Lets start from the good part. Im from Puerto Rico and FINALLY I saw them for my first time in Tampa. My GF- who is getting into the whole PJ thing- was amazed with the way I looked during the concert. I "screamed my lungs out" the whole night. Amazing set .The day after the perfect concert I got a call from my boss telling me we were going to our central office in NJ. After complaining for an hr I remembered that they were playing MSG on the 24 and the 25!!! Smiling again!!
Onto the MSG. Its been a hell of a week at work I got out Tues after 10pm... Anyhow my GF moved heaven and earth trying to find me a nice sole ticket. She did it. Section 223 for Wed night.
Along came Wed. My boss wanted to keep the car so I had to find transportation back and forth from Metropark. The taxi ride from Metropark to my hotel in Tinton Falls was $75!! but what the hell...PJ is priceless.
After the whole mess to get to Penn Station. I arrived @ 7:10. My mood changed instantly!!! The ambiance...damn after waiting too many years I was going to see them twice in two weeks!! The feeling lasted one minute. When I gave the E-ticket he told me "sorry, this is a Tues. Ticket"!!!!!!
I was devastated!! Call my GF- didn't had the energy to even put out a figth (anyone can make the mistake) She goes to her computer and double check the ebay auction. It was listed incorrectly!! The description everything was for 6/25- Seller promptly gave me the money. It was his mistake. I did the cancellations line but to no results. Im really in a heartbreak here. Being there while never being there sucks big time. Shame that I have to catch a plane back to PR tomorrow because I just should drive to CT for tomorrow's show.
People...I am addicted now. Currently planning my 09 vacations- hoping they release something and go on tour- to go to at least 3 concerts.
Hope u guys all enjoyed last night as I did in Tampa....
Tampa 08, MSG 5/20/2010, MSG 5/21/2010, Wrigley 2013
My daughter's very first concert last night... it was great!!! Couldn't have picked a better place, it being a hometown venue and MSfreekinG! My 292 seats weren't all that bad and then Eric & Bobby traded seats for the last encore and she got to sit up close. Ed gave her shout out because of her sign during Yellow Ledbetter.
LOVED Ace playing, Mike singing!!, SOLAT and so much more... still processing!
My daughter's very first concert last night... it was great!!! Couldn't have picked a better place, it being a hometown venue and MSfreekinG! My 292 seats weren't all that bad and then Eric & Bobby traded seats for the last encore and she got to sit up close. Ed gave her shout out because of her sign during Yellow Ledbetter.
LOVED Ace playing, Mike singing!!, SOLAT and so much more... still processing!
I saw Eric and Bobby outside MSG and they mentioned it was your daughter that got the shout out. Very cool!
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023 MSG 2024, MSG 2024 Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
What the hell happened to the days when everybody hated that song??
(i didn't)
I tell ya, we're a fickle bunch
from the first time i heard it til this day have i always loved that song. it's my ringtone and on other sites i'm known as MoonRollinRound. i've never understood those who hated it at all.
umm anyone else sitting with the same people as night before
I was
so weird
but they were nice
Yeah the dude that rocked the shades all night on Night 1 (Sec 8, Row O, maybe seat 4 or 5) was in front of me again on Night 2 (Sec 7, Row Q, again, seat 5).
So thankful to Chrisg72 that she had the extra for me! Without her, I wouldn't have made it to my 18th show...and what a show it was!
I've been praying and praying for a Release opener...and boy, did I get it! I think I even cried a little! And Garden at the Garden? Too much...
Having been at the Rangers Stanley Cup win in '94 (had season tickets for a few years)....the Let's Go Rangers chants brought back so many wonderful memories for me!
Thanks again, Chrisg72 (and hubby!) and thanks to the Hawaiians who let me sit with my brother during the 2nd encore!
I like how at the shows I've been to (all 2 of them) there seems to be someone around that is super into the music and knows all the words and then high fives everyone when a particularly awesome song comes on!
Sooooo true. I feel like I know pretty much every song from the albums, singles, and christmas singles, but you know you are hearing something special when that person a row or two in front of you starts screaming after the first two bars and everyone else has no clue what song is on.
My daughter's very first concert last night... it was great!!! Couldn't have picked a better place, it being a hometown venue and MSfreekinG! My 292 seats weren't all that bad and then Eric & Bobby traded seats for the last encore and she got to sit up close. Ed gave her shout out because of her sign during Yellow Ledbetter.
LOVED Ace playing, Mike singing!!, SOLAT and so much more... still processing!
