*** Ed Tour - Newcastle Fanviews Here 03/16/11 ***

i like matt.c

Long May You Run? Arc? I have no words. This must have been so incredible.

duccivespucci_2

What did Better Days sound like? I mean, how did he play it since the studio version has a lot of different instruments?

Thanks

LongRoad

duccivespucci_2 wrote:

What did Better Days sound like? I mean, how did he play it since the studio version has a lot of different instruments?

Thanks

It was brilliant... just amazing. I thought it was a good song when i heard the studio version but nothing spectacular (only listened to it once or twice though, in fact i can't even remember how it goes right now).
He had an old tape recorder and he just sang over it. No guitar or anything, just a mic. He sat down for most of it until the very end.
Really intense. My highlight of the night. He said he probably won't play it again but I hope he does.

samon3973

I'm still reeling from last night in Newcastle. Ed gave us all more than we could've asked for and I won't forget it as long as I breathe. I traveled 10,000 miles (all the way from Minneapolis) to see him in that cool town, took my dad along, making a memory we will share forever. Each year I am lucky enough to travel overseas with him as he does a lot of business around the world. Our trips coincide with my Spring Break from teaching and every year I fly off to wherever he is and we always have the best time together. This year, I learned Australia was the place and soon after found out about Ed's tour. As I scrambled to get my pre-sale tickets, I began to imagine what lay ahead. Would I really be able to pull it off? Would my dad be as excited as I was? In the end, what I truly dreamed was that I would finally hear "Throw Your Arms Around Me" live. I love that song so incredibly much in the farthest reaches of my soul. I know, big dreams for a girl from the suburbs of Minneapolis.

This has been a tough year for me as I have watched my marriage come to an end and I have been faced with the scary notion of starting over at the age of 38. The feelings of failure and sadness can really do a number on you. Better Days has been a poignant and meaningful song in my life as you can imagine. Although I could see that Ed was not exactly pleased with how it turned out, I am eternally grateful to have heard it live. As the song went on, my feelings of fear and worry about the days and years ahead washed away. Thank you so much Ed for an amazing evening. As I sit in my hotel room back in Sydney, I know that life really isn't that bad and that I will be fine. I left the Civic Theatre knowing deep down that my future truly is paved with better days.

Cheers Australia! What a lovely country of interesting and kind people you are!

ZiggyStar

my2hands wrote:

29 songs? ed is the fucking man. period.


i hope you had fun Ziggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking oath! AND I met Ed!

vedder_soup

ZiggyStar wrote:

my2hands wrote:

29 songs? ed is the fucking man. period.


i hope you had fun Ziggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking oath! AND I met Ed!

no..... Ed met you!

Gary Carter

vedder_soup wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

my2hands wrote:

29 songs? ed is the fucking man. period.


i hope you had fun Ziggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking oath! AND I met Ed!

no..... Ed met you!

lol


this show needs to be released. totally amazing setlist.

Ty

Such a rad night! I thought Canberra was good, but fuck, Newy blew it away last night! Awesome drinks at the fund-raiser too! Great to meet a few of you!

smunno

Ty wrote:

Such a rad night! I thought Canberra was good, but fuck, Newy blew it away last night! Awesome drinks at the fund-raiser too! Great to meet a few of you!

Really? I thought Canberra was better.

morello

Finally online so just a quick post to sa YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! I am LOVIGN being on tour & LOVING Ed's shows!!!!!!!!!!!! & am so f'n jealous of you bldy ziggy!!! Grrr grrr mumble mumble..... if only I'd hung around last night a bit longer!! ha ha nah SOOOOO cool you guys met Ed. I can't w3ait to hear more about it when I'm back with full internet access.

So, shows have been AMAZING so far! Love love LOVIN the man!!!
Happy Morello!!!!

ms.honeymeister

Beegirl... I wasn't there, but the person you are describing sounds like mr. George Webb. Guitar tech with pj for many many years.

