Review of Chicago Show 1

JofZ

I think it was safe to say there were no tickets sold to non 10C members
Way to go 10C!!!!!
The place was packed as usual.
Eddie opened with his usual Bulls statement, say what you will, but it is obvious he really misses the old NBA and MJ.
They opened with Release and nailed it.
But Eddie had signal problems off and on thorugh out the show.
Mike has some signal issues as well.
I am not sure if this was caused by the unusual Laser effects they added or the fact that this was one of the first shows of the tour, but in any case they battled through it and I doubt most noticed.
They played 5 or 6 tracks off the new album and while the crowd didn't get into anything but WWS, I actually thought it was a nice change from the good old standby's.
I lost count after a while, they played forever which is good news for the rest of the tour.
The nice surprises were Comback, Atomic Dog and Present Tense with Mike playing the new Historic Hendrix Flying V. Too BAD he couldn't get a tech to keep the fucker in tune!
Overall the energy level was up.
Eddie being the class act he is decied to recognize a fan who had been to every show since the old Mookie days. The guy named "Rob" must have 10C #1 as he was dead center front row and Eddie made sure we all knew that was his seat LOL.
I am pumped for tonight and I hope they get the signal issues worked out.

Pacomc79

cool atomic dog. Sounds like it was a great show overall. I want to see the Hendrix V

House53

Looks like it was a good show...

I am 99% there on Friday. Can't wait.

Two PJ shows are always better than one.

Pacomc79

comeback has to be a fun song to play, especially in chicago.

If I ever do that one it's getting a gratuitous solo.

Pearl Jam and toast

Come Back is fun to play

and HOW THE HELL can someone go to every show since 1991?

Is that even fucking possible?

plus even for Pearl Jam tickets how much is that?

must be in the tens of thousands at least..

good god i envy him.

dont_go_on_me

where were your seats J?

I was on the side in 111 and had a great view of the band and the entire arena. I honestly thought (aside from a few sections on the floor) the crowd was the worst I've ever seen at a PJ show...which was dissapointing since I thought chicago would go crazy (could be due to the fact that the last two shows I saw were in Canada, where the fans were amazing).

Stone had problems with his acoustic during the first minute or so of Low Light, couldn't hear him at all on my side so it took me awhile to identify what song it was. The UC sucks so bad for sound.

Aside from these things and the fact it was a fairly predictable set, the show was of very very good.


and am I the only one that feels Come Back does absolutely nothing for me?...especially live.