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hrd2imgn wrote:

I have mixed reactions:
Ed was bothered by something, still don't know if it was the anny of the deaths, sleater Kin breaking up or someone else dying today. He mentioned they were going through some tough stuff today, and you could tell he was a little out of it at times.

Jeremy, why do they even play it anymore, they clearly can't stand playing it, no life at all to it. I know they may be playing familiar stuff for the fair weather Petty people, but man this was a waste of a song slot.

Highlight of the night was Jeff coming out in a Bucks Jersey, I held up a Sweet Lew Sign I made, he looked at it, pointed and laughed. Worth being a jackass with a sign by seeing his grin. Maybe tomorrow????

It was extremely loud for both sets, made some songs a little harsh, yeah to loud too old whatever.

Beautiful night, a touch less humidty and it was perfect.

Going in Expecting a shorter set made dealing with the reality of it a little easier, though why can't they just start an hour earlier??? We sat around for 5 fucking hours waiting. It just makes much more sense to start a little sooner versus cutting a set.

overall a B concert, Chicago 1/2 were much better, maybe tomorrow wil make up for the few shortcomings of tonight. Pretty conventional set.

What deaths?? Were there other deaths at shows??
Roskilde was 6 years ago today. Not yesterday

Lammy

My 10th show and this was my first disappointing show. Sound was awful. Mike was off. Ed clearly had throat issues. They fought through it and I admire them for that. I agree that it is time to retire the old stuff. Mike's Even Flow solo was a mess and the energy is gone when they play many of the hits.

Anon

GREAT SHOW!!!Short but very fast and upbeat.I don't get what some of you people are saying i was in 29th row and i kept looking back and everyone was standing as far as the eye can see.It seemed like everybody was rocking during pj.I wrote in a post yesterday i would love to hear in hiding and also was hoping for them to drop the leash.HMMMMMMMM maybee they do read this.Awesome show im going back to bed see ya all tonight.Oh and if you are reading this ed please play smile tonight.

sward

Lammy wrote:

My 10th show and this was my first disappointing show. Sound was awful. Mike was off. Ed clearly had throat issues. They fought through it and I admire them for that. I agree that it is time to retire the old stuff. Mike's Even Flow solo was a mess and the energy is gone when they play many of the hits.

Ok..I'll preface with this...I wasn't there..so I can't comment on the performance..but the last part of your quote just doesn't make sense. Retire the old stuff?? You are kidding, right??

Lammy

I love the old stuff but they just don't seem to enjoy playing it anymore.

pjfan9110

uhh..don't retire the old stuff...retire playing seven songs from the new album....i love the new album...but way too many for a short setlist.

bejas

One of teh best I have seen. Yes it was short, we'll get our second dose tonight to complete the fix! The boys are still rocking! 10club treated us to great seats!

addvs

We had so much fun at the concert last night. One of the best I've been to..... eventhough it was short. The setlist was great.... I was so excited to hear Rearview Mirror! We were sitting near ALOT of Petty fans who just didn't get into PJ as much. They were definetely jammin' along, but my husband and I were seriously rockin' out hard core. My legs hurt from all the jumping around and I can barely talk from the screaming and singing. We did have an awesome couple close to us who were pretty much the only people around us rockin' as hard as we were. Great show, though. I'm pissed that I'm not going tonight.

ETA: I forgot to say that between the 3 of us (me, my husband and my brother in law) we spent damn near $140 on beer! But.... my husband and I both got our hoodies!!!!

patrickredeyes

I felt they could and should have just kept playing. I was so embarassed of the crowd cause it was a petty crowd. You could tell who the pj fans were cause we were going crazy for every song. Many favs last nite. In Hiding, and Inside Job to name a few. I got so into it I was yelling for petty fans to get in the act. Nice to see a full crowd but petty fans no love for pj. I was on stone's side 20 th row. I'll be back 2nite once again going crazy for pj and trying to wake the fucking petty fans up. I like petty but right now its all PJ. See yea there tonight

nimsu8

I was surprised by some of the Petty crowd. A lot of people who looked like they might be in the Pearl Jam 'demo' came in late wearing Petty shirts. Saw some father/son combos where it looked dad was there to see TP and the son for PJ, so I thought that was cool

pureoc

patrickredeyes wrote:

