*** EV Tour - Detroit Fanviews Here 06/26/11 ***

klusterfuk

Kat wrote:

jgardz wrote:

Didn't he and glen also play sleepless nights, without the mics on??? Cmon kat.. And yes the organ song was very similar to the wolf!

Thank you everyone; the set list has now been updated. Without the mics, the idea was to present the song in the way it would have been done when the theatre was built. Ed and Glen are making use of the theatres' natural acoustics. How did that sound to everyone?

x

it was excellent. wish i was still there

szbobcat21

what's bp? did he shake hands or talk to any fans?

Once Unemployable wrote:

Just saw Ed and Cheli taking BP at Comerica Park along with others. Ed was in RF and gave us a wave. Too cool. Great show. Can't wait for Toronto in Sept.

szbobcat21

pdalowsky wrote:

Now that is awesome

landingonwater wrote:

Ed,

Thanks so much for taking the time to read the letter I gave you before the show about my grandfather's passing and asking you to play MotH for him. It was incredible. I had family in attendance, making it all the more special.

All the best,

Tim

How did you see Ed before the show?

DSTURNERJR

Ed put on a fantastic show. Drove 3 hours to see it...only bad part was too many people who felt the need to clap along with every song (off tempo mind you) and scream at all the wrong times. That "great crowd" that people are referring to often times was overwhelmed by LOTS of assholes who don't have a clue. There's a difference between and EV show and a PJ show. Quit screaming, clapping, talking, and updating your fucking Facebook page throughout the show.

Besides that, the Fox Theater was beautiful and the setlist was amazing.

Heisenberg

szbobcat21 wrote:

what's bp? did he shake hands or talk to any fans?

Once Unemployable wrote:

Just saw Ed and Cheli taking BP at Comerica Park along with others. Ed was in RF and gave us a wave. Too cool. Great show. Can't wait for Toronto in Sept.

BP = Bongo Practice

TightropeHigher

Kat wrote:

Thank you everyone; the set list has now been updated. Without the mics, the idea was to present the song in the way it would have been done when the theatre was built. Ed and Glen are making use of the theatres' natural acoustics. How did that sound to everyone?

x

I thought it was great and more of that fun should be done! One thing that I think could help is if Eddie engages the crowd before hand and participating in active listening. Maybe coming from him we'd all get it in our heads to think about what is about to happen.

I'd also like to have more back and forth sing alongs between the crowd and ed (like in arc?)...it would be a great follow-up to a song in which we had to shut up for two minutes for!!

A great concert, Ed sang beautifully, start makin' them bootlegs, and can't wait for San Diego!!

airblue1

Excellent show
First time I saw Ed Solo. Being from Pittsburgh I was very happy to see Ed play remotely close to the city of champions. So I guess I have to thank CC for bringing Ed to Detroit Rock City!
The venue was awesome and very big. Compared to the Benedum in Pittsburgh it was like a XL to M in size.
The merch thing always cracks me up. We went in a little late so hoodies were down to small, medium and we got a Large plate tee.
The poster was cool if you are a wings fan. Being a Penguins fan the poster was a no go for us. But if it were a Penguins poster I would have bought 10!!!
I gotta admit I was not feeling any pain and could really have cared less about the drunks at the show. So really no complaints from this guy.
10C tix were fine. We sat about 30 rows from the stage.
I really wanted to hear the Uke songs and it was nice he came out straight into the album. Can't Keep rocks!!!
Detroit is a great city if you know your way around. But its def. a city that shows its age and really is the poster child for the rust belt. (I should know I live in the buckle of belt!!)
My wife and I have been going to shows for decades now. I have told her about the changes of ten club fans and the growth of the membership. She def. noticed a difference and sometimes thats good and sometimes its bad!!
Thanks 10C, Wishlist (Dirty Tom)
Peace Love and Music!!!
Cya at PJ20

Indian Summer

Hawk123 wrote:

Great performance and setlist tonight. The crowd was great for the most part but there just so many drunk assholes there tonight that were extremely distracting. It seemed like every song there were 50-100 people staggering up the aisles on the floor and couldn't find their seats when they came back.

agreed! And the loudmouths totally ruined Sleepless Nights when Ed asked to turn the microphone's off....the entire place was silent at the start....then a drunken fool yells "EDDIE" followed by "YOU'RE SO SEXY" ....by the end of the song I could barely hear them.

