*** Sacramento, CA, Fanviews Here 5.13.24 ***

lastexitlondon

Love to ewa and god speed tom.

Pap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KDui-HkXYw

PJNB

Love seeing Ed back in the crowd for Porch! 

MD190661

Overall had a really great time last night. So fun being in an undersold pit. Could go pretty much anywhere except dead center front. Moved around a bunch, though mainly stayed towards the back. Sound was better further back in the pit. 

Was a little disappointed in the opening 4 pack. Pendulum was fine but not a great fit for this crowd. I'm Open is just a strange choice and Faithfull sounded a bit off. Show took off with the new songs and just got better as it went along. Even DOTC sounded cool, which I hadn't heard live before. Waiting for Stevie might have been the best of new songs last night. I really don't need 6 Ten songs - 4 in the encore-, but they were all very well played and the crowded was way into it. Was cool to see Porch in a different spot though was hoping for RVM. Setting Sun is so great as a closer. Was also cool to get an Eddie high 5 as we went through the back pit area/barricade. 

I'm kind of leaning towards skipping BottleRock as I'm guessing with all the Ten songs and Better Man last night, they'll repeat 3/4 of the show from last night there. Not sure it's worth the time, expense and hassle to hear maybe 3 or 4 songs not played last night. We'll see how I feel once my ears stop ringing. It was really loud! 

Of the last 3 shows I've seen, included the 2 from Oakland in 2022, this was probably my least favorite, but only by small degrees. They sounded great, new songs are super solid live and are having a lot of fun on stage.

redmo

First show with the kids. They were happy as they played all the hits - Evenflow, Alive, Betterman, DOTC, DTE etc. For me the setlist was not that great with all those songs from 10 ... and the crowd energy was definitely lacking. First time ever I started the concert sitting down as most of the folks in the high section were. A few of us eventually stood up and thanked each other for solidarity. 

I was shocked to see some of the seats in the lower section empty and wondered how ten club handed my seats up in the 2XX sections after 20+ years in the club. 

MD190661

Sorry you got 200 level seats via 10 Club. I was shocked at how high up that level is with the suites in between the lower and upper level. 

utpaldesai

Ed sounded great, and the band seemed genuinely happy. The new screen concept is good. I thought they kept turning on the lights too often. The highlights of the show for me- Faithful, Lightyears, Garden, Black, Corduroy, Dance of the clairvoyants. I didn't care too much about the new songs. They're excited to showcase their new album. They performed eight tracks from it While I personally lean towards the old favorites, it's understandable that the band wants to play new material  The new album isn't lacking in quality, but fans like me will take time to appreciate the new songs. We will always prefer the old stuff.  

aurynsdad

There is now a YT video of the performance of Faithfull: https://youtu.be/ozlbjstKHpw?si=zZckujABbrnk4HYq

I'm pretty convinced it was a problem with Mike's guitar either being tuned wrong or something similar.

davidos

aurynsdad said:

There is now a YT video of the performance of Faithfull: https://youtu.be/ozlbjstKHpw?si=zZckujABbrnk4HYq

I'm pretty convinced it was a problem with Mike's guitar either being tuned wrong or something similar.

Their guitars were tuned down flat a half step (easier to sing) so it sounded off compared to what we are used to hearing but Mike was also playing the intro chord progression incorrectly a full step below what it should have been. He just mistakenly started the song on the wrong fret and kept going. That combined with the lower tuning to begin with is why it sounded strange. 

aurynsdad

Honestly I think it affected my enjoyment of the show, as that kind of made me think "damn, they're not as good as they used to be," but on balance, the rest of the show was pretty great!

AC300802

davidos said:

aurynsdad said:

There is now a YT video of the performance of Faithfull: https://youtu.be/ozlbjstKHpw?si=zZckujABbrnk4HYq

I'm pretty convinced it was a problem with Mike's guitar either being tuned wrong or something similar.

Their guitars were tuned down a half step so it sounded off compared to what we are used to hearing. Mike may have missed a few of the chords initially making it sound even more off. 

I was right next to the “play Cropduster” girl … Mike was definitely playing the intro in the wrong position. Ed says something to Jeff at the start, then signals to Jeff who walks to Mike to show him where to play it.

lastexitlondon

I love how ed walks up to mike and sings" it goes like this"

AC300802

lastexitlondon said:

I love how ed walks up to mike and sings" it goes like this"

Haha yep… he knew exactly what he was doing 

BF25394

lastexitlondon said:

I love how ed walks up to mike and sings" it goes like this"

I noticed that but did not get it until I read your post. Very funny. Mike should get his revenge by looking right at Ed while loudly singing the correct lyrics into his mic the next time Ed flubs the words to a song.

darthvedder

Something went terribly wrong with the Faithfull from the Oakland 2013 show, too. Eddie called a changeup to play it for the fan who was robbed while waiting in line for the show, but Mike (or his guitar) was unprepared to play it.

I honestly knew something was wrong when they started it the other night, but I kinda dug it anyway. Maybe we should dub it "New Faithfull"

aurynsdad

I was thinking “Failthfull”

Johnny Abruzzo

aurynsdad said:

I was thinking “Failthfull”

🤣🤣🤣

curleybarney

darthvedder

BF25394 said:

lastexitlondon said:

I love how ed walks up to mike and sings" it goes like this"

I noticed that but did not get it until I read your post. Very funny. Mike should get his revenge by looking right at Ed while loudly singing the correct lyrics into his mic the next time Ed flubs the words to a song.

Mike could have gotten his revenge almost immediately by chastising Ed for singing modified lyrics to "Man in the Box" when he was playing the riff to "It Ain't Like That"

PJ_Soul

darthvedder said:

Something went terribly wrong with the Faithfull from the Oakland 2013 show, too. Eddie called a changeup to play it for the fan who was robbed while waiting in line for the show, but Mike (or his guitar) was unprepared to play it.

I honestly knew something was wrong when they started it the other night, but I kinda dug it anyway. Maybe we should dub it "New Faithfull"

It sounds absolutely terrible - I hope they never make that mistake again!