I felt they could and should have just kept playing. I was so embarassed of the crowd cause it was a petty crowd. You could tell who the pj fans were cause we were going crazy for every song. Many favs last nite. In Hiding, and Inside Job to name a few. I got so into it I was yelling for petty fans to get in the act. Nice to see a full crowd but petty fans no love for pj. I was on stone's side 20 th row. I'll be back 2nite once again going crazy for pj and trying to wake the fucking petty fans up. I like petty but right now its all PJ. See yea there tonight

Agreed, I would have loved to see the Petty fans get more into PJ. There was an older woman Petty fan in the row behind me and I think she was laughing at me since I was jumping around and singing along to all the PJ songs. There were a handful of Petty fans sitting by me but when I looked back from where I was (25th row center) it appeared that most of the venue was standing and it was pretty packed for PJ but not full. It did appear though that a good portion of the crowd was just standing for PJ but not really that into it. CANT WAIT FOR TONIGHT!!!!!

jamestr1

AWESOME show, much, much better than St Paul I.

I was Row Z, Stone's side. They were great seats. I didn't take the camera, didn't want to carry it around Summerfest. I was getting worried when the power was still out at 5:30. Thanks to WE Energies for getting it back on in time for us to have a rockin' show. It was great to meet a few fellow fans - Jeff, Patrick, and Laura. I didn't get the names of the fans beside me. The two guys to my right were rockin' hard and jumping around to PJ all night, just like me. And the ladies to my wife's left, one was a PJ fan, the other a petty fan. They both seemed to be having a great time.

Again the show was awesome. I love hearing all the new songs. It was great to hear Life Wasted, WWS, Comatose. Inside Job was the highlight of the show for me. Mike and the band were awesome. Stone was rockin hard tonight. I was glad to see him getting into it and thought he did a great job. Wow, we got an encore! Before the encore started the guy next to me wanted Crazy Mary, I wanted Leash, and the other guy wanted Porch and we got them all. It was sweet.

It did seem like something personal happened in Ed's life yesterday. It was a very emotional show for him. Everyone else seemed to be up and on key, maybe Mike was a little down. There was no behind-the-head solo.

Petty was good. We stayed for almost the whole show. Left probably just before Ed came out for American Girl. It was good. The set started out identical to StP I. It was good. Nice to sit down a few times It was worth the extra money.

I can't wait to see them again tonight. I'll be in the bleachers with my wife and son tonight. His first concert.

I still have an exta if anyone is interested. get back to my be 1:30!

patrickredeyes

pureoc wrote:

Agreed, I would have loved to see the Petty fans get more into PJ. There was an older woman Petty fan in the row behind me and I think she was laughing at me since I was jumping around and singing along to all the PJ songs. There were a handful of Petty fans sitting by me but when I looked back from where I was (25th row center) it appeared that most of the venue was standing and it was pretty packed for PJ but not full. It did appear though that a good portion of the crowd was just standing for PJ but not really that into it. CANT WAIT FOR TONIGHT!!!!!

There was a few older gals who were also kinda laughing at the singing us pj fans were doing on every song. I just yelled even louder when they would turn there head. Do they forget they are at a rock concert? I saw 2 gals with pink glitter hats. Sorry that was more funny then myself singing. Jezzz I live and love milwaukee but man petty fans need to see how a real rock show takes place. I'm so shocked with myself cause I like petty also. But hes nothing compared to PJ. Ok I'm off my soap box.
YES TONIGHT WE DO IT AGAIN. AND SING LOUDER FOR THOSE PETTY FANS, WAKE THEM UP.


heheh

come back

tschav wrote:

for a short setlist, that's really, really nice.

