*** Chicago, IL 2 Fanviews Here 9/7/23 ***

hrd2imgn

Crowd was 100 times.better than Tuesday.  Thought we were going to get a full Ten album show for a bit near the end.  This was Mike's night......all night long

Jcanr20

Great show! So much to love with the setlist and a few turds. While we’ve all heard them a million times, the first two songs got the crowd right into it because everyone can sing along. I thought Come Back was great and I always love Present Tense. Deep, Tremor Christ and Green Disease were awesome to hear. And a few negatives, I thought a couple songs were tuned down possibly and sounded flat. I love Whoever Said but maybe it was tuned down?? And then to me when they went into Smile it just went splat. From a sound standpoint it was just a turd. 😂

Other than that, the Chelios thing should have been done somewhere else. Since Ed is friends with him we have to have him on stage or shouted out every time. I would say most people are there to see a concert and don’t necessarily care about the sports references. This is coming from someone that had Michael Jordan and Bulls posters and newspaper clippings on his ceiling. 

hrd2imgn

Why the fuck don't they play green disease more, it was off the hook tonight!

dcp3y

Show #24 for me…great to catch Tremor Christ, Green Disease, Marker In the Sand, and Street Fighting Man.  I started pulling for a full Ten album.  So close.  Ready to head to Indy for the next one.  Dare I say, hoping for more Gigaton?!?  I am.  Loved the whole experience today…great vibes all around.  Met really cool people all day long!  Keep on rockin’!

hrd2imgn

Chelli was at the back of GA most of the night.  He left a few songs before encore, so we all knew he was going on stage, but not for that.  Yeah it killed the flow, but he meant a ton to Hawks fans, and I thought it was amazing to share that moment with him..even though I hated him as a red wing.

Biggest shock between 2 shows for me was zero Lightning Bolt.

tschav

Fantastic rail setup for the night, easygoing to get there and a very fun GA crowd around me.

Reminds me why I enjoy seeing this band so much, and while there’s shorter setlists I’ve really liked the approach with touching multiple albums and much less covers.

Also didn’t hurt to see Chelios get some love tonight.

cjorea

Here are my highlights 

Matt wearing a Pearl Jam shirt - all I could think was that he spilled something on the shirt he was going to wear, and they had to go to the merch tent… ❤️ed it.

Mike 🔥- I would say from the moment he kicked down that wooden stool during Present Tense (awesome way to end the ‘stool session,’) but the Come Back solo started things off and it didn’t end… Immortality… the hole in his Marshall amp… What a performance… Hats off.. to the whole band for that matter, but what what an amazing guitarist, and that was fire.

Jeff on his 12 string is something I only began to ‘appreciate’ after reading an interview about making of Ten, and I am grateful that I did because it stood out… bass for me is usually hidden in the music, but his playing throughout the evening - 12 and 6 - was sick.

Stone - I secretly wanted a Painted Shield cover (that is some awesome music), but the ‘alternative’ was excellent. He ROCKED.

Eddie sounded great and was having a blast!  I’ll bring this up here since it was a part of this show that was hard for me to get past (personal more than not)… Unlike the wine drinking Michael (sic), both this band and myself are not young anymore, and to sing like Eddie has for the better part of 30 years is just… He did it though, and so very well. 

I was 13 when Vs. came out… and captain of my hockey team when Yield came out (hello Chelios).

Back in my day,😂 a $39 ticket got 28 songs of the most angst ridden grunge that any teenager could ever hope for… I can’t imagine what other ‘deep cuts’ we would’ve got if things were different - it was that kind of night - the band (and crowd) was totally into it… 

Alas, this was a case of quality vs. quantity, and quality it was - Tremor Christ, Green Disease, and Marker in the Sand were AWESOME. They really were. So much so, that if you’re considering a drive to Indiana, queue up a Tom Petty playlist and get going. 

Last but not least, what I might call a hidden gem - Josh.

My favorite song of the night was  probably 7 o’clock - I love hearing the new songs during PJ tours and this song was A+… What made it so (and others on the evening), was what was happening towards the back of the stage, and the ‘complementing’ of a sound that made it complete and full. Excellent throughout.

