*** London, O2 Arena Fanviews Here 8/18/09 ***

Firstly I would just like to say how nice it was to meet some of you from here, and thank you for the badge. I came back to have a look for you once my friends were set, but you were no longer there as I figured.

Was an amazing night, and one that will always hold a special significance for me - during Insignificance I got a text from my mum to let me know my granddad had passed away (he'd been terminally ill for a long time and we'd all accepted what was coming a few weeks ago when he went into hospital for the last time). Then Black came on and I burst into tears. If any of the people that consoled me, picked me up and got me going again post on here, then thank you so much.

And in the what songs would you like to hear thread, I'd said I wanted to hear Immortality, Rats (sorry to anyone who had to witness me removing my Rats t-shirt and holding it above my head in this) and Leaving Here - and I got all three!

Was it as good as SBE? I don't know, they each have a different meaning for me, but last night is up there with the best gigs I've seen and it's one I'll never forget

Rats was a tribute to Michael Jackson as he was scheduled to do 50 shows at the o2 before he passed. What a night!

I guess the guys took all the bitching and moaning about SBE to heart, cause last night has to be amongst the best setlists they've ever played! Unquestionably the best show I've ever been to, that setlist was just unbelievable. My personal highlights were: Release, Immortality, I Got ID, Rats (the ending was a hair raiser, hearing all those people sing the Ben... part), Light Years, Black (finally got to hear it again), Hail Hail and Footsteps. I finally feel like we got one of those shows. The kind of show that people will talk about for years to come.

oh what a show that was!!

For me this was so much better than SBE but comparing shows in such different venues is not really fair; o2 arena is just sooooo huge and brilliant and PJ are a band that requires this huge sound to enjoy the show and f*** yeah it was loud crisp and awesome!! Ed's singing was amazing and the rest of the guys, top form!!

Jeff rocked so cool, his new pretty Thunhderbird bass kicked into Rats with most phat funked up groove you can imagine and his licks in the Leaving Here intervals were priceless, I so want a boot of this show!! Mike as hot as ever, even more so, with running, jumping and a solo battle with Boom in Crazy Mary was epic. Stone dancing and clapping, so nice to see them liking the stuff they do, and Matt - drumming that makes one speechless really ...

Warsaw 96, Wembley 07, SBE 09 and now o2 Arena 18/08/09 - super cool venue with mega sound made this one of the best show of my life [warsaw 96 is outta comparison stand-offs as I was a teen then and it was straight after No Code, very different times...]

PJ needs to come back to Europe for a proper Backspacer promo tour, pretty please ...

I want to say thanks to all the cool people I met and chatted with in line all day - Oscar, Nathan, Charles. I was sitting with someone too, right until PJ came on, from Sweden - happy you got Footsteps man!

sinhala wrote:

First time seeing the band live. Was Eddie drunk - what was he drinking - does he always drink during shows ? Great show - up there with the best !

Sorry, your post made me laugh. I had to check your join date

I wasn't there but I'm guessing that yes, Ed was drunk :? I'm also guessing he was at some point drinking wine and finally, yes, he always drinks during shows :shock: :ugeek:

I'm not making fun of you, your question just surprised me and I had to comment. Welcome to the board

icemanap wrote:

Black was the best I have ever heard it,

You should try 26/09/06 Vienna....
The crowd was amazing...not to mention Eddie...
And I was just crying...

Lillou77 wrote:

Fifthelement wrote:

sinhala wrote:

First time seeing the band live. Was Eddie drunk - what was he drinking - does he always drink during shows ? Great show - up there with the best !

Sorry, your post made me laugh. I had to check your join date

I wasn't there but I'm guessing that yes, Ed was drunk :? I'm also guessing he was at some point drinking wine and finally, yes, he always drinks during shows :shock: :ugeek:

I'm not making fun of you, your question just surprised me and I had to comment. Welcome to the board

He shared his wine with some people in the front row after Crazy Mary

I missed that bottle of wine by inches! If I'd got it, it would have bee straight down my pants, no-one would get near it! What an awesome night, amazing setlist and the boys were on top form. Best I've seen yet and I was so close to the front.

Definitely made up for not getting to Shepherds Bush

First time i've seen them, been waiting for about 12 years for it, what a concert! Probably the best I've ever been to. Does anyone know if they'll be releasing this as a bootleg?

Cheers

Has no one mentioned Boom's intro to Love Reign?

Never seen this live before so not sure if the intro is normal, but it totally blew me away