They played 3 songs more then the last petty show! plus 20 songs plus another with petty. That is less than a half an hour th
en cincy and pit! so in my mind! i'll go to a pearl jam show with 21 songs! like i said 6 songs less than cincy and pitt! a short set would be 12 -14 songs! NOT 21 songs!
be good!

edwho

~

We spend the afternoon drinking beer and lots of water. The beer kegs never stopped flowing during the power outage. Summerfest felt very strange without the music. AtPeace and I found the PJ meeting spot and we ended up spending a couple hours with some super cool collage chicks. After 5:00PM we wandered over to the Marcus gates and could hear Peal Jam sound checking. I couldn’t make out the song and heard only one played. After a long wait the gates were finally open and the race was on for posters and more beer. Only one PJ show poster was allowed per person. No TP / PJ show poster.

Tonight the GREATEST FUCKING BAND EVER and GREATEST FUCKING FAN CLUB EVER had us setting 2nd row in front of JEFF.

So here’s a good part. Ten Club members have the 2nd row filled and waiting for the set to start. As we wait we could see there are only 2 of 25 seats taken in the front row, center section. So about 3 minutes before show time one couple started the migration and in seconds we had all the right people in the front row.

Avocado outro music, house lights out, let the show begin. Wasted Reprise as opener followed by Life’s Wasted should not be missed. I hope everyone gets this combo somewhere along the way. I’m all about the The Avocado. It’s the first PJ CD in awhile for me that I just can’t seem to get out of my CD player. The 4 new songs to start this evening were played loud and as intense as it gets. It would be a dream comes true if they played the rest of Avocado tonight. From here Animal, Why Go, Comatose and Leash were scattered throughout the set and were all short, fast, and very very hard! Rearviewmirror to close the first set had Ed jamming out on his guitar fast and furious.

The Marcus Amphitheatre stage is long and wide. It’s also the lowest (shortest) stage I’ve ever seen in a venue of this size (3 feet tall at most). At the edge of the stage (in the center) there were a couple P.A. speakers stacked up. They closed the gap between us and the band to maybe TWO FEET!! During Jeremy Ed came to this point to finish the song and I’ve never been closer to the man while he sang…up until that moment. A special moment for me! Yes in deed.

Inside Job is getting better live. This evenings edition was the best I’ve seen this tour. I think this song could evolve into something pretty great in concert.

I have to tell you about the fan setting to my left during PJ. This guy was rocking like no other. His spirit and enthusiasm for the set and performance was infectious. If you hear “I Love You” repeatedly on the bootleg, this is him. Because of him Crazy Mary and Porch tonight would be “as special as it gets” for a few die hard fans upfront.

During Crazy Mary Ed handed him his bottle of wine and motioned for him to share it and he did! I DRANK FROM ED’s BOTTLE OF WINE FUCKERS!! 14 year wait finally over (now I want the bottle). I took a giant swig and passed the bottle. The wine tasted like red hot fire going down, strong and full favored. The band rips into Leash and is this song welcome back or what? Wow, how intense can it get!

Think that’s cool? Well the best was yet to come for us front row hoppers.

Our last song tonight would be Porch. The jam was short, tight and focused. The end of the song had Ed once again on that speaker, a couple feet away from us, singing the end of the song. And then it happened, I think Ed really appreciated the energy from the front section, especially the fan to my left. The man was just total energy and because of it we enjoyed another memory so special it left me mesmerized. I didn’t know how to respond after it was all over. So anyway at the end of Porch when the music is climaxing and Ed singing his heart out “I know that i would not ever touch you, Hold you, Feel you, Ever hold” he squats down on that speaker right in front of us and reaches out his hand!!! Myself, AtPeacew/MyLust and my new best friend each were able to reach out, look into his eyes, and hold his hand and arm as he finished the song. Oh, MY FUCKING WORD!! I just won’t be able to describe the moment any further. I wish that moment for everyone reading this.

That’s it for now. I will review Mr. Petty’s set later. But I will tell you I enjoyed it very much. I was a Tom Petty fan long before Pearl Jam existed. First time seeing The Heartbreakers perform live in close to 10 years for me. Here Comes My Girl was very nice to hear again live. Tom said it was their first time playing it in 7 years.

Nothing more needed on this night. We just float back to the hotel and start a good nights rest.

See ya night II freaks.

~

patrickredeyes

jamestr wrote:

AWESOME show, much, much better than St Paul I.