THATS GREAT....
anyone know who it was who Ed mentioned to about being at their 100th show ???
*Official Marker in the Sand Fan Club Junkie*
Member # 0003
wont let the light escape from me
wont let the darkness swallow me
My daughter's very first concert last night... it was great!!! Couldn't have picked a better place, it being a hometown venue and MSfreekinG! My 292 seats weren't all that bad and then Eric & Bobby traded seats for the last encore and she got to sit up close. Ed gave her shout out because of her sign during Yellow Ledbetter.
LOVED Ace playing, Mike singing!!, SOLAT and so much more... still processing!
that is awesome. Every concert she goes to now, for the rest of her life, she's gonna wonder why the lead singer failed to acknowledge her....
by the way, my wife and I did the math on the train. last night was my 20th show, and her 10th. Neither a major milestone, but kinda cool
My 25 hour adventure! 8 Hours to get to NYC, 8 hours IN NYC and 8 hours getting home to meet an 8am 6/26 committment in upstate NY. I'm pretty drained today but what a show. The crowd was really good, the band was on fire (are they ever not, really?) and a lot of fun as usual. Highlights for me were Rats, WMA, SOLAT (always), Who You Are. I was in section 91, and met the guy who'd turned down the 4 grand he was offered for his night 1 tickets - nice dude (you rock for doing that!), and there were also a couple of PJ virgins in the section. The only regret was having to leave early to catch my bus at the Port Authority, so at 10:59 I left as Last Kiss was finishing up, and heard Why Go as I was pelting down the stairs. The only *good* thing about that was I got from MSG to the Port Authority in 8 minutes flat at a dead run. I'm sorry I missed all the excitement with Ace Frehley and Black Diamond, but it was either leave early or not attend the show and that wasn't an option!
One joy for me was to have A Ramone in the building. I missed a Ramones show that I had tickets for because I was underage, and while CJ wasn't with them during the time I missed their show, it was just cool.
R.i.p. Rigoberto Alpizar.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
It was listed incorrectly!! The description everything was for 6/25- Seller promptly gave me the money. It was his mistake. I did the cancellations line but to no results. Im really in a heartbreak here.
I hope you get a refund and a letter of apology from the prick.
2005: Borgata 2, Philly
2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
2012: Made in America
2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
2015: Global Citizens
2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
EV Solo: NJPAC 2008; Tower Theatre, PA 2009; Hartford 2011
Well I must say, I have waited a loooong time to finally see the band (I am 41) and it was a dream come true. Circumstances including a long illness kept me from getting out there to see them and it was worth the wait. Release to open the concert was my wish and it came true. However, the high point for me was Black Diamond! It has been 30 years since I went to my first concert at MSG and of course it was KISS. Nothing like symmetry of hearing one of the first live songs of my life done by the band (with Ace rocking so hard!! on his fender) I have waited so long to see.
Want to thank the 27 year olds on line for beer who were hitting on my wife (she loved it!) and the band for playing the only song she knows (Last Kiss). I appreciate her keeping me company and see me truly happy (This was payback for the Barry Manilow concert I had to go to).
BEST first post EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations
Glad it was so good for you
I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!
...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
My 9th show! Simply AMAZING! Awesome setlist! I wanna give a shoutout to Brooklyn Charlie, J.T., Steve and John..... fucking goodtimes I can't wait to do it all again tomorrow night in Ct! Highlights for me were: Release, W.M.A, I'm Open, No More, Black Diamond and Yellow Ledbetter!!! See you all in Ct and Mansfield!
I hope you get a refund and a letter of apology from the prick.
He did..right away..Knew this happened by mistake...Just a matter of coincidence...If the same would had happened on Tues..easy...just get to Wed show...There were millions reasons....
Tampa 08, MSG 5/20/2010, MSG 5/21/2010, Wrigley 2013
I said night 1 was my best show ever and there is no way night 2 could top it. Well, MSG 2 was show #21 for me and most definitely the best. So many highlights, too many to mention...but Garden, SOLAT and Go definitely stand out. For some reason even the songs I normally say I am tired of hearing -- Corduroy, Betterman, Alive -- last night I sang at the top of my lungs and loved every second.
The best part is I was wearing my Mike shirt that I bought at the pre-show benefit in DC, and that second encore most definitely belonged to Mr. McCready. I was blown away when Ace came out, and further blown away when Mike sang, blown away even more by Matt's great singing, and blown away one last time by Ace's solo at the end of Black Diamond. This was obviously a huge treat for Mike, he was beaming throughout Alive and YL, and his Star Spangled Banner was a great, great closer.
