*** Dublin Fanviews Here 6/22/10 ***

Irish Al

Brief view...sound was terrible for the first 6 songs or so where we were (stones side). But after that was class! New song was cool and the lads were on top form!

Can't wait for tomorrow and it was great meetin up with everyone!9

belfast1

There's a poor man in hospital right now and it didn't look good for him - he just bounced right off the awnings

Also to the ejits who think crowd surfing is cool - yes well, just remember that there happen to be girls and kids in the crowd who probably don't appreciate getting your big size nines right in their face

I have to say that seeing the man fall at the end of ledbetter really saddened the night for me - I hope he's alright

Please look after yourselves guys and enjoy the rest of the tour

Idlewild

What A great gig. The Dublin Crowd was amazing. I love the new song. Can't wait for Belfast and London

brokenarrow

belfast1 wrote:

There's a poor man in hospital right now and it didn't look good for him - he just bounced right off the awnings

Also to the ejits who think crowd surfing is cool - yes well, just remember that there happen to be girls and kids in the crowd who probably don't appreciate getting your big size nines right in their face

I have to say that seeing the man fall at the end of ledbetter really saddened the night for me - I hope he's alright

Please look after yourselves guys and enjoy the rest of the tour

So awful! I hope he's alright also, so sorry to read about this...

whiteside

Cracking gig.

Loved the opening 1-2 of Long Road->Once. For me the best part of the main set and maybe the whole gig was the run of songs from Unthought Known to Down. Unthought Known is even better live than on record but Nothing Man just made my night; it's one of my top 5 PJ songs and I had never heard it live before. Think Ed was having a couple of sound problems during it but it was just a gorgeous singalong, LOVED it. Personally after Down, the ending of main set was a not great, though I did like the Strummer cover a lot, some lovely riffs from Mike at the end.

I thought the crowd during the main set were a little quiet at some stages (by Dublin standards ) but it did pick up hugely in the encores, especially the second one. Porch was class, and Betterman and Alive were even better. Thought Eddie was going to jump on me during Alive but he thought better of it . Liked the new song too, bit hard to categorise it but some parts did sound a bit avocado-ish to me.

All in all, probably not my favourite PJ gig but this band never fail to put on an amazing show. Roll on Belfast.

p.s. sad to hear about the accident, I saw some stewards near the sound desk when I was walking by but just presumed it was some people with dehydration or whatever. Fingers crossed he's ok.

howardroark

I've just heard OF THE EARTH twice in the last 30 minutes on Pearl Jam radio.

(I know I should keep it to Fanviews but the NEW SONG trumps everything, no?)

pools of maroon

Just got back, what an amazing night, brilliant setlist! The guys played tight and seemed to be really enjoying it! Brilliant joe strummer cover and the new song well what can I say it was epic! Can't wait to hear it again had a real "who" vibe to it! If Belfast is half as good as tonight we're in for a treat.

gecko

howardroark wrote:

I've just heard OF THE EARTH twice in the last 30 minutes on Pearl Jam radio.

(I know I should keep it to Fanviews but the NEW SONG trumps everything, no?)

That's because I went to have a shower. I new it

WM31482

FrankieG wrote:

I am crazy...

Anybody else refreshing youtube for Of The Earth like you are trying to get tickets? :shock:

So funny...

Although now I actually feel like I need to do this- thanks for the idea i guess :?

WM31482

brokenarrow wrote:

belfast1 wrote:

There's a poor man in hospital right now and it didn't look good for him - he just bounced right off the awnings

Also to the ejits who think crowd surfing is cool - yes well, just remember that there happen to be girls and kids in the crowd who probably don't appreciate getting your big size nines right in their face

I have to say that seeing the man fall at the end of ledbetter really saddened the night for me - I hope he's alright

Please look after yourselves guys and enjoy the rest of the tour

So awful! I hope he's alright also, so sorry to read about this...