Indian Summer

Kat wrote:

jgardz wrote:

Didn't he and glen also play sleepless nights, without the mics on??? Cmon kat.. And yes the organ song was very similar to the wolf!

Thank you everyone; the set list has now been updated. Without the mics, the idea was to present the song in the way it would have been done when the theatre was built. Ed and Glen are making use of the theatres' natural acoustics. How did that sound to everyone?

x

I damn near had a tear in my eye at the start of this song.....and was so annoyed by the drunks at the end. Fans ruined it.

mookeywrench

Detroit got the best show....who knew?

smarchee

Indian Summer wrote:

Hawk123 wrote:

Great performance and setlist tonight. The crowd was great for the most part but there just so many drunk assholes there tonight that were extremely distracting. It seemed like every song there were 50-100 people staggering up the aisles on the floor and couldn't find their seats when they came back.

agreed! And the loudmouths totally ruined Sleepless Nights when Ed asked to turn the microphone's off....the entire place was silent at the start....then a drunken fool yells "EDDIE" followed by "YOU'RE SO SEXY" ....by the end of the song I could barely hear them.

the chick that yelled "you're so sexy" was 2 rows behind me and yelled "Black" 3 times during the show. She and her 4-some were wasted, they yapped through the whole beginning of the show when Ed play his Uke songs too, really annoying people, they were gone though when Hard Sun was played, whether they left to hit the bar or got kicked out I'm not sure, but there were a couple of times I thought of telling them to shut up

Dirty Tom

airblue1 wrote:

Excellent show
First time I saw Ed Solo. Being from Pittsburgh I was very happy to see Ed play remotely close to the city of champions. So I guess I have to thank CC for bringing Ed to Detroit Rock City!
The venue was awesome and very big. Compared to the Benedum in Pittsburgh it was like a XL to M in size.
The merch thing always cracks me up. We went in a little late so hoodies were down to small, medium and we got a Large plate tee.
The poster was cool if you are a wings fan. Being a Penguins fan the poster was a no go for us. But if it were a Penguins poster I would have bought 10!!!
I gotta admit I was not feeling any pain and could really have cared less about the drunks at the show. So really no complaints from this guy.
10C tix were fine. We sat about 30 rows from the stage.
I really wanted to hear the Uke songs and it was nice he came out straight into the album. Can't Keep rocks!!!
Detroit is a great city if you know your way around. But its def. a city that shows its age and really is the poster child for the rust belt. (I should know I live in the buckle of belt!!)
My wife and I have been going to shows for decades now. I have told her about the changes of ten club fans and the growth of the membership. She def. noticed a difference and sometimes thats good and sometimes its bad!!
Thanks 10C, Wishlist (Dirty Tom)
Peace Love and Music!!!
Cya at PJ20

Glad you had a good time.....good thing you didn't win any of the Red Wings raffle items (since I was id'ing everyone that won them) no pens fan was gonna get our Wings items.

Once Unemployable

Heisenberg wrote:

szbobcat21 wrote:

what's bp? did he shake hands or talk to any fans?

Once Unemployable wrote:

Just saw Ed and Cheli taking BP at Comerica Park along with others. Ed was in RF and gave us a wave. Too cool. Great show. Can't wait for Toronto in Sept.

BP = Bongo Practice

BP-Batting Practice at Comerica Park where the Tigers play. He gave us a wave.

All Those Yesterdays

And my actual review:

The actual show was amazing. When my buddy and I walked into the venue we both just dropped our jaws when we seen the lobby. Absolutely amazing. We literately stood there for ten minutes gawking at the detail before we decided to step in the line for merchandise. Even then we were doing more pointing at the detail of the lobby then looking at what was our choices to purchase. Slightly dissapointed that the deck of cards were sold out. I was set on those from the previous show posts. And for the first time ever I did NOT buy a poster. Had nothing to do with how the poster looked. It was literally down to the fact that I have about a dozen that I have yet to frame. And I really need to focus the money on getting those framed.

Walking to our seats we were again blown away with the venue. I'd of loved to get a hour alone to just walk around and look at everything. This place blew the Civic Theatre in Akron out of the water for overall beauty. I was at the Ryman to see the two Ed shows a few years back and that place is special too (just something in the air when you walk in there), but The Fox was just a visual dream.

Glen Hansard was absolutely fabulous. his story about the phone calls from Ed after that misfortunate show of his was beautiful.