Eveyone says how nice Mike is to the fans, always makes time to chat, take a picture...he throws picks by the handfull, acknowledges people in the crowd individually. It's nice when someone of his stature still "gets it" -- remembers what it's like to be a fan and gives so much back to us. So, sharing this incredible night with him, which I know was a highlight in his career, watching him jam with one of his idols, it was just an amazing thing to experience.
I don't know if any show will ever surpass this one for me, but I know I'll never forget it. I'm looking forward to getting my voice back.
My 9th show! Simply AMAZING! Awesome setlist! I wanna give a shoutout to Brooklyn Charlie, J.T., Steve and John..... fucking goodtimes I can't wait to do it all again tomorrow night in Ct! Highlights for me were: Release, W.M.A, I'm Open, No More, Black Diamond and Yellow Ledbetter!!! See you all in Ct and Mansfield!
Just got home. Had to do some consulting work after driving back from the city so I haven't had time to write a real write up yet, but I enjoyed Night 2 much more than Night 1. The floor bouncing was really freakin' cool during Save it for Later.
Just got home from our venture to NYC/MSG. I am officially off tour as of right now, lol. Awesome shows in NYC!! It was a pleasure to meet some of you at the meetup/fundraiser. Big shouts to :
my2hands
jdsal and wife
foxy mop and lil mop
dirtyyellowocean
metsfan ( free metsy )
pjscreamer
xavier mcdaniel
luv
solat13
patrickredeyes
If I forgot anyone ill hit you up on the flipside..
have fun in hartford, and keep on rockin!!
*Marker in the Sand Fanclub * HNIC
Philly- 2005, 2013, 2016, 2024
Camden 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022, 2023 Philly Spectrum 2009 x4 - We closed that MFER Down Proper Baltimore- 2024
DC- 2006, 2008
New York- 2008, 2010
Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1) East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
Seattle- Gorge 2005
EV Solo- DC x2, Baltimore x2 , Newark NJ x2, Tower Theater x2
Comments
Onto the MSG. Its been a hell of a week at work I got out Tues after 10pm... Anyhow my GF moved heaven and earth trying to find me a nice sole ticket. She did it. Section 223 for Wed night.
Along came Wed. My boss wanted to keep the car so I had to find transportation back and forth from Metropark. The taxi ride from Metropark to my hotel in Tinton Falls was $75!! but what the hell...PJ is priceless.
After the whole mess to get to Penn Station. I arrived @ 7:10. My mood changed instantly!!! The ambiance...damn after waiting too many years I was going to see them twice in two weeks!! The feeling lasted one minute. When I gave the E-ticket he told me "sorry, this is a Tues. Ticket"!!!!!!
I was devastated!! Call my GF- didn't had the energy to even put out a figth (anyone can make the mistake) She goes to her computer and double check the ebay auction. It was listed incorrectly!! The description everything was for 6/25- Seller promptly gave me the money. It was his mistake. I did the cancellations line but to no results. Im really in a heartbreak here. Being there while never being there sucks big time. Shame that I have to catch a plane back to PR tomorrow because I just should drive to CT for tomorrow's show.
People...I am addicted now. Currently planning my 09 vacations- hoping they release something and go on tour- to go to at least 3 concerts.
Hope u guys all enjoyed last night as I did in Tampa....
LOVED Ace playing, Mike singing!!, SOLAT and so much more... still processing!
This is my kind of love...
♥♥♥
I saw Eric and Bobby outside MSG and they mentioned it was your daughter that got the shout out. Very cool!
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
from the first time i heard it til this day have i always loved that song. it's my ringtone and on other sites i'm known as MoonRollinRound. i've never understood those who hated it at all.
eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
Yeah the dude that rocked the shades all night on Night 1 (Sec 8, Row O, maybe seat 4 or 5) was in front of me again on Night 2 (Sec 7, Row Q, again, seat 5).
I can't wait for the next tour!!!
(Shawn Smith's official website, but not Thee Shawn Smith)
Christine
Sooooo true. I feel like I know pretty much every song from the albums, singles, and christmas singles, but you know you are hearing something special when that person a row or two in front of you starts screaming after the first two bars and everyone else has no clue what song is on.
THATS GREAT....
anyone know who it was who Ed mentioned to about being at their 100th show ???
