Best show of the Australia / NZ tour?

nedmyopus

Question to those lucky few who were able to catch every show on the recent OZ/NZ tour - which was the best show? What makes a 'best' show? Well that will be different for everyone - more then anything I'm curious to hear the impressions from those who caught the whole tour!

DonJon

Ill go (and this could change slightly):

Adelaide (setlist x 25, weather, queues were small and everything well set out)
Christchurch (epic last show, crowd into it big time, Finn family, RITFW)
Brisbane/Melbourne ( had the best time dancing around at both of these/Joint with Woz just prior to Indifference :shock: /Present Tense)
Perth (queues were pretty shit but setlist was great. Whipping and See My Friend in early)
Auckland (crowd was heavy up front/ staff had no idea what they were doing)


Sydney

CopTheRiotAct

I went to Adelaide, Melb and brisbane. They all were amazing

And melbourne was easily my favourite. It had the best setlist. the only show with corduroy i seen. (fav song) The longest setlist. good crowd. ed had the best topics to talk about. he went to go into glorified G saying "this songs about choosing guns over boomerangs" then he said " wait no. no its not. its about... daughters.... that dont like.. their fathers.... that choose guns over boomerangs..." haha and then went into daughter. The best setlist streak is below. but the 4 Ten songs in a row in the first encore was great too!
Best setlist streak:
"Lukin, Green Disease, Force of Nature, Present Tense, Gonne See My Friend, Given To Fly, Daughter / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2-(Waters), Glorified G"



adelaide: interesting set. and an enthusiastic crowd. I was getting pushed around during the first 5 songs which i dont mind. but ed had to calm everyone down and was getting a bit nervous. ed was dissapointed in the wine he was given and hinted that it was from adelaide. Then apologized and said the wine in adelaide is usually great.
Best setlist streak:
State Of Love And Trust, The Real Me-(Townshend), The Fixer, Rearviewmirror, Smile





Brisbane was the least fav. the set was a bit lame from the 1st encore onwards. just the staples, with jeremy. the crowd in front of mike was really boring. ed couldnt get singalongs going. and was talking about "schoolies" and had a serious rant about the media advertising and pushing fear on the public.
still was a great show. The best of the indifferences i heard in person (5). check it out when the boot comes!
best setlist streak:
"Animal, Got Some, Small Town, In Hiding, In My Tree, Save You"





General notes:
-amongst the waves is brilliant live. loved hearing that all three times. it sounds different to me now and gives me chills when i hear it on the album.

-Release is the best opener ever.

-The first encore which has become a staple isnt as good as the random slow tempo songs that used to get played at that point. just breathe is nice. indifference was good too. but its more special when its rare, same with red mosquito.

-Got some wasnt AS good as i thought it would be considering its my fav on backspacer. still alot of fun

-Unthought known is more amazing than i thought even though i had high expectations.

-the rare riot act tunes i heard were insane. (green disease and save you) ROCKED SO HARD.

tommyphillips

Hobart

Secret show no one knew about.

Sorry you guys missed it.

I_GOT_no_IDea

tommyphillips wrote:

Hobart

Secret show no one knew about.

Sorry you guys missed it.

dammit!

dimitrispearljam

tommyphillips wrote:

Hobart

Secret show no one knew about.

Sorry you guys missed it.

i knew it

Eraserhead

Of the 4 shows I did, Adelaide wins for me, just because I got to hear Release for the first time!

Brisbane was a close second with highlights of Rats, If You Want Blood/Blood and In My Tree. Other highlights from the other shows were The Needle and the Damage Done & Oceans in Melbourne and Interstellar Overdrive/Corduroy & Mankind in Sydney.

I_GOT_no_IDea

loving the love for adelaide - cos that was my only show! i must say it was among my all-time favourites. amazing set list, amazing venue, great vibe, funny banter from ed. so glad i got to witness it. can't beat release to open - brings me to tears without fail, and to get i got shit sent me to another planet!
all the other shows looked incredible too - each one seems to have had it's own different but amazing character to it - perth's kick-off with the bang of breakerfall, melbourne's inside-outside ten-fest, sydney's extreme heat and ed trooping on, brisbane's insane setlist including in hiding, auckland's black (i'm sure there were other great aspects too ), and christchurch's finn-tastic finale extravaganza. you lucky bastards who saw the whole tour! what a fucking band.
"...i'm glad i saw this place, thank you all for taking me..." - EV, small town, adelaide, 17 nov 09.