Ed's set really was great. I love the curtains closed as he starts playing Waving Palms and the curtain opens. That's such a great look. The Uke songs really were fantastic. He could of played them all and I'd of been content.

The super highlights were the Uke Songs for sure. Sleepless Nights just gave me chills for sure. Far Behind, Long Nights was fantastic. Actually all the Into the WIld songs are just great great pieces of music live. Hearing those reminded me of how great the Ryman shows were. And Let My Love Open The Door was just fantastic. And the pump organ piece was just fantastic as well.

Didn't really meet anyone new just a couple quick conversations, but that's my personality I tend to just keep to myself. Now the wait till PJ20....

Dirty Tom

sabreleaf wrote:

Best worst show ever been to. Setlist and Ed awesome. Crowd a trainwreck. Main problem the Detroit Tigers. I say half the crowd went to the game before the show and got wasted. Then they went to the Hockeytown Cafe and got more wasted. Fox theater then served them giant beers and got them even more wasted. Then these Arab a-holes who would not stop talking durring the show. People asked nice. They told girls to mind their own business. Then they told people come and make us shut up. So I went up to them and said here I am to make you shut up. Then they forgot how to speak English and shut the hell up. You guys are the two biggest wimps ever. Then another fight broke out behind us between guys that make The Hulk look small. Could not wait to get the hell out of Detroit. Show could not end soon enough.
Watched Hard Sun from the back before I ended up in jail. Friends in other sections said same things.

I think you're giving Detroit a bad rap due to YOUR bad experience at the show. The 2 have nothing in common. Everyone from outta town told me they loved our city...it's beautiful.

Kat

Please...it's getting harder and harder to find the Fanviews among the chatting. Please make a thread for some of these back and forth discussions. People click on these threads to read Fanviews...about the shows and about the music specifically, not about fans who may not be where you are musically when you see the shows. Thank you.

x

faceintheclouds

Kat wrote:

Please...it's getting harder and harder to find the Fanviews among the chatting. Please make a thread for some of these back and forth discussions. People click on these threads to read Fanviews...about the shows and about the music specifically, not about fans who may not be where you are musically when you see the shows. Thank you.

x

Haha. What she said.

jnaught

The show was awesome - and my buddy and I were glad we made it in to see some of Glen Handsard (sp?). Having never heard him before, we were impressed!

I saw Night 2 in Baltimore in '09 - about 3 songs in, Ed played a sing-a-long and, at the end of it, told the crowd to focus their energy on the great singing, not shouting out Pearl Jam songs he wasn't going to play if he heard it shouted - lol. He probably could have done something like that in Detroit, too. I didnt really mind, though - it's a concert with a rock legend, not the ballet!

Big Hard Sun was INCREDIBLE! The bouncing balcony was both terrifying and electrifying (we were on the main floor about 3 rows just in front of where the balcony hangs).

I love that he's playing Porch, Immortality and Man of the Hour on this tour.

My only disappointment was the merch counter - it was insanely crowded. I didn't even try, despite the fact that I really wanted a shirt. On the flip side, the bar set-up was the stellar!

key to the locks

Glen was insanely good. Ed played nearly a dream set list for me with songs like Off He Goes, Wishlist, You're True, Man of the Hour, Crazy Mary. Falling Slowly was so good. Loved Ed saying "A friend said you're playing the motor city, so you better give her some gas." This was the liveliest of the 5 solo shows I have seen. The crowd was worked into a frenzy going from Let My Love Open the Door to Elderly Woman into a rocking rendition of Immortality to Unthought Known so it didn't shock me he stopped Arc. He pulled the ear piece out after the first run and said "Fuck it." He stopped it the last time I saw him in Baltimore and the crowd was rowdier in Detroit. A few songs into it he seemed to notice the woman signing the songs and had funny interactions with her. Most gorgeous theatre I have ever been in. As always, he seems sincerely moved by the audiences reaction.

Kreg

The untitled pump organ song bordered on a religious experience for me. Ed's vocal range and intensity is incredible, and paired with the pump organ, it was beautiful and moving. Sleepless Nights was a great moment without the mics, and I would say it was an experiment worth trying again. Bummer some fans would rather hear themselves yell instead of the rendition but I guess you have to expect some people to be "theives of silence?" Falling Slowly was a great example of the superb harmony between Ed and Glen. Just one of the many goose bump moments I had at the show. it was truly a dream come true to see EV in this gorgeous and classy venue. This was a show that touched my soul! Thanks for coming to Detroit!