ONCE DEVIDED

ZiggyStar wrote:

my2hands wrote:

29 songs? ed is the fucking man. period.


i hope you had fun Ziggy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking oath! AND I met Ed!

and heres me thinking your highlight was meeting me
lol
great to meet you finally mate hope you enjoyed your stay in newy

ONCE DEVIDED

1. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
2. Girl From The North Country-(Bob Dylan)
3. Trouble-(Cat Stevens)
04. Brain Damage-(Roger Waters){Pink Floyd}
05. Sometimes
06. Just Breathe
07. I Am Mine
08. Thumbing My Way
09. Unthought Known
10. Without You (New Song)
11. Broken Heart (New Song)
12. Masters Of War-(Bob Dylan)
13. Setting Forth (incomplete)
14. Far Behind
15. No Ceiling (incomplete)
16. Guaranteed
17. Rise
18. Santa Cruz (sung as "Castle New" for Newcastle)
19. Porch
20. Better Days

Encore Break 1
21 Long May You Run w/ EJ Barnes & Cecilia Herbert-(Neil Young)
22. The Golden State w/ EJ Barnes-(John Doe)
23. Society
24. Off He Goes
25. Wishlist
26. The End
27. Arc-(dedicated to the Japanese victims of the earthquake and tsunami)

Encore Break 2
28. Throw Your Arms Around Me w/ EJ Barnes-Archer, Falconer, Howard, Mills, Seymour, Smith, Waters) {Hunters & Collectors}
29. Hard Sun w/ EJ Barnes, Cecilia Herbert & Mark Richards-(Gordon Peterson)

where do you start
preshow was great event. well done rob and co
great to finally meet peeps ive yakked with for so long
opening with small town - that song just fits
the whole night was just outstanding , a few stuffups and lots of chatting about the shithole theatre lol
highlights
well fuck the whole damm thing it was just magic i cant pick
arc and the end were really special. porch as well
enjoyed the uke new stuff, some great lyrics suited to eds voice
throw your arms was great
man im still smiling it was great
and to hear that some got to meet ed through mark well thats great as well....stories you lot

The poster is a pretty great rendition of marks shaping area out back of his surf shop IT will have pride of place in my dining room on other side of window from 2006 poster signed by mark

another great effort wa MR getting 2 show posters and 1 tour poster signed by ed for preshow
i bidded up to round 330 i think but then it went mental. great effort mark#
I really hope all who came enjoyed the show , our theatre is a great venue. loved it all

oh yeah... nearly forgot to mention shook eds hand at end of arc

Wandera

Last nights show was unbelievable - managed to score tickets in front row of dress circle. Venue was awesome and so was Ed. Does anyone know if there will be bootlegs for this show?? Set list was outstanding.

Travelar

Another great looking set. Looking forward to some more US shows...

mauichick

LongRoad wrote:

E.K wrote:

Sus, Leigh, Lindy, Rob, Ryan, Stuart, Hinn met Eddie last night . Exact details unknown but I have a hunch it's something to do with MR

oh ok. while the rest of us underprivilged peasants waited outside for 2 and a half hours with the false hope he was going to come out. nice

Nothing to do w MR. Totally random beautiful moment and unexpected. Maybe next time hold on the speculation and show some appreciation for all the good that was done for flood victims and that good brings good.

E.K

mHeauichick wrote:

LongRoad wrote:

E.K wrote:

Sus, Leigh, Lindy, Rob, Ryan, Stuart, Hinn met Eddie last night . Exact details unknown but I have a hunch it's something to do with MR

oh ok. while the rest of us underprivilged peasants waited outside for 2 and a half hours with the false hope he was going to come out. nice

Nothing to do w MR. Totally random beautiful moment and unexpected. Maybe next time hold on the speculation and show some appreciation for all the good that was done for flood victims and that good brings good.

Now calm down everyone I did say it was just a hunch. I'm pleased that people I know got to meet Eddie. The fundraiser was great. Looks like I might be going to the Sydney show on Saturday now. Goodnight!

Eraserhead

Is Brain Damage the full song, or just a snippet?

Drum Machine89

oh ok. while the rest of us underprivilged peasants waited outside for 2 and a half hours with the false hope he was going to come out. nice[/quote]
Nothing to do w MR. Totally random beautiful moment and unexpected. Maybe next time hold on the speculation and show some appreciation for all the good that was done for flood victims and that good brings good.[/quote]
Now calm down everyone I did say it was just a hunch. I'm pleased that people I know got to meet Eddie. The fundraiser was great. Looks like I might be going to the Sydney show on Saturday now. Goodnight! [/quote]

Yeah the fundraiser was really good fun!