I was Row Z, Stone's side. They were great seats. I didn't take the camera, didn't want to carry it around Summerfest. I was getting worried when the power was still out at 5:30. Thanks to WE Energies for getting it back on in time for us to have a rockin' show. It was great to meet a few fellow fans - Jeff, Patrick, and Laura. I didn't get the names of the fans beside me. The two guys to my right were rockin' hard and jumping around to PJ all night, just like me. And the ladies to my wife's left, one was a PJ fan, the other a petty fan. They both seemed to be having a great time.

Again the show was awesome. I love hearing all the new songs. It was great to hear Life Wasted, WWS, Comatose. Inside Job was the highlight of the show for me. Mike and the band were awesome. Stone was rockin hard tonight. I was glad to see him getting into it and thought he did a great job. Wow, we got an encore! Before the encore started the guy next to me wanted Crazy Mary, I wanted Leash, and the other guy wanted Porch and we got them all. It was sweet.

It did seem like something personal happened in Ed's life yesterday. It was a very emotional show for him. Everyone else seemed to be up and on key, maybe Mike was a little down. There was no behind-the-head solo.

Petty was good. We stayed for almost the whole show. Left probably just before Ed came out for American Girl. It was good. The set started out identical to StP I. It was good. Nice to sit down a few times It was worth the extra money.

I can't wait to see them again tonight. I'll be in the bleachers with my wife and son tonight. His first concert.

I still have an exta if anyone is interested. get back to my be 1:30!

Nice meeting you also last nite. Great time rocking to pj. Have a great time taking your son.

verb_to_trust

So before the show while waiting in line to get in my girlfriend spotted Mike standing by the main big gate enterance with the big 23 on it............only 4 or 5 of us saw him, went over and said hey really quick, pretty cool.

They started at 8 because of that damn power outage............

The Evenflow solo was so so bad. People were looking around at each other like "what the fuck". I felt bad for mike it was so bad.

I agree with some of the others.............too much new stuff, Inside Job is okay and all in a full set but I don't like to see it with the Petty stuff.

Sound issues at the beginning of the show.......Ed broke a string during rearview mirror. Jeff's bass went out during a song towards the beginning......stone had issues. Sound cut in and out a few times. I don't know why petty's sound was so much better......

Highlights: Rearviewmirror, Save it For Later, Porch, Crazy Mary.

THE WAITING was fucking awesome. Just perfectly sung...........i think petty was red faced, maybe teared up. I can't be sure. Ed's dancing during American Girl was hysterical.

I met some really awesome people waiting for posters and in line to get into the venue. But there was some total morons there too..........and the total morons were almost all petty fans. Think extra from an old dukes of hazzard episode with a miller light in their hand.

I'm pretty bummed this is my only show this tour...........it was only about an 8 out of 10 overall.

Royals55

Good on you Edwho hopfully tonite you will get the bottle!!

Royals17

edwho wrote:

~

We spend the afternoon drinking beer and lots of water. The beer kegs never stopped flowing during the power outage. Summerfest felt very strange without the music. AtPeace and I found the PJ meeting spot and we ended up spending a couple hours with some super cool collage chicks. After 5:00PM we wandered over to the Marcus gates and could hear Peal Jam sound checking. I couldn’t make out the song and heard only one played. After a long wait the gates were finally open and the race was on for posters and more beer. Only one PJ show poster was allowed per person. No TP / PJ show poster.

Tonight the GREATEST FUCKING BAND EVER and GREATEST FUCKING FAN CLUB EVER had us setting 2nd row in front of JEFF.

So here’s a good part. Ten Club members have the 2nd row filled and waiting for the set to start. As we wait we could see there are only 2 of 25 seats taken in the front row, center section. So about 3 minutes before show time one couple started the migration and in seconds we had all the right people in the front row.

Avocado outro music, house lights out, let the show begin. Wasted Reprise as opener followed by Life’s Wasted should not be missed. I hope everyone gets this combo somewhere along the way. I’m all about the The Avocado. It’s the first PJ CD in awhile for me that I just can’t seem to get out of my CD player. The 4 new songs to start this evening were played loud and as intense as it gets. It would be a dream comes true if they played the rest of Avocado tonight. From here Animal, Why Go, Comatose and Leash were scattered throughout the set and were all short, fast, and very very hard! Rearviewmirror to close the first set had Ed jamming out on his guitar fast and furious.