*Official Marker in the Sand Fan Club Junkie*
Member # 0003
wont let the light escape from me
wont let the darkness swallow me
In all the years and all the shows...the people at MSG 2 show reafirmed my faith in Rock N Roll
The crowd was just bonkers from start to finish.....
To each of you that was with me....thank you!
There are two kinds of women in this world....one that will give you strength....the other will take it away.....
that is awesome. Every concert she goes to now, for the rest of her life, she's gonna wonder why the lead singer failed to acknowledge her....
by the way, my wife and I did the math on the train. last night was my 20th show, and her 10th. Neither a major milestone, but kinda cool
I know that doesn't help a whole lot
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
One joy for me was to have A Ramone in the building. I missed a Ramones show that I had tickets for because I was underage, and while CJ wasn't with them during the time I missed their show, it was just cool.
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
GREATEST WEEK EVER!
Mike was on fire
the RATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who You Are 4 times?!?!
Ace Frehley with MIKE on lead vocals? MIKE??????? that was so fucking sweet.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
I hope you get a refund and a letter of apology from the prick.
2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
2012: Made in America
2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
2015: Global Citizens
2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
EV Solo: NJPAC 2008; Tower Theatre, PA 2009; Hartford 2011
I couldn't agree more. Throw in some Rats, Black Diamond, and Release and you got a good time.
2006: Camden 1&2, East Ruth 1&2
2008: BONNAROO, MSG1, MSG2, Hartford
2009: Philly 1, 2, 4
2010: Hartford, MSG1, MSG2
2012: Made in America
2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
2015: Global Citizens
2016: MSG 2 (ISO MSG1)
EV Solo: NJPAC 2008; Tower Theatre, PA 2009; Hartford 2011
BEST first post EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations
Glad it was so good for you
...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
I agree. The guy is actually thanking people for hitting on his wife. That's great.
3 Decibels Doubles the Volume
2006
So both nights were incredible in their own ways.
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
MTL 9/15/05
HRTFD 5/13/06
BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
VEGAS 7/6/06
CHI 8/5/07
NJ 6/19/08
NYC 6/25/08
HRTFD 6/27/08
MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
E.V. BOS 8/1/08
CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
BOS 5/17/10
CHI 7/19/13
WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
HRTFD 10/25/13
BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18
He did..right away..Knew this happened by mistake...Just a matter of coincidence...If the same would had happened on Tues..easy...just get to Wed show...There were millions reasons....
The best part is I was wearing my Mike shirt that I bought at the pre-show benefit in DC, and that second encore most definitely belonged to Mr. McCready. I was blown away when Ace came out, and further blown away when Mike sang, blown away even more by Matt's great singing, and blown away one last time by Ace's solo at the end of Black Diamond. This was obviously a huge treat for Mike, he was beaming throughout Alive and YL, and his Star Spangled Banner was a great, great closer.
Eveyone says how nice Mike is to the fans, always makes time to chat, take a picture...he throws picks by the handfull, acknowledges people in the crowd individually. It's nice when someone of his stature still "gets it" -- remembers what it's like to be a fan and gives so much back to us. So, sharing this incredible night with him, which I know was a highlight in his career, watching him jam with one of his idols, it was just an amazing thing to experience.
I don't know if any show will ever surpass this one for me, but I know I'll never forget it. I'm looking forward to getting my voice back.
FUCK YEA JIM!!!!!! what a night!!!
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
yeah that was sweet. I thought we were going to break right through to the hockey rink.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
in my location (sec 69, 5 rows off of stage right) the lower bowl bounced the hardest during DTE, WMA, Go and Rearviewmirror
Philadelphia -- 2005
Camden I -- 2006
Wash. DC -- 2006
Bonnaroo -- 2008
MSG II -- 2008
Still waiting for MSG to be relevant, were a long way from 98..... Where's the introduction of a rare/new tune. Both setlists average
my2hands
jdsal and wife
foxy mop and lil mop
dirtyyellowocean
metsfan ( free metsy )
pjscreamer
xavier mcdaniel
luv
solat13
patrickredeyes
If I forgot anyone ill hit you up on the flipside..
have fun in hartford, and keep on rockin!!
Philly- 2005, 2013, 2016, 2024
Camden 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022, 2023
Philly Spectrum 2009 x4 - We closed that MFER Down Proper
Baltimore- 2024
DC- 2006, 2008
New York- 2008, 2010
Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1)
East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
Seattle- Gorge 2005
EV Solo- DC x2, Baltimore x2 , Newark NJ x2, Tower Theater x2
- Given To Fly
Nothing about either show was average.