Did we meet the other night? i was the one who won the nappie box full of dvds! lol

pearlhawk

Wow, looks like another great show. Does anyone have a picture of the poster?

HailHailOZ

:shock: Just broke my own rule of not reading the Setlist of a show I would've been at if the funds had stretched...

...RULE NOW PERMANENTLY RE-INTRODUCED!!!!!!

Hope you all enjoyed what looks like a wonderful night.

Austicman

Another Great night.

The crowd and the venue was superb. An old little theatre. Very intimate.

Ed's banter with the crowd was hilarious.

Just another awesome setlist.

I didn't mention it from Canberra but Sometimes was great. Off he Goes was the highlight of the night for me. My seats were up in the dress circle but it was such a small theatre that you could see the expressions on Ed's face and to look down on his whole set was very cool.

Just another great night I'll never forget

This was during hard sun:

Hinn

Eraserhead wrote:

Is Brain Damage the full song, or just a snippet?

As always, just the second verse.

Guys, I was happier to have met MR than EV, during the preparty. Granted, not exactly the first time with Ed.

Drum Machine89

Hinn wrote:

Eraserhead wrote:

Is Brain Damage the full song, or just a snippet?

As always, just the second verse.

Guys, I was happier to have met MR than EV, during the preparty. Granted, not exactly the first time with Ed.

Yeah MR was a very cool guy to talk to! good job meeting ed though, what was ed saying?

Hinn

Drum Machine89 wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Eraserhead wrote:

Is Brain Damage the full song, or just a snippet?

As always, just the second verse.

Guys, I was happier to have met MR than EV, during the preparty. Granted, not exactly the first time with Ed.

Yeah MR was a very cool guy to talk to! good job meeting ed though, what was ed saying?

Asking me to get a haircut. Bastard.

I'll do it if he gets the mohawk back.

Drum Machine89

Guys, I was happier to have met MR than EV, during the preparty. Granted, not exactly the first time with Ed.[/quote]

Yeah MR was a very cool guy to talk to! good job meeting ed though, what was ed saying? [/quote]
Asking me to get a haircut. Bastard.

I'll do it if he gets the mohawk back.[/quote]

hahahaha, yeah he should!

Any meet up before the gig tonight Hinn?

Hinn

Drum Machine89 wrote:

Guys, I was happier to have met MR than EV, during the preparty. Granted, not exactly the first time with Ed.

Yeah MR was a very cool guy to talk to! good job meeting ed though, what was ed saying? [/quote]
Asking me to get a haircut. Bastard.

I'll do it if he gets the mohawk back.[/quote]

hahahaha, yeah he should!

Any meet up before the gig tonight Hinn?[/quote]
I'm just hanging at my place, sending stuff back to my work's HR department back in London.

Making a couple of calls later today to see how the other lot who are still in Newy are doing. They should have left the apartment like 10 min ago. Will eventually make my way to the Criterion Hotel much later, corner Park and Pitt Streets. Usual pre-show drinking place before I left here.

vital5

E.K wrote:

Now calm down everyone I did say it was just a hunch. I'm pleased that people I know got to meet Eddie. The fundraiser was great. Looks like I might be going to the Sydney show on Saturday now. Goodnight!

Haha look at what you've done!

E.K

vital5 wrote:

E.K wrote:

Now calm down everyone I did say it was just a hunch. I'm pleased that people I know got to meet Eddie. The fundraiser was great. Looks like I might be going to the Sydney show on Saturday now. Goodnight!

Haha look at what you've done!

So did you lick Eddie's hand then? And where are are pre-show drinks tomorrow night?

aus_suz

vital5 wrote:

E.K wrote:

Now calm down everyone I did say it was just a hunch. I'm pleased that people I know got to meet Eddie. The fundraiser was great. Looks like I might be going to the Sydney show on Saturday now. Goodnight!

Haha look at what you've done!

Yeah should've been making u lunch and this wouldnt have happened ...