can't sing anymore :(

We were graced with Crazy Mary for the first time this tour before a prolonged crowd walk by Eddie signalled a premature goodbye during RITFW.

I think the Sydney crwod was awesome with mexican waves at the beginnng. Though the setlist was the shortest yet this was a great highlight show for me......

Thanks again PJ and see you all in a few days for the final bash on my adventure in Brisbane

PJD>

newy777

daily telegraph review -
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entert ... 5801854088

LongRoad

I should mention the heat.. as soon as i got in the 10c line i knew i couldnt stand it so i left and came back at 3.30pm.Still got on the middle rail which was good as Ed ran past. The people who sat in the heat all day, I dont know how you did it :shock:

pdalowsky

That sucks for you guys Eddie was I'll

this set doesn't get close to the Perth and Adelaide shows IMO on paper

dimitrispearljam

congrats Joni

SOLAT319

LongRoad wrote:

echoing my comment in the other thread, Ed struggled tonight big time. The worst I've ever seen him as far as losing the voice goes. He did what not many others would do - he tried his best when he just didnt feel up to it. I just hope he recovers and i have no problem with the shorter set list and left out songs tonight. Anyone else in his condition wouldnt even want to get out of bed but he gave everything he had and more. He gave one last push in RITFW and really let lose, I bet the voice was completely gone after that.

He was angry with himself and you could tell he didnt want to let the crowd down.

Get better Ed.

WOW...what you wrote above sounds so much like his situation at Outside Lands. We were amazed by how hard he tried to give a kick ass show. And they did...

Dirty Frankk

pdalowsky wrote:

this set doesn't get close to the Perth and Adelaide shows IMO on paper

I agree, not a special set list at all...anyway I wish I was there

decides2dream

only for pearl jam would a 28 song setlist be considered "short."
sorry to read that ed is feeling ill, and sorry for the fans....i'm sure for all hoped for more, ed probably more than anyone. i am certain he and all gave EVERYthing they could for the crowds, so i hope all had a great time no matter what, and that ed is on the mend soon!

and WOW...it's joni's birthday too? AND they sang happy birthday to her?! :shock:
today is my birthday as well, and i initially planned on heading to sydney for the show - obviously changed my mind - but woweeeeee for her! tis like a dream!

have to say, for me, definite right decision staying put. and now reading about the heat :shock: and ed being ill :( ....i'm 'ok' with my choice, tho you bet...of course i'd still have liked to have been there.

dimitrispearljam

decides2dream wrote:

only for pearl jam would a 28 song setlist be considered "short."
sorry to read that ed is feeling ill, and sorry for the fans....i'm sure for all hoped for more, ed probably more than anyone. i am certain he and all gave EVERYthing they could for the crowds, so i hope all had a great time no matter what, and that ed is on the mend soon!

and WOW...it's joni's birthday too? AND they sang happy birthday to her?! :shock:
today is my birthday as well, and i initially planned on heading to sydney for the show - obviously changed my mind - but woweeeeee for her! tis like a dream!

have to say, for me, definite right decision staying put. and now reading about the heat :shock: and ed being ill :( ....i'm 'ok' with my choice, tho you bet...of course i'd still have liked to have been there.

its tomorrow Joni's but in Australia is already 23-11 happy birthday to u too..u can see it btw in another post,,

Tone

The Sydney shirt was the Swans and the poster was apparently the artwork from the red surfer shirt. Does anyone have any images of these? Thanks to Zenith for picking me up a t-shirt!

Feel better Ed and congrats to Joni on another awesome PJ experience. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Tone

pdalowsky wrote:

That sucks for you guys Eddie was I'll

this set doesn't get close to the Perth and Adelaide shows IMO on paper

Hey now, it's not a competition. Any PJ show is a gift and an amazing experience

1crookedheart

Eddie did give it his best and you could feel his frustration - got only more respect for him. It was a bloody ruthless day in terms of the heat - 44 degrees - tough for a healthy fan standing in the crowd - can't imagine how got though as much as he did - visibly sick. He still kicked ass and gave us a 2 + hour show in stadium as hot as an oven.

Loved the show - SOLOT, Garden, Crazy Mary Dissident, Hail Hail... all highlights. Sydney crowd was great too - they were into it.

WashMyLove

any video of Eddie covering Never Tears Us Apart and Underpressure?

anthonycalav

I have no complaints about the setlist! Thought it was an amazing setlist!

Unthought Known was made to be played live!

I thought the crowd was better than Melbourne due to the fact that it was a rectangular field and much tighter!

Garden was amazing, Crazy Mary was unbelievable, I could go on and on!

Melbourne and Sydney ticked off, Auckland and Christchurch next!

Have fun in Brissie everyone!

Macca.

I thought the setlist was awesome. I actually enjoy being able to sing along while others don't know the song.

Big thumb up to Mike McCready who jammed out like his life depended on it last night. I love that shit!

Glen

For a guy that was as sick as Eddie I don't know how he pulled it off. He even had to lie flat out on the deck way to the side during Crazy Mary just to keep going. Yeah a short set list but a good one none the less. It was nice to finally see a show thats not just all hits.

Mankind, Untitled, Dissident, Garden, Unthought Known, Red Mosquito, Hail Hail, MFC, Wow! Heaps of songs I had not heard live so I am a happy camper.

Stone gave a really great shout out to Ed then nailed mankind!

Ed could not have been more apologetic, no need! Anyone else would have given up after the first song Why Go.

Even got to shake the mans hand (hope I dont get sick).

Mike was going crazy, I dont know how many laps he did of the stage but he must of felt like he ran a marathon afterwards. He was really showing off tonight and bringing the energy Ed lacked.

Also have to say the security in my area were brilliant and everyone else took good care of each other too. All up certainly a different Pearl Jam experience for me but I still came away with some of the best Highlights from any of the shows I have attended.