The Marcus Amphitheatre stage is long and wide. It’s also the lowest (shortest) stage I’ve ever seen in a venue of this size (3 feet tall at most). At the edge of the stage (in the center) there were a couple P.A. speakers stacked up. They closed the gap between us and the band to maybe TWO FEET!! During Jeremy Ed came to this point to finish the song and I’ve never been closer to the man while he sang…up until that moment. A special moment for me! Yes in deed.

Inside Job is getting better live. This evenings edition was the best I’ve seen this tour. I think this song could evolve into something pretty great in concert.

I have to tell you about the fan setting to my left during PJ. This guy was rocking like no other. His spirit and enthusiasm for the set and performance was infectious. If you hear “I Love You” repeatedly on the bootleg, this is him. Because of him Crazy Mary and Porch tonight would be “as special as it gets” for a few die hard fans upfront.

Ed handed him his bottle of wine and motioned for him to share it and he did! I DRANK FROM ED’s BOTTLE OF WINE FUCKERS!! 14 year wait finally over (now I want the bottle). I took a giant swig and passed the bottle. The wine tasted like red hot fire going down, strong and full favored. The band rips into Leash and is this song welcome back or what? Wow, how intense can it get!

Think that’s cool? Well the best was yet to come for us front row hoppers.

Our last song tonight would be Porch. The jam was short, tight and focused. The end of the song had Ed once again on that speaker, a couple feet away from us, singing the end of the song. And then it happened, I think Ed really appreciated the energy from the front section, especially the fan to my left. The man was just total energy and because of it we enjoyed another memory so special it left me mesmerized. I didn’t know how to respond after it was all over. So anyway at the end of Porch when the music is climaxing and Ed singing his heart out “I know that i would not ever touch you, Hold you, Feel you, Ever hold” he squats down on that speaker right in front of us and reaches out his hand!!! Myself, AtPeacew/MyLust and my new best friend each were able to reached out look into his eyes and hold his hand and arm as he finished the song. Oh, MY FUCKING WORD!! I just won’t be able to describe the moment any further. I wish that moment for everyone reading this.

That’s it for now. I will review Mr. Petty’s set later. But I will tell you I enjoyed it very much. I was a Tom Petty fan long before I was a Pearl Jam fan. First time seeing The Heartbreakers perform live in close to 10 years. Here Comes My Girl was very nice to hear again live. Tom said it was their first time playing it in 7 years.

Nothing more needed on this night. We just float back to the hotel and start a good nights rest.

See ya night II freaks.

~

Awesome, just awesome! Soo happy for you and Atpeace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mpg82

We moved from row FF to L sec 2 dead center. Poor crowd for a PJ show, but not as bad as Chicago 2003. It was all corporate people in the front. My buddy and I were jumping and singing along; we didn't give a rats ass if noone else was. I paid $100 for a ticket and I've never been closer to the stage ever. I tried to get the guy next to me to sing Jeremy but he didn't know the words. The people in back sounded great, you definitely heard them loud and clear from where we were sitting. A corporate guy behind kept talking sh*t about us moving down and eventually ratted on us, though there were noone in the seats we were in. I for some reason got to stay, and one of my buddies came back down two songs after. A lot of fibs in the crowd too, especially in front. Four kids in front of me about eighteen stood "listless" for the whole set.

The PJ set was good and I loved Why Go, Leash, Porch. The band had a lot of energy they got real into it. Mike sounded real bad during the Even Flow solo. I thought they played too many new songs. But for a shortened setlist, I was REAL satisfied with it. I was not expecting an encore. I'd like to know how the bootleg sounds because I can't buy it right now.

After PJ finished, we had that feeling like "aw man it's over, let's go", but we had a fully Petty show ahead of us. The crowd for Petty was so much better. I didn't think that PJ should open up for them, but it's clear he packed more people in last night. The fireworks during "Free Fallin" were awesome.

See you tonight.