What ever happened to that guy that jumped from the 3rd balcony in Philly?? Were the people he landed on okay? (those were my seats the previous 2 nights... freaks me out a little bit still...)

not4u10

WM31482 wrote:

brokenarrow wrote:

belfast1 wrote:

There's a poor man in hospital right now and it didn't look good for him - he just bounced right off the awnings

Also to the ejits who think crowd surfing is cool - yes well, just remember that there happen to be girls and kids in the crowd who probably don't appreciate getting your big size nines right in their face

I have to say that seeing the man fall at the end of ledbetter really saddened the night for me - I hope he's alright

Please look after yourselves guys and enjoy the rest of the tour

So awful! I hope he's alright also, so sorry to read about this...

What ever happened to that guy that jumped from the 3rd balcony in Philly?? Were the people he landed on okay? (those were my seats the previous 2 nights... freaks me out a little bit still...)

What night did that happen? I was at Philly 2 & 4 and never heard that. After the show?

Jennytree

Just in from the pub - words cannot describe how much FUN I had! The audience were on fire, soooo sooo loud! I loved every single minute of it...

Mike Mcfuckin'Cready! The man was on fire tonight, bit of Thin Lizzy in YL... all over the new song... ah!

also, from what I had heard, all good news reported from security about the man that fell, but I am still very very worried for him and I hope he's ok. I didn't know anything about it till after the show :(

not4u10

Right Now = OF THE EARTH on PJ radio

YourDirtisMyfood

they just had the Arms Aloft song on.

-decodified-

PJ RADIO playing music from todays gig is aweeeeeeeeeeeesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YourDirtisMyfood

well this poster might have it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkYUDt52s6k

stankratz

Closest I ever got to the stage at a PJ gig tonight. Long Road was great, funny it was only my 7th show but 3rd Long Road opener. I almost shit my balls when they launched into Once after Long Road, talk about a change! The 1st set whizzed by more than I ever felt that at a PJ gig before.

The sound was great after the first few songs as usual. I was Mikes side about 5 yards from the barrier and could hear everything, except BOOM!! I only remembered him when I saw him after Ledbetter, but it wasn't really a Boom heavy set anyway.

The crowd were on fire and loud. And that amazes me, as out of the 14000 heads or so there tonight, a fair portion of those would have been your usual corporate knob jockeys and posers who were just there to be there, which unfortunately Dublin shows are overpopulated with these days. But as for my own personal experience, nothing but nice people surrounded me at the show, no dickheads at all

The new song starts with a nifty groove that reminded me of the verse of Purple Haze (rhythmically speaking) but there were so many different themes in the tune, and a trademark McCready violining/delay part a la what he does on the outro of Black live. Ed asked the crowd if they wanted to hear a new song, and he reiterated he meant 'new', and the crowd went nuts!

Mike hinted at both Cowboy song by Lizzy and Bad by U2 in his Ledbetter outro, nice.

Ed mentioned a couple of times that they will be back sooner than previous, I know he gets caught up in the moment though and says this at most shows But I do believe the band were blown away by the venue, compared to what they're used to in Ireland. Ed even said tonight the old place was a shit hole, and the crowd cheered!

Did not know in the slightest that some poor guy fell off that high-ass balcony. I sincerely hope it is isn't as bad as I imagine and that what Jen heard is truth. No doubt that it will bring negative press on the band, even though it happened at the end of Ledbetter, the most chilled out closing song of any band! Just hope that the Joe Duffy minions don't get word of it, and that Mr. Unknown isn't badly injured.

Speaking of Jen, thanks deeply (once again, and probably not the last time!) for the ticket, and for having us play at the awesome pre party on Monday night. I have played a lot of gigs but sitting on a barstool in a room full of genuine PJ fans playing PJ tunes is a different experience all together! Plus, by you asking us to play, you set in motion the turn of events that lead to Ribsy meeting Ed!!! I'm amazed the world is still in existence after those 2 living legends shook hands

Now is time for respite, Belfast awaits. It can only be amazing once again. Good night all

-decodified-

YourDirtisMyfood wrote:

well this poster might have it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkYUDt52s6k

is on NOW!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa3JjZdiU5g

YourDirtisMyfood

yep found it here too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbhwz-hpX8M

gecko

Thanks for the review, Stankratz.
As for balcony fall reflecting bad on the band, you can say it as concert was siick, people crazy, was wild, people crowd surfing, falling from balconies, sheet, man, Pearl Jam rocks.
I sure hope guy is alive, otherwise, me - hell.