*** Toronto Fanviews Here 8/21/09 ***

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  • I Love Avocados
    I Love Avocados Posts: 29
    Great night, loved the energy the band had and the crowd displayed, glad they played Lukin and Brain of J!! They killed it!
  • Guitarhero27
    Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    On the setlist and not played:

    Throw Your Hatred Down
    Yellow Ledbetter.

    I'll post a pic as soon as its uploaded.

    *Edit for Pic*
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    9/29/96, 8/29/98, 9/8,11/98, 7/28/99, 8/23,24,25/00, 10/13/00, 4/15/03, 4/30/03, 7/8,9,12,14/03, 10/1/04, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 5/4,5,13,27,28/06, 6/1,3/06, 6/19,20,22,24,25,27/08, 7/1/08, 8/4,5,7,16/08, 8/21/09, 10/27,28,30,31/09, 5/15,17,18,20,21/10, 9/2/12, 10/18,19,21,22,25/13
  • rodent
    rodent Posts: 133
    how often do you get to see the main band open up for themselves?! tonight was phenominal.
    i can't get over how good they were. they all seemed really happy on stage throughout the whole night.
    chicago, you're next! you're gonna love it. :)

    I LOVE THIS BAND!!!
  • NWOntario
    NWOntario Toronto Posts: 831
    I'm too tired to read--quite literally, I hasten to mention--so I'll simply say this: tonight, Mr. Mike McCready committed grand larceny. Never have I ever seen him, or anyone else, steal a concert quite like he did tonight; I'll go on the record as saying "Black," "Alive" and (especially) "Porch" have new definitive versions. The rest of the band was great, too, but Mike was feelin' it tonight. Re: "Porch," it's never been a live favourite of mine--but tonight's version was otherworldly, and it culminated with Ed going into the crowd (which I haven't seen since Jones Beach II back in 2000). What a splendid night that was.

    Oh, and the opening "thing" was surreal. Utterly surreal.
    Minneapolis 1998 | Jones Beach I & II, Montreal, and Toronto 2000 | Buffalo, State College, Toronto, Montreal and Hershey 2003 | Boston I & II 2004 | Thunder Bay, Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto 2005 | Toronto I & II 2006 | The Vic and Lollapalooza 2007 | Calgary and Toronto 2009 | PJ20 I & II, Toronto I & II, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton 2011 | London, Chicago, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle 2013 | Ottawa and Toronto I & II 2016 | Chicago I & II 2018 | Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto 2022 | Philadelphia I & II 2024
  • Mac Dog
    Mac Dog Posts: 79
    The version of Black tonight didn't even remotely come close to Ottawa '05.

    Aside from the hyperbole it was a great show.... particularly the first half.... got bogged down a bit in the second half with Better Man and such.

    Inside Job was a highlight.
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,214
    Its important to realise this tour that the setlists don't matter so much, the band are so on fire it's a pure delight to just see what they throw out

    this set doesn't look great but I still imagine the night was awesome

    to the guy who doesn't like given to fly, what??? And missing songs for beer? WTF?
  • Torontonian
    Torontonian Posts: 562
    Pretty damn tired at 3:35 am on Saturday morning.

    Sum up some stuff and longer review tomorrow:

    I heard via Twitter that Ted Leo was stuck in a New York Airport.

    Because of that I was able to see and tape this, enjoy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnP6aspWLs

    ... and Alive rocked more than I have ever heard. Mr. Mike McCready was beyond words tonight.

    Ed solo opening:

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    Mike solo opening:

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    Stone solo opening:

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    Ed and Jeff opening:

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    Eddie went into the crowd!

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    Keep on Rockin' In The Free World:

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  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    Nice work torontonian!!!! That was awsome.
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Did Mike sing on the songs he played?

    also, Eddie singing SEARCH & DESTROY???????? Oh man, i hope that was as incredible as it sounds!

    That video of Sugar Mountain is fantastic, its really beautiful.
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    Great pics and video Torontonian. Thanks for posting them :D
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • Chrisilein
    Chrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,910
    Thank you Torontonian!! Awesome pictures!
    up here in my tree in Vienna
    2006: Vienna 2009: Berlin 2010: London ~ Berlin 2012: Amsterdam 1+2 ~ Werchter ~ Arras ~ Berlin 1+2
    2014: Milano ~ Trieste ~ Vienna ~ Berlin 2018: Padova ~ Rome 2022: Budapest ~ Vienna
    EV London/Hammersmith 2012
    EV Berlin/Zitadelle 2017
  • jmacd
    jmacd Posts: 145
    last night's review
    http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pea ... 6-sun.html
    toronto '92 X 2, toronto '93, hamilton '05, toronto 1 '06, toronto '09, buffalo '10, london '13, buffalo '13
  • brainofe
    brainofe Posts: 264
    Brain of J!!! :D
    Down in the hole, Jesus tries to crack a smile beneath another shovel load.
  • WWS
    WWS Ontario Posts: 460
    JordyWordy wrote:
    Did Mike sing on the songs he played?

    Yes Mike sang both songs
    '93 Toronto, '98 Barrie, '00 Toronto, '03 Buffalo, '05 Hamilton, '06 Toronto 1&2 '09 Toronto, '09 Philly #4, '11 Hamilton, '13 London, '13 Wrigley,    '13 Buffalo, '14 Detroit Rock City,'16 Ottawa, '16 Toronto 1&2, '16 Fenway '18 Wrigley 1&2, '20 Baltimore. '22 Hamilton, '24 Wrigley 1&2
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    I said it yesterday, as well, but Toronto - you did good. We collectively showed the band what we were made of, and they returned the favour. You could feel the energy coming to and from us, and it was very cool for me. The last PJ show I had seen was the mildly lackluster May 9th (opening night) show at the ACC in 2006, where the crowd seemed to barely be there. This was a nice change. The band also sounded GREAT! Only one Eddie vocal flub I noticed, other than that, his voice sounded phenomenal I thought.
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    That looks almost like my dream setlist. To open with Of the Girl, awesome!!!!



    Please do the same in Seattle or SLC please and thanks.
    "...would you like some forks?" EV 12-02-06
  • breath_girl
    breath_girl Posts: 189
    Amazing show! Off he goes... Faithful... so happy!!! What a crowd!

    There's a link to Mike's song about his daughter on my husband's Twitter page
    twitter.com/redlightning

    Chicago here we come!
  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    The show was amazing! Everyone in the band kicked ass!

    I never ever thought I would hear Bee Girl and I liked the "No Rain" reference before they sang the song!

    Mike and Stone- Awesome solo's.

    You guys never disappoint!!! Have fun on the rest of the tour.

    TO crowd was amazing.
    Hamilton 9-13-05; Toronto 5-9-06, Toronto 8-21-09, Toronto 9-12-11, Hamilton 9-15-11....
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    One more thing... did anyone get a strange sense of Deja Vu when watching Eddie in particular on the screen? You could feel the fire having returned.. I kept asking myself 'why are they mixing in clips from '92?'
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

    EV
    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • no1fromnowhere
    no1fromnowhere Posts: 58
    sounds like an awesome show, so glad to hear Of The Girl is back.

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