The same can be said for Boon… but sans a Crazy Mary ‘throw down’ with Mike, I’ll leave that one here. 😊

Last note - the outro to Black could have been extended atleast 16 more measures, and the Stones cover excellent.

All in all, band gave it its all, and so happy to have gone,

3days

It's hard for me to articulate my feelings regarding the song 7 O'Clock on Gigaton. Definitely not my cup, and I was unimpressed. Somehow, it didn't sound half bad at the show.

shadowcast

Just saying…..And the most serious things are said in “Just”. 49th show for me. Top 5 level tonight. Hands down. Good God. I do believe they never left the stage after the 1st note. Hammered right through it. 

deb1211

PJNB said:

Loved this show. I have done 4 shows so far this tour and I am so thankful how much they are mixing it up. Amazing night! 

And I melt..great pics

2-feign-reluctance

So much bliss this morning! Love to see it! Can’t wait for the bootlegs! 

GlowGirl

PJNB said:

Loved this show. I have done 4 shows so far this tour and I am so thankful how much they are mixing it up. Amazing night! 

Awesome photos!!!

Bob Mayo on the keyboards Bob

TREMOR CHRIST

mcgruff10

That is one smokin set list!  Swap 7 oclock with something else and it's pretty near perfection.  

Discopij

Great show and great pair of nights in Chicago!  The sitting songs weren't my preferred selections and I've shared my feelings about 7:00 before (great album track, not great live) ... but then they broke out Tremor Christ and the entire set was straight fire from that point on! 

First Green Disease in 23 shows and I don't get why they don't play it more.  Marker is usually a mess when they play it (is it because they don't play it often, or do they not play it often because it always sounds messy?) but sounded great last night.  Immortality and Black are top 3 PJ songs for me ... Stones cover ... Smile to the folks in back ... I wasn't even disappointed when i found out they cut Leash because Once is a favorite of mine and it sounded great!

These two nights will keep me coming back again and again even with the disappointment of knowing the sets are 24 instead of 30 songs.

Oh and to those complaining about the Chelios thing, it was during the encore break!  It didn't replace any music, just dark silence!

HailHailVitalogy

Tremor > E.F. > Green Disease > Inmortality > Marker > Deep > Black > Lukin > Porch

Once > Smile > GARDEN > Street Fighting Man

The entire time I kept yelling like that I Think You Should Leave meme……”what the fuckkkk?!?! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?!”

Garden might have been my personal highlight.

dcp3y

Idea for next United Center show, need to convince the Bulls to retire Dennis’ number and announce that during intermission.  I know he played for multiple other teams (and rivals at that-aka Bad Boys), but his stint during the second championship trilogy puts him there.  All these years later, they still sell his jersey number in the official Bulls store in multiple color variants…shows he made an impact.  

How about we book that now for 2024?  

Chris Chelios’ moment was well done in my opinion…I’m not a hockey fan, but respect his achievements.  Glad he had his moment to shine last night as well as Given to Fly dedicated to him.  

I need the light

Discopij said:

Oh and to those complaining about the Chelios thing, it was during the encore break!  It didn't replace any music, just dark silence!

I was just saying the same thing in the set list thread. We didn’t lose any songs because of this, and the story about Ed’s Grandma’s house during N1 took up just as much time as this. 

CROJAM95

mcgruff10 said:

That is one smokin set list!  Swap 7 oclock with something else and it's pretty near perfection.  

You Are wouldve taken to next level

BRWilly

After four shows, I think we can say they've figured out how to satisfy with the new, shorter setlist design (and 2 night runs). Going shorter, but with what seems like an emphasis on a significant amount of variety, songs from across the catalogue, fan favorite deep cuts, medium cuts, and hits, only a few select, but extra fun covers, etc. (I know they've always mixed it up but it feels more targeted/noticeable in the shorter set list and 2 show runs, almost feels as fun as the marathon epic shows).

Anyways, few things make me as excited as this band. Just had to say this here and I wasn't even at this one!